Name: Centre for High Performance Computing 2024 National Conference
Start: 2024-12-01T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-12-04T22:20:00+02:00
Location: Boardwalk Convention Centre

Monday, 2 December 2024

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
09:00 Opening
Opening
09:00 - 10:30
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

09:00 Welcome - Chair: Mr Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)

09:05 DSI Welcome - Charles Mokonoto (Department of Science and Technology)

09:15 CSIR Welcome - Lulama Wakaba

09:25 NICIS Welcome - Happy Sithole (CHPC)

09:45 Cyberinfrastructure Collaboration: Towards Accelerated Impact - The Role of Being a Good Ancestor - Warren Hero*
11:00 Refreshment Break
Refreshment Break
11:00 - 11:15
Room: Tsitsikamma
11:15 1
1
11:15 - 12:45
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:15 Simulating Potential Impacts of Solar Radiation Modification on African Climate - Babatunde Abiodun* (UCT)

11:35 Drug Design, Resistance and Metabolisms through CHPC - Ozlem Tastan Bishop* (Rhodes University)

11:55 Molecular Modelling in Research: From Basic Research Methods to Advanced Research - Njabulo Gumede* (Walter Sisulu Unibversity)

12:15 Elevating Material Simulations with Open Source – From Consumer to Contributor - Robert Warmbier (University of the Witwatersrand)

12:35 Q&A - Q&A
1
1
11:15 - 12:45
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:15 Digital Twins for Energy Efficient and Sustainable Datacenters (HPE) - Tim Dykes

11:35 AI next trends: the critical HW and SW marriage (Intel) - Walter Riviera (Intel)

11:55 Dell AI Factory (Dell) - Jacques Visagie

12:15 Pinnacle Presentation (TBC) - Roger Crighton (Supermicro)

12:35 Q&A - Q&A
Cybersecurity 1
Cybersecurity 1
11:15 - 12:55
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
Contributions

11:15 Digital Forensic Investigation and Linguistic Analysis of Cyber-crimes: A Systematic Review - Mopati Bernerdict Kekgathetse (UP)

11:35 Privacy and Legal Implications Regarding the Processing of Honeypot Data - Bahle Ngoma

11:55 Conceptual Model for taxation and regulatory governance among South African crypto asset holders - Pardon Ramazhamba (CSIR NGEI)

12:15 Countering mobile application threats with a structured threat modelling approach - Christoff Jacobs (University of Johannesburg)

12:35 Social Network Graphs in Email Forensics: Analysis of a Personal Email Dataset - Riaal Domingues (University of Pretoria)
Quantum Computing 1
Quantum Computing 1
11:15 - 12:45
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:15 Building a Quantum-Ready Africa: Opportunities and Challenges - Franchesco Petruccione* (Stellenbosch University)

11:55 A new approach on a D-wave for obtaining thermodynamic properties of a solid solution. - Scott Woodley (UCL)

12:15 The UK National AI Research Resource “AIRR” - Paul Calleja (Cambridge University)

12:35 Questions - Questions
12:45 Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma

Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma

Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma

12:55 Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
13:30 2
2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 The Impact and Benefits of Partnering for Operational Weather Forecast Continuity - Stephanie Landman* (South African Weather Service)

13:50 Computational modelling of functional materials and chemical reactivity using molecular dynamics, DFT and wave-function-based approaches - Lyudmila Moskaleva* (University of the Free State)

14:10 Unravelling plant-biotic/abiotic stress using computational biology and bioinformatics tools. - Molemi Rauwane* (Nelson Mandela University)

14:30 Fitting Classical Forcefields Programmatically for Application in Molecular Dynamics Simulations - Kenneth Kgatwane (University of Limpopo)

14:50 Q&A - Q&A
2
2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 H3C Presentation (TBC) - Christo Cilliers

13:50 Huawei Presentation (TBC) - Collen Maphosa

14:10 The Data Platform to Accelerate HPC Deployments (VAST Data) - Kim Ormiston (Sponsor)

14:30 NVIDIA Accelerated Computing (NVIDIA) - Belinda Leigh Duke (Partner)

14:50 Q&A - Q&A
Cybersecurity 2
Cybersecurity 2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
Contributions

13:30 Guidance for the Creation of Management and Cost Accounting Computerized Information Systems: Assurance of Information Integrity and Flexibility - Emile Westraadt

13:50 Using artificial intelligence techniques to standardize intelligent and automated generation of digital forensic reports. - Idani Mulaudzi

14:10 A Decentralized E-voting System Using Blockchain - Daniel Ramotsoela (University of Cape Town)

