Link to workshop on SC21 website

All times are Central Standard Time (UTC-6).

Monday, November 15, 2021 (room 226 at SC21, and online via zoom via the SC21 HUBB)

  • 9:00 am – Session 1
    • 15 min: Introduction and overview of day (slides)
    • 30 min: Conversation: Exascale Computing and Research Software (slides)
      • Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory
    • 15 min: Q & A
  • 10:00 am – Break
  • 10:30 am – Session 2
    • 30 min: Short talks: RSE Support and Training
      • Training HPC Research Software Engineers, Marion Weinzierl, Durham University (slides)
      • Building an AI-ready RSE Workforce, Ying Zhang, University of Florida (slides)
      • An Exploration of the Mentorship Needs of Research Software Engineers, Reed Milewicz, Sandia National Laboratory (slides)
    • 10 min: Q & A
    • 5 min: Short break / organize breakout groups
    • 60 min: Breakout group discussions: RSE Support and Training
    • 15 min: Report-backs from breakout groups
  • 12:30 pm – Lunch
  • 2:00 pm – Session 3
    • 60 min: Panel discussion 1: RSE Participation in HPC
      • Melven Röhrig-Zöllner, German Aerospace Center (DLR) (slides)
      • Kazutomo Yoshii, Argonne National Laboratory (slides)
      • Ivo Kabadshow, Forschungzentrum Jülich (slides)
      • Mark Parsons, Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC) (slides)
      • Miranda Mundt, Sandia National Laboratory (slides)
  • 3:00 pm – Break
  • 3:30 pm – Session 4
    • 30 min: Conversation: RSEs and HPC in China
      • James Lin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (slides)
    • 15 min: Q & A
    • 5 min: Short break / set up panel
    • 60 min: Panel discussion 2: Building RSE Communities Worldwide
      • Carina Haupt, German Aerospace Center (DLR) (slides)
      • Nooriyah Lohani, New Zealand eScience Infrastructure (slides)
      • Alfredo Goldman, University of São Paulo, Brazil (slides)
      • Yanina Bellini Saibene, Universidad Nacional Guillermo Brown, Argentina (slides)
      • Brian Corrie, Simon Fraser University, Canada (slides)
      • Stephannie Jiménez Gacha, Quansight, Colombia (slides)
    • 10 min: Wrap-up (slides)
  • 5:30 pm – End