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OKLAHOMA SUPERCOMPUTING SYMPOSIUM 2022



OSCER

OU IT, it.ou.edu

OK EPSCoR, okepscor.org


Table of Contents


PLENARY SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Bronson Messer
Bronson Messer

Director of Science
Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility
National Center for Computational Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Topic: "Frontier: Breaking the Exascale Barrier with the Fastest Supercomputer Ever"

Slides:   PDF

Talk Abstract

The first exascale computer, called Frontier, has been delivered to Oak Ridge National Laboratory this past year. This unique scientific instrument is the culmination of more than a decade of concerted effort. I will relate a bit of the history of hybrid-node computing at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) and how Frontier represents the latest iteration of that approach. Some details of Frontier's architecture will be discussed, including an overview of the new AMD MI250X GPUs that provide the bulk of the computational power for Frontier. Finally, a look ahead to some of the first science objectives that will be pursued on the machine using codes developed as part of the Exascale Computing Project and OLCF's own Center for Accelerated Application Readiness will be provided. 

Biography

Bronson Messer is a Distinguished Scientist and Director of Science at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is also a Joint Faculty Associate Professor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. His primary research interests are related to the explosion mechanisms and phenomenology of supernovae (both thermonuclear and core-collapse), especially neutrino transport and signatures, dense matter physics, and the details of turbulent nuclear combustion. Dr. Messer is a member of the American Astronomical Society, the American Physical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Henry Neeman
Henry Neeman

Director
OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER)
Executive Director of Research Computing
Information Technology
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Computer Science
University of Oklahoma

Topic: "OSCER State of the Center Address"

Slides:   PowerPoint   PDF

Talk Abstract

The OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research (OSCER) celebrated its 21st anniversary on August 31 2022. In this report, we examine what OSCER is, what OSCER does, what OSCER has accomplished in its 16 years, and where OSCER is going.

Biography

Dr. Henry Neeman is the Director of the OU Supercomputing Center for Education & Research, Executive Director of Research Computing for OU Information Technology (IT), Associate Professor in the College of Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma.

He received his BS in computer science and his BA in statistics with a minor in mathematics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1987, his MS in CS from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990 and his PhD in CS from UIUC in 1996. Prior to coming to OU, Dr. Neeman was a postdoctoral research associate at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at UIUC, and before that served as a graduate research assistant both at NCSA and at the Center for Supercomputing Research & Development.

In addition to his own teaching and research, Dr. Neeman has collaborated with dozens of research groups, applying High Performance Computing techniques in fields such as numerical weather prediction, bioinformatics and genomics, data mining, high energy physics, astronomy, nanotechnology, petroleum reservoir management, river basin modeling and engineering optimization. He serves as an ad hoc advisor to student researchers in many of these fields.

Dr. Neeman's research interests include high performance computing, scientific computing, parallel and distributed computing and computer science education.

Erwin Gianchandani
Erwin Gianchandani

Assistant Director
Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships
National Science Foundation

Topic: "Advancing Technology, Innovation and Partnerships"

Slides:   PDF

Talk Abstract

Since its establishment in 1950, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has funded discoveries and innovations that have transformed our lives, from the Internet to Google to MRI machines. In this session, I will provide an overview of NSF's first new directorate in more than three decades, the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), describing how this directorate is advancing critical technologies, accelerating the translation of these technologies from the lab to society, addressing pressing economic challenges, and engaging the Nation's broad and diverse population in this work. For example, a flagship investment led by TIP, the NSF Regional Innovation Engines, constitutes a bold new initiative to spark regional-scale innovation ecosystems throughout the country, and particularly in those parts that have not benefited from the technological booms of the last several decades. Along the way, I will note the essential role that research cyberinfrastructure will continue to play in realizing this vision of expanding the nation's research and innovation ecosystem, and ultimately ensuring the U.S. remains in the vanguard of competitiveness for decades to come.

Biography

Dr. Erwin Gianchandani is the U.S. National Science Foundation' assistant director for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, leading the newly established Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.

Gianchandani has worked at NSF since 2012. Prior to becoming the assistant director for TIP, he served as the senior advisor for Translation, Innovation and Partnerships for over a year, where he helped develop plans for the new TIP Directorate in collaboration with colleagues at NSF, other government agencies, industry and academia.

