The HPC Symposium provides a platform for HPC users from various branches of science and technology to come together to present their research findings, share new ideas, and discuss the future of computing.
IIT Kanpur has been a frontrunner in HPC from its inception. IIT Kanpur's journey started with the IBM 1620, the first HPC in an academic institution in the country. The Digital Equipment Company (DEC) computer DEC-1090 arrived in the 70s and was the backbone of computing for about ten years. IIT Kanpur was in the top 500 list in 2010 (https://top500.org/system/176914) and 2013 (https://top500.org/system/178325) with its HPC2010 and HPC2013 computing facilities.
With the growing demand for resources has led to long wait times for users and recognizing IIT Kanpur's contributions and the needs of researchers of IIT Kanpur and the entire country, the National Supercomputing Mission(NSM) awarded 1.6 petaflops HPC system to IIT Kanpur. Planning for the data center and other related work began in 2019, and by the end of 2020, we commissioned a new cluster named Param Sanganak. This system, which ranks among the top 10 in India (https://topsc.cdacb.in/filterdetails?slug=July2021), has a peak capacity of 1.6 petaflops.
All three current supercomputers have been instrumental in propelling the research activities of IIT Kanpur to the frontiers, and many research publications have come out of this. This symposium will help in discussing the exciting research works happening at IIT Kanpur that have used HPC systems.
Presently, the HPC community of IIT Kanpur is working towards developing novel computer programs for futuristic exascale computers. A brainstorming session will also be held during the symposium on IIT Kanpur's readiness and vision for exascale computing.
Secretary, Department of Science & Technology
Dept. of Chemistry
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Physics
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Material Science & Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Physics
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Physics
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Dept. of Chemistry
IIT Kanpur
Dean, Digital Infrastructure and Automation
IIT Kanpur
HPC Coordinator
IIT Kanpur
| 09:00 AM | Inauguration |
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Session 1 Chair: Prof. Gopal Hazra |
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| 9:15 AM | Structure, Dynamics and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Chemical and Biological Systems using Combinations of Quantum Mechanical, Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning Methods Prof. Amalendu Chandra |
| 09:40 AM | Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) on Exascale Systems: Opportunities and Challenges Prof. Ashoke De |
| 10:05 AM | Search for universal energy transfer and relaxation in complex turbulent flows Prof. Supratik Banerjee |
| 10:30 AM | Tea |
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Session 2 Chair: Prof. Jayant Kumar Singh |
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| 11:00 AM | HPC Applications in Fluid Dynamics Prof. Sanjay Mittal |
| 11:25 AM | Novel Algorithms for Efficient Exploration of Potential Energy Surfaces Prof. Vishal Agarwal |
| 11:50 AM | Effect of thermal grooving on morphological and topological evolution of a polycrystalline thin film: Insights from large scale 3D phase-field simulations Prof. Rajdip Mukherjee |
| 12:15 AM | Sponsor Talk |
| 12:50 PM | Lunch |
| 02:00 PM | Poster Presentation |
| 04:00 PM | Tea |
| 04:30 PM |
Session 3 Chair: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma Keynote Speaker: Prof. Abhay Karandikar |
| 04:45 PM | Brainstorming session |
| 05:30 PM | Photo Session |
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Session 4 Chair: Prof. DLVK Prasad |
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| 05:45 PM | Extreme Computing Using GPU Clusters Prof. Mahendra Kumar Verma |
| 06:10 PM | Effects of resolution of the polymer chain model on rheological predictions for dilute solutions Prof. Indranil Saha Dalal |
| 06:35 PM | AI and HPC for Empowering Society Prof. Ashutosh Modi |
| 07:00 PM | Concluding Session |
| 08:00 PM | Conference Dinner |
