Introduction:
Welcome to the 3rd OAK Supercomputing Conference! This is the third conference in a series of semi-annual conferences in the southwest and midwest regions and is co-organized with the 4th High-Performance Computing Security Workshop (May 20-21, 2024). The conference will bring together supercomputing experts, researchers, and students from across the nation for a discussion and exploration of the latest trends, topics and technologies in high performance computing and related fields.
Major topics will include:
- High Performance and High Throughput Computing (HPC/HTC)
- Cybersecurity
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
- Data Analytics and Data Visualization
- Internet of Things (IoT)
Who Should Attend:
The conference is open to participants from higher-education, government, and industry. Attendance is anticipated from many of the major national labs, research centers and HPC centers from across the nation. The event will provide a unique opportunity to interact with many of the leading and emerging players in the community.
Encouraged to participate: The program committee specially encourages participants from emerging and smaller institutions to attend. There is travel support available (through the HPC Security Workshop).
OAK Conference Fee: FREE, registration is required.
Registration is now closed. However, on-site registration is available on the 3rd floor the RSC.
Dates: May 20-23, 2024
Location: Wichita State University (Virtual attendance is available for some sessions)
Organizing Committee:
- Ryan Doll (Wichita State University)
- Pratul Agarwal (Oklahoma State University)
- Terrance Figy (Wichita State University)
- Fares Najar (Oklahoma State University)
- Chelsea Murphy (Oklahoma State University)
Agenda
Monday, May 20, 2024
Location: Rhatigan Student Center
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Partipation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Registration and Sign-In | 3rd floor, Aster Lounge | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 | Vendor Areas Open - Vendor Setup |
3rd floor | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
See HPC Security Workshop for more details |
3rd floor | In-person |
For additional Monday sessions see the HPC Security Workshop.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Demo - Scaling to the Cloud
Location: Rhatigan Student Center
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Registration and Sign-In | 3rd floor, Aster Lounge | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Vendor Areas Open | 3rd floor | In-person |
NVIDIA Deep Learning Workshop (Acceptance Required*)
* Requires selection at the time of conference registration. Limited to 80 participants.
Accepted attendees will be notified.
** Not this session runs parallel to the Day 2 program of the HPC Security Workshop
program
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
08:30 - 17:30
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Fundamentals of Deep Learning
Mike O’Keeffe, NVIDIA
Break I (09:45 – 10:00)
Lunch Break (12:00 – 13:15)
Break II (14:45 – 15:00)
|
2nd floor, Santa Fe Trail Conference Room | In-person or Virtual |
Demo - Scaling to the Cloud
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
Scaling to the Cloud Scott Friedman, AWS Demo: Using NVIDIA Jetsons with scaling to the cloud |
2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person or Virtual |
OAK Supercomputing Tuesday Reception (DRTH Building, RSC to/from DRTH map)
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18:00 - 20:00 |
Reception and Dinner (Sponsored by NetApp)
Peer Networking Event
|
Digital Research and Transformation Hub
DRTH Building
|
In-person |
| 19:00 -19:30 |
Reception Keynote:
Bryan Hahlbeck, NetApp
Praise Ekwubiri, NetApp
|
Digital Research and Transformation Hub
DRTH Building
|
In-person |
For additional Tuesday sessions see the HPC Security Workshop.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Location: Rhatigan Student Center
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Registration and Sign-In | 3rd floor, Aster Lounge | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Vendor Areas Open | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Poster and Project Areas Open
|
3rd floor | In-person |
| 08:20 - 08:30 |
Morning Welcome and Announcements |
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
Parallel Sessions
|
Track I (8:30 – 12:00)
AI Infrastructure and Security
|
Track III (8:00 – 17:30)
MathWorks MATLAB Workshop
|
|
Track II (13:30 – 17:30)
NSF Workshops
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Track I - AI Infrastructure and Security Workshop
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:15 |
Keynote Speech: Dhabaleswar (DK) Panda
Ohio State University
Creating Intelligent Cyberinfrastructure for Democratizing AI: Overview of the Activities
at the NSF-AI Institute ICICLE
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 09:15 - 10:15 |
Mike O’Keeffe
NVIDIA
NVIDIA and the Future of AI
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Break | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 10:30 - 11:15 |
DDN
Bret Weber
Storage Architecture for AI
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Amy McGovern
University of Oklahoma
The need for trustworthy and ethical development and deployment of AI”
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break (with special session) | 3rd floor | In-person |
OAK Supercomputing Special Session
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 - 13:15 |
Panel Discussion: Women in STEM
Dani DeVito, NVIDIA
Tonya Witherspoon, Wichita State University
Mai Dao, Wichita State University
Moriah Beck, Wichita State University
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person |
Track II: NSF Workshops
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
13:30 – 15:15
|
Open Science Grid Workshop
Showmic Islam, OSG
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom |
In-person or Virtual
|
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Break | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 15:30 – 17:30 |
NSF Grant Writing Workshop
Dan Andresen, NSF
Tim Cartwright, OSG
Fran Cook, Wichita State University
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
Track III: MathWorks MATLAB Workshops (Acceptance Required*)
* Requires selection at the time of conference registration. Limited to 50 participants. Accepted attendees will be notified.
