Abstract: High-performance computing is undergoing a period of rapid evolution involving changes in computational architectures and the types of problems that are being attacked. Aside from the traditional types of ​“hard” computational problems, there is now considerably more emphasis on ​“system-scale” simulation, data-intensive problems, and large-scale AI/ML applications. The new landscape is of particular importance to Argonne’s Computational Science (CPS) Division, a relatively new organization at the Laboratory. In this talk, I will give a quick overview of next-generation supercomputing opportunities and challenges and present the (provisional) CPS viewpoint regarding how these should be approached. Opportunities for collaboration abound and a small subset of them will be explicitly discussed. 

Speaker Bio: Salman Habib is the Director of Argonne’s Computational Science (CPS) Division and an Argonne Distinguished Fellow. He holds a joint position in Argonne’s Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Directorate, and has joint appointments at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Habib’s interests cover a broad span of research, ranging from quantum field theory and quantum information to the formation and evolution of cosmological structures. 

View this page for more information.