BoF at PEARC20 (7/29/2020): How to Extend the Productive Lifetime of Scientific Computing Equipment (Chien, Runesha, Dietrich, and Gardner)

Presentations

1. Extended Lifetime Vision (Chien)
2. Decommissioning SCE Survey Results (Runesha)
3. Operating Intermittent Resources at High Productivity (Gardner)
4. Datacenter and Vendor Opportunities (Dietrich)

Publications and Reports

• Analysis of US National Science Foundation (NSF) Awards for Scientific Computing Equipment (SCE), 2013-2019. (Dietrich and Chien), Available as a UChicago Technical Report , July 8, 2020.
• Scientific Computing Equipment (SCE) Decommissioning in the University Community, 2017-2023: A Survey of the Coalition for Advanced Scientific Computing (CASC) (Runesha, Dietrich, and Chien), Available as a UChicago Technical Report , July 8, 2020.

Model and Vendor Information

• RGC: Soluna Overview, Soluna RGC Offering 7-29-2020
• IGC1: Lancium, Lancium IGC1 Offering 7-29-2020
• IGC3: Lancium, Lancium IGC3 Offering 7-29-2020

Followup Teams Workshop (July 31, 12noon PT) (Chien, Dietrich)

• You can Register here for the Teams Workshop
• This workshop will have small working groups to identify challenges and work on solutions to make each of the models viable for a broad swath of the academic scientific computing community.

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