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Centre for High Performance Computing 2023 National Conference

from Monday, 4 December 2023 (08:00) to Thursday, 7 December 2023 (21:00)
Skukuza

        : Sessions
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        : Breaks
4 Dec 2023
5 Dec 2023
6 Dec 2023
7 Dec 2023
AM
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 10:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:00
Workshop 1 (until 10:30) (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
09:00 IBM Hybrid Quantum-Classical Machine Learning - Thembelihle Dlamini   (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
09:00
Workshop 2 (until 10:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
09:00 Building an HPC Cloud with OpenStack - Stig Telfer (StackHPC Ltd)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
09:00
Workshop 3 (until 10:30) (1-1-3 - Mhelembe)
09:00 Atomistic Simulations with MedeA, an integrated computational materials science and engineering software suite - David Reith (Materials Design)   (1-1-3 - Mhelembe)
09:00
Workshop 4 (until 10:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
09:00 Materials Studio Mastery: A One-Day Dive into Advanced Modeling and Simulation - Dr Kingsley Obodo (North-West University)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 12:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
11:00
Workshop 1 (until 12:30) (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
11:00
Workshop 2 (until 12:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:00
Workshop 3 (until 12:30) (1-1-3 - Mhelembe)
11:00
Workshop 4 (until 12:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
07:30 --- Registration ---
08:30
Keynote (until 09:10) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
08:30 CSIR Welcoming Remarks - Dr Lulama Wakaba (CSIR)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
08:35 DSI Welcoming Remarks - Mr Daniel Mokhohlane (DST)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
08:45 NICIS Overview - Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
08:55 DIRISA Highlights - Dr Anwar Vahed   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:00 SANReN Highlights - Mr Sabelo Dlamini   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:05 CHPC Highlights - Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:10
Keynote (until 09:50) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:10 KEYNOTE 1: Resurrecting an Elephant Migration Route - Mr Sean Hensman (Adventures with Elephants) Mr Marc Sherratt   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:50
Keynote (until 10:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:50 KEYNOTE 2: Beyond Exascale – Federation, Workflows, and large-scale AI as the next frontier - Dr Utz-Uwe Haus   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
HPC (until 12:30) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00 Enhancing Population Health Research Using SAPRIN HDSS Data Science Platform - Dr Molulaqhooa Maoyi (DSI-MRC South African Population Research Infrastructure Network (SAPRIN)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:20 CASABIO.org: The Citizen Science Platform for African Observations of Nature - Dr David Gwynne-Evans (CASABIO.org)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:40 TBC - TBC   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:00 TBC - TBC   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:20 Questions - Questions   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00
Special (until 12:30) (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
11:00 ® Roadmap of Quantum Computing in a South African Context - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (UKZN)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
11:20 NGEI’s Initiatives from DSI Regarding the Sovereign Quantum Computing Decal Plan - Ms Coral Featherstone (CSIR)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
11:40 Leveraging Quantum Machine Learning for Enhanced Biophotonics Applications - Dr Kelvin Mpofu (CSIR)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
12:00 Materials research within the Excalibur Project: Is it time to exploit Quantum Computers? - Prof. Scott Woodley (UCL)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
12:20 Questions - Questions   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Keynote (until 10:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:00 KEYNOTE 3: The Software-Defined Supercomputer - Mr Stig Telfer (StackHPC Ltd)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:45 KEYNOTE 4: Advancements, developments and challenges facing ZAMREN - Mr Stein Mkandawire   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
10:30 --- Break and Poster Showcase ---
11:00
HPC (until 12:30) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00 The Rooibos Genome Program: computational requirements - Dr Uljana Hesse (University of the Western Cape)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:20 Engineering Strategies for Perovskites: From DFT to Machine Learning - Prof. Regina Maphanga (CSIR)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:40 Variable resolution numerical weather modelling on the CHPC - Ms Patience Tlangelani Mulovhedzi (South African Weather Service)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:00 A theoretical investigation of decorated novel triazoles as organic dyes in dye sensitized solar cells - Mr Louis-Charl Coetzee (University of South Africa)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:20 Questions - Questions   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00