14:30 Changes in Observed Internet Background Radiation Traffic in the 155/8 netblock - Barry Irwin (Noroff University)

14:50 Q&A
Quantum Computing 2
Quantum Computing 2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 Solving a quadratic optimization problem by means of quantum computing using amplitude encoding - Helarie Rose Medie Fah

13:50 Quantum Computing: a tool for simulating physical systems in photonics - Isaac Nape (University of the Witwatersrand)

14:10 Data base search through quantum imaging - Paola Andrea CONCHA OBANDO (Wits University)

14:30 Training phase masks for diffractive networks / Emulating quantum computing with optical matrix multiplication - Hadrian Bezuidenhout (University of the Witwatersrand) Mwezi Koni (University of the Witwatersrand)

14:50 Q&A
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
15:30 Industry Inquisition
Industry Inquisition
15:30 - 17:00
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 A Brief Tour of Your Data Center Future - Dan Olds* (Olds Research)

15:50 Industry Inquisition - Dan Olds (Olds Research)
17:00
17:00 - 17:45
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

17:00 Challenges and Opportunities of HPC in the age of AI - Utz-Uwe Haus* (HPE HPC/AI EMEA Research Lab (ERL))
17:45 Intermission
Intermission
17:45 - 18:00
Room: Tsitsikamma

18:00 Conference Dinner
Conference Dinner
18:00 - 19:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
Tuesday, 3 December 2024

06:00 Morning Walk Wellness
Morning Walk Wellness
06:00 - 07:00
Room: Tsitsikamma

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
09:00 Tuesday
Tuesday
09:00 - 10:30
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

09:00 Building global federated infrastructure in the R&E community - Licia Florio* (NORDUnet)

09:45 Cyber Intelligence at Scale: Risk Evaluation of DNS as Critical infrastructure - Barry Irwin* (Noroff University)
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
11:00 3
3
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 Turbomachinery Modelling on the CHPC - Johan van der Spuy* (Stellenbosch University)

11:20 High Resolution Modelling of Tropical Cyclone Characteristics using the Lengau Cluster - Jessica Steinkopf (Global Change Institute, Wits University)

11:40 Density functional theory of thermoelectric properties of graphene - Moshibudi Ramoshaba (University of Limpopo)

12:00 Multiscale modelling of chemical systems on HPC and quantum computers - Thomas Keal (STFC Scientific Computing)

12:20 Q&A - Q&A
CHPC Cloud
CHPC Cloud
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 Bridging the Digital Divide with Cloud-Hosted Geo-Location Spectrum Databases - Luzango Mfupe* (CSIR)

11:20 Image based analysis and crop prediction using smartphone. - Lindokuhle Mdletshe* (INNOBIZ Group (Pty) Ltd)

11:40 OpenStack Adoption at CHPC: Advancing AFIS and Emerging DevOps Projects Through Scalable Cloud Solutions - Kirodh Boodhraj* (CSIR)

12:00 Infrastructure consideration for Science Engagement Information Management Systems on CHPC - Muzi Matyila* (CSIR)

12:20 Q&A
3
3
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
Contributions

11:00 A chatbot LLM based access control mechanism - Christian Still (University of Pretoria)

11:20 Enhancing Forensic Readiness through an Integrated Approach to Fraud Risk Management throughout the Digital Transformation Lifecycle - Antonio Pooe (University of Johannesburg)

11:40 Solving the Privacy and Security Challenge using ZKP: Its Positive Impact on the Economy - Siphelele Myaka

12:00 Biometric authentication: Stress as a factor in keystroke dynamics - Monique Mac Donald

12:20 Q&A
SADC NRENs
SADC NRENs
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 Collaboration and Resource Sharing Among SADC Institutions: Are NRENs Supporting These Initiatives? - Frank Seth (TERNET)

11:30 Ubuntunet Alliance – For Research & Education Networking - Eliakim Okundi (UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking)

12:00 MaREN – Malawi Research and Education Network - Solomon Dindi (MAREN)
Digital Leadership
Digital Leadership
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 A multifaceted approach to the IS ecosystems implementation exploring multiple Conceptual and Theoretical Frameworks - Ricardo Harry (CSIR)

11:20 Building NICIS’ Cloud: Localising the Cloud Platform - David Macleod (CHPC)

11:40 Guiding the adoption of Generative AI and Next Generation NLP - Avi Moodley Privolen Naidoo

12:00 Leveraging Hybrid Cloud, HPC and Quantum Computing Resources - Nyameko Lisa

