BECAT SEMINAR SERIES
Scientific Computing at Extreme Scale
Rob Ross
Argonne National Lab
June 17th Thursday, 2PM, ITEB 336
High-performance computers have become a critical tool in many science domains, and
the rapid increases in HPC system capabilities enable scientists to tackle increasingly
complex problems each year. This talk will introduce some of the application domains
using HPC systems, trends in HPC systems moving towards exascale computing, and the
types of problems that will be enabled by these resources. Challenges in using systems at
extreme scale will be discussed along with potential solutions to these issues that are
being developed.
Short bio of the speaker
Rob Ross is a pioneer in the design of parallel file systems and high-performance
interfaces for managing large datasets. He led the development of the Parallel Virtual
File System (PVFS) used in many academic, industry, and laboratory settings, including
the nation’s leadership-class computing facilities. He leads storage research in the DOE
SciDAC Enabling Technology Center for Scientific Data Management and is Associate
Director of the SciDAC Institute for Ultra-Scale Visualization, where he is developing
tools to help researchers address challenges in storage, retrieval, and the extraction of
meaning from very large scientific datasets.
Dr. Ross is a Fellow of the University of Chicago/Argonne Computation Institute. He
received his PhD from Clemson University in 2000.