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2017 CHPC National Conference

from Sunday, 3 December 2017 (07:00) to Thursday, 7 December 2017 (19:00)
Velmoré Hotel Estate

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
3 Dec 2017
4 Dec 2017
5 Dec 2017
6 Dec 2017
7 Dec 2017
AM
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Sunday Workshop: Big Data Meets HPC (until 12:30) (Rendezvous)
09:00 Big Data Meets HPC: Exploiting HPC Technologies for Accelerating Big Data Processing and Management - Dr Xiaoyi Lu (The Ohio State University)   (Rendezvous)
10:30 --- Break ---
09:00
Sunday Workshop: Intel AI/Deep Learning (until 17:00) (Martells)
09:00 Intel AI Workshop - Mr Stephen Blair-Chappell (Bayncore)   (Martells)
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
09:00
Sunday Workshop: Introduction to HPC - Thomas Sterling (Indiana University) (until 17:00) (De Voir)
09:00 Introduction to HPC - Matthew Anderson (Indiana University) Thomas Sterling (Indiana University)   (De Voir)
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
09:00
Sunday Workshop: Introduction to Schrödinger’s drug discovery tools (until 17:00) (Satre)
Workshop Files
09:00 Introduction to Schrödinger’s drug discovery tools - Dr Stephan Ehrlich (Schrodinger GmbH)   (Satre)
Workshop Files
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
09:00
Sunday Workshop: System administrator’s tools and techniques for user-facing software -Mr Nicholas Thorne (Texas Advanced Computing Center) Dr Milfeld Kent (TACC) (until 17:00) (Voltaire)
09:00 System administrator’s tools and techniques for user-facing software - Dr Milfeld Kent (TACC) Mr Nicholas Thorne (Texas Advanced Computing Center)   (Voltaire)
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
11:00
Student Cyber Security Challenge -Dr Renier van Heerden (SANReN, CSIR) (until 12:00) (De Bastille Exhibition Hall)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Plenary -Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC) (until 10:30) (Tres Sage)
09:00 Welcome   (Tres Sage)
09:05 Representative of the Mayor's office   (Tres Sage)
09:15 Speech by the Director-General, Department of Science & Technology - Dr Phil Mjwara (DST)   (Tres Sage)
09:30 Opening of the 11th CHPC Conference - Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC)   (Tres Sage)
09:45 Transforming Artificial Intelligence into Business Advantage - Sharad Gandhi (Market.Consult)   (Tres Sage)
10:30 --- Break ---
11:00
Chemistry -Dr Andre Stander (University of Pretoria) (until 12:30) (Satre)
11:00 Computational Modeling to support the development of biosensing devices - Prof. Krishna Bisetty (Department of Chemistry, Durban University of Technology, Durban)   (Satre)
11:30 Exploring chemical space using in silico studies to identify novel inhibitors of Acetylcholinesterase, a target for Alzheimer’s disease - Mr Carl Johan van der Westhuizen (University of Pretoria)   (Satre)
11:50 Probing the catalytic mechanism of an antifibrotic copper metallodrug - Ms Lizelle Lubbe (University of Cape Town)   (Satre)
12:10 Lead optimization: calculating relative binding free energies with FEP+ - Dr Stephan Ehrlich (Schrodinger GmbH)   (Satre)
11:00
Cognitive Computing and Machine Learning -Prof. Fulufhelo Nelwamondo (CSIR) (until 12:30) (De Voir)
11:00 Machine learning tools for visualising big data. - Prof. Amit Mishra (University of Cape Town)   (De Voir)
11:30 Machine Learning in the Era of Data Intensive Astronomy - Prof. Russ Taylor (Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy)   (De Voir)
12:00 Will AI transform your research and software? - Mr Kiernan Mike (Microsoft)   (De Voir)
11:00
Material Science -Dr Cornie van Sittert (North-West University) (until 12:30) ()
11:00 MODELLING ADVANCED MATERIALS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING - Prof. Richard Catlow (Department of Chemistry, University College London)   ()
11:30 Tuning the electronic, magnetic and optical properties of 2D materials: Ab initio insights - Dr Cecil Ouma (North West University)   ()