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 12:00 |
Parallel Computing with MATLAB Workshop
Break (10:00 – 10:15)
|
2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Lunch Break (with special session)
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person |
| 13:30 - 15:15 |
AI for Predictive Maintenance Workshop | 2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Break | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 15:30 - 17:30 |
Using MATLAB with Python | 2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person |
Wednesday Reception
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Reception and Networking |
3rd floor
|
In-person |
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Location: Rhatigan Student Center
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Registration and Sign-In | 3rd floor, Aster Lounge | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Vendor Areas Open | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 08:00 - 18:00 |
Poster and Project Areas Open | 3rd floor | In-person |
Track I - Main Sessions
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
8:15 - 8:30
|
Announcements
Ryan Doll (Wichita State University)
Pratul Agarwal (Oklahoma State University)
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom |
In-person or Virtual |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Ross Gruetzemacher
Wichita State University
Future of AI
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
Matthew T. Ziegler
Lenovo
The Future of the DataCenter With an Eye on Sustainability
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 09:30 - 9:45 | Break | 3rd floor | In-person |
|
09:45 - 10:15
|
Green Christopher and Mai Dao
Wichita State University
Using HPC to Support Applied Learning in an Industrial Math Clinic |
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Abu Asaduzzaman
Wichita State University
Work-In-Progress: “Transforming Edge Computing with Machine Learning to Optimize Heterogeneous
Cloud”
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Krishna Marupaka & Deepika Nuthalapati
University of South Dakota
Multi-Modal Spatial-Temporal Vision Transformer for Analyzing Climate Change Impact
in South Dakota
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Dave Ussery
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Using High-throughput Computing for Viral Genomics
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch (Sponsored by Logicalis) |
3rd floor | In-person or Virtual |
| 13:00 - 13:30 |
Liu Yang
Wichita State University
Bringing Big Data Analytics in Accounting into Classrooms:
A Case Combing XBRL Data and High-Performance Computing (HPC) Resources
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 13:30 - 14:15 |
Tonya Witherspoon, AVP, Industry Engagement and Applied Learning, Wichita State University
Tom Cox, VP, State Government Affairs, Connected Nation
Hunter Newby, CEO/President, Newby Ventures
Fueling Regional Prosperity: Wichita State University and Connected Nation Forge Path
with $5M Grant for Carrier-Neutral Internet Exchange Point
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 14:15 - 14:45 |
Mickey Slimp
Great Plains Network
GPN Initiative for R2 and Emerging Research Institutions
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Grant Scott
University of Missouri, Columbia
Overview of the GP-ENGINE Project
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Break | 3rd floor | In-person |
| 15:30 - 16:15 |
Phil Bording
Alabama A&M University
Tornado Tracking with Waves in the Earth
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 16:15 - 17:00 |
Mai Dao & Fujian Yan
Wichita State University
Using HPC To Train Spatial Bayesian Neural Networks for Human-Robot Collaboration
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
Track II: MathWorks MATLAB Workshops
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 10:00 |
Working with Mess Data in MATLAB
|
2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Preparing Students for Impactful Careers
|
2nd floor, Pike Conference Room | In-person |
Poster Judging Session (Parallel)
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|
16:00 - 17:00
|
Poster Presentations and Judging
(Posters will be displayed 8:30 – 17:45 for general viewing)
|
3rd floor
|
In-person |
OAK Supercomputing Banquet and Award Session
| Time (CST) | Description | Location | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Reception and Networking | 3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person |
| 18:00 - 19:00 |
Closing Keynote: Wynell Jenkins
Dell Technologies
The Future of HPC
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 19:00 - 19:15 |
Award Presentation: Best Poster
Pratul Agarwal, Oklahoma State University
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
| 19:15 - 19:30 |
Closing Remarks
Ryan Doll, Wichita State University
Terrance Figy, Wichita State University
|
3rd floor, Beggs Ballroom | In-person or Virtual |
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Thanks to all the Sponsors and Supporting Organizations.
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Premier Sponsors
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Registration Information
Registration is now closed.
However, if you would like to participate (especially contribute a poster), please
contact us through the feedback form.
