Effortless HPC: Simplifying Cluster Environments on Google Cloud with the Google Cluster Toolkit
October 21, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
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About the Session
High-Performance Computing (HPC) on the cloud offers massive scale and flexibility, but configuring and managing these complex environments can be a significant barrier. The Google Cluster Toolkit is designed to remove this complexity, empowering researchers and engineers to deploy optimal HPC clusters quickly and efficiently.
In this presentation, Google's Ilias Katsardis will provide a comprehensive overview of the toolkit. He will demonstrate how it automates and simplifies the end-to-end process—from initial configuration and deployment to runtime usage and tear-down. Attendees will learn how to leverage the toolkit to spend less time on infrastructure management and more time accelerating their critical research and workloads.
Speaker
Ilias Katsardis
Senior Product Manager - AI Infrastructure, Google Cloud
Ilias Katsardis is a Senior Product Manager based in Sunnyvale, CA, driving the future of AI infrastructure at Google Cloud. He is responsible for Cluster Director and the Cluster Toolkit, two key components of Google's supercomputing architecture. Passionate about making large-scale AI and HPC more accessible, Ilias focuses on creating solutions that automate complex configurations and provide a seamless user experience. His work enables researchers and developers to spend less time on infrastructure management and more time on scientific breakthroughs. With a rich background that includes roles at Cray Inc. and ClusterVision, along with founding two tech startups, Ilias brings over 15 years of deep industry expertise to his role.
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