11:50 Computational study of anatase TiO2 as an anode material energy storage devices - Mr Mulatedzi Gandamipfa (University of Limpopo)   ()
12:10 Effect of pressure on structural, mechanical, dynamical and electronic properties of ReSe2 :A theoretical investigation - Mr Mahmoud Mahmoud (The University of the Witwatersrand)   ()
11:00
SADC Meeting (until 12:30) (Voltaire)
11:00
Storage and I/O -Dr Peter Braam (-) Dr Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories) (until 12:40) (Rendezvous)
11:00 Scientific Modeling of Storage System Reliability - Dr Matthew Curry (Sandia National Laboratories)   (Rendezvous)
11:25 Programmable Storage Systems - Prof. Carlos Maltzahn (University of California, Santa Cruz)   (Rendezvous)
11:50 EMPRESS--Extensible Metadata PRovider for Extreme-scale Scientific Simulations - Dr Jay Lofstead (Sandia National Laboratories)   (Rendezvous)
12:15 HPC Storage – the two distinct challenges - Dr Wolfgang Mertz (CTO HPC Dell EMC Isilon)   (Rendezvous)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Plenary -Mr Leon Staphorst (Director: SANReN) (until 10:30) (Tres Sage)
09:00 The Demand for High Performance Computing in Kenya: Special Interest Groups as vehicles for promoting research collaboration - Prof. Meoli Kashorda (KENET)   (Tres Sage)
09:45 Dramatic Changes for HPC Storage and IO - Dr Peter Braam (-)   (Tres Sage)
10:30 --- Break ---
10:30
Poster -Dr Andrew Gill (CHPC) (until 11:00) (De Bastille)
11:00
Chemistry -Prof. Gert Kruger (UKZN) (until 12:30) (Martells)
11:00 Molecular modelling of ligands, receptors and enzymes for in silico drug discovery - Prof. Tahir Pillay (University of Pretoria)   (Martells)
11:30 Using docking and molecular dynamics to design potent and selective anticancer, anti-osteoclastogenic and anti-malarial compounds - Dr Andre Stander (University of Pretoria)   (Martells)
11:50 The identification of highly potent peptide scaffolds for the treatment of hormone resistant prostate cancer - Mr Lester Sigauke (Rhodes University)   (Martells)
12:10 The enzymatic mechanism of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease: are we there yet? - Ms Monsurat Motunrayo Lawal (UKZN)   (Martells)
11:00
Earth Science -Prof. Marius Potgieter (North-West University) (until 12:40) (Satre)
11:00 Ocean-biogeochemical model sensitivity in the Southern Ocean towards the development of the earth system model, CSIR-VR-ESM - Dr Nicolette Chang (CSIR)   (Satre)
11:30 Prospects for improving coastal modelling in the Benguela region - Dr Thulwaneng Mashifane (South African Environmental Observation Network)   (Satre)
11:50 Mechanisms of the Sea-Air CO2 Flux Seasonal Cycle biases in CMIP5 Earth Systems Models in the Southern Ocean - Mr Precious Mongwe (CSIR NRE)   (Satre)
12:05 Modelling the low frequency variability of the Indian Ocean. - Mr Mthetho Sovara (CHPC/UCT/CSIR)   (Satre)
12:20 Understanding rainfall distribution over the Drakensberg Mountain Range under weak synoptic conditions. - Mr Ridick Roland TAKONG (University of Cape Town)   (Satre)
11:00
HPC -Dr Davini Maurizio (University of Pisa) (until 12:30) (Tres Sage)
11:00 Accelerating the 3-D FFT using a heterogeneous FPGA architecture - Matthew Anderson (Indiana University)   (Tres Sage)
11:25 Unconventional use of Intel XeonPHI Knights Landing - Prof. Antonio Cisternino (University of Pisa)   (Tres Sage)
11:50 Understanding and Controlling Processor Affinity - Dr Milfeld Kent (TACC)   (Tres Sage)
12:15 CODE-RADE offloading software building from sites. - Mr Sean Murray (CHPC, CSIR)   (Tres Sage)
11:00
Material Science -Dr George Amolo (Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi) (until 12:30) ()
11:00 Computational modeling as a complementary and predictive tool in materials science research - Dr George Amolo (Technical University of Kenya)   ()
11:20 Spin-transfer torque field switching of magnetization in vertically-stacked multilayers - Dr Aniekan Ukpong (UKZN)   ()
