The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
Moderator: Andrew Gettelman (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL))
Panelists: Florian Ziemen (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum), Sheri Voelz (National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)), Akshay Subramaniam (NVIDIA Corporation), Mark Taylor (Sandia National Laboratories)
Abstract: Exascale computing systems enable Earth system models and observation systems for environmental prediction to resolve finer and finer scales. For climate prediction, long time scales are necessary, requiring exascale computation, but producing petascale data volumes. The traditional model of storing, analyzing, and copying climate model output or observations from the largest computers and storage centers on the planet will fail for petascale data. Turning computation into usable predictions requires a new generation of tools and workflows to produce usable information for society. Petascale data requires new technologies including cloud computing and object storage, analysis servers, new software frameworks and artificial intelligence methods. This panel will focus on how exascale climate model output is being used with new frameworks to enable Earth system prediction for society, and how petascale data can be efficiently "democratized" to enable new classes of users to benefit from exascale computing.