Workshop: The Future of SCEC Research Computing
Conveners: Phil Maechling, Yifeng Cui, Christine Goulet, and Tran Huynh
Dates: July 29 - 30, 2019
Location: San Diego Supercomputer Center
Participants: 35
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SUMMARY: SCEC researchers make extensive use of research computing tools and methods including high-resolution earth models, observational and simulated data, high-performance and cloud computing, open-source scientific community software, and complex research computing software stacks. This workshop is motivated by the recognition that both (1) SCEC’s scientific research goals and (2) NSF/USGS/DOE open-science research computing environments are changing. This workshop will bring together geoscientists, engineers, computer scientists, and software developers to help SCEC develop a research computing plan that anticipates and accommodates these ongoing changes. Goals for this workshop are:
- Assess the current and future research computing needs of the SCEC community.
- Prepare SCEC researchers for future NSF and DOE computing environments.
- Design a research computing organization that will support future SCEC research.
- Initiate future collaborative SCEC research computing projects.
We plan to summarize the workshop proceedings in a white paper that describes the research computing needs of SCEC and outlines a plan for meeting these needs.
To promote discussion and due to logistics, the workshop is limited to 30 participants. Limited funds are available for travel support, with priority for invited presenters, students, early career scientists.
Presentation slides may be downloaded by clicking the links following the title. PLEASE NOTE: Files are the author’s property. They may contain unpublished or preliminary information and should only be used while viewing the talk.
MONDAY, JULY 29, 2019
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Workshop Check-In | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introductions and Workshop Objectives and Key Questions (PDF, 126KB) | Phil Maechling |
| SESSION 1: What is SCEC Research Computing? Moderator: Yehuda Ben-Zion and Recorder: Fabio Silva |
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| 09:15 - 09:35 | Summary and Impact of SCEC Research Computing (PDF, 2.8MB) | Christine Goulet |
| 09:35 - 09:55 | SCEC Research Computing Sustainability Strategies (PDF, 2.0MB) | Phil Maechling |
| 09:55 - 10:15 | Group Discussion | All |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Break | |
| SESSION 2: What research computing capabilities are needed to support SCEC research activities? Moderator: Christine Goulet and Recorder: Tran Huynh |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Vision for Future SCEC Research Computing and Data Projects | Yehuda Ben-Zion |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Group Exercise — Session moderator will describe specific SCEC research activities and ask participants to identify what kinds of computing capabilities and approaches will advance these activities. | All |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch | |
| SESSION 3a: What are the emerging technologies to consider in research computing? Moderator: Tom Jordan and Recorder: Scott Callaghan |
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| 13:00 - 13:20 | Machine Learning in Seismology | Greg Beroza |
| 13:20 - 13:30 | Group Discussion | All |
| 13:30 - 13:50 | Community earth system modeling and analytics in the Exascale era: Challenges and Opportunities (PDF, 3.9MB) | Rich Loft |
| 13:50 - 14:00 | Group Discussion | All |
| 14:00 - 14:20 | Knowledge Networks, ModelCommons, and Beyond... (PDF, 584KB) | Chaitan Baru |
| 14:20 - 14:30 | Group Discussion | All |
| 14:30 - 14:50 | Computational Research On a Leadership-Class Supercomputer | Greg Bauer |