11:40 Phase diagram for the adsorption of oxygen and water on Pt(100) and Pt(111) - Mr Pierre Cilliers (Catalysis Insititute, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town)   ()
12:00 DMol3/COSMO-RS Prediction of Aqueous Solubility and Reactivity of Selected Azo Dyes: Effect of Global Orbital Cut-off and COSMO Segment Variation - Mr Olaide Wahab (Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, P. O. Box 17011, Doornfontein Campus, 2028, Johannesburg, South Africa)   ()
11:00
SA NREN -Dr Renier van Heerden (SANReN, CSIR) (until 12:30) (Rendezvous)
11:00 Expanding the borders of Nelson Mandela University – Strategic partnerships to enable high speed university connectivity in Nelson Mandela Bay - Mr Creswell Du Preez (Nelson Mandela University)   (Rendezvous)
11:30 TVET Connectivity Project - Mr Arno Hart (SABEN)   (Rendezvous)
12:00 An Assessment of the Maturity of the SA NREN - Mr Leon Staphorst (Director: SANReN)   (Rendezvous)
11:00
SADC Meeting (until 12:30) (Voltaire)
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
Plenary -Dr Vahed Anwar (CSIR) (until 10:30) ()
09:00 Progress on The SADC Cyberinfrastructure Framework: Supporting Open Data and Open Science in the region - Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (University Of Botswana)   ()
09:45 The three big challenges scientists are confronted with in today’s data driven research – data, intelligence and interaction. - Mr Kiernan Mike (Microsoft)   ()
10:30 --- Break ---
10:30
Poster -Dr Andrew Gill (CHPC) (until 11:00) (De Bastille)
11:00
BioInformatics -Prof. Fourie Joubert (University of Pretoria) (until 12:30) (Satre)
11:00 H3ABioNet –enabling bioinformatics and big data research in Africa - Prof. Nicola Mulder (University of Cape Town)   (Satre)
11:30 Bioinformatics gone Wild! - Dr Morne Du Plessis (National Zoological Gardens of South Africa)   (Satre)
12:00 Investigation of the interaction between selected divalent cations and the novel Schistosoma mansoni Universal stress protein G4LZI3. - Ms Priscilla Masamba (University of Zululand)   (Satre)
11:00
Computational Mechanics -Dr Muaaz Bhamjee (University of Johannesburg) (until 12:30) (Voltaire)
11:00 Computational Fluid Dynamics in Renewable Energy and High-Speed Transport - Prof. Ken Craig (Professor)   (Voltaire)
11:30 Performance Analysis of an HPC Implementation for Large-Scale Propagation Prediction - Mr Johan Havenga (North-West University)   (Voltaire)
Slides
11:50 Computational Aeroacoustic Modelling Using Hybrid RANS/LES Methods With Modified Acoustic Analogies - Mr Zamashobane Zama (University of Cape Town)   (Voltaire)
11:00
DIRISA -Ms Nobubele Shozi (CSIR) (until 12:30) (Rendezvous)
11:00 Best Practices… No, Good Enough Practices, for Building an eResearch enabled Institution - The NWU eResearch Story - Ms Anelda Van der Walt (NWU/Talarify)   (Rendezvous)
11:30 Libraries enabling Open Data: UCTs new Institutional Data Repository - Mr Niklas Zimmer (University of Cape Town)   (Rendezvous)
11:55 Towards A National Research Data Management Strategy for South African Universities - Dr Mark Hahnel (figshare) Dr Dale Peters (UCT)   (Rendezvous)
12:20 10 Minutes Q&A   (Rendezvous)
11:00
HPC Education BoF -Dr John Poole (CHPC) (until 12:30) (De Voir)
11:00 Overview of HPC course and textbook   (De Voir)
11:00
Material Science -Dr Eric Maluta (University of Venda) (until 12:30) ()
11:00 Limits of Langmuir - Prof. Eric van Steen (Catalysis Insititute, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town)   ()
11:30 Validation of the OSCAR-5 Code System against Experimental Data on Fuel Burnup and Material Activation in Research Reactors - Dr Francois van Heerden (Necsa)   ()
11:50 ELSI: A unified software interface for Kohn-Sham electronic structure solvers - Victor Yu (Duke University)   ()
12:10 Computational and experimental study on heats of adsorption of MBT, MBO and MBI onto pyrite mineral surfaces - Dr Peace Mkhonto (University of Limpopo (MMC))   ()
08:00 --- Registration ---
09:00
CHPC Industry Engagement Meeting (until 12:30) (De Voir)
