Centre for High Performance Computing 2020 National Conference
from
Monday, 30 November 2020 (10:00)
to
Wednesday, 2 December 2020 (20:00)
Monday, 30 November 2020
10:00
Informal Chat
Informal Chat
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Opening & Keynote 1
Opening & Keynote 1
10:30 - 12:00
Contributions
10:30
Opening & Announcements
-
Werner Janse Van Rensburg
(
CHPC
)
10:40
Welcome: Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)
-
Daniel Adams
(
Department of Science and Innovation
)
11:00
Welcome: National Integrated Cyber Infrastructure System (NICIS)
-
Happy Sithole
(
CHPC
)
11:20
Keynote 1: From Centralized Hyperscale to Edge Cloud and Edge AI
-
Andile Ngcaba
(
Convergence Partners Investments
)
12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:15
12:15
2 [Diamond]
2 [Diamond]
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Keynote 2: Accelerate Insights with AI and HPC combined
-
Stephan Gillich
(
Intel
)
13:15
Break (Lunch)
Break (Lunch)
13:15 - 14:00
14:00
1
1
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
A Spatial Model for Covid-19
-
Zaid Kimmie
14:30
A new view of the centre of our galaxy with MeerKAT
-
Ian Heywood
(
University of Oxford / Rhodes University / SARAO
)
Software Platforms
Software Platforms
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
Configuring the Kaldi ASR toolkit for the Lengau Cluster
-
Ewald Van der Westhuizen
(
Stellenbosch University
)
14:30
Stories from the Front Lines: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Building an Opensource Distributed Platform for Scientific Compute: Software, Hardware, and Community
-
Rudolph Pienaar
(
Boston Children's Hospital
)
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
2
2
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
Simulation of atmospheric composition and air quality on the CHPC
-
Rebecca Garland
(
CSIR
)
15:45
Epsilon Aerospace Computational Mechanics
-
Ndumiso Mthembu
for AI and Machine Learning
for AI and Machine Learning
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
Accelerating HPC+AI science workflows using NVIDIA GPU
-
Gunter Röth
(
NVIDIA SA
)
15:45
The Role of Storage for efficient Machine Learning
-
Sven Breuner
(
Excelero
)
16:15
Break
Break
16:15 - 16:30
16:30
3
3
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions
16:30
Keynote 3: Strong Gravitational Lensing and Machine Learning in the Era of Large Sky Surveys
-
Laurence Perreault Levasseur
(
Université de Montréal
)
17:30
Break
Break
17:30 - 17:45
17:45
Vendor Crossfire
Vendor Crossfire
17:45 - 19:15
Contributions
17:45
Industry Crossfire: HPC Market Overview and SC20 Reactions
-
Addison Snell
(
Intersect360 Research
)
18:15
Industry Crossfire: Vendor Panel Discussions
-
Addison Snell
(
Intersect360 Research
)
Dan Olds
(
OrionX
)
19:15
Informal Chat
Informal Chat
19:15 - 20:00
Tuesday, 1 December 2020
10:00
Vendor Technology Showcase
Vendor Technology Showcase
10:00 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions
11:00
Electron density in uncovering reaction mechanism
-
Ignacy Cukrowski
(
University of Pretoria, Department of Chemistry
)
11:30
HPC as an Enabler for Growth in Computational Fluid Dynamics Research
-
Muaaz Bhamjee
(
University of Johannesburg
)
Education
Education
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions
11:00
From touching the code to online coding clubs
-
Jean Greyling
(
Nelson Mandela University
)
11:30
Two decades of African research on academia-industry high performance computing access and utilization – A systematic literature review
-
Liezel Cilliers
(
University of Fort Hare
)
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions
11:00
Welcome and Opening:
-
Alberto Tonela
(
Mozambique
)
11:15
SADC Secretariat
-
Anneline Morgan
(
SADC Secretariat
)
11:30
Progress report on implementation of SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Framework
-
Happy Sithole
(
CHPC
)
11:45
Importance of Data in responding to COVID-19
-
Davis Adieno
(
Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
)
12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:15
12:15
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Data Intensive Time-Domain Astronomy with MeerKAT and the SKA
-
Patrick Woudt
(
University of Cape Town
)
12:45
Trusted digital repository certification with Core Trust Seal: the ilifu experience from consortial collaboration to sustainable service.