SA NREN (until 12:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:00 Introduction - Jan Eloff (University of Pretoria) Prof. Hein Venter (University of Pretoria) Renier van Heerden (SANReN, CSIR)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:20 Ransomware Detection Using PE Entropy - Mr Avinash Singh (University of Pretoria)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:40 Continuous Authentication on Android mobile devices - Christopher Njaravani (University of Pretoria)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
12:00 Realtime Risk Assessment in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks - Henry Gidudu   (1-1-4 - Nari)
12:20 Questions - Questions   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:00
Special (until 12:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:00 Land surface model TerM: design, applications and HPC aspects - Dr Victor Stepanenko (Moscow State University)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:15 ® The Development of An Adaptive Mesh Atmospheric Model - Fluidity-Atmosphere - Dr Jinxi Li   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:30 ® Investigating machine learning techniques for precipitation forecast in Brazil - Dr Fabio Porto   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:45 ® Integrating WRF and Hydrology Models for Improved Urban Flood Forecasting in Pune using HPC: A Comprehensive Approach for the Indian Metropolis - Dr Manoj Khare   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
12:00 Numerical simulation of atmospheric boundary layer turbulence on HPC systems - Dr Evgeny Mortikov (Lomonosov Moscow State University)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
12:15 ® South Africa’s Operational Ocean Forecasting Developments - Dr Giles Fearon   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Keynote (until 10:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:00 KEYNOTE 5: QA^HPC – The Quest for Quantum/AI Optimized HPC Workflow - Prof. Liwen Shih   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
09:45 KEYNOTE 6: Scientific Data Democratization: Enabling Efficient Access and Analysis of Large-Scale Scientific Data - Dr Scott Klasky (University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Georgia Institute of Technology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
10:30 --- Break and Poster Showcase ---
11:00
DIRISA (until 12:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:00 ® Enhancing Language Translation and Detection for Low-Resource Languages through Sequential and Transformer Models - Mrs Mahlatse Mbooi (CSIR)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:20 Citizen Centric Data Democratisation Framework for Data Custodians in South African Higher Education - Prof. Nobert Jere (Walter Sisulu University)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:40 South African Risk and Vulnerability Atlas - Ms Keneilwe Hlahane   (1-1-4 - Nari)
12:00 Meteorological data: then, now and the future - Dr Dawn Mahlobo (South African Weather Service)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
12:20 Discussion - Discussion   (1-1-4 - Nari)
11:00
HPC (until 12:30) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00 Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in congenital heart disease and thrombosis: The role of high performance computing (HPC) - Prof. Malebogo Ngoepe   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:20 Application of High-Performance Computing in Nanomedicine: Lipid based nanocarriers and biogenic nanoparticles - Dr Mpho Ngoepe (Nelson Mandela University)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:40 Complexity vs. Clarity: Modelling Effects of Lancing into Process Material Through Furnace Tap-Holes - Mr Markus Erwee   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:00 ® Earth system model prototype for seamless forecast construction: Evaluation/validation from weather to monthly time scales and tailored services development for sectors of development. - Dr Mohau Mateyisi (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
12:20 Questions - Questions   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
11:00
Special (until 12:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:00 Dell - Bringing AI to your Data - Mr Ryan Rautenbach (Dell)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:20 Boost Performance with Accelerated HPC and AI - Mr Claudio Polla (Mr)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
11:40 Supermicro Vendor Talk (Title to be confirmed) - Mr Roger Crighton   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
12:00 Questions and Discussion - Q&A   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 15:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
14:00
Workshop 1 (until 15:30) (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