09:00 CHPC Industry Engagement Meeting - Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC)   (De Voir)
10:30 --- Break ---
09:00
Thursday Workshop: Deep Learning training course: OpenPOWER and AI (until 17:00) (Satre)
09:00 OpenPOWER Workshop - Mr Ganesan Narayanasamy (TECHNOLOGY leader)   (Satre)
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
09:00
Thursday Workshop: HPC configuration management using Puppet 5 (until 17:00) (Voltaire)
09:00 HPC configuration management using Puppet 5 - Mr Charl Möller (University of Stellenbosch)   (Voltaire)
notes
10:30 --- Break ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
15:00 --- Break ---
09:00
Thursday Workshop: Introduction to Parallel Computing with OpenMP (until 12:30) (Rendezvous)
09:00 Introduction to Parallel Computing with OpenMP - Dr Milfeld Kent (TACC)   (Rendezvous)
10:30 --- Break ---
09:00
Thursday Workshop: Microsoft AI "Amplifying human ingenuity" (until 12:30) (Martells)
10:30 --- Break ---
PM
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Sunday Workshop: Parallel visualization on Lengau with Paraview and VisIt -Dr Charles Crosby (CHPC) (until 17:00) (Rendezvous)
13:30 Parallel visualization on Lengau with Paraview and VisIt - Dr Charles Crosby (CHPC)   (Rendezvous)
15:00 --- Break ---
17:00 --- End of Day 1 ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Cognitive Computing and Machine Learning -Prof. Amit Mishra (University of Cape Town) (until 15:00) (De Voir)
13:30 Computational Intelligence and Algorithmic Mechanism Design: an Application in Revenue Optimisation - Prof. Fulufhelo Nelwamondo (CSIR)   (De Voir)
14:00 Intel HPC and AI Technologies - Mr Aljeshi Ahmed (Intel Corporation)   (De Voir)
14:30 Accelerating Big Data Processing and Associated Deep Learning on Modern HPC Clusters and Clouds - Dr Xiaoyi Lu (The Ohio State University)   (De Voir)
13:30
Earth Science -Dr Nicolette Chang (CSIR) (until 15:00) (Satre)
13:30 High Performance Computing at the South African Weather Service - Dr Mary-Jane Bopape (South African Weather Service)   (Satre)
14:00 South African Record Rainfalls - Mr Jan Vermeulen (South African Weather Service)   (Satre)
14:15 Modelling the variability of convection over East Rand South Africa - Mr Sifiso Mbatha (South African Weather Service)   (Satre)
14:30 Computations on the CHPC: Evaluation of the COSMO model - Mrs patience tlangelani mulovhedzi (scientist)   (Satre)
14:45 Heatwaves in the future warmer climate of South Africa - Mr Innocent Mbokodo (South African Weather Service)   (Satre)
13:30
Material Science -Prof. Eric van Steen (Catalysis Insititute, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town) (until 15:00) ()
13:30 DENSITY FUNCTIONAL STUDY OF ELECTRONIC, OPTICAL AND ADSORPTION PROPERTIES DYE ON ANATASE AND BROOKITE TIO2 SURFACES FOR APPLICATION IN DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - Dr Eric Maluta (University of Venda)   ()
14:00 Charge transport, interfacial interactions and synergistic mechanism in BiNbO4/MWO4 (M = Zn and Cd) heterostructures for hydrogen production: insights from a DFT+U study - Mr Francis Opoku (Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg)   ()
14:20 STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS MATERIALS - Mr Sandile Mamba (UKZN)   ()
14:40 Beyond Li-ion: Computational Modelling Studies on Stability of Li-S-Se System - Mr Cliffton Masedi (CSIR/UL)   ()
13:30
SADC Meeting (until 15:00) (Voltaire)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:00
Chemistry and Materials SIG -Prof. Penny Govender (Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg) Dr Cornie van Sittert (North-West University) (until 15:30) ()
15:30
Plenary -Mr Michael Feldman (TOP500.org) (until 16:30) (Tres Sage)
15:30 2017 HPC Landscape and Technology Trends - Mr Michael Feldman (TOP500.org)   (Tres Sage)
18:00
Plenary -Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC) (until 18:45) (Tres Sage)
18:00 Intel Plenary TBA - Dr Bill Magro (Intel)   (Tres Sage)
18:45
