Session 2 Leveraging Industry HPC Capabilities to Advance Earth System Prediction

Tuesday, 14 January 2020: 1:30 PM-2:30 PM
155 (Boston Convention and Exhibition Center)
Host: Sixth Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate
Chair:
Gerry Creager, Oklahoma Univ./CIMMS, and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Earth System Prediction relies heavily on High-Performance Computing (HPC); its needs are expanding as the demands of earth system modeling (ESM) push the limits of computational efficiency. Advances in private sector capabilities including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud-based HPC may enhance the ability of academic and federal research communities to explore the constantly emerging frontiers of ESM.  Previous studies have shown the benefits and drawbacks of reliance upon proprietary systems. This session invites abstracts highlighting advances and challenges in HPC capability for research in ESM including, but not limited to, data storage, cloud computing, interconnect technology, code refactorization, computational efficiency, and evolving market-based priorities. The session seeks to incorporate industry perspectives on new architectures and capabilities, engagement with the ESM community and current ESM-related HPC.

Papers:
1:30 PM
2.1
An Implementation of MPAS-Atmosphere Running on GPUs
Raghu Raj Prasanna Kumar, NVIDIA, Santa Clar, CA; and M. Duda, S. Suresh, T. Hutchinson, and J. Wong
1:45 PM
2.2
A Multiplatform, Cloud-Enabled Mesoscale Model for Business Solutions
Anthony P. Praino, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY; and L. A. Treinish and C. D. Watson
2:15 PM
2.4
Weather Forecast Application Portability Using Container Technology
Kevin Kelly, Rescale, Inc., San Francisco, CA; and C. Ramirez, G. Creager, and R. Herban
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