Name: 2018 CHPC National Conference
Start: 2018-12-02T08:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-12-06T17:05:00+02:00
Location: Century City Convention Centre

Monday, 3 December 2018

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Foyer
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:00 Welcoming Address - HINA PATEL (CSIR)

09:10 DST DG Opening Address and NICIS Brand Identity Launch - Phil Mjwara (DST)

09:30 CHPC Director Address - Happy Sithole (CHPC)
09:45
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:45 KEYNOTE 1: New Era in HPC - Trish Damkroger (intel)
10:30 Morning Tea
Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Hall D
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Hall C
Contributions

11:00 High throughput computing considerations for Public Health Genomics - Alan Christoffels (University of the Western Cape)

11:20 Developing Africa's first Earth System Model on the CHPC Lengau cluster - Nicolette Chang (CSIR)

11:40 The role of the interface in binary polymer blends - Giuseppe Pellicane (University of Kwazulu-Natal)

12:00 First−Principles Study of Semiconductor-Based Photocatalyst Materials for Environmental Remediation - Penny Govender (Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg)
Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Hall B
Contributions

11:00 Quantum Sensing a New View of the Universe as Revolutionary as the First Telescope - Ian Shipsey (University of Oxford)

11:20 Machine Learning with Quantum Computers - Francesco Petruccione (UKZN)

11:40 A quantum future of computation - Matthias Troyer (Microsoft)

12:00 Quantum Computing - Panel Discussion - Peter Braam (-)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Hall D
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Hall C
Contributions

13:30 AI is impacting HPC everywhere - Rob Farber

13:50 Computational modelling and capabilities in metal and alloys - Hasani Chauke (Univesity of Limpopo)

14:10 Modelling Dry Flue Gas Desulfurisation in a Circulating Fluidized Bed. - Louis Le Grange (North-West University)

14:30 Effects of Island Shape on Magnetostatic Interactions in Bit Patterned Media for Data Storage - Josephat Kalezhi (Copperbelt University)
Storage and IO
Storage and IO
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Hall B
Contributions

13:30 Integrating Containers with Storage - Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories)

14:00 Understanding and Mitigating Interference between MPI and I/O Traffic on Fat-tree Networks - Kevin A. Brown (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

14:30 Bytes are Bytes, Right? - Matthew Curry (Sandia National Laboratories)
15:00 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Hall D
15:30
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

15:30 INDUSTRY CROSSFIRE: Market Update: HPC, Hyperscale, and AI - Addison Snell (Intersect360 Research)
16:30

16:30 - 17:30
Room: Hall D

18:00

18:00 - 18:30
Room: The Square

18:30 Intel Braai
Intel Braai
18:30 - 20:30
Room: The Square
Tuesday, 4 December 2018

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Foyer
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:00 KEYNOTE 3: NRENs: The Pathways to Global Knowledge and Collaboration - Michael Foley (World Bank)
09:45
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:45 KEYNOTE 4: Security Intelligence: Data to Cyber War - Elmarie Biermann (Cyber Security Institute)
10:30 Morning Tea
Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Hall D
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

11:00 Advancing Computational Science in South African Academia through Social and Cyber Networks - Kevin J. Naidoo (University of Cape Town)

11:20 Next-generation DNA sequencing: why HPC is becoming a vital component of biological research - Peter Teske (University of Johannesburg)

11:40 High performance computing in pyrometallurgy - Driaan Bezuidenhout (Mintek)

12:00 CORDEX projections of changing tropical cyclones in the IPCC SR1.5 report as performed on the CHPC's Lengau cluster - F.A. Engelbrecht Mavhungu Muthige
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 8+9
Contributions

11:00 High Throughput Computing in bioinformatics: workflows, containers and emerging paradigms - Peter van Heusden (South Africa National Bioinformatics Institute)

11:30 Introducing the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Mid Data Centre Facility - Jeremy Main (SARAO / SKA South Africa)

12:00 Integrating HPC and AI in the Exascale Era : Applications and Platforms - Oliver Blondel (HPE)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 10
Contributions