14:00 Intel Workshop 1: Software - Walter Riviera (Intel)   (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
14:00
Workshop 2 (until 15:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:00
Workshop 3 (until 15:30) (1-1-3 - Mhelembe)
14:00
Workshop 4 (until 15:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
15:30 --- Break ---
16:00
SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Meeting (until 17:30) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
16:00
Workshop 1 (until 17:30) (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
16:00 Intel Workshop 2: Hardware - Walter Riviera (Intel)   (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
16:45 Intel Workshop 3: AI Careers - Walter Riviera (Intel)   (1-1-1 - Ingwe)
16:00
Workshop 2 (until 17:30) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
16:00
Workshop 3 (until 17:30) (1-1-3 - Mhelembe)
16:00
Workshop 4 (until 17:30) (1-1-4 - Nari)
17:30 --- End of Day ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
HPC (until 15:00) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30 DIPLOMICS: An Overview - Dr Patricia Swart (DIPLOMICS)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:50 Unleashing the Cloud-Native Potential: Rethinking Research Cyber-Infrastructures with Kubernetes and Cloud APIs - Mr Peter van Heusden (SANBI, University of the Western Cape)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:10 ® NITheCS: An Overview - Prof. Francesco Petruccione (UKZN)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:30 ® Computing for the ALICE Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider - Mr Sean Murray (CERN/CHPC, CSIR)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:50 Questions - Questions   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30
Special (until 15:00) (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
13:30 Machine Learning in Cosmology - Prof. Yin-Zhe Ma (University of KwaZulu-Natal)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
13:50 ® Next DC Design for Generative AI workloads & HPC - Mr Pramod Venkatesh   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
14:10 ® Building a Knowledge Democracy: The Deep Learning IndabaX Story - Ms Lydia de Lange (Deep Learning Indaba𝕏 ZA)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
14:20 From Grassroots to Greatness: Unleashing HPC Potential in Africa - Mr Nilesh Jain (Deep Learning Indaba𝕏)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
14:30 ® Distributed Deep Learning in HPC: Challenges and Opportunities - Dr Albert Kahira (Julich Supercomputing Center)   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
14:50 Questions - Questions   (1-1-2+4 - Ndau + Nari)
14:30
SIG - Krishna Govender (CHPC) (until 15:00) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
Keynote (until 17:00) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
15:30 HPC Market Overview - Mr Dan Olds (Intersect360 Research)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
15:50 Industry Crossfire Panel Programme - Facilitated by: Mr Dan Olds (Intersect360 Research)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
17:00 --- Intermission and Travel to Boma Braai ---
17:30 --- Boma Braai in the Bushveld ---
20:30 --- Travel back to Rest Camp ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
HPC (until 15:00) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30 ® A Shelter When the Storms Hit: How the CHPC Supports the South African Weather Service - Dr Stephanie Landman (South African Weather Service)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:50 Effective use of high performance computing resources in computational chemistry and materials science - Dr Krishna Govender (CHPC)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:10 Building HPC modelling ecosystems for furnace tapping problems - Dr Quinn Reynolds (Mintek)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:30 Research Software Engineering (RSE) groups in the UK and their relationship to HPC facilities - Dr Kim Martin (Stellenbosch University)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
14:50 Questions - Questions   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30
SA NREN (until 15:00) (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:30 Privacy Preservation in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs) - Eunice N. K. Hammond   (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:50 Model for the Generation of Digital Forensic Reports using AI Techniques - Idani Mulaudzi   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:10 A State-of-the-Art Review of Digital Forensics Tools Pertaining to Covert Channel Detection - Ms Kyra Coetzee ([TBC])   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:30 Machine Learning Based Analysis of Dark Web for Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence - Dr Olalekan Ogunleye ([TBC])   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:50 Questions - Questions   (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:30
Special (until 15:00) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
13:30 ® Enable Fundamental Cacheability for Distributed Deep Learning Training - Ali Butt (Virginia Tech)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