| 14:50 - 15:00 | Group Discussion | All |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Break | |
| 15:30 - 15:50 | The Changing Landscape for Scientific Computing at NSF and DOE (PDF, 1.4MB) | Mike Norman |
| 15:50 - 16:00 | Group Discussion | |
| SESSION 3b: What new scientific or computing activity will benefit SCEC in the next 5 years? Moderator: Phil Maechling and Recorder: Christine Goulet |
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| 16:00 - 17:00 | Lightning Presentations (5 minutes each, including Q&A) | |
| New and Advanced Capabilities of Pegasus-WMS (PDF, 1.9MB) | Rafael Ferreira da Silva | |
| Operational Earthquake Forecasting (PDF, 839KB) | Kevin Milner | |
| Future Broadband Developments (PDF, 652KB) | Fabio Silva | |
| Future Hercules Developments (PDF, 443KB) | Doriam Restrepo | |
| Future CyberShake Directions (PDF, 1.3MB) | Scott Callaghan | |
| Multi-Surface Plasticity in Wave Propagation Simulations (PDF, 1.1MB) | Daniel Roten | |
| Seismic Waveform Data in AWS Open Data Set (PDF, 25KB) | Ellen Yu | |
| Future SCEC Community Information System (PDF, 1.3MB) | Edric Pauk | |
| Earthquake Simulators and Seismic Hazard Maps (PDF, 1.1MB) | Bruce Shaw | |
| Future CSEP Developments | Bill Savran | |
| Machine Learning in Seismology (PDF, 966KB) | Zach Ross | |
| Integrated Development of Physics-based Earthquake Forecasting Models (PDF, 2.1MB) | Tom Jordan | |
| RSQSim-CyberShake PSHA (PDF, 1.4MB) | Kevin Milner | |
| Near Real-Time, On-Demand Estimation of Earthquake Ground Motion (PDF, 9.9MB) | Kim Olsen | |
| Using Animations to Build Public Understanding of Ground Motion Intensity (PDF, 192KB) | Phil Maechling | |
| 17:30 | Workshop Day 1 Ajourns | |
| 18:30 - 20:30 | Group Dinner at La Jolla Shores Hotel |
TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2019
| SESSION 4: What new avenues will and should SCEC research computing take? Moderator: Bill Savran and Recorder: Kevin Milner |
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| 09:00 - 09:20 | Enabling Exascale Earthquake Data and Software | Yifeng Cui |
| 09:20 - 09:40 | Pegasus-WMS Overview (PDF, 4.1MB) | Rafael Ferreira da Silva |
| 09:40 - 10:00 | Group Discussion | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Break | |
| SESSION 5: How should SCEC developing opportunities and research computing initiatives? Session to discuss future SCEC Research Computing initiatives; what resources and programs should we target; how we form effective collaborations; and planning a SCEC research computing whitepaper. Moderator: Yifeng Cui and Recorder: Edric Pauk |
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| 10:15 - 10:30 | Developing Productive SCEC Research Collaborations (PDF, 1.0MB) | Christine Goulet |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Group Discussion | |
| 11:00 - 11:15 | Developing a SCEC Research Computing Whitepaper (PDF, 823KB) | Phil Maechling |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Group Discussion and White Paper Outline Development | |
| 12:00 | Workshop Ajourns |
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PARTICIPANTS
Greg Bauer (NCSA)
Yehuda Ben-Zion (SCEC)
Greg Beroza (Stanford)
Scott Callaghan (SCEC)
Yifeng Cui (SDSC)
Rafael Ferreira Da Silva (ISI)
Christine Goulet (SCEC)
*Ruth Harris (USGS)
Elizabeth Hearn (Capstone Geophysics)
Tran Huynh (SCEC)
Thomas Jordan (USC)
Christos Kyriakopoulos (UCR)
Rich Loft (NCAR)
Philip Maechling (SCEC)
*Xiaofeng Meng (USC)
Kevin Milner (SCEC)
Mai Nguyen (SDSC)
Mike Norman (SDSC)
Kim Olsen (SDSU)
Edric Pauk (SCEC)
Dmitry Pekurovsky (SDSC)
Andreas Plesch (Harvard)
Doriam Restrepo (EAFIT)
Zach Ross (Caltech)
Daniel Roten (SDSU)
William Savran (SCEC)
Bruce Shaw (Columbia)
*Fabio Silva (SCEC)
*Mei-Hui Su (SCEC)
*Ricardo Taborda (EAFIT)
Frank Vernon (Scripps)
Kyle Withers (USGS)
Ellen Yu (Caltech)
*Remote Participants