Dinner (until 21:00) ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Chemistry -Prof. Ignacy Cukrowski (University of Pretoria, Department of Chemistry) (until 15:00) (Martells)
13:30 Computational chemistry methods in understanding the properties of porous material - Prof. Catharine Esterhuysen (Department of Chemistry and Poymer Science, University of Stellenbosch)   (Martells)
14:00 Can we reach the heaven of chemical accuracy by climbing Jacob’s Ladder? A DFT validation study for Non-heme Iron complexes - Dr Adedapo Adeyinka (Chemical Resource Beneficiation Focus Area, Northwest University Potchefstroom Campus)   (Martells)
14:20 Molecular modelling of lanthanide(III) chloride complexes with the nitrogen ligand DPA: AIM/NCI analysis and ligand conformational search - Mr Cameron Matthews (Nelson Mandela University)   (Martells)
14:40 A DFT study of the ring opening mechanism of tetraethyl-2-aryl-1,2-epoxygembisphosphonates - Dr Thishana Singh (DUT)   (Martells)
13:30
Cognitive Computing and Machine Learning -Mr Kiernan Mike (Microsoft) (until 15:00) (De Voir)
13:30 Deep Learning: Research Directions and Upcoming Challenges - Dr Davide Bacciu (University of Pisa)   (De Voir)
14:00 Applications of machine learning: Developing natural language processing technology for South Africa's official languages - Dr Febe de Wet (Stellenbosch University)   (De Voir)
14:20 Learning image interest and saliency from pairwise image comparisons - Dr Michael Burke (Council for scientific and industrial research/ University of Witwatersrand)   (De Voir)
14:40 Machine Learning Based Bitcoin Price Prediction - Mr Matthew Finlayson (Student)   (De Voir)
13:30
Earth Science -Dr Mary-Jane Bopape (South African Weather Service) (until 15:00) (Satre)
13:30 Numerical modeling of transients in the solar modulation of astroparticles - Prof. Marius Potgieter (North-West University)   (Satre)
14:00 Detailed projections of future climate change over Africa: the Variable Resolution Earth System Model and supercomputing on the CHPC Lengau cluster - Prof. Francois Engelbrecht (CSIR)   (Satre)
14:20 Evaluation of Soil Moisture in the Coupled CCAM-CABLE Model over South Africa Using In-Situ and ESA CCI Satellite Observations - Mr Floyd Khosa (CSIR)   (Satre)
14:40 A high performance computing approach to cosmic-ray modulation. - Mr Katlego Moloto (NWU)   (Satre)
13:30
HPC -Dr Milfeld Kent (TACC) (until 15:00) (Tres Sage)
13:30 Enabling The Era of Data-Centric HPC - Mr Yossi Avni (Mellanox Technologies)   (Tres Sage)
14:00 Striving to the End-User HPC Sweet Spot: Altair Perspective - Mr Ernst Burger (Altair Engineering S.A. (Pty) Ltd)   (Tres Sage)
14:30 Trends in systems and how to get efficient performance - Mr Martin Hilgeman (Dell EMC)   (Tres Sage)
13:30
SA NREN -Dr Zukisani Makalima (DIRISA) (until 15:00) ()
13:30 Testing and Training Cybersecurity using a virtual platform - Prof. Joey Jansen van Vuuren (CSIR) Mr Aubrey Labuschagne (CSIR)   ()
14:00 Your DNS, My DNS - National risk and DNS infrastructure - Prof. Barry Irwin (Rhodes University)   ()
14:30 Innovation in the Network and Security Space - Mr Andrew Wilson (LucidView)   ()
13:30
SADC Meeting (until 15:00) (Voltaire)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:00
Poster -Dr Andrew Gill (CHPC) (until 15:30) (De Bastille)
15:30
CHPC PIs & Users BoF -Dr Werner Janse Van Rensburg (CHPC) (until 17:00) (Tres Sage)
15:30
HPC Ecosystems BoF -Mr Bryan Johnston (CHPC Slave) (until 17:00) (Martells)
15:30
SADC Meeting (until 16:30) (Voltaire)
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
BioInformatics -Prof. Nicola Mulder (University of Cape Town) (until 15:00) (Satre)
13:30 Computation and the future of biological research - Prof. Fourie Joubert (University of Pretoria)   (Satre)
14:00 An Integrative Approach to Generating a Reference Transcriptome for Sugarcane - Ms Robyn Jacob (South African Sugarcane Research Institute)   (Satre)
14:20 In silico identification and structural bioinformatics of druggable protein targets in Schistosoma Species - Mr Raphael Taiwo Aruleba (University of Zululand)   (Satre)
