NSF NCAR @ SC24: Discover the HPC Empowering Today's Earth Systems Science

NSF NCAR at the Supercomputing conference

NSF NCAR and CISL at the Supercomputing conference.

Special Event
Nov. 17 to Nov. 22, 2024

5:00 pm MST

Georgia World Conference Center — Atlanta, Georgia

Thomas Hauser gets interviewed at SC.

CISL Director Thomas Hauser is interviewed at SC.

NSF NCAR and CISL have a slate of activities planned for SC24 in Atlanta at the Georgia World Conference Center, November 17 to 22, 2024. You can find us in Booth #931. We will feature presentations, opportunities to meet with CISL staff experts on a range of topics, and an in-booth reception.

Agbeli Ameko making a presentation at SC23.

Agbeli Ameko making a presentation at Supercomputing.

SC24 Booth Schedule

All times below are in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

Come join us in our booth Monday evening (11/18) during the opening gala from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. to get to know NSF NCAR, the ideal environment to study the Earth. Talk to our scientists, researchers, planners, and decision-makers, and learn what we have planned for the upcoming year. 

On Tuesday (11/19) from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., we’ll hold the Collaborate & Connect Reception in our booth, offering drinks and snacks. Meet Thomas Hauser, the Director of CISL. Learn what CISL is, where it's going, and what we're doing to advance Earth systems science.

On Wednesday (11/20), for SC24 Family Day, we’ll have some snacks and drinks Wednesday afternoon from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. for students and families. We'll feature robots, virtual reality headsets, engineering kits, and games on screen. Everyone is welcome!

In addition to these activities, we will also feature a series of presentations on activities at NSF NCAR and CISL, including our supercomputer, Derecho. We'll have raffles every day, and CISL staff will also be on hand throughout the exhibition. 

Booth Presentations

NSF NCAR booth at SC23

Representatives from NSF NCAR and CISL deeply in discussion at the Supercomputing booth.

Tuesday (Nov. 19)

  • Jian Sun; "Developing performant and energy-efficient scientific code at NCAR"; 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Helen Kershaw; "CROCODILE and Clouds: Bringing Ocean data assimilation to where it matters - your community"; 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Break from presentations, but booth is staffed; 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  • Kate Keahey; "Chameleon: A configurable environment for large-scale edge to cloud research"; 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Michèle Weiland; "CONTINENTS: A collaboration towards net-zero weather and climate simulations"; 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Thomas Hauser; "An overview of NSF NCAR activities in CISL"; 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Dave Hart presenting on NSF NCAR and ACCESS.

Dave Hart presenting on NSF NCAR and ACCESS.

Summer Wasson showing kids at the booth something cool.

Summer Wasson showing kids at the booth something cool.

Wednesday (Nov. 20)

  • Virginia Do; "SIParCS internship program and student opportunities"; 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Marlee Smith; "DART: Community, software, and science for ensemble data assimilation"; 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Break from presentations, but booth is staffed; 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  • Michael Kercher; "Developing a data center digital twin for NWSC"; 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Matt Rehme; "Art of HPC: photorealistic visualization of a cloud simulation"; 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Agbeli Ameko; "The internet of things for 3D-printed weather technologies and forecasting"; 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Abrar Hossein; "Environmental Data Sensing and Monitoring System Using a Community-based Private LoRa Network"; 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

NSF NCAR and CISL at the Supercomputing conference.

NSF NCAR and CISL staff at the Supercomputing conference.

Ask An Expert

Tuesday (Nov. 19)

  • Daniel Howard (Performance profile, energy efficiency on GPUs); 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Jian Sun (GPU computing); 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Bill Anderson (NSF NCAR storage systems); 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Jenett Tillotson (HPC systems engineering); 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • John Clyne (CISL R&D); 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
  • Prentice Bisbal (HPC systems engineering); 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Jared Baker (HPC systems engineering); 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Dave Hart (Allocations, ACCESS, NAIRR); 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Michael Kercher (NWSC facility); 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

NSF NCAR Booth

The NSF NCAR booth always draws quite a crowd.

Wednesday (Nov. 20)

  • Jessica Wang (HPC trainings, education and outreach); 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Orhan Eroglu (Data analysis software); 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Helen Kershaw (Research software engineering); 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Jenett Tillotson (HPC systems engineering); 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • John Clyne (CISL R&D); 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Matt Rehme (Data visualization); 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Prentice Bisbal (HPC systems engineering); 3:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
  • Open Internet of Things Weather (OpenIoTWx) Station

    Agbeli Ameko will be presenting on the Open Internet of Things Weather (OpenIoTWx) Station, a low-cost, modular, and extensible environmental sensing platform.

    Marlee Smith (Research software engineering); 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

  • Irfan Elahi (HPC for Earth systems science); 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursday (Nov. 21)

  • Summer Wasson (NWSC data center); 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
  • Emma Shaub (HPC systems engineering); 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
  • Aric Werner (HPC systems engineering); 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
  • Dave Hart (Allocations, ACCESS, NAIRR); 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Virginia Do (SIParCS internships); 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Agbeli Ameko (IoTwx weather stations); 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Gordon Bell prize

NSF NCAR is represented in a team selected as finalist for the 2024 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling.

SC24 Technical Program

You’ll also find NSF NCAR and CISL staff participating in the SC24 Technical Program. Look for us in the following sessions and activities.

Sunday (Nov. 17)

  • Helen Kershaw will participate in the workshop, "Research software engineers in HPC (RSE-HPC-2024)." 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in location B311.
  • Jared Baker will deputy-chair the CUG-Xtreme session, details TBD.  
  • Jenett Tillotson and Bodhi Rubinstein are participating in the students@SC program, from Sunday, November 17 to Tuesday, November 19.
  • Helen Kershaw is serving on the committee for the tutorials program, from Sunday, November 17 to Monday, November 18.

Allison Baker

Allison H. Baker presenting at SC.

Monday (Nov. 18)

Matt Rehme's Art of HPC submission

"Art of HPC" submission by Matt Rehme and team, 2024.

Tuesday (Nov. 19)

Wednesday (Nov. 20)

Friday (Nov. 22)

NSF NCAR and CISL staff hope to see you at SC24!

The NSF NCAR team is looking forward to seeing you at SC24 in Atlanta!