Program
Day 1 - Monday, September 20, 2021
8:30-8:45 Welcome and introduction to summer school
Sven Lončarić, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb
Karolj Skala, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
8:45-10:15 Infrastructures for advanced computing
Emir Imamagić, Head of Computer Systems Department, University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb, Croatia
10:15-10:30 Q&A session with coffee break
10:30-11:15 RAPIDS: GPU-Accelerated Data Science
Miguel Martinez, Nvidia
11:15-12:00 Challenges of building Transformers based Natural Language Processing models
Meriem Bendris, Nvidia
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-17:00 Hands-on session: Advanced computing platforms and frameworks
Emir Imamagić, Head of Computer Systems Department, University Computing Centre (SRCE), Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Davidović, Research Associate, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia
Day 2 - Tuesday, September 21, 2021
08:30-10:15 Big Data Analytics and Stream Processing on Apache Spark
Krešimir Pripužić, Associate professor, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
10:15-10:30 Q&A session with coffee break
10:30-12:00 Hands-on session: Big Data Analytics and Stream Processing on Apache Spark
Krešimir Pripužić, Associate professor, Faculty of electrical engineering and computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 DataFlow Computing for The Ultimate SuperComputer on a Chip
Veljko Milutinović, Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
15:00-15:15 Q&A session with coffee break
15:15-17:00 DataFlow Computing for The Ultimate SuperComputer on a Chip
Veljko Milutinović, Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Day 3 - Wednesday, September 22, 2021
08:30-10:15 Hands-on session: DataFlow Computing for The Ultimate SuperComputer on a Chip
Milos Kotlar, Ph.D. candidate at School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia
10:15-10:30 Q&A session with coffee break
10:30-12:00 TensorFlow: going beyond deep learning
Rok Hribar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30-15:00 Keras and deep learning through examples
Rok Hribar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
15:00-15:15 Q&A session with coffee break
15:15-17:00 Large scale computing and storage in particle physics and astrophysics
Manuel Delfino, Senior Scientist (The Institute for High Energy Physics, Barcelona, Spain), Professor of Physics (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain)
Day 4 - Thursday, September 23, 2021
08:30-10:15 Technical introduction to blockchain technology
Josip Maričević, Co-Founder and CTO at Tolar.io
10:15-10:30 Q&A with coffee break
10:30 - 12:00 Hands-on session: Setting up development environment and applications
Igor Jerković, Core Software Engineer, Tolar HashNET
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
13:30 - 17:00 Hands-on session: Environments and applications for blockchain technology
Josip Maričević, Co-Founder and CTO at Tolar.io
Igor Jerković, Core Software Engineer, Tolar HashNET
Day 5 - Friday, September 24, 2021
8:30 - 12:00 HPC partner from industry presentation: Altair
8:30 Introduction and overview of Altair Enterprise Computing product families and tools (20m),
Chris Townend, Director of Enterprise Computing for EMEA, Altair
8:50 Altair PBS Professional Technology and Newest Features (20m),
Alex Franke, EMEA HPC Support Manager, Altair
9:10 Altair Grid Engine Technology and Newest Features (20m),
Marco Donauer, Customer Support Manager, Altair
9:30 *HPC Anywhere with Altair Access (45m),
Alex Franke, EMEA HPC Support Manager, Altair and
Ian Littlewood, Product Manager, Altair
10:15 *Get PBS Professional up and running in minutes (30m),
Alex Franke, EMEA HPC Support Manager, Altair and
Adarsh Patil, Technical Manager (UK and Nordics), Altair
10:45 *Budget and user quota control with PBS Professional (30m),
Ian Littlewood, Product Manager, Altair
11:15 Altair HPC Appliance and Cloud solution (45m),
Rick Watkins, Senior Director, Cloud Solution, Altair
* Detailed technical instruction, pre-recorded.
12:15-13:45 Lunch break
13:45 - 17:15 HPC partner from industry presentation: Altair
Altair Platforms:
IoT to collect field data by connecting to machinery/sensors
Data Analytics
Rocco Cappiello, Vice President Business Development - Engineering Analytics
Digital integration, multi-disciplinary system simulation:
Altair Vision in the Digital Twin domain
Fatma Kocer, VP Engineering Data Science Business Intelligence
Machine Learning and AI through reuse of existing simulation & operational data
engineering applications
manufacturing applications.
Sabina Stanescu, Sr. Director Product Management, Data Analytics
Altair One (presentation and demo)
Anytime, anywhere access to world-class tools and HPC
Combines physics-based simulation-driven design and ML-based AI-driven design to create high-potential designs earlier in development cycles
Rick Watkins, Sr. Director Product Management, Data Analytics
Monarch/KS/Panopticon (data preparation, streaming analytics capabilities, data analytics workflow, machine learning workflow)
Jakob Svensson, Solution Specialist Altair