12:20 An Emerging Leadership Paradigm for Navigating a Rapidly Changing World - Mervyn Christoffels (CHPC)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
13:30 4
4
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 Engineering Strategies for Perovskites Materials - Regina Maphanga* (CSIR)

13:50 Cosmology with radio telescopes: finding a needle in the datastack - Mario Santos* (University of the Western Cape)

14:10 1KSA - Decoding South Africa’s Biodiversity - Patricia Swart (DIPLOMICS)

14:30 HPC in all the right places – accelerating modelling workflows in metallurgical engineering applications - Quinn Reynolds (Mintek)

14:50 Q&A - Q&A
Education BoF
Education BoF
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 Welcome and Introduction - Bryan Johnston (CHPC)

13:35 Overview of Wits HPC

13:45 Overview of new local HPC course

13:55 Are You Doing Science? - Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories)

14:35 ® Onboarding new first time HPC users - John Poole

14:45 ® SIGHPC Committee

14:55 SIGHPC Edu
4
4
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
Contributions

13:30 Smoke Signals: Analysing and Decoding Quiet Quitting and Burnout Among Cybersecurity Professionals - Michael De Jager (Unit for Data Science and Computing, North-West University)

13:50 Profiling Prominent Ransomware Threat Actors - Hendrik Tjaart Pelser (North West University)

14:10 Contextual Factors Influencing the Cybersecurity Commitment of Government Institutions in Developing Countries - Teofelus Tuyeni (University of Cape Town)

14:30 Trust Requirements and Mechanisms in Peer-to-Peer Energy Markets - Boitumelo Leotlela

14:50 Q&A
NREN Equipment
NREN Equipment
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 High-Performance Packet Processing with Programmable Data Planes - Ruan de Clercq (Dendrite Cyber)

14:00 The way forward with Nokia - Craig Robert Taylor

14:30 AI-Native Networking for Modern Networks - Lunama Miankodila (Networking OEM)
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
15:30 Users BoF
Users BoF
15:30 - 17:00
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 CHPC Users BoF - Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)

16:30 Computational Chemistry and Material Science Special Interest Group (SIG) - Krishna Govender (University of Johannesburg)
Storage & IO
Storage & IO
15:30 - 17:00
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 Reducing Data Movement Through Derived Quantity Generation - Jay Lofstead* (Sandia National Laboratories)

15:50 Characterizing the I/O Performance of HPC Platforms Using the I/O Performance Evaluation Suite - Luan Teylo* (INRIA Bordeaux)

16:10 ® I/O Insights and Recommendations for All - Jean Luca Bez (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)

16:30 ® XIO: Towards eXplainable I/O using multi-layer monitoring solution for HPC Systems. - Hari Hariharan Devarajan (LLNL)

16:50 Q&A
5
5
15:30 - 17:00
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
Contributions

15:30 A Rapid Review Cybersecurity Strategic Analysis Framework: The Case of Higher Education Institutions - Rennie Naidoo (University of the Witwatersrand)

15:50 Factors influencing Sensitive Data Protection practices in South African public schools - Siyavuya Ntlale (University of Cape Town (UCT))

16:10 Exploring the Cybersecurity-Resilience Gap: AnAnalysis of Student Attitudes and Behaviors in Higher Education - Dirk Snyman (University of Cape Town)

16:30 Lacking Balance? Assessing the Content and Coverage of Cyber Security Degrees - Steven Furnell (University of Nottingham)

16:50 Q&A
SABEN, SANReN, TENET
SABEN, SANReN, TENET
15:30 - 16:55
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 South African Broadband Education Nertworks (SABEN) - Acres Michael (SABEN)

15:50 Empowering Research and Education: An Introduction to TENET's Trust & Identity Services - Wesley Barry (TENET South Africa)

16:10 The South African National Research Network (SANReN) - Ajay Makan (SANReN)
17:00 Intermission
Intermission
17:00 - 17:15
Room: Tsitsikamma

17:15 Cocktails Poster Showcase
Cocktails Poster Showcase
17:15 - 19:15
Room: Exhibition Hall – Lower Level
Wednesday, 4 December 2024

06:00 Morning Walk Wellness
Morning Walk Wellness
06:00 - 07:00
Room: Tsitsikamma

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
09:00 Wednesday
Wednesday
09:00 - 10:30
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

09:00 Intel AI in Action at the 2024 Olympics: Deployments and Benefits for your Business - Jean-Laurent Philippe* (Intel)

09:45 Tackling the Challenges of Reproducibility and Data Sharing in Computational Science - Hakizumwami Birali Runesha* (University of Chicago)
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
11:00 1
1
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 SAWS Climate Services and Infrastructure - Dawn Mahlobo* (South African Weather Service)