13:50 ® Mango-IO: I/O Metrics Consistency Analysis - Radita Liem (RWTH Aachen, Germany)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:10 ® I/O behavior of scientific deep learning workloads - Hariharan Devarajan (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:30 Data Management on HPC Workloads: Accelerating outcomes while preserving data for future examination and collaboration - Mr Miguel Castro (Spectralogic)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:50 Questions   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
HPC (until 16:50) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
15:30 Dynamic downscaling of CMIP6 model outputs: usage of the Lengau Cluster by the Agrometeorology division of Agricultural Research Council - Dr Sarah Roffe (Argometeorology Division, Agricultural Research Council – Natural Resources and Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
15:50 DFT studies of Iron at extreme temperature and pressure conditions, metal oxides and dopant-induced magnetization in a two-dimensional material - Dr Abdulrafiu Tunde Raji (University of South Africa (UNISA))   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
16:10 Accelerating South Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems for antiviral drug discovery using computational modelling - Dr Tovhowani Ramulongo (CSIR)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
16:30 Simulation of the eThekwini Heat Island in South Africa - Mr T. Robert Maisha (South African Weather Service )   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
15:30
SA NREN (until 16:50) (1-1-4 - Nari)
15:30 Towards the development of a digital forensic readiness model for 5G NFV environments - Sheunesu Makura (University of Pretoria)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
15:50 A secure storage architecture for hosting digital forensic data in the public cloud environment - Vusani Mathoho   (1-1-4 - Nari)
16:10 Analytics of Threats based on Honeypot logs from CTIEP - Thabo Tshabalala ([TBC])   (1-1-4 - Nari)
16:30 Overview of the South African National Research and Education Network (SA NREN) - Ajay Makan (SANReN)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
15:30
Special (until 17:00) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
15:30 Emerging Leadership Practices in deploying Digital Research Infrastructure in Africa - Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
15:50 The influence of national culture dimensions on Agile roles in the South African Software Development Context - Mr Kirwin Matthews (University of Cape Town)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
16:10 A multifaceted framework of understanding and synthesises of the digital artefacts and its impact on the ICT ecosystem - Dr Ricardo Harry (CSIR)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
16:30 Questions - Questions   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
16:50 --- Intermission ---
17:20 --- Cocktails and Poster Display ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
DIRISA (until 15:00) (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:30 Why Universities Must Embrace Digital Transformation - Prof. Bhekisipho Twala (Tshwane University of Technology, Office of the DVC (Digital Transformation))   (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:50 Navigating the Data Labyrinth: Empowering Libraries through Digital Literacy and Research Data Management - Mr Isak van der Walt (University of Pretoria)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:10 A Roadmap Towards Democratizing Data: A Case for Botswana as a Developing Country - Dr Audrey Masizana (University of Botswana)   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:30 DIRISA Service (SSO,DDT and DMP) - Mr May Maile   (1-1-4 - Nari)
14:50 Discussion - Discussion   (1-1-4 - Nari)
13:30
HPC (until 15:00) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30 BoF: CHPC Users Forum - Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
13:30
Special (until 15:00) (1-1-2 - Ndau)
13:30 Simplifying HPC/AI Storage Using Industry Standard Protocol - Mr Scott Howard   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
13:50 Build diversified computing infrastructure, unleash data value, promote scientific, technological, and economic development - Mr Zekelman Zhang   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:10 ® The Cambridge Open Zettascale Lab is hosting Dawn, the UK’s fastest artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputer - Dr Paul Calleja (Cambridge University)   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
14:30 Question and Discussions - Q&A   (1-1-2 - Ndau)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:30
HPC (until 16:30) (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
15:30 BoF: Women in High Performance Computing South Africa (WHPC-South Africa) - Prof. Khomotso Maenetja (University of Limpopo)   (1-1-1+3 - Ingwe + Mhelembe)
16:30 --- Intermission ---
17:00
Keynote (until 17:45) (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
17:00 KEYNOTE 7: Bringing AI Everywhere - Mr Ahmed Al-jeshi (Intel)   (1-1-0 - Ndlopfu Hall)
17:45 --- Awards Ceremony ---
19:45 --- Dinner ---
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