11:00 Moving more data, faster - SANReN Data Transfer Pilot Service - Sakhamuzi Hadebe (CSIR - SANReN CA) Kasandra Pillay (SANReN)

11:30 Bandwidth and its influence on tertiary education - Sune Von Solms (University of Johannesburg)

12:00 Examining the Threat Landscape of Social Engineering in an Emerging Society - Francois Mouton
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Hall D

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13:30 - 15:00
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

13:30 Role of High Performance Computing in the Applications of Bio-economically Important Proteins - Ozlem Tastan Bishop (Rhodes University)

13:50 HPC in the De Beers Marine R&D Context - Imraan Parker (De Beers Marine)

14:10 On the co-operation between SAWS and CHPC for forecast continuity and Unified Model research in South Africa - Stephanie Landman (South African Weather Service)

14:30 HPC insights into chemistry mysteries - Jeanet Conradie (University of the Free State)
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 8+9
Contributions

13:30 TensorFlow as HPC Infrastructure? - Peter Braam

14:00 Exploring Real-Time Semantics in Supercomputing - Maciej Brodowicz (Indiana Univeristy)

14:30 Digital Earth South Africa: from satellites to insights - Imraan Saloojee (SANSA)
15:00 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Hall D
15:30 Women in HPC
Women in HPC
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

15:30 Women in High Performance Computing Africa (WHPC-Africa) - Khomotso Maenetja (UL)
17:00

17:00 - 20:00
Room: Hall C (Dinner Hall D)
Wednesday, 5 December 2018

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Foyer
09:00
09:00 - 09:45
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:00 KEYNOTE 5: The MeerKAT Science Data Processing Journey - Khutso Ngoasheng (South African Radio Astronomy Observatory)
09:45
09:45 - 10:30
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

09:45 KEYNOTE 6: Big Data Analytics: Does Data Quality Really Matter? - Bhekisipho Twala (University of South Africa)
10:30 Morning Tea
Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Hall D
11:00 HPC Education
HPC Education
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 7
Contributions

11:00 Strategies and Challenges of HPC education and training - Weronika Filinger (EPCC at The University of Edinburgh, PRACE) Emmanouil-Ioannis Farsarakis
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Rooms 8+9
Contributions

11:00 Chair/Facilitator - Sthembiso Mkhwanazi (CSIR)

11:05 The World of Research Data: When Should Data be Closed, Shared or Open? - Heila Pienaar (University of Pretoria Library)

11:20 Challenges and Opportunities for African Genomics Research - Sumir Panji (UCT Computational Biology Division / H3ABioNet)

11:35 Digital Scholarship - Surviving a Digital and Data Intensive World - Isak Van der Walt (University of Pretoria)

11:50 UNISA Research Data Management: A Case Study - Makaba Macanda (UNISA)

12:05 Research Data Management: The Security Imperatives - Uche M. Mbanaso

12:20 Q&A
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

11:00 High Performance Computing for Nature Inspired Metaheuristics - Nelishia Pillay (University of Pretoria)

11:20 The CHPC’s role in key projects at Aerotherm - Wian Van Der Merwe (Aerotherm)

11:40 Untapped Potential of Computational Material Science In Kenya - George Manyali (Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology)

12:00 Simulations of the COSMO model on the CHPC - Patience Mulovhedzi (SAWS) Mary-Jane Bopape (SAWS)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Hall D
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Rooms 8+9
Contributions

13:30 Chair/Facilitator - Isak Van der Walt (UP Library)

13:35 DIRISA Technology Stack - Claude Fortune (CSIR)

13:50 Integrating Data Upload Service With Digital Object Identifier System - Mbuyiselo Ndlovu (CSIR Employee)

14:05 The South African Data Management Planning Tool (SA DMP Tool) - Nobubele Shozi (CSIR)

14:20 Q&A
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

13:30 An Overview of Modelling at Johnson Matthey - Chris Perry (Johnston Matthey)

13:50 Using High Performance Computing to run large-scale WRFChem Acid Deposition Modelling over the Highveld Region of South Africa - Suzanne Cawood (EScience Associates (Pty) Ltd)