13:30
Chemistry -Prof. Catharine Esterhuysen (Department of Chemistry and Poymer Science, University of Stellenbosch) (until 15:00) (Martells)
13:30 DFT for isomers in solution, redox potentials, transition states and favored reaction products - Prof. Karel von Eschwege (University of the Free State)   (Martells)
13:50 FAMSEC-based insight on the chemical nature of the XH...HY (X,Y = C,N) intramolecular interactions - Prof. Ignacy Cukrowski (University of Pretoria)   (Martells)
14:10 The degradation of phosphate derived ligands in hydrometallurgical solvent extraction - Mr Daniel Jansen van Vuuren (North-West University)   (Martells)
14:30 A DFT study of the ODH of n-hexane over isolated H3VO4 and H4V2O7 - Dr Nkululeko Damoyi (Mangosuthu University of Technology)   (Martells)
13:30
Computational Mechanics -Prof. Ken Craig (Professor) (until 15:00) (Voltaire)
13:30 Modelling of Multiphase Flow in Process Equipment: The Trade-off between Accuracy and Computational Efficiency - Dr Muaaz Bhamjee (University of Johannesburg)   (Voltaire)
14:00 Computational modelling of furnace tapholes – a case study in life at the interface between academic and industrial research - Dr Quinn Reynolds (Mintek) Mr Markus Erwee (Mintek)   (Voltaire)
14:30 Adjusting empirical relationships in a turbulence model - Mr Gareth Erfort (Stellenbosch University)   (Voltaire)
13:30
DIRISA -Ms Nobubele Shozi (CSIR) (until 15:00) (Rendezvous)
13:30 A next generation institutional repository for ALL South African research - Dr Mark Hahnel (figshare)   (Rendezvous)
13:55 What infrastructure is necessary for successful research data management (RDM) at universities? - Dr Heila Pienaar (University of Pretoria)   (Rendezvous)
14:20 Incentives driving data sharing: an African perspective - Mrs Ina Smith (Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf))   (Rendezvous)
14:45 10 Minutes Q&A   (Rendezvous)
13:30
HPC Education BoF -Dr John Poole (CHPC) (until 15:00) (De Voir)
13:30 HPC Topics in African University Courses   (De Voir)
15:00 --- Break ---
15:00
Poster -Dr Andrew Gill (CHPC) (until 15:30) (De Bastille)
15:30
DIRISA -Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (University Of Botswana) (until 16:30) (Rendezvous)
15:30 Panel Discussion: Making Data Sharing Work - Dr Tshiamo Motshegwa (University Of Botswana)   (Rendezvous)
15:30
Women in HPC BoF -Prof. Regina Maphanga (CSIR) (until 16:30) (De Voir)
15:30 Women in High Performance Computing in South Africa - Regina Maphanga (CSIR)   (De Voir)
18:00
Plenary -Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC) (until 18:45) (Tres Sage Plenary Hall)
18:00 The Dawning of the Neo-Digital Age in the Era of Nano-Scale Technology - Thomas Sterling (Indiana University)   (Tres Sage Plenary Hall)
18:45
Plenary -Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC) (until 19:45) (Tres Sage Plenary hall)
18:45 Poster Awards - Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC)   (Tres Sage Plenary hall)
18:55 Student Cyber Security Challenge Awards - Dr Renier van Heerden (SANReN, CSIR)   (Tres Sage Plenary hall)
19:10 Student Cluster Competition Awards - Dr Happy Sithole (CHPC)   (Tres Sage Plenary hall)
19:45
Dinner (until 21:00) ()
12:30 --- Lunch ---
12:30 --- Lunch break ---
13:30
Thursday Workshop: Basic Molecular Dynamics Using DL_POLY (until 17:00) (Martells)
13:30 Setting Up Basic Molecular Dynamics (MD) Calculations at CHPC Using DL_POLY Code” - Dr Raesibe Sylvia Ledwaba (University of Limpopo) Mr Cliffton Masedi (CSIR/CHPC)   (Martells)
15:00 --- Break ---
13:30
Thursday Workshop: CHPC Induction Course (until 16:30) (De Voir)
13:30 CHPC Induction Mini-course - Mr Kevin Colville (CHPC)   (De Voir)
14:50 --- Break ---
13:30
Thursday Workshop: Using the open source CFD GUI in FreeCAD (until 17:00) (Rendezvous)
13:30 Using the Open Source CFD GUI in FreeCAD - Dr Johan Heyns (CSIR)   (Rendezvous)
15:00 --- Break ---
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