{"641087":{"#nid":"641087","#data":{"type":"news","title":"High-Performance Computing for All, Everywhere","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs big data dominates our markets, the need to assemble and analyze data efficiently has driven high-Performance Computing (HPC) out of research silos and into many public and private enterprises.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc20.supercomputing.org\/\u0022\u003ESupercomputing Conference\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(SC), held from Nov. 9 to 19, is the premier event for this rapidly growing field. Mathematicians, engineers, and developers come together to present the most groundbreaking HPC research, and each year, the Georgia Tech name is one of the leading names in those presentations.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough it is being hosted virtually, this year is no different for SC20 presentations. With\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/gtsc20\/research\/\u0022\u003Eseveral papers, awards, and workshops,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech, represented by the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), Partnership for Advanced Computing Environment\u0026nbsp;(PACE), School of Computer Science (SCS), and the Georgia Tech Research Institute,\u0026nbsp;is leading charge in the HPC discussion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year, Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s SC20 proceedings includes two notable awards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESCS Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is being recognized with the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/awards.acm.org\/kennedy\u0022\u003EACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award\u003C\/a\u003E, Nov. 16. Sarkar\u0026rsquo;s recognition honors his leadership in several areas including foundational technical contributions to programmability and productivity.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[Related News:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/640112\/acmieee-recognizes-chairs-research-service-computer-science-community\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EACM\/IEEE Recognizes Chair\u0026#39;s Research, Service to Computer Science Community\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECSE Ph.D. student\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVijay Thakkar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;and Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ERich Vuduc\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eare being recognized with a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc20.supercomputing.org\/program\/awards\/#schedule\u0022\u003EGordon Bell Prize nomination\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for their paper,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.zenodo.org\/record\/3980252#.X6H-YC2z10t\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EScalable Knowledge Graph Analytics at 136 PetaFLOPS\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E.\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Their work, developed with a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is motivated by data mining large-scale bodies of scholarly publications to discover concepts that relate to one another. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc20.supercomputing.org\/program\/awards\/#schedule\u0022\u003Eannouncement of the Gordon Bell Prize winner for 2020\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will be held, Nov. 19 from 2 to 2:30 p.m. EST.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn invited talk by SCS and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;is another notable agenda item. Conte\u0026rsquo;s talk,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc20.supercomputing.org\/?post_type=page\u0026amp;p=3479\u0026amp;id=inv110\u0026amp;sess=sess298\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHPC After Moore\u0026rsquo;s Law\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, discusses the post-Moore computing era as seen from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rebootingcomputing.ieee.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE Rebooting Computing Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;perspective and presents promising technologies to keep a close eye on.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcitingly, Georgia Tech students are also participating in a virtual\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sc20.supercomputing.org\/program\/studentssc\/student-cluster-competition\/\u0022\u003Estudent cluster competition\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(VSCC) this year. While this event hosts the non-stop 72-hour track of a traditional hackathon, the VSCC separates itself from the rest in that the students prepare up to 6 months in advance for the competition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech team,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/gtsc20\/team-phoenix\/\u0022\u003ETeam Phoenix\u003C\/a\u003E, with sponsorship from vendor partner\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.penguincomputing.com\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPenguin Computing,\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;will\u0026nbsp;compete with students from around the globe to complete a set of benchmarks and real-world scientific workloads from Nov. 8 to 11. Each team is tasked to design and build virtual clusters in the Microsoft Azure cloud, learn scientific applications, and apply optimization techniques for their chosen cloud configurations. Daily video interviews with the team can be\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/gtsc20\/events\/\u0022\u003Ewatched here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile the conference\u0026rsquo;s papers, presentations, and competitions are underway, this extraordinary year has required extraordinary efforts to transcend the physical conference barriers. With its first ever fully virtual format, SC20\u0026rsquo;s platform is bringing the HPC discussion into the hands of more than ever before.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo capitalize on this opportunity of enhancing equity in HPC, Georgia Tech is hosting special virtual programming to run parallel to the SC20 agenda. This programming includes\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sites.gatech.edu\/gtsc20\/gtsc20-virtual-party\/\u0022\u003Evirtual party and poster show\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that is open to the public \u0026ndash; while space lasts \u0026ndash; and a 360-degree data center tour.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe virtual data center tour will be featured on the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/pace.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EPACE website\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and allows users to navigate through Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s premier data center housed at the Coda Building. While walking through the data center, viewers will see the Institute\u0026rsquo;s two premier HPC resources, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/629130\/hive-supercomputer-makes-its-debut\u0022\u003EHive supercomputer\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the newly installed Phoenix cluster.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech presents leading high-performance computing research and events at this year\u0027s Supercomputing Conference"}],"uid":"34540","created_gmt":"2020-11-06 19:42:57","changed_gmt":"2020-11-06 19:43:17","author":"Kristen Perez","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2020-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2020-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"641086":{"id":"641086","type":"image","title":"GT@SC20 logo","body":null,"created":"1604691617","gmt_created":"2020-11-06 19:40:17","changed":"1604691617","gmt_changed":"2020-11-06 19:40:17","alt":"GT@SC20 Logo","file":{"fid":"243631","name":"GT@SC20 Logo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT%40SC20%20Logo.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GT%40SC20%20Logo.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":274270,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GT%40SC20%20Logo.jpg?itok=iFTM2HBa"}}},"media_ids":["641086"],"groups":[{"id":"624060","name":"Center for High Performance Computing (CHiPC)"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50877","name":"School of Computational Science and Engineering"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4305","name":"cse"},{"id":"702","name":"hpc"},{"id":"3427","name":"High performance computing"},{"id":"167322","name":"supercomputing"},{"id":"186227","name":"SC20"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Ekristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kristen.perez@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}