{"id":12788,"date":"2025-08-21T01:11:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12788\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T01:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:11:07","slug":"hpc-ai-user-forum-to-hold-fall-meeting-in-reston-virginia-updated-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12788\/","title":{"rendered":"HPC\/AI User Forum to Hold Fall Meeting in Reston, Virginia (Updated Agenda)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 89th HPC\/AI User Forum will be held <strong>on September 3rd and 4th<\/strong> in Reston, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>The user Forum is a popular event that provides opportunities for interaction between speakers and attendees. The meeting will feature presentations on the rapidly evolving AI, HPC, and QC sectors, as well as a comprehensive examination of how data centers are developing and expanding. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AI-HPC-user-forum.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-182541 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AI-HPC-user-forum-300x144.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"116\"  \/><\/a>Talks will include topics such as AI and HPC workloads and how they are driving data centers and innovative solutions, new HPC &amp; AI directions in industry, government, and academia, trends in the use of clouds to run HPC\/AI workloads, HPC site updates, and market updates for AI, HPC, clouds, and quantum computing. <\/p>\n<p>Below is an updated agenda with the conference speakers, topics, and panels:<\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday, September 3rd <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>7:00 \u2013 8:00\u00a0 am\u00a0 Registration and Breakfast <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>8:00 \u2013 8:30\u00a0 am\u00a0 Welcome\/Introductions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Piyush Mehrotra, Rupak Biswas and Earl Joseph <\/li>\n<li>HPC Market Update, Earl Joseph, Hyperion Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>8:30 \u2013 9:00\u00a0 am\u00a0 Designing Centers to Address Cyber Security Requirements<\/b>, John Garstka, Director, Cyber Warfare Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense <\/p>\n<p><b>9:00 \u2013 10:00\u00a0 am\u00a0 How AI &amp; HPC Workloads are Driving Industrial Data Centers, Part I<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Journey From an On-Prem HPC Environment Into the Cloud<\/b>, Alex Loddoch, High Performance Computing Strategist, Chevron Corporation<\/li>\n<li><b>HPC\/AI Trajectories at GE Aerospace<\/b>, Richard Arthur, Sr. Principal, GE Aerospace Research <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>10:00 \u2013 10:15\u00a0 am\u00a0 From Petabytes to Insight: How AI-Powered Digital Twins Are Transforming Grid Resilience<\/b>, Chris Beaufait, Sharper Shape<\/p>\n<p><b>10:15 \u2013 10:30\u00a0 am\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10:30 \u2013 11:00\u00a0 am\u00a0 Portable Scalability and Performance at Exascale Using Asynchronous Tasking<\/b>, Martin Berzins, Associate Director and Faculty Member, SCI at the University of Utah <\/p>\n<p><b>11:00 \u2013 11:15\u00a0 am\u00a0 Vendor Update<\/b>: Hammerspace <\/p>\n<p><b>11:15 \u2013 11:45\u00a0 am\u00a0 Hype on Hyperscalers? The Rapidly Evolving Landscape of Energy for High-Performance Computing<\/b>, Bryan Willson, Executive Director of the Energy Institute, Colorado State University<\/p>\n<p><b>11:45 \u2013 12:00 pm\u00a0 Vendor Update<\/b>: Intel <\/p>\n<p><b>12:00 \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0 Lunch<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1:00 \u2013 2:30 pm\u00a0 How AI &amp; HPC Workloads are Driving Industrial Data Centers, Part II<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Addressing the Facilities Requirements for Industrial HPC<\/b>, Keith Gray, VP Computational Science and Engineering, TotalEnergies<\/li>\n<li><b>Cybersecurity in HPC\/AI Data Centers<\/b>, Joe Swartz, CSCF Program\/Chief Architect, Lockheed Martin <\/li>\n<li><b>How AI &amp; HPC Workloads Are Driving BP<\/b>, Muhong Zhou, Senior HPC Software Engineer, BP<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2:30 \u2013 2:45 pm\u00a0 Vendor Update<\/b>: Bill Mannel, HPE<\/p>\n<p><b>2:45 \u2013 3:45 pm\u00a0 Present and Future HPC Trends, Forecast, and Implications Within Data Centers<\/b>, Matt Vincent, Editor in Chief, Data Center Frontier <\/p>\n<p><b>3:45 \u2013 4:15 pm\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>4:15 \u2013 5:00 pm\u00a0 Trends and New Solutions in the Use of Clouds to Run HPC\/AI Workloads<\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Programmable Cloud Laboratories<\/b>, Dr. Alex Vadati, Progr am\u00a0 Director, NSF <\/li>\n<li><b>Google Cloud for Science: Integrating AI and Quantum Computing into Supercomputing-Class Infrastructure for Scientific &amp; Technical Computing<\/b>, Jay