HPC-SIG Cambridge

When:
21/05/2025 @ 12:00 PM – 22/05/2025 @ 1:00 PM
2025-05-21T12:00:00+01:00
2025-05-22T13:00:00+01:00
Where:
East 2 (1st Floor)
West Hub
JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge
CB3 0US.

Registration

Ticket registration: https://buytickets.at/hpcsig/1661035

Registration deadlines:

  • In person: 14th May
  • Online: 20th May (before 5:30pm)

 

Venue Information and Accessibility

East 2 (1st Floor), West Hub, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0US

Information about the venue is available here: https://www.westcambridgehub.uk/visit

Accessibility information: https://www.accessable.co.uk/university-of-cambridge/west-cambridge-site/access-guides/west-hub-shared-facilities-hub

Programme

Day 1: Wednesday 21 May

12:00 Arrive and lunch
13:00 Welcome and Chair’s Business
13:30 Cambridge host site presentation

Wojciech Turek, University of Cambridge

14:00 Panel Discussion: Research Data Storage management and cost recovery models in UK Academia in 2025

Polly Eccleston, University of Bristol

14:30 Coffee break
15:00 Lightning talks:

  • Computational Abilities Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) – ExCALIBUR knowledge exchange for UK computational science and digital research infrastructure – Marion Weinzierl, ICCS, University of Cambridge
  • Toward a new CCP for Arts, Humanities, and Culture research (CCP-AHC) – Eamonn Bell, Durham University
  • STEP-UP and SCALE-UP: Growing support for digital Research Technical Professionals regionally and nationally – Jeremy Cohen, Imperial College London
15:15 Filesystems for AI workloads. Linux and the IO Bottleneck

Gwen Dawes, University of Cambridge

15:45 Transforming a Modern Data Centre for AI Workloads

Astrid Scott-Bennett, University of Cambridge

16:15 Since when did we become classical computing?

James Thorne and Danny Hindson, STFC – National Quantum Computing Centre

16:45 Notices and close

Optional social evening on 21st May from 6:00pm: Douce Heights https://www.douce.co.uk/heights

Day 2: Thursday 22 May

9:15 DAWN data centre tours.

Places are limited for the tours, so are only open to people who booked when registering. Please remember to bring a valid form of ID (such as a driving licence or passport). If this poses any issues, feel free to contact us.

10:00 Coffee (and people returning from the tours)
11:00 Dynamic Login Node Resource Control and Enforcement with Arbiter V3

Christopher Hall, University of Warwick

11:30 Interrogating the Slurm Database

Sam Gallop, Norwich Bioscience Institute

12:00 The DAWN of Federated HPC Access at Cambridge

Deepak Aggarwal, University of Cambridge

12:30 Close and lunch
13:30 End

 

Hotels

Some of the nearby hotels within 1-2 miles:

How to Reach 

Coming from Cambridge Railway Station to the West Hub in West Cambridge:

  • It would take around 55-60 minutes if you prefer walking.
  • Universal Buses (U1 and U2) operate from Cambridge Railway Station to the West Hub, takes around 30 minutes, £2 per ride.

  • By Taxi, ~15 minutes, ~£10.

 

Parking

Both are around 10-15 minutes walk from the meeting venue.

  • Car Park 8 near West Cambridge Data Centre (Visitor car parking with access code): Spaces can’t be reserved, it’s first come first served but there are usually plenty of spaces available. Access codes will be provided based on the requests.CAR PARK 8
  • Madingley Park & Ride, It’s free to park for up to 18 hours.