High Performance Computing – Frederick II Vs Cambridge
On May 5, in the university complex of Monte Sant’Angelo, an appointment was held to compare the experiences of the two universities (Fed II and Cambridge) in the field of high-performance computing.
The agenda that also saw the involvement of entities such as Dell, Intel, Mellanox and Nvidia was technically intense and full of excellent ideas.
- 09:15-10.00 Welcome coffee & partecipants registration
- 10:00-10.15 Welcome addresses – Prof. Roberto Pettorino, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- 10:15-10:30 Keynote – Prof. Leonardo Merola, President of the Scope Technical Committee
- 10:30-11:00 Dell approach to HPC, Francesco Magri Dell Country manager
- 11.05-11.35 What we do and what we will do with HPC in Naples – Prof. Guido Russo, Federico II
- 11.35-12.05 The Dell|Cambridge HPC Solution Centre – Paul Calleja, Head of HPC Services, University of Cambridge
- 12.05-12.35 Dell Storage for HPC environments – Paolo Bianco, Storage Specialist, Dell
- 12.35-13.30 LUNCH
- 13.30-14.00 HPC industry trends and Intel’s approach – Intel
- 14.00-14.20 GPU technology in heterogeneous HPC clusters – Edmondo Orlotti, HPC Business Development Manager, NVidia
- 14:20-14:40 Network Converged Fabrics for Cloud and HPC – Nir Gal, EMEA Field Application Engineer Manager, Mellanox
- 14:40-15:00 Closing Francesco Magri Dell Country manager
At the end of the meeting, a guided tour of the SCoPE DataCenter was planned, the supercomputing infrastructure that also grids with CERN in Geneva