-
Dale Peters
(
University of Cape Town
)
Niklas Zimmer
(
University of Cape Town
)
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Development and application of climate models over Africa using the CHPC
-
Babatunde Abiodun
(
University of Cape Town
)
12:45
Interfacial and Morphological phase transitions in Polymeric Materials
-
Giuseppe Pellicane
(
University of Messina (Italy) and UKZN (South Africa)
)
Technology
Technology
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
NVIDIA Mellanox InfiniBand In-Network Computing
-
Gilad Shainer
(
Nvidia
)
12:45
Budgets and Allocation in HPC
-
Ian Littlewood
(
Altair Engineering Ltd
)
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Presentation on Status of Open and Distance Learning in SADC implications of COVID-19 and future of digitation
-
Carloyn Medel-Anonuevo
(
UNESCO
)
Jako Olivier
(
UNESCO Chair on Multimodal Learning and Open Educational Resources
)
12:40
Update on establishment of SADC University of Transformation- SADC Secretariat
-
Martin Oosthuizen
(
Southern African Regional University Associations
)
12:55
Discussions
13:15
Break (Lunch)
Break (Lunch)
13:15 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
Implementation of data standards for African genomics data by H3ABioNet
-
Sumir Panji
(
H3ABioNet / CBIO / UCT
)
14:30
Digital Literacy Frameworks – The Underlying Data Principles
-
Isak van der Walt
(
University of Pretoria
)
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
High-performance computing in the era of genomics
-
Arsalan Emami-Khoyi
(
University of Johannesburg
)
14:30
Toward the development of an efficient and scalable computational fluid dynamics solver for mesoscale phase separation problems
-
Quinn Reynolds
(
Mintek
)
Technology
Technology
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
Diversified Computing Power for Pervasive Intelligence
-
Bin Zhou
14:30
Artificial Techniques in Pharmaceuticals and Drug Discovery
-
Adnan Khaleel
(
Dell
)
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
Role of Cyber-Infrastructure in responding to COVID-19 (HPC and NReNs) – Botswana, South Africa, and Zambia
-
Anicia Peters
(
Namibia
)
Happy Sithole
(
CHPC
)
Lourino Chemane
(
Mozambique
)
Stein Mkandawire
(
Zambia
)
14:45
Update and progress on Weather and Climate project
-
Mary-Jane Bopape
(
South African Weather Service
)
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:05
15:05
Break
Break
15:05 - 15:15
15:05 - 16:15
Contributions
15:05
Recap on Governance Structures and Status
-
Anneline Morgan
(
SADC Secretariat
)
15:35
Establishment of Botswana NReN
-
Tshiamo Motshegwa
15:50
Road Map and Action Plan on Outcomes of the 10th SADC Cyber-Infrastructure Experts Meeting and next meeting 2021
16:10
Closing and end of meeting
15:15
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
CODATA-RDA Data Summer School - annual event for early career researchers
-
Bianca Peterson
(
University of North West
)
15:45
Sustainable management of remotely sensed Earth Observation Data: A case for High Performing Computing and Big Data platform development in Kenya
-
Boniface Akuku
(
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization
)
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
Cooperation between computational modelling and experimental characterization of materials
-
Rose Modiba
(
CSIR
)
15:45
Dealing with the MeerKAT Data Deluge: Risk for the Data Centre, Reward for the Scientist
-
Bradley Frank
(
IDIA / SARAO
)
Technology
Technology
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
Talk by Microsoft Cancelled on Short Notice
15:45
