17th RES Users' Conference
The RES-HPC Award for outstanding contributions to research, development, and/or dissemination in supercomputing has been granted to Francesc Subirada from BSC. His contribution to the development of public supercomputing in Spain stands particularly out.
| Tuesday, 12th September 2023 | |
| 15:00 | Welcome and register |
| 15:15 | Sponsored Technical Workshop: Designing AI Solutions for Large-Scale Implementations, Marc Méndez-Bermond, DELL Technologies |
| 16:15 | Sponsored Technical Workshop: Python/C++ as a Heterogeneous Computing Interface for Portability, Adil Lashab, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) |
| 17:15 | Sponsored Technical Workshop: Network Congestion Management and Workload Isolation on Cornelis Networks' Omni-Path Fabrics, Robert Bollig, Cornelis Networks |
| 19:00 | Closure |
| Wednesday, 13th September 2023 | |
| 9:00 | Welcome and registration |
| 9:30 | Opening Session Raquel Yotti, Secretary-General of Research, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation Joan Gómez Pallarés, General Director of Research, Government of Catalonia Miquel Soriano, PDI Deputy Chancellor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Mateo Valero, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Director |
| 10:00 | Thematic Panel: RISC-V, processors made in Europe Moderator: Mateo Valero Cortés, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Participants: Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos (EC Europa), Lluís Terés (IMB-CSIC), Miquel Moretó (BSC), Macarena Martínez Rodríguez (IMSE-CSIC) |
| 11:30 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER EXHIBITION |
| 12:00 | Sponsor Talk by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD): The next step: how AMD enables more than 2 exaflops, Simon Viñals, Commercial Sales Account Manager |
| 12:20 | Thematic Panel: Driving Education in RISC-V Moderator: María Ribera-Sancho, Barcelona Supercomputing Center Participants: Sarah Harris (Nevada University), Zhangxi Tan (Berkeley University), Miquel Moretó (BSC), Katzalin Olcoz Herrero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) |
| 13:30 | Sponsor Talk by Cornelis Networks: Cornelis Omni-Path Express: The open-source software approach to High Performance Fabrics, Robert Bollig, Solutions Architect EMEA |
| 13:50 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:50 | Sponsor Talk by DELL Technologies: Dell and Project Helix, Paolo Bianco, HPC and AI Business Dev. for Western European Region |
| 15:10 | Thematic Panel: Supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence: accelerating each other's pace. Moderator: Senén Barro, Centro Singular de Investigación en Tecnologías Inteligentes (CiTIUS) Participants: Francisco Doblas (BSC), Rosa Filgueira (University of St. Andrews), Aitor Soroa (HiTZ, Universidad País Vasco) |
| 16:40 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER EXHIBITION |
| 17:10 | Thematic Panel: Optimization and saving energy in HPC centres. Moderator: Julita Corbalán, Energy Aware Solutions (EAS) Participants: Benjamin Czaja (SURF), Cristina Manzano (Forschungszentrum Jülich), Federico Tesser (CINECA) |
| 18:10 | SOCIAL ACTIVITY: Guided visit to Marenostrum 5 (English) |
| 20:45 | OFFICIAL DINNER JURES 2023 - Restaurante Real Club de Polo de Barcelona |
| Thursday, 14th September 2023 | |
| 9:00 | Registration - 2nd day |
| 10:00 | RES goals, impact and mission. |
| 10:20 | Sponsor Talk by HPCNOW!: Bridging the gap between desktop computers and HPC with Open OnDemand, Elisabeth Ortega, R&D&I Manager |
| 10:40 | RES Users Committee (CURES): 2023 Review, Miguel Ángel Aloy, Universitat de València |
| 11:00 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER EXHIBITION |
| 11:20 | Sponsor Talk by HPE: HPE Greenlake for Large Language Models, Adriano Galano, Artificial Intelligence and HPC Specialist for the Southern Europe region. |
| 12:00 | Thematic Panel: Programming tools and workflows in science. Moderator: Daniele Lezzi, Barcelolona Supercomputing Center Participants: Davide Cirillo (BSC); Riccardo Rossi (CIMNE); Stefano Lorito (INGV-IT); Josep de la Puente (BSC) |
| 13:30 | Sponsor Talk by FUJITSU: Future and current state of hybrid supercomputing, Juan Antonio García Carrasco - Senior Consultant HPC and Quantum |
| 13:50 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 14:50 | Thematic Panel: Quantum Computing and its applications. Moderator: Pep Martorell, Barcelolona Supercomputing Center Participants: Alba Cervera Lierta (Quantum Spain); Artur García (BSC); Elías F. Combarro (Universidad de Oviedo); Carmen García Almudéver (UPV) |
| 16:20 | Sponsored Talk by Supermicro: Modern Workload Performance, Oscar Jiménez Izquierdo. Alliance Manager Spain & Portugal. |
| 16:40 | COFFEE BREAK & POSTER EXHIBITION |
| 17:10 | RES Outstanding Paper Award 2022: 'Inhibition Mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease with Ketone-Based Inhibitors Unveiled by Multiscale Simulations: Insights for Improved Designs'. Carlos A. Ramos-Guzmán, Universitat de Jaume I |
| 17:40 | Closing Session and RES AWARDS |
| 18:10 | SOCIAL ACTIVITY: Guided Visit to Marenostrum 5 (ENGLISH) |