HPC-SIG Imperial Meeting

Calendar
When:
13/05/2026 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
2026-05-13T10:00:00+01:00
2026-05-13T16:00:00+01:00
Where:
Imperial College London
London
SW7 2AZ

Call for Contributions

Please submit your responses by 11:59am 23rd April https://forms.office.com/e/X7ybYDAZu3 

Registration

Registration will be via TicketTailor: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/2129677

Please note, that we cannot guarantee entry to this event if you have not pre-registered.

Key deadlines

  • Registration for in-person attendance: 6th May
  • Registration for online participation: 12th May (before 5:30pm)

Agenda: 

10:00 Arrival and refreshments
10:30 Chairs Business
10:50 Welcome to Imperial College London 
Host welcome 

 

 

Update on infrastructure at Imperial,
Dugan Witherick

Researcher Engagement at Imperial,
Emily Lumley

11:25 Break
11:30 Sustainability initiatives at Imperial RCS
Chris Cave-Ayland
12:00 Top tips for engaging researchers with HPC
Stephanie Thompson
12:30 Lunch and refreshments
13:30 Fishbowl Panel on supply and pricing situation

facilitated by Simon Atack
14:00 Lightning talks (5 minutes each)

  • Supporting external Users for BriCS – an introduction to my new position, Andy Hazell
  • Creating a Successful HPC Educational Initiative, Daria Godorozha & Rajib Ahmed
  • New HPC users: training, community, and what actually works in practice, Yajie Zhang
  • Automated LUKS Encryption for Kubernetes Research Clusters, Babatunde Oyewo
  • Accelerated Compute Infrastructure Training Hub – An Introduction, Dean Roe
  • Cleaning Your Water loops, Simon Atack
  • Reliable data movement and storage across independent HPC Systems without a shared filesystem, Juan Bilbao
  • Q&A with all lightning talk speakers
14:45 Refreshments
15:15 Unconference
facilitated by Ed 

Topics of discussion will be collected through the day
16:00 Close of Meeting

Venue Information and Accessibility

Address: Huxley Building (LT144), 180 Queen’s Gate, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ

Campus map: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/visit/public/SouthKensingtonCampus.pdf

Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/imperial-college-london/south-kensington-campus/access-guides/huxley