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sc11 preview SysFera will present the many advanced


features of SysFera-DS and how it provides a business-grade, user-centric HPC solution. It will be showcasing the new version of the SysFera-DS web interface. It allows users to simply run intensive applications or manage datafl ows (that can be designed using an integrated GUI tool or an XML-like language). It also features data-management functionalities over the infrastructure (persistence, implicit and explicit


replication). Users can access the power of the HPC infrastructure without worrying about its underlying complexity. SysFera offers training, support, maintenance and expertise for SysFera-DS. www.sysfera.com


Tech-X will be demonstrating GPULib, its library of mathematical kernels for GPU computing; Orbiter, its framework for web services; and Vorpal, its simulation


HPC centres and initiatives


● The Bergen Language Design Laboratory (BLDL) at the Department of Informatics, University of Bergen is dedicated to experimenting with programming concepts, providing these as tool-supported language constructs, and show their utility by developing proper applications in the new language. It has a strong focus on the high performance domain. bldl.ii.uib.no ● Louisiana State University’s Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) will showcase research that demonstrates the diverse ways in which CCT advances parallel computing. The ParalleX group will provide a live demonstration of an adaptive mesh refi nement (AMR) toolkit based on its HPX framework. The simulation will adapt interactively to changing power requirements as well as interactively killing or adding processors. www.cct.lsu.edu ● The Cornell University Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is a leader in high-performance computing systems, applications, and data solutions that enable research success. CAC will demonstrate Red Cloud, a new Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Red Cloud with Matlab, a Software as a Service (SaaS), developed specifi cally for research computation and now available to scientists across the nation. www.cac.cornell.edu ● The German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) is a national service centre for climate research, which depends on access to HPC systems. Climate modelling produces enormous amounts of data – at DKRZ annually about 10 Petabytes. Climate research has evolved into a data intensive science. DKRZ provides tools and services to deal with the typically large data sets. www.dkrz.de ● EPCC will be highlighting its work at the forefront of exascale and data intensive research; training (including its bespoke courses for industry, MSc in HPC and PhD


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positions) and its extensive collaborations with industry. Visitors can also fi nd out about EPCC’s HPC service provision, which includes machines such as HECToR, the UK national supercomputing service. www.epcc.ed.ac.uk ● NICT (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Japan conducts general research and development on information technology supporting the ubiquitous society, and supports businesses related to information communications. www.nict.go.jp ● The Ohio Supercomputer Center empowers thousands of researchers through its HPC services. It forges partnerships to make manufacturers more competitive through the Blue Collar Computing programme, and leads the national effort to boost workforce competency through the Ralph Regula School of Computational Science. www.osc.edu ● The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) forms the top level of the European HPC ecosystem. PRACE project members will be available on the booth. PRACE is also organising a BoF session entitled ‘PRACE – The European HPC Infrastructure’, on Thursday 17 November at 12.15pm, at which it will present some of its outstanding research results achieved with PRACE resources and give information on its Tier-0 and Tier-1 services. www.prace-ri.eu ● VLSCI (Victorian Life Sciences Initiative) is an initiative of the Victorian State Government in partnership with The University of Melbourne and includes the world’s fi rst IBM Research Collaboratory for Life Sciences. Located in Melbourne and dedicated solely to life sciences research, VLSCI provides both expertise and facilities to Victorian researchers and their collaborators. Currently operating at a modest 46 terafl ops, VLSCI will deliver petascale computing in 2013. www.vlsci.org.au


application for modelling the interaction of matter with electromagnetic fi elds. GPULib allows users to access high-


performance computing with minimal modifi cation to their existing IDL programs. GPULib can accelerate new applications or be incorporated into existing applications with minimal effort. Orbiter is


an end-to-end framework delivering fast and secure solutions through both thin- client web access and thick-client desktop application suites and modules. These applications leverage the information- sharing capabilities of Orbiter in providing powerful and personalised web-accessible components. Vorpal enables researchers to simulate complex physical phenomena in less time and at a lower cost than empirically testing design changes for electromagnetic and plasma problems. Vorpal offers a combination of physical models to cover the entire range of EM and plasma simulation problems. www.txcorp.com


Texas Instruments will be showcasing its TMS320C6678 Multicore DSP. TI’s multicore processors are well suited for a wide variety of HPC applications, delivering ultra high performance and signifi cant power savings. TI will be demonstrating a quad-DSP, PCIe solution with >500 Gfl ops in 50W, along with key benchmarks from applications such as medical imaging, oil and gas exploration, and fi nance. TI will also demonstrate the fl exibility of its multicore DSPs where the C6678 card can either be used as an accelerator card or a platform for running a complete solution on its own. The performance, fl exibility and scalability of TI’s multicore DSPs allows customers to embed high performance computing into a wider variety of solutions than ever before. www.ti.com


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