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Let’s Talk Exascale

ECP’s Let’s Talk Exascale podcast goes behind the scenes to chat with some of the people who are bringing a capable and sustainable exascale computing ecosystem to fruition. Discussions revolve around the challenges, successes, and expected impact of the project.

We hope you enjoy the podcast, and we welcome your ideas for future episodes. Contact us at [email protected]

Podcasts

Episode	Title	Guest	Time
105	Getting Computing Luminary Jack Dongarra’s Perspective on the Exascale Computing Project	Jack Dongarra	22:15
104	Siting the El Capitan Exascale Supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	Bronis R. de Supinski	31:33
103	Revisiting the CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE) Project	John Gounley and Heidi Hanson	21:41
102	Delivering Impactful Science, Deploying Aurora, and Partnering with ECP at the ALCF	Katherine Riley	31:29
101	Discussing NERSC's Unique Global Role and Close Collaboration with ECP	Richard Gerber	29:39
100	Reflecting on the ‘Why’ behind Supercomputing Simulations: Advancing Science	Bronson Messer	28:03
99	ECP's WarpX Team Successfully Models Promising Laser Plasma Accelerator Technology	Jean-Luc Vay, Axel Huebl, Henri Vincenti, and Luca Fedeli	32:14
98	Providing Exascale-Class Multiphysics Simulation Capability to Multiple Science Domains	Anshu Dubey and J. Austin Harris	29:55
97	Enabling Highly Accurate and Reliable Predictions of the Basic Properties of Materials”	Paul Kent	22:27
96	Leveraging Machine Learning for Computational and Experimental Science and Engineering	Logan Ward	18:26
95	Enabling Cross-Project Research to Strengthen Math Libraries for Scientific Simulations	Natalie Beams	24:23
94	Revisiting the E4S Software Ecosystem Upon Release of Version 22.02	Mike Heroux	16:34
93	Preparing the PETSc/TAO Software Suite to Support Exascale Scientific Applications	Todd Munson and Richard Tran Mills	23:15
92	Helping Users Deploy High-Performance Computing Tools and Libraries	Sameer Shende	10:04
91	Let's Talk Exascale Code Development: CANcer Distributed Learning Environment (CANDLE)	Harry Yoo, Thomas Brettin, and Venkatram Vishwanath	15:42
90	Designing the Electrical Infrastructure for a Supercomputer with Unprecedented Power Demands	Rick Griffin	12:17
89	Helping Large-Scale Multiphysics Engineering and Scientific Applications Achieve Their Goals	Siva Rajamanickam	25:54
88	Frontier: Guiding the Design and Construction of the Mechanical Systems	David Grant	13:26
87	Frontier: ORNL’s Justin Whitt on Deploying the Nation’s First Exascale Supercomputer	Justin Whitt	9:37
86	An Interview with Exascale Computing Project Director Doug Kothe	Doug Kothe	24:01
85	Sunita Chandrasekaran Reflects on Teaching Supercomputing and Leading the ECP SOLLVE Project	Sunita Chandrasekaran	18:52
84	The Flux Software Framework Manages and Schedules Modern Supercomputing Workflows	Dong Ahn, Stephen Herbein, Dan Milroy, and Tapasya Patki	35:04
83	Optimizing the North American Power Grid to Improve Reliability and Support Grid Decarbonization	Slaven Peles	13:21
82	Let’s Talk Exascale Code Development: WDMapp—XGC, GENE, GEM	Tim Williams, Aaron Scheinberg, Kai Germaschewski, and Bryce Allen	49:13
81	Applying Graph Algorithms to Solve Key Science Problems of Importance to the Nation	Mahantesh Halappanavar, Aydin Buluc, Marco Minutoli, Alex Pothen, and Erik Boman	36:37
80	Update with Doug Kothe: Progress, Annual Meeting Highlights, and More	Doug Kothe	22:02
79	Let’s Talk Exascale Code Development: HACC	Nicholas Frontiere, Steve Rangel, Michael Buehlmann, and JD Emberson	22:02
78	Ensuring the Exascale Ecosystem Lands Successfully at Energy Department Facilities	Ryan Adamson	17:35
77	Let’s Talk Exascale Code Development: EQSIM	Brian Homerding and Houjun Tang	18:43
76	Exploiting Exascale Computing to Make Earthquake Simulation Codes More Powerful	David McCallen	16:13
75	Supporting Scientific Discovery and Data Analysis in the Exascale Era	Jim Ahrens	18:43