14:10 The simultaneous Optimization of the Nose and Tail Geometry of a High Speed Train for Drag and Crosswind Stability - Andrea Beneke (Prospective Industry and current academic user) Ken Craig (University of Pretoria)

14:30 An Evaluation of Galaxy and Ruffus Workflows System for DNA-seq Analysis - Olabode Ajayi (South Africa National Bioinformatics Institute)
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 7
Contributions

13:30 Infiniband In-Network Computing - Yossi Avni (Mellanox Technologies)

14:00 Building HPC infrastructure on public clouds with PBS Works - Alexander Franke

14:30 HPC platform efficiency and challenges for a system builder - Martin Hilgeman (Technical Director HPC)
15:00 Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Hall D
15:30 CHPC PI's and Users
CHPC PI's and Users
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Meeting Room 11
Contributions

15:30 CHPC PI's and Users BoF - Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)
HPC Ecosystems
HPC Ecosystems
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Meeting Room 7
Contributions

15:30 BOF: HPC Ecosystems - Bryan Johnston (CHPC)
15:30 - 16:30
Room: Meeting Rooms 8+9
Contributions

15:30 Chair/Facilitator - Nobubele Shozi (CSIR)

15:35 The 2017 High Impact Weather Events over South Africa - Mary-Jane Bopape (South African Weather Service)

15:50 Infrastructure Services Towards Data Sharing - Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa)

16:05 ILIFU RDM Research Project: Progress Report - Alecia Naidu (University of Cape Town)

16:20 Q&A
18:00
18:00 - 18:45
Room: Hall B+C
Contributions

18:00 KEYNOTE 7: Coreless Continuum Computer Architecture - Thomas Sterling (Indiana University)
18:45 Prize-Giving Ceremony & Cocktail Dinner
Prize-Giving Ceremony & Cocktail Dinner
18:45 - 20:45
Room: Hall B+C
Thursday, 6 December 2018

08:00 Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Foyer
09:00
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room 10
Contributions

09:00 CHPC Industry engagement session - Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)
I
I
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room 11

09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room 7
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room 9
Contributions

09:00 Molecular Dynamics and Analysis using BRIDGE - Chris Barnett (University of Cape Town) Kevin J. Naidoo (University of Cape Town)
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Meeting Room 8
Contributions

09:00 Optimized Artificial Intelligence Solutions by Intel - Michael Steyer Edmund Preiss (Intel)
10:30 Morning break
Morning break
10:30 - 11:00
Room: Hall D
11:00
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 10
Contributions

11:00 CHPC Industry engagement session - Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)
II
II
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 11

11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 7
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 9
Contributions

11:00 Molecular Dynamics and Analysis using BRIDGE - Chris Barnett (University of Cape Town) Kevin J. Naidoo (University of Cape Town)
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Meeting Room 8
Contributions

11:00 Optimized Artificial Intelligence Solutions by Intel - Michael Steyer Edmund Preiss (Intel)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:30
Room: Hall D
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 10
Contributions

13:30 CHPC Industry engagement session - Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)
II
II
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 11

13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 7
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 9
Contributions

13:30 Molecular Dynamics and Analysis using BRIDGE - Chris Barnett (University of Cape Town) Kevin J. Naidoo (University of Cape Town)
13:30 - 15:00
Room: Meeting Room 8
Contributions

13:30 Optimized Artificial Intelligence Solutions by Intel - Michael Steyer Edmund Preiss (Intel)
15:00 Afternoon break
Afternoon break
15:00 - 15:30
Room: Hall D

15:30

15:30 - 17:00

IV
IV
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Meeting Room 11

15:30 - 17:00
Room: Meeting Room 7
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Meeting Room 9
Contributions

15:30 Molecular Dynamics and Analysis using BRIDGE - Chris Barnett (University of Cape Town) Kevin J. Naidoo (University of Cape Town)
15:30 - 17:00
Room: Meeting Room 8
Contributions

15:30 Optimized Artificial Intelligence Solutions by Intel - Michael Steyer Edmund Preiss (Intel)
17:00 End
End
17:00 - 17:05