Workshop on High Performance Computing for Industry
PROVIDING A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE TO INDUSTRY
THROUGH HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
Accomplishments and a Path Forward
October 26-28, 2011

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street, Troy, NY

Program

Technical Program
- October 26, 2011
- October 27, 2011
Executive Session
- October 28, 2008

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- Technical Session Wednesday, October 26, 2011
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm	Lunch Russell Sage Dining Hall
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm	Registration Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm	Welcome to the Workshop John E. Kolb, Vice President for Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Introduction to the Technical Sessions Mark Shephard, Johnson Professor/Director, Scientific Computation Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
1:10 pm – 3:00 pm	Getting the Early Applications Going Session Chair: Tom Furlani, University at Buffalo Presentation 1: "Bringing Parallel Adaptive Simulation to Industry", Cameron Smith, Computational Scientist Presentation 2: "HPC Software-as-a Service", Alisa Neeman, Scientific Programmer, University at Buffalo – HPC² Portal Presentation 3: "New Scales of Innovation", Ray Bair, Chief Computational Scientist for Applications, Argonne National Laboratory Presentation 4: "Industry Collaboration in Visualization", Martins Innus, Lead Scientific and Urban Visualization Specialist, and Matt Jones, Associate Director, University at Buffalo Presentation 5: "Industrial Engagement in the New Normal", Richard Moore, Deputy Director, USCD, San Diego Supercomputer Center Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Break Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
3:30 pm – 5:10 pm	Future of Industrial Access to High Performance Computing Systems Session Chair: Tim Lance, NYSERNet Presentation 1: "Delivering Competitiveness with High Performance Computing", Jim Myers, Director, Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 2: "Driving Discovery and Competitiveness Through Next-Generation High Performance Computing", Thom H. Dunning, Jr., Director, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presentation 3: "How to Make HPC More Accessible", Kirk Jordan, Emerging Solutions Executive and Associate Program Director, Computational Science Center, IBM T.J. Watson Research Presentation 4: "Opening Frontiers: Extreme Capability Computing at LLNL", Fred Streitz, Director, Institute for Scientific Computing Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Dinner Introduction: Reinhold Mann, Brookhaven National Laboratory Speaker: "Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Exascale Computing; ORNL’s Plans and Perspective", Dr. Jeffrey Nichols, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing and Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Russell Sage Dining Hall

- Technical Session Thursday, October 27, 2011
7:30 am – 8:00 am	Breakfast Russell Sage Dining Hall
8:00 am – 10:30 am	Highlight Examples of Industry Use of HPC Session Chair: Jim Myers, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 1: "Complex Suspension Rheology Using High Performance Computing", David R. Heine and Athonu Chatterjee, Senior Research Scientists, Corning Inc. Presentation 2: "Massively Parallel CFD for Complex Flows Using Anisotropic Adaptive Grids", Ken Jansen, Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder and Onkar Sahni, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 3: "Smart Grid Analysis using High Performance Architectures and Algorithms", Michael McGuigan, Acting Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory Presentation 4: "Large-Scale Static Timing Analysis in Support of Next Generation Computer Design", Christopher Carothers, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 5: "Modeling the Effect of Microstructure on the Performance of Metal Alloys", Antoinette Maniatty, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 6: "HPC Challenges in Next Generation Sequencing", Stratos Efstathiadis, Technical Director, New York University Langone Medical Center Presentation 7: "Combustion and Chemical Processing in Turbulent Flows", James Glimm, Department Chair, SUNY at Stony Brook Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
10:30 am – 10:50 am	Break Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
10:50 am – 12:30 pm	Industry/University/Laboratory/Government Collaborations Session Chair: Michael McGuigan, Brookhaven National Laboratory Presentation 1: "CASL: The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors", Doug Kothe, CASL Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Presentation 2: "Computational Rheology for Cement and Concrete", William L. George, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology Presentation 3: "Leveraging ASCR Investments in Software Tools through SBIR/STTR to Engage the Broader Industrial Computational Community", Benjamin T. Grover, Program Manager, Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, U.S. Department of Energy Presentation 4: "A trend we can’t afford to miss", Michael Gleaves, Project Manager, and Rik Anderson, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Daresbury Laboratory Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	Lunch Introduction: Michael Henesey, IBM Speaker: "High Performance Computing in the Exascale Era", Dr. James Sexton, Program Director for the Computational Center, IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center Russell Sage Dining Hall
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm	Panel Discussion: Where Does the Software Come From Panel Moderator: Kirk Jordan, IBM Panelist 1: "AcuSolve – A Finite Element Based CFD Solver for HPC Applications", Dave Corson, AcuSolve Program Manager, Altair Engineering, Inc. Panelist 2: "Optimizing Engineering Simulation Software for HPC", Barbara Hutchings, Director, Strategic Partnerships, ANSYS Panelist 3: "CD-adapco's HPC Multi-Physics Applications for Engineering", Steve Feldman, Vice President Pre/Post Development, CD-Adapco Panelist 4: "Software Components for High Performance Computing", Mark Beall, President, Simmetrix, Inc. Panelist 5: "Accelerating Commercial Linear Dynamic and Nonlinear Implict FEA Software through High Performance Computing", Vladimir Belsky, Director – Solver Development, Simulia Implicit Analysis Panelist 6: "HPC as Key Enabler for PowerFLOW", Jamie Hoch, Vice President of Software Development, Exa Corp. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm	Break Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm	Making the Business Case for Industrial Use of HPC Session Chair: Mark Shephard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Presentation 1: "HPC at HeartFlow, Inc. – Patient-specific Computational Fluid Dynamics for Noninvasive Assessment of Heart Disease", Charley Taylor, Founder, Chief Technology Officer, HeartFlow, Inc. Presentation 2: "High Performance Computing for Integrated Circuit Design", Saroj Nayak, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Rasit Topaloglu, Senior Technology and Integration Engineer, Global Foundries Presentation 3: "High Performance Computing for Industrial Scale Advanced Analytics", Bruce Church, Vice President, Analytics, Gene Network Sciences, Inc. Presentation 4: "The Role of CFD in the Development of an Air Purification Device", John Lordi, Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Bio Blower, Inc. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS)
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm	Dinner Introduction: Fran Berman, Vice President for Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Speaker: "From Molecules to Moviemaking: Adventures of a Chemical & Biological Engineer", Dr. Shekhar Garde, Professor and Department Head, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Screening: Molecularium clips Russell Sage Dining Hall