74	Collaborative Strength Enables the EXAALT Project to Optimize GPU Performance	Danny Perez and Rahul Gayatri	22:10
73	Intel Executive Discusses Engagement with Energy Department, Argonne, and ECP	Trish Damkroger	7:41
72	Special—ECP Leadership Discusses Project Highlights, Challenges, and the Expected Impact of Exascale Computing	Members of the ECP leadership team	1:26:54
71	Scaling up Clean Fossil Fuel Combustion Technology for Industrial Use	Madhava Syamlal and Jordan Musser	33:55
70	E3SM-MMF: Forecasting Water Resources and Severe Weather with Greater Confidence	Mark Taylor	17:15
69	Major Update of the MFEM Finite Element Library Broadens GPU Support	Tzanio Kolev	6:28
68	ExaAM Project Aims to Transform Additive Manufacturing through Exascale Simulation	John Turner	25:00
67	Flexible Package Manager Automates the Deployment of Software on Supercomputers	Todd Gamblin	5:54
66	Reducing the Memory Footprint and Data Movement on Exascale Systems	Peter Lindstrom	12:36
65	Accelerating the Adoption of Container Technologies for Exascale Computing	Andrew Younge	7:51
64	Creating the Ability to Design Smaller, Cheaper Particle Accelerators	Axel Huebl, Jean-Luc Vay, and Maxence Thévenet	9:12
63	Delivering Exascale Machine Learning Algorithms and Tools for Scientific Research	Peter Nugent, Frank Alexander, and Brian Van Essen	10:42
62	Collaborative Community Impacts High-Performance Computing Programming Environments	Hal Finkel	10:43
61	Helping Applications Leverage Future Computing Architectures with First-Rate Discretization Libraries	Tzanio Kolev	9:47
60	Simplifying the Deployment of High-Performance Computing Tools and Libraries	Sameer Shende	8:34
59	Ushering in a New Approach to Scientific Computing	Ian Foster	7:12
58	Project Update: Excellent Review Results, Readiness for Accelerated Architectures, More	Doug Kothe	31:13
57	Solving Multiphysics Problems at Scale on Today’s Most Powerful Supercomputers	Stuart Slattery and Damien Lebrun-Grandie	13:38
56	Earth and Space Science Applications Simulate Elusive Phenomena to Confirm Observations	Anshu Dubey	13:26
55	Rewriting a Legacy Computational Chemistry Software Package for Larger Simulations and Exascale Speed	Bert de Jong, Sriram Krishnamoorthy, and Huub Van Dam	7:16
54	Providing Exascale Solutions for the Assembly and Analysis of Metagenomic Data	Kathy Yelick and Lenny Oliker	12:40
53	Developing a Codebase for Deep Learning on Supercomputers to Fight Cancer	Gina Tourassi	14:54
52	Aiming to be among the First Applications to Run at Exascale	Katrin Heitmann	8:58
51	Method Enables Collaborative Software Teams to Enhance Effectiveness and Efficiency	Elaine Raybourn	14:50
50	Tackling the Complex Task of Software Deployment and Continuous Integration at Facilities	Ryan Adamson	5:56
49	Optimizing Math Libraries to Prepare Applications for Exascale Computing	Ulrike Meier Yang	14:03
48	An Alternative to OpenMP and an On-Ramp to Future C++ Standards	Christian Trott	10:26
47	The Ginkgo Library Project is Developing a Vision for Multiprecision Algorithms	Hartwig Anzt	12:51
46	Software Enables Use of Distributed In-System Storage and Parallel File System	Sarp Oral and Kathryn Mohror	11:28
45	R&D 100 Award-winning Software Enables I/O Performance Portability and Code Progress	Kathryn Mohror and Elsa Gonsiorowski	12:18
44	ECP Team Reengineers Materials Simulation Code, Achieves Atypical Performance Increase	Danny Perez	13:39
43	ECP’s ExaStar Project Seeks Answers Hidden in the Cosmos	Daniel Kasen and Bronson Messer	12:09
42	A Discussion with ECP's Director—July 2019	Doug Kothe	29:02
41	Exascale Computing Could Drastically Boost the Capabilities of Energy Applications	Tom Evans	9:27
40	High Precision for Studying the Building Blocks of the Universe	Andreas Kronfeld	5:58
39	A Potential Revolution for X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facilities	Amedeo Perrazo	9:01
38	Predictive Simulations May Point to the Best Design for Fusion Reactors	Amitava Bhattacharjee	6:37
