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SUMMARY:Awards Ceremony and Closing
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Happy Sithole ()\nPlease join the Awards Ceremony an
 d Closing Function of the 2021 CHPC National Conference.\n\nThe program in
  the session is as follows:\n\nWelcome Address:  Dr Daniel Adams (DSI)\nSt
 udent Micro-Talks Awards - Dr Daniel Moeketsi (CHPC)\nDIRISA Student Datat
 hon Challenge - Ms Nobubele Shozi (DIRISA)\nCyber Security Competition - D
 r Renier van Heerden (SANReN)\nStudent Cluster Competition - Mr Nyameko Li
 sa (CHPC)\nVote of Thanks and Closing\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/9
 8/contributions/1616/
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SUMMARY:Vendor Crossfire: Mr Addison Snell and Mr Dan Olds
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Dan Olds (OrionX)\, Addison Snell (Intersect360 Rese
 arch)\nThe Vendor Crossfire Session is focused on giving the audience the 
 opportunity to learn more about the products and offerings of the conferen
 ce sponsors in a fun and engaging session.\n\nThe session will be facilita
 ted by Addison Snell and Dan Olds from Intersect360 and will also involve 
 participation of the audience to e.g. vote on answers to questions posed t
 o vendor representatives.\n\nShort introductory presentations will be made
  by each vendor representative followed by a questions session.  The follo
 wing representatives have been confirmed:\n\nDr Jean-Laurent Philippe (Int
 el)\nMr Yossi Avni (Nvidia)\nMr Olivier Blondel (HPE)\nMr Kamel Beyk (Dell
  Technologies)\nMr Ernst Burger (Altair)\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/even
 t/98/contributions/1545/
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SUMMARY:More Security for High Performance Computing with Intel in the New
  Era of Supercomputing
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jean-Laurent Philippe (Intel)\nHPC users ask more of
  their HPC systems than ever before and they rely on Intel security innova
 tions as the trusted foundation for high performance computing\, protectin
 g applications and data. Intel deliver technology that improves foundation
 al security\, data and workload protection\, and software reliability\, us
 ing new hardware-based controls for cloud and enterprise environments\, in
 cluding the Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX). High Performa
 nce Computing is the foundation of research and discovery. Let’s look at
  Intel HPC strategy and new innovations including the latest Intel® Xeon
 ® Scalable processors\, data center GPUs and powerful software tools. Tog
 ether\, let's accelerate the next era of innovation in HPC.\n\nhttps://eve
 nts.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1594/
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SUMMARY:Globally Federated Supercomputing: InfiniCortex and other explorat
 ions
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Marek Michalewicz (Interdisciplinary Centre for Math
 ematical and Computational Modelling\, University of Warsaw)\nScientific e
 ndeavors of unprecedented scale\, such as Square Kilometre Array\, Large\n
 Synoptic Survey Telescope\, Large Hadron Collider\, will be or are already
  generating\ncolossal amounts of data. Furthermore\, in a fundamental mann
 er\, OMICS and AI\ndepend on the availability and easy access to big data.
  This forces us to rethink the\nhierarchy and relative importance of "comp
 ute - store - transport" elements. All these\ncomponents must be considere
 d on equal footing\, integrated and architected as almost\norganic\, coher
 ent and coalesced federation.\n\nIn this talk I will chronicle ***InfiniCo
 rtex*** project run between 2014-2016.\nSubsequently the U.S. DoE devised 
 a concept of Superfacilities\; a Global Research\nPlatform was established
  to facilitate big scientific data collaborations at the global\nscale\; a
 nd in Europe EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is funding three pre-exascale\ncomp
 uting infrastructures\, each serving communities of users in many countrie
 s. All\nthis requires the tight integration of compute-store-transport and
  access components.\nWe are witnessing the emergence of Federated Supercom
 puting.\n\n***InfiniCortex*** was a supercomputer spanning the entire glob
 e. It combined\nsupercomputing and storage resources located in Asia\, Aus
 tralia\, USA and Europe into\none concurrent\, seamless\, global electroni
 c brain. Over the three years of project\nduration A*CRC in Singapore toge
 ther with dozens of partners around the world\nimplemented:\ni) ring-aroun
 d-the-world connectivity with most links at 100Gbps using exclusively\nInf
 iniBand transport\, allowing almost 100% efficient\, lossless and encrypte
 d\ncommunication between all processors\, everywhere (RDMA) and InfiniBand
 \nrouting\nii) InfiniCloud: “designer choice” HPC Cloud instances with
  no limits on size of\ncomputing resources\, spanning four continents\niii
 ) InfiniCortex enabled applications in critical areas of science and techn
 ology.\n\nI will also report on continuation of this work at ICM\, Univers
 ity of Warsaw with\npartners around the globe to transmit data between Eur
 ope and Australia\, and Europe\nand Singapore\, on establishing networks w
