hpc-ch http://www.hpc-ch.org The Swiss HPC Service Provider Community Wed, 22 May 2013 19:15:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 hpc-ch Forum on HPC in Swiss Industry at Novartis http://www.hpc-ch.org/hpc-ch-forum-on-hpc-in-swiss-industry-at-novartis/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/hpc-ch-forum-on-hpc-in-swiss-industry-at-novartis/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 19:15:01 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4729 hpc-ch is a community linking all HPC service providers in Switzerland. In our four years of existence, we were able to create a vibrant community with a very intense knowledge transfer and a lot of interpersonal contacts. In the last months we were able to extend our community from academia to industry with representatives of the banking, pharmaceutical and engineering industries. To commemorate this important step, we would like to invite you to participate to the next forum of the hpc-ch community to be held on:

Thursday, May 23th, 2013 from 10:00 until 17:00, kindly hosted by Novartis in Basel.

This meeting will bring together all members of the hpc-ch community (academia and industry), giving a unique networking possibly and the chance to exchange best practices. We would like the talks to address the following points:

  • Overview of HPC activities in the different companies.
  • What are the (business) applications of HPC?
  • How are HPC services being provided?
  • What are the challenges about HPC in industry?

Participation is on invitation only.

The agenda lists the following presentations (full agenda; how to reach Novartis):

  • Welcome and introduction; Michele De Lorenzi (CSCS), Nicholas Holway (Novartis)
  • Keynote presentation; Nicholas Holway (Novartis)
  • Presentation of the Swiss HPC Service Provider community; Christian Bolliger (UZH)
  • Application of HPC in Formula1; Frank Albina  and Francesco Del Citto (Sauber-Motorsport)
  • HPC for Derivative Pricing @ Credit Suisse; Georg Schneider (Credit Suisse)
  • Train run forecast @ SBB; Marc Hoffmann and Peter Kreuzer (SBB)
  • Simulation activities at ABB; Arthouros Iordanidis (ABB Switzerland)
  • HPC from the cloud; Steve Litster (Novartis)
  • HPC enabling R&D at Philip Morris International; Jim Geuther (Philip Morris International ITSC)
  • Computer aided engineering at Hilti; Reinhard Guserle (Hilti)

 

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/hpc-ch-forum-on-hpc-in-swiss-industry-at-novartis/feed/ 0 Slidecast: Grid computing and the search for the new particle at CERN http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-grid-computing-and-the-search-for-the-new-particle-at-cern/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-grid-computing-and-the-search-for-the-new-particle-at-cern/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 04:07:07 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4693 Il CSCS ha organizzato una serie di conferenze scientifiche intitolata “Supercompuer, strumenti della scienza moderna” nella quale rinomati scienziati illustrano la propria attività di ricerca svolta con l’ausilio dei supercomputer e spiegano perché la ricerca, oggi, non può più fare a meno del calcolo ad alta potenza.

“Perché senza Grid-Computing non si sarebbe trovata la nuova particella al CERN”, Prof. Günther Dissertori, ETH Zurigo

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-grid-computing-and-the-search-for-the-new-particle-at-cern/feed/ 0 Special ISC’13 Session to Probe the Thinking behind Europe’s Human Brain Project http://www.hpc-ch.org/special-isc13-session-to-probe-the-thinking-behind-europes-human-brain-project/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/special-isc13-session-to-probe-the-thinking-behind-europes-human-brain-project/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:11:54 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4719 The Human Brain Project, recently awarded a 10 year grant by the EU Commission, will pull together all our existing knowledge about the human brain and to reconstruct the brain, piece by piece, in supercomputer-based models and simulations. In a special session at the 2013 International Supercomputing Conference, scientists working on the Human Brain Project will discuss their vision and roadmap for computing.

ISC’13 will be held June 16-20 in Leipzig, Germany. The session on “Supercomputing & Human Brain Project – Following Brain Research & ICT on 10-Year Quest” will be held Tuesday, June 18.

The brain, with its billions of interconnected neurons, is without any doubt the most complex organ in the body and has long fascinated researchers attempting to understand all its mysteries. The Human Brain Project will attempt to simulate the complete human brain, offering the prospect of a new understanding of the human brain and its diseases and of completely new computing and robotic technologies.

Federating more than 80 European and international research institutions, the Human Brain Project is estimated to cost 1.19 billion euros. It will be coordinated at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, by neuroscientist Henry Markram with co-directors Karlheinz Meier of Heidelberg University, Germany, and Richard Frackowiak of Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and the University of Lausanne. The project will also associate some important North American and Japanese partners.

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/special-isc13-session-to-probe-the-thinking-behind-europes-human-brain-project/feed/ 0 CSCS Call for Proposals – Allocation period starting on 1 October 2013 http://www.hpc-ch.org/cscs-icall-for-proposals-allocation-period-starting-on-1-october-2013/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/cscs-icall-for-proposals-allocation-period-starting-on-1-october-2013/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 13:19:25 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4687

Reminder for the CSCS II call of proposals. If you wish to be considered for the allocation period starting on 1 October 2013, then you need to submit your production project proposal no later than 11 May  2013 at 23:59  (deadline).