Boisseau, Advanced Computing Strategist, Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>5:00 \u2013 6:00 pm\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>6:00 \u2013 8:30 pm\u00a0 Dinner Presentation: Buddy Rizer, <\/b>Executive Director, Loudoun County, Virginia, Department of Economic Development<\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, September 4th <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>7:00 \u2013 8:00\u00a0 am\u00a0 Registration and Breakfast <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>8:00 \u2013 8:10\u00a0 am\u00a0 Welcome\/Introductions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>8:10 \u2013 8:30\u00a0 am\u00a0 Latest Market Perspective on Running HPC-AI Workloads in the Cloud: Now for Some Quid Pro Quo<\/b>, Mark Nossokoff, Research Director, Lead Analyst for Cloud &amp; Storage, Hyperion Research<\/p>\n<p><b>8:30 \u2013 8:45\u00a0 am\u00a0 Vendor Update<\/b>: Weka <\/p>\n<p><b>8:45 \u2013 10:15\u00a0 am\u00a0 Quantum Computing, Part I <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Quantum Internet: What Is It, Why Do We Need It, and How Do We Engineer It?<\/b>, Dr. Prem Kumar, AT&amp;T Professor of Information Technology\/Joint with Electrical Engineering, Northwestern University<\/li>\n<li><b>Quantum Computing and Applications at DOE\u2019s SQMS Quantum Research Center<\/b>, Silvia Zorzetti, Principal Engineer and Head of Quantum Computing Co-Design and Communication, Fermilab<\/li>\n<li><b>Algorithms for Quantum Computers<\/b>, Andrew Childs, Professor and Fellow in the Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>10:15 \u2013 10:40\u00a0 am\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>10:40 \u2013 12:00 pm\u00a0 Quantum Computing, Part II <\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><b>Full-stack Quantum Computers and Their Co-design<\/b>, Christopher Monroe, Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor of ECE and Physics, Duke University <\/li>\n<li><b>Quantum Computing at Google<\/b>, Salvatore Mandr\u00e0, Research Scientist at Google Quantum AI, Google <\/li>\n<li><b>5th Annual Global QC Market Survey: Continued Progress But Changes in the Air<\/b>, Bob Sorensen, Senior VP of Research and Chief Analyst for Quantum Computing, Hyperion Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>12:00 \u2013 1:00 pm\u00a0 Lunch<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1:00 \u2013 1:45 pm\u00a0 Technologies Showcase<\/b>: Alice + Bob, CTG Federal, DDN, FedData, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, QuEra and Supermicro <br \/><b>1:45 \u2013 2:15 pm\u00a0 An Update on NNSA HPC and AI Activities<\/b>, Thuc Hoang, Deputy Assistant Deputy Administrator, NNSA<\/p>\n<p><b>2:15 \u2013 2:30 pm\u00a0 Vendor Update<\/b>: Matthew Shaxted, Parallel Works<\/p>\n<p><b>2:30 \u2013 3:00 pm\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3:00 \u2013 3:30 pm\u00a0 AI at DOE<\/b>, Ray Juneja, DOE Fellow, AI &amp; Energy<\/p>\n<p><b>3:30 \u2013 4:00 pm\u00a0 From Code to Cosmos: High-End Computing Enables NASA Exploration, Science, and Engineering<\/b>, Kevin Murphy, Chief Science Data Officer, NASA<\/p>\n<p><b>4:00 \u2013 4:30 pm\u00a0 Advanced Scientific Computing at DOE<\/b>, Ceren Susut, DOE ASCR Associate Director<\/p>\n<p><b>4:30 \u2013 4:45 pm\u00a0 Closing Remarks and Invitations to Our Future HPC User Forum Events<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>4:45 \u2013 5:00 pm\u00a0 Break<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>5:00 \u2013 7:00 pm\u00a0 Special Event: Networking Time &amp; Cocktail Reception <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Registration is open at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcuserforum.com\/hpc-user-forum-fall-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/www.hpcuserforum.com\/hpc-user-forum-fall-2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSectors:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/academia-research\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Academia &amp; Research<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/community\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/energy-2\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Energy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/entertainment\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/financial-services\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/government\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Government<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/life-sciences\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Life Sciences<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/manufacturing\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manufacturing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpcwire.com\/sector\/oil-gas\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oil &amp; 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