Edge Computing
SC17, the annual gathering of the supercomputing community, was held in mid-November, the week before U.S. Thanksgiving. As I mentioned in a previous post (Come to the Supercomputing Big Data Edge), we presented the results of the Big Data and Extreme-scale Computing (BDEC) workshops on the technical and social convergence of big data, machine learning, high-performance computing, and computing hardware and software. You can find the report here. At SC17, we had a lively discussion about edge computing, global competitiveness, and the nature of scientific revolutions.
HPC Data Center Energy Efficiency
In addition to the BDEC discussion, I also chaired an SC17 panel on the energy efficiency of HPC data centers. The panel was organized with the help of the Energy Efficient High Performance Computing Working Group (EEHPCWG). The panel participants were Sadaf Alam (CSCS/ETH), Bill Gropp (NCSA/Illinois), Satoshi Matsuoka (GSIC/Tokyo Tech), and John Shalf (NERSC/LBL). You can find the slides and a video of the panel here, courtesy of InsideHPC.
Autonomous Vehicles
Finally, I was recently a guest on Iowa Public Radio's lunchtime conversation, River to River. We had a lively and thoughtful conversation about the potential social consequences of autonomous vehicles. You can listen to that audio here.
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