AMD’s Heterogeneous Path to Exascale
-
Matt Foley
(
Advanced Micro Devices
)
16:15
Break
Break
16:15 - 16:30
16:30
4
4
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions
16:30
Keynote 4: Automated Detection of Eskers in Hillshaded Digital Elevation Models Using Convolutional Neural Networks
-
Kassim Mwitondi
(
Sheffield Hallam University
)
17:30
Break
Break
17:30 - 17:45
17:45
5
5
17:45 - 18:45
Contributions
17:45
Keynote 5: Integrated Approach to Enabling Digital Transformation of the Education Sector
-
Matthews Mtumbuka
(
UbuntuNet Alliance
)
18:45
Informal Chat
Informal Chat
18:45 - 20:00
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
10:00
Informal Chat
Informal Chat
10:00 - 11:00
11:00
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions
11:00
Foodborne disease surveillance using next-generation sequencing
-
Rian Pierneef
(
Agricultural Research Council Biotechnology Platform
)
11:30
A multi-physics framework for modelling coupled heterogeneous transport and reaction kinetics
-
Oliver Oxtoby
(
Engys Ltd
)
Storage & IO
Storage & IO
11:00 - 12:00
Contributions
11:00
Calabash - why store your data in a cloud when you can use a gourd ?
-
Simon Ratcliffe
(
SARAO
)
11:30
SANReN Data Transfer Pilot Service and Performance Enhancement Response Team update
-
Kasandra Pillay
(
SANReN
)
12:00
Break
Break
12:00 - 12:15
12:15
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Novel Peptides as Potent Inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 that work by Two distinct mechanisms: Molecular Docking and Dynamics Approach
-
Lucy Kiruri
(
Kenyatta University
)
12:45
Machine learning-based prediction of phases in high-entropy alloys
-
Ronald Machaka
(
CSIR
)
Storage & IO
Storage & IO
12:15 - 13:15
Contributions
12:15
Converging Storage Technologies Using a Flexible HPC Storage Framework
-
Michael Kuhn
(
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
)
12:45
The GekkoFS Burst Buffer File System
-
André Brinkmann
(
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
)
13:15
Long Break — Lunch
Long Break — Lunch
13:15 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
Large Scale Computations in Data Science
-
Bubacarr Bah
(
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) South Africa & Stellenbosch University
)
14:30
Rational design of Sn(IV) porphyrins for photodynamic therapy: progress to date and future perspectives
-
John Mack
(
Rhodes University
)
Storage & IO
Storage & IO
14:00 - 15:00
Contributions
14:00
A Workflow for Identifying Jobs with Similar I/O Behavior Utilizing Time Series Analysis
-
Julian Kunkel
(
University of Reading
)
14:30
Stitch-IO for Additive Manufacturing Simulation
-
Jay Lofstead
(
Sandia National Laboratories
)
15:00
Break
Break
15:00 - 15:15
15:15
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
An ab initio high performance computing approach to time-dependent cosmic-ray modulation
-
Katlego Moloto
(
NWU
)
15:45
Lung Health Screening by Automatic Cough Analysis with Applications to Tuberculosis and COVID-19
-
Madhurananda Pahar
(
Stellenbosch University
)
Storage & IO
Storage & IO
15:15 - 16:15
Contributions
15:15
LANL HPC Storage Thrusts
-
Gary Grider
(
Los Alamos National Laboratory
)
15:45
Managing Bufferbloat in Storage Systems
-
Carlos Maltzahn
(
University of California, Santa Cruz
)
16:15
Break
Break
16:15 - 16:30
16:30
6
6
16:30 - 17:30
Contributions
16:30
Keynote 6: HPC – the Point of the Spear
-
Thomas Sterling
(
Indiana University
)
17:30
Break
Break
17:30 - 17:45
17:45
Awards & Closing
Awards & Closing
17:45 - 19:15
19:15
Informal Chat
Informal Chat
19:15 - 20:00