High-Performance Computing: What Does the Future Look Like?

Location: George R Brown Convention Center in Houston

Time: 8:30 am - 12 pm Thursday September 1

Registration: Register for post-convention workshops at the AAPG/SEG IMAGE conference

8:30, Welcome message, goals and agenda overview Madhav Vyas
8:40, HPC and subsurface technical disciplines: The end of a long and amorous relationship? John Etgen
9:00, Three perspectives on how organizations are making decisions about on-premise HPC versus cloud tools
- service company perspective on HPC and cloud strategies, JJ Heyd
- energy company perspective on HPC and cloud strategies, Alex Loddoch
- academic perspective on HPC and cloud strategies, Dan Stanzione
9:36, TBD (perspectives on HPC on the cloud from a cloud provider), Kun Jiao
9:56, panel for Q&A with previous speakers
10:11-10:25, break
10:25, Custom HPC hardware, from simulation to ML, Mauricio Araya-Polo
10:45, Two perspectives on how organizations are training for HPC and cloud skills, and matching skills to projects
- energy company perspective on HPC/cloud training and skills, Elizabeth L’Heureux
- academic perspective on HPC/cloud training and skills, Eileen Martin
10:55, panel style discussion with two previous speakers
11:05, brainstorming an HPC/cloud challenge activity for future workshop (moderated small group activity)
11:35, HPC in Oil and Gas – which direction? Keith Gray

Madhav Vyas (BP), Eileen Martin (Colorado School of Mines), Keith Gray (Intel), Vadim Dyadechko (ExxonMobil)