11:20 Resource Scheduling and Allocation in HPC Cyberinfrastructure - Olalekan Samuel Ogunleye* (University of Mpumalanga)

11:40 Data driven decision-making and policy for application in water and sanitation systems - Ridhwaan Suliman* (CSIR)

12:00 DIRISA: A National Infrastructure for Research Data Management and Collaboration - Katlego W. Phoshoko* (Data Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA), CSIR)

12:20 Q&A
Student Datathon Presentations
Student Datathon Presentations
11:00 - 14:00
Room: BICC.G-W - Wood Rooms
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 HPC Applications Enabling Catalysis Design for Ammonia Decomposition to Produce Hydrogen - Nomcebo Motsa* (Sustainable Energy and Environment Research Group (SEERG), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa.)

11:20 Computational Insights into Wind Patterns and Albatross Mortality - Janine Schoombie* (University of Pretoria)

11:40 Acceleration of Electronic Structure Codes on Heterogeneous Hardware - Marcello Puligheddu (Science and Technology Facilities Council)

12:00 Rational design of porphyin and BODIPY analogues for biomedical applications: further progress and future perspectives - John Mack (Rhodes University)

12:20 Q&A - Q&A
11:00 - 12:30
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

11:00 Empowering Southern Africa's Researchers: Overcoming HPC Barriers with MATLAB Tools - Marco Rossi (MathWorks)

11:40 Sustainable AI Infrastructure: A Mandatory Pathway for Supercomputing Centres - Maximilian Höb (Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ))
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma

Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma

Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
13:30 2
2
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 Data sharing, fabric and effective governance in the error of big data analytics - Mawande Mongo* (Altron)

13:50 Applications of 4IR on the diagnosis and management of STIs among key populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review - Claris Siyamayambo* (1South Africa Medical Research Council/ University of Johannesburg (SAMRC/UJ) Pan African Centre for Epidemics Research (PACER) Extramural Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa)

14:10 Crafting Open Data for Open Science: Technical Innovation and Data Management in Environmental Research — The SAEON Open Data Platform - Mark Jacobson* (South African Environmental Observation Network)

14:30 A Secure Data-Centric Model for SMMEs Across Africa: Bringing Stakeholders Together - Sonwabo Mdwaba* (Pan African Information Communication Technology Association) Nobert Jere (University of Fort Hare)

14:50 Q&A
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 Exploration of future magnetic and cathode materials through computer-based simulations. - Ndanduleni Lethole* (University of Fort Hare)

13:50 Architectural Variations of Li2MnO3-Li0.69MnO2 Core-Shell Cathodes During the Cycling Process - Raesibe Ledwaba (University of Limpopo)

14:10 Computational challenges of running kilometer-scale Earth System Models in a developing country - Tumelo Moalusi (Witwatersrand University)

14:30 Developing a Sustainable and Performant GPU Implementation of Plane-Wave DFT - Matthew Smith (University of York)

14:50 Q&A - Q&A
HPC Ecosystems BoF
HPC Ecosystems BoF
13:30 - 15:00
Room: BICC.G-D1 - D1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

13:30 HPC Ecosystems BoF - Coordinator: Mr Bryan Johnston (CHPC)
15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Tsitsikamma
15:30 3
3
15:30 - 16:50
Room: BICC.G-D2 - D2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 AcousNomaly: Learning to Detect Anomalies in Acoustic Telemetry Data using Machine learning and Deep Learning - Siphendulwe Zaza* (MSc Applied Mathematics student from Rhodes University)

15:50 Empowering Data-Driven Research with AI Tools - Lungile Nkosi* (University of Pretoria)

16:10 Obtaining and Using Data for Decision Support and Innovation in Resource-Constrained Environments - Audrey Masizana* (University of Botswana)

16:30 Transformer-based Sense Embeddings with Deep Learning Large Language Models for Low-Resource Language Disambiguation - Hlaudi Masethe* (Tshwane University of Technology)
Women in HPC BoF
Women in HPC BoF
15:30 - 16:30
Room: BICC.G-C1 - C1 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

15:30 Women in HPC BoF - Khomotso Maenetja (Materials Modelling Centre)
17:00 Intermission
Intermission
17:00 - 19:00
Room: Tsitsikamma
19:00 Closing
Closing
19:00 - 19:45
Room: BICC.G-B2 - B2 Tsitsikamma
Contributions

19:00 The Third Pillar of HPC - Thomas Sterling* (TACC)
19:45 Awards Dinner
Awards Dinner
19:45 - 22:00
Room: Tsitsikamma