- Executive Session Friday, October 28, 2011
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Evelyn’s Café
7:00 am – 8:00 am	Continental Breakfast for Panelists Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Green Room, Level 6
8:00 am – 8:20 am	Welcome and Introduction John E. Kolb, Vice President for Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Introductory Remarks Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Concert Hall
8:20 am - 9:15 am	Panel on Competitiveness Moderator: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ms. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, President & CEO of the Council of Competitiveness Dr. Walt Polansky, Senior Advisor to the Associate Director of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, U.S. Dept. of Energy Tom Furlani, Interim CIO and Director, University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research Dr. John McKibben, Technology Section Head, Proctor and Gamble Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Concert Hall
9:15 am – 9:45 am	Break Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Evelyn’s Café
9:45 am - 11:00 am	Future Opportunities Panel Moderator: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dr. Robert F. Brammer, Vice President for Advanced Technology at Northrup Grumman Ed Reinfurt, Director, Division of Science, Technology and Innovation, Empire State Development Stanley Young, Chief Executive Officer for NYSE Technologies, NYSE Euronext's commercial technology business Dr. John E. Kelly, III, Senior Vice President and Director of IBM Research Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Concert Hall
11:00 am – 12:00 pm	Closing Remarks John E. Kolb, Vice President for Information Services and Technology and Chief Information Officer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Concert Hall

Areas to be addressed include:

Access to Cost Effective Massively Parallel Computing: The level of parallel computing typically being used in industry is either taking advantage of multi-core CPU’s and/or clusters of no more than a few hundred processors. However, the continued advancement in parallel computers is providing systems with orders of magnitude more processors that are cost effective in terms of dollar per gigaflop, power consumption and operation. In addition to discussing the advances in massively parallel systems, consideration will be given to gaining access to these systems.

Available Software: The national labs and universities have been actively developing new generations of software that can effectively operate on massively parallel computers and maintain excellent scaling to hundreds of thousands of processors. Although the open source nature of this software is attractive, the majority of these simulation tools are not industrial grade, not integrated into industrial workflows and lack the support systems needed by industry. Approaches to address the software needs and the status of their development will be discussed. Consideration will also be given to addressing the licensing, support and Intellectual Property (IP) issues associated with combining both open source and proprietary software components from multiple sources.

Business Case: Making the business case requires consideration of the advantages gained by the application of more computational intensive simulations and the cost of doing those simulations. Examples of the advantages gained to be discussed will include being able to simulate processes that could not be simulated before, increasing the fidelity and confidence in the simulation results obtained, and obtaining useful simulations results with a fast enough turn around cycle to lead to better product designs. Consideration must also be given to the cost of running massively parallel simulations. Historically Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) employed pricing policies that are simply not realistic for use by industry on problems requiring massively parallel computation. This situation is changing as a number of ISVs have introduced more effective pricing policies.

Getting Started: The complexity of the computing and application environments still present major hurdles as an enterprise incorporates massively parallel simulation in product and process design. Activities have been initiated in response to the need. An example of such an activity is the High Performance Computing Consortium (HPC2), supported by the New York State’s Division of Science Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR). A central focus of this workshop will be discussing the activities of HPC2 and investigating how to increase its reach into industry.

updated: 2011-06-30