Potential applicants need to make sure that you have an active username and password so that you can download a submission form. They also need to make sure that you have the mandatory data. Projects missing mandatory data will not be processed.

Project submission proposal »

BE AWARE: If you have not yet done your performance analysis we strongly advise you to start right away.  Note that the performance analysis might not be straightforward for your code. Help needs to be asked well in advance (one day before the  deadline is not advisable!!!) otherwise we cannot guarantee to solve your problem in time for submission. Requests for help with the performance analysis cannot  come later than Tuesday April 30th, 2013.

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/cscs-icall-for-proposals-allocation-period-starting-on-1-october-2013/feed/ 0 Video gallery of HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2013 now online http://www.hpc-ch.org/video-gallery-of-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013-now-online/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/video-gallery-of-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013-now-online/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 05:12:39 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4689 Rich Bruckner of insideHPC recorded all the talks given during the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2030 in Lugano.

You may find the video gallery here » or access them directly from the following list:

 

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/video-gallery-of-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013-now-online/feed/ 0 Participants feedback to the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2013 http://www.hpc-ch.org/participants-feedback-to-the-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/participants-feedback-to-the-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:53:08 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4699 We asked some participants of the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2013 to share with us their experiences on the workshop. We interviewed have been made during an evening event on the Lake of Lugano.

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/participants-feedback-to-the-hpc-advisory-council-switzerland-workshop-2013/feed/ 0 2014 INCITE Call for Proposals http://www.hpc-ch.org/2014-incite-call-for-proposals/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/2014-incite-call-for-proposals/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:11:21 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4672 We would like to make you aware that the call for proposals for the U.S. Department of Energy’s INCITE program 2014 is now open.

The INCITE program targets large-scale, computationally intensive projects that would not be possible or productive without petascale computing. Consequently applicants for this program must present evidence that their proposed production simulations can make effective use of a significant fraction of the machine for which resources are being requested.

INCITE is currently soliciting proposals of research for awards of time on the 27-petaflops Cray XK7 “Titan” and the 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q “Mira” beginning calendar year 2014.

Details of the call for proposals»

Potential applicants should visit the FAQ page for the INCITE call »

In particular applicants should pay attention to these questions

4. Who is eligible to participate in INCITE?
6. How are INCITE projects chosen?
12. What constitutes a “computationally intensive” research project?
13. Can I meet the computationally intensive criterion by loosely coupling my jobs?
17. Are foreign researchers and teams eligible to apply?

This year potential interested parties can register for a webinar on the proposal process with question and answer session on April 24 and May 15, 2013.

Additional information »

The closing date for this call is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, June 28, 2013.

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/2014-incite-call-for-proposals/feed/ 0 Slidecast 5/5 – Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 Course http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-55-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-55-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:44:52 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4571 Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 “Piz Daint”, 11-14 March 2013 – Course organized by Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS, Lugano, Switzerland.

Cray XC comparison to Cray XE and early performance tips (1/2)

by Nathan Wikmann (Cray)

Cray XC comparison to Cray XE and early performance tips (2/2)

by Nathan Wikmann (Cray)

Performance analysis on the Cray XC30 [the first 5 minutes of the presentation are missing]

by Alfio Lazzaro (Cray)

Cray XC30: MPI Optimization Techniques

by Nathan Wikmann (Cray)

Cray Scientific Libraries: Overview and Performance

by Alfio Lazzaro (Cray)

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-55-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/feed/ 0 Slidecast 4/5 – Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 Course http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-45-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-45-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:45:35 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4569 Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 “Piz Daint”, 11-14 March 2013 – Course organized by Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS, Lugano, Switzerland.

Intel Sandy Bridge Overview: Understanding the Memory Subsystem

by Christopher Dahnken (Intel)

Cray XC30 Architecture: On-node Performance Optimization and Hybrid Programming

by Nathan Wikmann (Cray)

The Cray Compiler Environment (CCE) and Automatic Profile Analysis with the Cray Performance Analysis Toolkit (CrayPAT)

by Alfio Lazzaro (Cray)

]]> http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-45-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/feed/ 0 Slidecast 3/5 – Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 Course http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-35-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/ http://www.hpc-ch.org/slidecast-35-get-up-to-speed-with-cray-xc30-course/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:01:19 +0000 mdl http://www.hpc-ch.org/?p=4564 Get Up to Speed with Cray XC30 “Piz Daint”, 11-14 March 2013 – Course organized by Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS, Lugano, Switzerland.

Cray XC30 Day 2 – Programming AVX Intrinsics (Intel Advanced Vector Extensions Intrinsics)

by Christopher Dahnken (Intel)

Cray XC30 Day 2 – Optimizing your Code with Intel Composer XE (SIMD Vectorization)

by Michael Klemm (Intel)

Performance Library: the Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL)

by Christopher Dahnken (Intel)

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