During the previous six years, Gianchandani was the NSF deputy assistant director for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, twice serving as acting assistant director for CISE. Gianchandani's leadership and management of CISE included the formulation and implementation of the directorate's $1 billion annual budget, strategic and human capital planning, and oversight of day-to-day operations for a team of over 130.

Gianchandani has led the development and launch of several new NSF initiatives, including the Smart & Connected Communities program, Civic Innovation Challenge, Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research, and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes.

Before joining NSF in 2012, Gianchandani was the inaugural director of the Computing Community Consortium, providing leadership to the computing research community in identifying and pursuing bold, high-impact research directions such as health information technology and sustainable computing.

Gianchandani has published extensively and presented at international conferences on computational systems biology. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and master's and doctoral degrees in Biomedical Engineering, all from the University of Virginia.

In 2021, Gianchandani received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award, awarded to members of the Federal Government's Senior Executive Service for sustained extraordinary accomplishment. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Young Engineering Graduate Award from the University of Virginia.

Dan Stanzione
Dan Stanzione

Executive Director
Texas Advanced Computing Center
The University of Texas at Austin

Topic: "Thoughts from TACC on the Next Generation of Academic Supercomputers"

Slides: available after the Symposium

Talk Abstract

Coming soon

Biography

Dan Stanzione is the Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin and the Principal Investigator for Wrangler. He is also the PI for TACC's 10 PetaFlop Stampede supercomputer, and has previously been involved in the deployment and operation of the Ranger and Lonestar supercomputers at TACC. He served as the Co-Director of The iPlant Collaborative, an ambitious endeavor to build cyberinfrastructure to address the grand challenges of plant science. Prior to joining TACC, Dr. Stanzione was the founding director of the Ira A. Fulton High Performance Computing Institute (HPCI) at Arizona State University (ASU). Before ASU, he served as an AAAS Science Policy Fellow in the National Science Foundation and as a research professor at Clemson University, his alma mater.

Vas Vasiliadis
Vas Vasiliadis

Chief Customer Officer
Computation Institute
University of Chicago

Topic: "Globus Coping Skills: Taming the Instrument Monster and Cloud Storage"

Slides:     PDF

Talk Abstract

Coming soon

Biography

Vas Vasiliadis is Chief Customer Officer for Globus, innovative software-as-a-service for research data management, developed and operated by the University of Chicago. His responsibilities include sales, marketing, customer support, training, and working with current and prospective users to grow adoption of the service. Vas is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Masters Program in Computer Science, where he teaches courses on Cloud Computing and Product Management.

Vas has over 30 years of experience in operational and consulting roles, spanning strategy, marketing and technology. He has helped found and build enterprise software business in customer relationship and supply chain management, grid computing, and financial services.


Dana Brunson
Dana Brunson

Executive Director for Research Engagement
Internet2

Panel Topic:

"External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Panel Abstract

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

Coming soon

Dr. Dana Brunson is Executive Director for Research Engagement at Internet2. She is responsible for developing, directing, and executing Internet2's strategy and active engagement with the national and global communities that supports the effective use and development of research cyberinfrastructure. Dana is Principal Investigator of the Research Computing and Data Nexus, a National Science Foundation Cyberinfrastructure Center of Excellence Pilot, and serves in leadership roles in the  Campus Research Computing Consortium (CaRCC), including co-chairing the RCD Capabilities Model working group and the Logistics operations group. In August 2022, she completed her role as co-manager of the XSEDE Campus Engagement Program which included the Campus Champions. Prior to joining Internet2 in January 2019, she was Assistant Vice President for Research Cyberinfrastructure, Director of the Oklahoma State University High Performance Computing Center, and co-lead of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative. She earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin and master's and bachelor's degrees in mathematics from OSU.