37	Codes to Solve Multiphysics Problems	David Daniel	11:43
36	The EZ Project Focuses on Providing Fast, Effective Exascale Lossy Compression for Scientific Data	Franck Cappello	24:04
35	Addressing the Challenge of Continuous Integration of Software at Department of Energy Facilities	Dave Montoya	9:15
34	Demonstrating In-Situ Computer Simulation Visualization and Analysis on the Sierra Supercomputer	Cyrus Harrison, Eric Brugger, and Matt Larsen	9:14
33	A Powerful Tool for Improving Parallel Computing Applications	Sameer Shende	6:16
32	Aiming to Simulate the Universe with Maximal Computing Power	Salman Habib	7:24
31	Efforts Directed at Making Wind Farms More Efficient	Michael Sprague	3:09
30	ORNL’s David Bernholdt on the Importance of Message Passing Interface to Supercomputing	David Bernholdt	8:02
29	IDEAS-ECP Helps Ensure the Exascale Software Ecosystem is Optimally Productive and Sustainable	Mike Heroux and Lois Curfman McInnes	17:45
28	AMReX Helps Scientists Optimally Focus Computing Power on the Most Critical Problems	Ann Almgren	3:53
27	Using the Sierra Supercomputer to Explore the Mechanism of a Vicious Cancer	Fred Streitz	13:21
26	Helping Scientists Create and Use Very Large Volumes of Data in ECP Activities	Rob Ross	9:34
25	Spack: The Deployment Tool for ECP’s Software Stack	Todd Gamblin	13:54
24	Converging and Consolidating Algorithmic and Technology Innovation in Dense Linear Algebra Software	Jakub Kurzak	16:41
23	A Discussion with ECP's Director—August 2018	Doug Kothe	20:02
22	Improving the Ability to Accurately Predict the Operating Behavior of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors	Steve Hamilton	11:03
21	The Flexible Computational Science Infrastructure (FleCSI) Project: Supporting Multiphysics Application Development	Ben Bergen	18:46
Special	ECP Software Technology (ST) Capability Assessment Report (CAR)	Mike Heroux	9:33
20	Influencing the Evolution of the MPI Standard for Optimal Exascale Scientific Applications	Pavan Balaji and Ken Raffenetti	23:54
19	Exascale Holds the Key to Generating Realistic and Accurate Scenarios of Future Earthquakes	David McCallen	22:58
18	ADIOS: Providing a Framework for Scientific Data on Exascale Systems	ADIOS research team	14:58
Special	Hardware and Integration Update—May 17 2018	Terri Quinn	8:09
Special	Software Technology Update—May 17 2018	Michael Heroux	11:39
Special	Application Development Update—May 17 2018	Andrew Siegel	8:31
17	Making the Development of Scientific Applications Effective and Efficient for Exascale and Beyond	Mike Heroux	17:46
16	Transforming Combustion Science and Technology with Exascale Simulations	Jackie Chen	14:19
15	Getting Ready to Model Molecular Properties at Exascale with NWChemEx	Thom Dunning	13:46
14	Harnessing Exascale for the Long-Term Design and Planning of Urban Systems	Charlie Catlett	23:25
13	Developing Communication Software Libraries with Low Operating Overheads	Scott Baden	11:31
12	Software Ecosystem for High-Performance Numerical Libraries	Lois Curfman McInnes	20:36
11	Efficiently Using Power and Optimizing Performance of Scientific Applications	Tapasya Patki	13:07
10	ECP Co-Design Center Looks at Particle-Based Applications for Exascale	Tim Germann	11:48
9	Pushing MPI and Open MPI to Exascale	David Bernholdt	9:09
8	Addressing Fault Tolerance and Providing Data Reduction at Exascale	Franck Cappello	12:24
7	Delivering Efficient Parallel I/O with HDF5 on Exascale Computing Systems	Quincey Koziol	13:10
6	Picking the Best Set of Proxy Apps to Represent ECP Applications	David Richards	11:07
5	Conducting Unbiased Annual Evaluations of ECP Applications	Kenny Roche	11:36
4	Extending the Reach of Molecular Dynamics Simulations by Leveraging Exascale	Danny Perez	14:29
3	Making Components of GAMESS Software More Scalable	Mark Gordon	13:36
2	Understanding, Storing, and Curating Scientific Data at Exascale	Jim Ahrens	7:57
1	Lighting the Way to Exascale Precision Medicine	Rick Stevens	9:05

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