 ith efficient Data Trensfer Nodes (DTNs)\,\ninter-city or inter-continenta
 l connected infrastructure enabling high-priority\ncomputing\, distributed
  supercomputing\, collaboration\, and scientific research.\n\nhttps://even
 ts.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1591/
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SUMMARY:Modelling & Simulation Decadal Plan: Dr Jeffrey Baloyi\, CSIR
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UID:indico-contribution-535-1589@events.chpc.ac.za
DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1589/
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SUMMARY:Welcome: Dr Happy Sithole\, NICIS
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UID:indico-contribution-535-1588@events.chpc.ac.za
DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1588/
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SUMMARY:Welcome: Prof Yonah Seleti\, DSI
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UID:indico-contribution-535-1587@events.chpc.ac.za
DESCRIPTION:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1587/
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SUMMARY:Opening: Chair: Dr Werner Janse van Rensburg\, CHPC
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SUMMARY:Chameleon: Taking Science from Cloud to Edge
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20211202T153000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Kate Keahey (ANL)\nThe increasing popularity of IoT 
 devices allows us to communicate better\, interact better\, and ultimately
  build a new type of a scientific instrument that will allow us to explore
  our environment in ways that we could only dream about just a few years a
 go. This disruptive opportunity raises a new set of challenges: how should
  we manage the massive amounts of data and network traffic such instrument
 s will eventually produce? What types of environments will be most suited 
 to developing their full potential? What new security problems will arise?
  And finally: what are the best ways of leveraging intelligent edge to cre
 ate new types of applications? \n\nIn a research area that creates a new d
 eployment structure\, such questions are too often approached only theoret
 ically for lack of a realistic testbed — a scientific instrument that ke
 eps pace with the emergent requirements of science and allows researchers 
 to deploy\, measure\, and analyze relevant scientific hypotheses. To help 
 create such instrument\, the NSF-funded Chameleon testbed\, originally cre
 ated to provide a platform for datacenter research\, has now been extended
  to support experiments from cloud to edge. \n\nIn this talk\, I will firs
 t describe Chameleon — a scientific instrument for computer science syst
 ems research\, originally created to allow exploration of research topics 
 in cloud computing such as virtualization\, programmable networking\, or p
 ower management --  as well as its recent extension to support experimenta
 tion at the edge. I will describe the testbed capabilities and operational
  practices required to provide a platform for experimentation in the edge 
 to cloud continuum\, and give examples of edge to cloud research and educa
 tion projects our users created. I will also describe tools and services t
 hat Chameleon provides to improve experimental methodology and reproducibi
 lity of experiments in this environment\, and illustrate how a common expe
 rimentation platform can enhance sharing and scientific productivity.\n\nh
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SUMMARY:The value of Higher Performance Computing for decision-making in t
 he National Policy Data Observatory during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jabu Mtsweni (CSIR)\, Ashwell Jenneker (Industry)\nT
 BC\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1573/
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SUMMARY:HPC Market Update and Insights from SC21
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Addison Snell (Intersect360 Research)\nAddison Snell
  of Intersect360 Research will give an overview of the latest market resea
 rch and insights for HPC and AI\, including revised market guidance for 20
 21\, highlights of their recent HPC software survey\, and insights from SC
 21.\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1563/
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SUMMARY:KEYNOTE 3: 4IR and opportunities within the next decade of compute
 : The era of Specialized and Confidential Compute
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Stephen Ozoigbo (ARM)\nThe Arm ecosystem has defined
  the last three decades of compute technology and will continue to do so f
 or a long time to come. Arm’s ambitions for the emerging markets are con
 sistent with our vision towards deploying technology that enables opportun
 ity for a globally connected population.   \n\nThe new Armv9 architecture 
 forms the leading edge of the next 300 billion Arm-based chips. It include
 s the Arm Confidential Compute Architecture (Arm CCA)\, a key feature of A
 rmv9-A\, and the next step in transforming the trust model of compute envi
 ronments in every application. Armv9 is also be driven by the demand for i
 ncreasingly specialized\, secure\, and high-performance processing built o
 n the economics\, design freedom and accessibility of general-purpose comp
