HEP/HPC Strategy Meeting - USA

22 Jan 2024, 08:30 → 23 Jan 2024, 17:00 America/New_York

Simons Foundation

Ian Fisk (Simons Foundation), Maria Girone (CERN), Oliver Gutsche (Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)), Paolo Calafiura (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (US))

HPC Strategy meeting - USA region - white paper

US ATLAS and US CMS HPC and Cloud Blueprint

WLCG strategy 2023-2.pdf

Monday 22 January

08:30 → 09:30 Breakfast

09:30 → 09:50 Welcome and Introduction

Goals of the meeting
Discuss the current status and challenges of HPC integration in USA (combining conclusions with other regions).
Compile a list of the impediments to integration in two columns: things that can be solved or improved and things that just need to be accommodated or worked around.
Develop a list of topics we believe would benefit from dedicated working groups. - Develop solutions or plans for solutions in areas when possible
Write a document to capture the discussions and main conclusions, with the aim of writing a white paper
Format
No talks! Single slides to structure/guide the discussion allowed/encouraged.
Discussion in small group

09:50 → 10:45 High Level Topic: Technical Strategy

09:50 Strategy Topics

• Shifting landscape of technologies (Many core, integrated CPU/GPU, high powered everything).

10:45 → 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 → 12:45 High Level Topic: Technical Strategy

11:00 Technical Strategies

• How does AI/ML workflow influence choices?
• Convergence of AI and HPC
• What should we be aiming at for technology adoption?

12:45 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 High Level Topic: Provisioning

14:00 Provisioning

• Long term Allocations
• Scheduling
  • Pledging HPC resources,

15:30 → 16:00 Afternoon Break

16:00 → 17:30 High Level Topic: Interfaces

16:00 Interfaces

• What do we need to build a common set of interface services for HPC sites
  • Example: DOE ASCR Integrated Research Initiative (IRI)

17:30 → 18:00 Recap of Day

19:00 → 20:30 Dinner

Tuesday 23 January

08:30 → 09:30 Breakfast

09:30 → 11:00 High Level Topic: Software Strategy

09:30 Software Strategy

• Common strategies for application support on HPC
• Unified programming models

11:00 → 11:20 Coffee

11:20 → 12:50 High Level Topic: Storage

11:20 Storage

• Moving data in and out of HPC
• New models for storing and serving data

12:50 → 14:05 Lunch

14:05 → 15:05 Recap / Writing Assignments

15:05 → 16:35 Adjourn / Opportunity for writing