James Deaton
James Deaton

Executive Director
Great Plains Network

Panel Topic:

"External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Panel Abstract

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

James Deaton is the Executive Director of the Great Plains Network (GPN), a non-profit consortium of research universities focused upon connecting networks, advocating research and cultivating community. Prior to joining GPN, he served as Chief Technology Officer for OneNet, Oklahoma's research and education network. For more than two decades, Deaton has helped drive cyberinfrastructure initiatives, by working with leaders of state, regional and national network initiatives. He serves as a board member of The Quilt, Chair of Internet2's Network Architecture, Operations and Policy Program Advisory Group, and is proud to be involved in a number of regional research computing and data projects such as the Great Plains CyberTeam and Great Plains Augmented Regional Gateway to the Open Science Grid.

Jeremy Evert
Jeremy Evert

Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science
Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Panel Topic: "External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Panel Abstract:

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

Dr. Jeremy Evert is an associate professor for the Department of Computer Science at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Jeremy teaches introductory programming and source code management. He works closely with his students on undergraduate research projects. Jeremy has been successful in securing funding for equipment and student travel from Oklahoma NASA EPSCoR and the National Science Foundation. Jeremy has been a mentor for a Blue Waters Student Intern, and has also coached teams for the 2022 and 2022 Oklahoma High Performance Computing Competition. Jeremy was selected by the SWOSU students as the 2022 Faculty of the Year.

Franklin Fondjo Fotou
Franklin Fondjo Fotou

Associate Professor
Department Chair
Department Department of Technology
Director
LU Computing Center for Research & Education
Langston University
Panel Topic: "External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Panel Abstract

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

Franklin Fondjo Fotou received his B.S. degree in Physics, M.Sc. degrees in Physics (with a minor in Electronics), M.Sc. Degree in Physics (with a minor in Heat Transfer) from the University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé Cameroon, in 1996, 1998, and 2000 respectively. He received the Doctor's degree in Computer Science and Communication Engineering at the Graduate School of Information Science and Electrical Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan in March 2006. Dr. Fondjo was recipient of the Japanese government scholarship for excellence, the Munbukagakusho, from April 2003 - March 2006, and has received several the Young Scientist Research Fund of the 21st Century COE Program of Japan in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Dr. Fondjo Fotou is Co-PI and key personnel on several NSF funded grants. His current research includes Computational Electromagnetics and SAR, Internet of Thing (IoT), and big Data analysis and Data Science. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Technology, Langston University, in Langston OK, the Director of the Langston Computing Center for Research and Education (LU-CCRE), the Director of the Langston Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Education (LU-CIRE), and the Co-Director of the Langston Math Science and Technology (MST) Summer Program at Langston University.

Dr. Fondjo Fotou is a Campus Champion for Langston University and an active member of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative (OneOCII). He is also member of both the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) in US and the IEICE (The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers) in Japan.

Karl Frinkle
Karl Frinkle and Mike Morris

Professor
Department of Mathematics
Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Panel Topic: "External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Panel Abstract

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

Karl Frinkle is an applied mathematician who earned his PhD from the University of New Mexico. He is deeply interested in numerical simulations, and most recently in parallel programming. Karl joined the SE Mathematics department in 2005, and thoroughly enjoys teaching parallel programming courses with Mike Morris through the CS department.

Evan Lemley
Evan Lemley

Professor
Department of Engineering & Physics
University of Central Oklahoma

Panel Topic: "External Funding for Research Computing: The Role of the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative"

Slides: available after the Symposium

Panel Abstract

Since the OneOklahoma Cyberinfrastructure Initiative was established in September 2008, member institutions have been awarded over $13M in external funding for research computing -- almost a million dollars a year on average, over $6M of that in 2022 alone. In this panel, we'll look at how OneOCII uses peer mentoring and community building to create a statewide capability for ongoing federal support of Oklahoma computing/data-intensive research.

Biography

Evan Lemley received his BA in Physics from Hendrix College and MS and Ph.D in Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Arkansas. His thesis work was focused on modeling and simulation of various neutron detectors. Post graduation Evan worked for the engineering consulting firm Black & Veatch in a group responsible for modeling coal power plants with custom written software.

In August 1998, Evan became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering and Physics (formerly Physics) at the University of Central Oklahoma, and has been there since, teaching mechanical engineering, physics, and engineering computation courses. Early research at UCO was focused on neutron transport in materials. More recently, Evan has been involved in simulation of flow in microtubes and microjunctions and simulation of flow in porous networks.


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