Conference 21st April 2015 9 a.m. EPCC, Edinburgh, Scotland
Exascale Applications and Software Conference
- Web page
- http://www.easc2015.ed.ac.uk/
- Categories
- Computer Science, Crowdsourcing, Education, GPU, HPC, HPCx, Scientific Computing, Software Engineering
- Submitter
- Elena Vataga
EASC2015 Edinburgh
Exascale Applications and Software Conference
Organised by EPCC at The University of Edinburgh, in cooperation with SIGHPC
The aim of this conference is to bring together all of the stakeholders involved in solving the software challenges of the exascale – from application developers, through numerical library experts, programming model developers and integrators, to tools designers. The following keynote presentations have been confirmed:
- Mark Taylor, Head of CFD at McLaren Racing, will discuss the use of HPC in Formula 1 racing and the challenges faced in this industrial area as we head towards the exascale.
- Simon Portegies Zwart, Professor of Computational Astrophysics at Leiden University will present massively parallel GPU-accelerated galaxy simulations which have been nominated for the 2014 Gordon Bell prize.
- Pete Beckman, Director of the Exascale Technology and Computing Institute at Argonne National Laboratory, will provide an update on recent progress in the US with a particular focus on software for the exascale.
- Xue-feng Yuan, Director of The National Supercomputer Centre at Guangzhou, will describe the experience of managing Tianhe-2, the world's largest supercomputer.
- Cynthia McIntyre, Senior Vice President, Council on Competitiveness, will focus on the value of HPC engagement with industry.
How to Participate
Authors are invited to present research and experience in all areas associated with developing applications for exascale and the associated tools, software programming models and libraries. Work can be presented as a talk or as a poster at the conference. A peer review process will be used to select abstracts. Following the conference, successful authors of talks will be expected to submit a paper for publication in the conference proceedings. Proceedings will be published through The University of Edinburgh and through the ACM Digital Library.
NVIDIA best talk and poster prizes: An NVIDIA K40 GPU (retail price $5,000) and two NVIDIA GTX780 GPUs will be presented as best talk and poster prizes respectively.
Submission of Abstracts ________
The conference seeks contributions in the form of an abstract on relevant topics, including (but not limited to):
- enabling and optimising applications for exascale in any scientific area;
- developing and enhancing numerical algorithms for exascale systems;
- aiding the exploitation of massively parallel systems through tools, e.g. performance analysis, debugging, development environments;
- programming models, techniques and libraries for exascale;
- evaluating best practice in HPC concerning large-scale facilities and application execution;
- cross-cutting issues such as energy-efficiency and resilience;
- hardware co-design for the exascale;
- large-scale benchmarking and performance evaluation.
Abstracts should be no longer than 500 words (talks) or 200 words (posters), and must be submitted by the 23rd January 2015. Please check www.easc2015.ed.ac.uk for detailed submission instructions.
Important Dates ___
Extended Abstract Submission deadline: 23rd January 2015
Author notification: 16th February 2015
Early Bird Registration deadline: 17th March 2015
Registration deadline: 10th April 2015
Conference: 21st - 23rd April 2015
Paper Submission deadline: 4th May 2015
To register please go to www.easc2015.ed.ac.uk/registration-fees
About Edinburgh
Edinburgh is Scotland's cosmopolitan capital. Apart from its amazing castle and Arthur's Seat (a dead volcano in the centre of the city), Edinburgh is home for several international festivals (International Film Festival, International Book Festival, Festival Fringe, to name only a few). Vancouver, Florence and Nice are some of Edinburgh's twin towns. Parts of the city centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Numerous famous scientists have been born or worked in Edinburgh, for example Alexander Graham Bell, Max Born, Charles Darwin, Peter Higgs or James Clerk Maxwell. Also Harry Potter was created in Edinburgh.