 ute.\n\nConfidential compute is important for client devices. The Arm CCA 
 security features will make their way across all tiers of computing applic
 ations\, and help to protect IoT sensors\, handsets\, laptops the Internet
  and the cloud. As digital transformation activities mature across emergin
 g markets\, public and private stakeholders are focused on ensuring that s
 ecurity remains at the forefront of their national interests. In the next 
 decade of compute\, the digitization activities around data sovereignty\, 
 information security and national security interests will be critical\, an
 d policy stakeholders in these markets will embrace programs and practices
  with a focus on security innovations that ensure competitiveness and pres
 erve competitive advantages. \n\nIn support of these innovations\, Armv9 i
 s geared to change the economics and expectations for new and evolving tec
 hnologies around 5G\, cloud\, and HPC. Performance-wise\, the v9 instructi
 on set is an upgrade of Arm’s Scalable Vector Extension technology (SVE)
 . SVE is currently used in the Arm-based Fujitsu A64FX chip that powers Fu
 gaku - the world’s fastest supercomputer - and SVE2 opens a range of new
  approaches to deploying more powerful AI across the Cloud\, Edge\, and en
 dpoints.\n\nIn my proposed presentation\, I will discuss how the Armv9 arc
 hitecture will influence the next decade of compute\, while supporting cri
 tical activities that allow emerging market stakeholders to fully embrace 
 multi-sectorial digital transformation and participate in the Fourth Indus
 trial Revolution (4IR). I will share ecosystem driven solutions that showc
 ase the transformational power of Confidential Compute\, and highlight how
  the Armv9 architecture\, driven by our broad ecosystem\, is delivering be
 st-in-class solutions for Cloud\, Edge and Endpoint AI needs for all tiers
  of ICT stakeholders.\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/
 1555/
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SUMMARY:KEYNOTE 7: A Pivot of HPC towards Memory-Centric Computers for AI
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Thomas Sterling (Indiana University)\nThroughout the
  rapid evolution of HPC driven by technology advances reflected by Moore
 ’s Law\, processor core architecture has dominated computer design acros
 s ten orders (or more) of magnitude in delivered performance. But with the
  achievement of nanoscale device technology\, exponential gain has stagnat
 ed demanding alternative innovative strategies. Concurrently\, workloads h
 ave pivoted from linear algebra to artificial intelligence (AI) with empha
 sis on supervised machine learning (ML) applications. To address these com
 bined challenges\, transformative architectures are being explored that ar
 e memory-centric\, embody data-oriented semantics\, and optimize for laten
 cy and bandwidth rather than FPU utilization. This closing Keynote address
  will describe a class of non von Neumann architectures that will accelera
 te dynamic graph processing across highly scalable computing systems beyon
 d Exascale through to the end of this decade. A brief discussion of early 
 attempts of memory-centric computing such as SIMD and PIM will motivate re
 volutionary concepts of the future. Questions from the audience will be we
 lcome assuming remote communication technology permits.\n\nhttps://events.
 chpc.ac.za/event/98/contributions/1535/
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SUMMARY:KEYNOTE 6: The evolution of the ARDC Nectar Research Cloud - respo
 nding to the demands of multi-disciplinary national research in unpreceden
 ted times.
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Carmel Walsh (ARDC)\nThe Nectar Research Cloud has b
 een supporting Australian national research since 2012. In  the last 18 mo
 nths the ARDC has doubled Nectar’s national capacity and increased its  
 investment in leading-edge technology. This has enabled ARDC Nectar to be 
 flexible in responding to changing research demands and challenges during 
 the COVID-19 Pandemic.\n\nThe talk will highlight how we have approached s
 ignificant growth in demand\, completing a comprehensive refresh program w
 hilst also maintaining high levels of service provision with\ncontinual se
 rvice improvement\, designing and scaling new services for national benefi
 t and trialling and testing innovative technology at scale\, ensuring we h
 ave a responsive and adaptive national research cloud for an increasingly 
 digital research ecosystem. \n\nARDC has built a large community through o
 ur ARDC Research Platforms projects that are developing virtual research e
 nvironments\, enabling us to design\, test and scale these new services wi
 th this extended community. The new and improved infrastructure\, services
  and capabilities of Nectar will support the requirements of research plat
 forms for image processing\, machine learning\, drones\, genomics\, ecosys
 tems science\, and sensitive data.\n\nI will also discuss some case studie
 s in which we were quickly able to provision urgently needed additional co
 mpute for Covid-19 modelling and responses to the pandemic in a time where
  supply chain issues and economic pressures made it more challenging.\n\nh
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