Workshop
November 16th
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Marriott Marquis Chicago
Networking Reception
November 16th
5:00 - 7:00 PM
VU Rooftop Bar
Google Cloud offers supercomputing-class HPC and storage capabilities for the most demanding workloads, with flexible consumption models that optimize both costs and time-to-solution. Google Cloud also offers advanced AI models, research and coding tools, and scientific applications that accelerate innovation and discovery using HPC.
This half-day workshop has three sections. The first hour is for those new to Google Cloud (may be skipped by experienced GCP users) and will show attendees how to get started with using Google Cloud: understanding and setting up projects, using the cloud console, etc. The second hour will show how to choose the Google Cloud capabilities that best match different workloads, and how to use these capabilities most effectively by optimizing for time-to-insight, cost, and other constraints. The third hour will show how to use Google’s latest AI technologies to optimize scientific/technical work that uses Google Cloud HPC, including developing and optimizing code, and analyzing data.
Through a combination of presentations and demos, attendees will learn how to utilize all these technologies to maximize their productivity and transform their scientific research, engineering development, and business productivity.
Workshop Agenda
Opening
8:30 AM
Sign-ins, Coffee and Light Breakfast, Networking
9:00 AM
Welcome, Introductions, Objectives, Agenda Review
Google Cloud for HPC
9:05-10:00 AM
Google Cloud HPC Deep Dive
Google AI to Accelerate Science
10:00 AM
The Agentic Era of Scientific Discovery
10:15 AM
Accelerating HPC Development & Workflows with Agents & Antigravity
10:45 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Maximizing HPC Performance with AlphaEvolve, TPUs
Come for the whole workshop, or join the portion relevant to your interests and current understanding of Google Cloud for HPC and Google AI tools.
November 16th
5:00 - 7:00 PM
VU Rooftop Bar at Hilton Garden Inn Chicago McCormick Place
Join us for a GCACC networking reception! This is a great opportunity to connect with our team of Google advanced computing experts, technologists from our partner companies, and fellow users of our world-class infrastructure. Whether you're looking to forge new professional relationships, collaborate with colleagues, or dive deeper into the latest Google Cloud innovations, we invite you to be part of our vibrant community. Come share your experiences, learn from technology and industry leaders, and discover how our advanced computing capabilities can accelerate your research and innovation goals. We look forward to meeting you!
Workshop attendance is not required for our networking event.
5:00 PM
Doors
5:15
Welcome & Opening Comments
Jay Boisseau, Advanced Computing Strategist, Google Cloud
Annie Ma-Weaver, Group Product Manager, Google Cloud
5:30
Networking
Jay Boisseau
Advanced Computing Strategist, Google Cloud
Jay Boisseau is an advanced computing strategist at Google, where he manages a strategic initiative to make Google Cloud the best platform for scientific/technical computing and leads the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community. He is an experienced leader in HPC and advanced computing technologies, with 30 years of experience developing and leading programs in academia and industry. His previous experience includes founding and leading the Texas Advanced Computing Center to global prominence, and providing strategic planning and special projects in HPC at Dell Technologies. Jay also leads the Austin Forum on Technology & Society, founded the Austin AI Alliance, and is the lead founder and owner of Remedy bar in Austin (where he conducts lots of tech meetings and events so it aligns). He earned his doctorate from UT Austin in astronomy, which led him into supercomputing and technologies.
Annie Ma-Weaver
Group Product Manager, Google Cloud
Annie Ma-Weaver leads the HPC Product team at Google Cloud and works to build products and solutions to enable scientists, researchers, and engineers to run HPC workloads on Google Cloud. She has been with Google for 16+ years in roles that run the gamut from Chief of Staff to Product Ops, Strategy, and Business Development. Some highlights of her time at Google include a pastry internship at Charlie’s Cafe on Main Campus, having lunch with Patrick Pichette, and dogfooding one of the first self-driving prototypes.
Before joining Google, Annie conducted behavioral economics research at Columbia Business School, worked in investment banking in Hong Kong, and consulted for the Scottish government. Annie received an MBA from the Haas School of Business, where she is also a guest lecturer. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Neuroscience from Columbia College at Columbia University. She serves on the Boards of the Columbia College Alumni Association and Bert Hsu Academy.
Workshop
Marriott Marquis Chicago
2121 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60616
Our workshop is just a 9-minute walk from the SC26 conference center. Complimentary shuttle buses will also run scheduled routes between both venues throughout the event.
Networking
VU Rooftop Bar at Hilton Garden Inn Chicago McCormick Place
133 E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
Our networking reception is just a 10-minute walk from the SC26 conference center located on the rooftop of the Hilton Garden Inn. Complimentary shuttle buses will also run scheduled routes between both venues throughout the event.