You are invited to the 10th edition of TERATEC Forum, the international meeting of the best experts in simulation, HPC and Big Data

On June 23 and 24, Ecole Polytechnique at Palaiseau is hosting TERATEC 2015 Forum, dedicated to numerical simulation and HPC (high performance computing). Two days of conferences, topical workshops and exhibition – the place to be for a 360° vision of this domain of paramount importance for the development of competitiveness and innovation capacity of companies in many sectors.

TERATEC Forum welcomes more than 1 200 attendees, highlighting the technological and industrial momentum of HPC and the essential role that France plays in this field. TERATEC Forum has unique features, making it an exceptional place to be for simulation and HPC practitioners and managers: the participation and the testimony of industrial and ICT leaders, the diversity and the high level of the technical workshops, the representativeness and innovation potential of exhibitors.

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Technological challenges and the diversity of usages of HPC, Simulation and High Performance Computing

On Tuesday, June 23, the plenary sessions will focus on the technological challenges of Simulation and High Performance Computing and on the diversity of usages of HPC; with the participation of representatives from the political, economic and academic worlds, advanced international industrial users and leading technology suppliers.

Participants will hear from outstanding leaders from INTEL, ATOS (Thierry BRETON), SEAGATE (Ken CLAFFEY) , SAFRAN (Pierre THOURAUD), UBISOFT, AVRIL Group ( Xavier BEULIN, president of FNSEA), Square Kilometre Array (Paul ALEXANDER, University of Cambridge), and from members of the French government.. The fast progress of the French Supercomputing plan, part of "The New face of Industry in France" launched by the government, will be presented in plenary sessions. Some actions of the plan will be particularly emphasized the next day in the technical workshops.

Following the plenary sessions, the 2015 Digital Simulation Awards (Startup Award - SME Award - Innovation Award - Collaboration Award - Grand Prize for Simulation) will be awarded to the digital simulation champions.

The first day of the TERATEC Forum will end with a party celebrating TERATEC's tenth anniversary. Appointment from 19:00 at the Lake of the Ecole Polytechnique for a festive and convivial evening.

Participation to conferences is totally open, within the limits of available seats. Online registration is free of charge but mandatory. Register now and get your badge here >>>

Emerging technologies and new application areas for high performance computing.

On wednesday, June 24, the major market players and outstanding experts will be involved in workshops focusing on emerging technologies and new areas of application for HPC.

NUMERICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR PLANT INDUSTRY
Chaired by  Christian SAGUEZ, CYBELETECH with the participation of Pierre CELLIER and Bruno ANDRIEUX, INRA - Jean Michel GALLIER, TRANSON - Kun-Mean HOU, ISIMA - Jean François ROUS, Groupe AVRIL - Denis WOUTERS, CYBELETECH
Plant Industry faces major issues in terms of production, quality and  respect of environmental requirements. In this context, numerical technologies bring novative methods and tools, in particular model and simulation associated to methods for big data analysis. Using those technologies enable the development of efficient decision aid softwares, for every step of the plant production lifecycle. The goal of this workshop is to review those technologies associated to all the data of the crops lifecycle (acquisition, treatment and analysis, data driven crop systems). Read more >>>

BIG DATA: OPTIMIZING DECISION MAKING THROUGH DATA ANALYTICS
Chaired by  Ascension VIZINHO-COUTRY, MATHWORKS and Marie-Christine SAWLEY, INTEL with the participation of Clément VAL, CEESAR - Marc WOLFF, MATHWORKS - Julien DEMOUTH, DevTech, NVIDIA - Richard PILLING, INTEL - Ian BIRD, CRAY - Gerard GORMAN, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
This workshop highlights the use of analytical models in complex HPC environments. We will see the latest trends in this field through presentations on mathematical models, the parallelization of data processing algorithms and various computer infrastructure to meet the challenges of Big Data: the calculation means, high performance storage, etc. Read more >>>

ARCHITECTURES FOR HPC/HPDA – A FEW TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
Chaired by Jean-Philippe NOMINE, CEA and Pascale Bernier BRUNA, ATOS with the participation of Jean-Pierre PANZIERA, ATOS - Patrick DEMICHEL, HEWLETT PACKARD - Pierre LAGIER, FUJITSU - Giri CHUKKAPALLI, BROADCOM - Geraint NORTH, ARM Ltd
This workshop will feature various IT industry players, all involved in the design of architectures for intensive processing and intensive data management. From processors to complete systems, including also the interconnection network, they will give their vision, as derived from actual or planned developments in their respective organizations. Starting from this overview of emerging or promising technologies, you will have the opportunity to exchange with the best experts of the main trends in this area. Read more >>>

BIG DATA, MULTISCALE AND MATERIALS
Chaired by Gilles ZERAH, CEA with the participation of Celine CHIZALLET, IFPEN - Xavier ROZANSKA, MATERIALS DESIGN - Gérard VIGNOLES, UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX - Benoit DEVINCRE, ONERA - Silvia POLES, NOESIS - Eric PAROISSIEN, SOGETI
Enabled by the development of HPC, simulation technologies and massive data storage, the current decade witnesses the progressive adoption of materials sciences simulation tools by industry. Similar in impact to the introduction of finite elements methods in structural design, materials simulation methodology must provide engineers the tools for the conception, realization and optimisation of their objects in multifunctional contexts. This workshop will present recent algorithmic developments as well as applications. Read more >>>

HPC AND SIMULATION IMPACTS ON ENGINEERING PROCESS
Chaired by Jacques DUYSENS, ANSYS and Gérard POIRIER, DASSAULT AVIATION / SYSTEMATIC with the participation of Eric LEQUINIOU, ALTAIR - Wim SLAGTER, ANSYS - Frederic FEYEL, SAFRAN - Michel GAZAIX, ONERA - Elias TANNOURY and Benoist GASTON, CS SI - Serge PRUDHOMME, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
This workshop will enlight some relevant examples of HPC and simulation innovations impacts on automotive and Aerospace design process. It will present testimonials from major ISVs, automotive and aerospace industries and also from leading-edge research labs. Some recent advances in computational models validation requiring specific HPC technologies will be also adressed. This last discipline remains a key and mandatory condition for using more and more simulation process within engineering process. Read more >>>

ALGORITHMS AND PARALLEL SOFTWARE
Chaired by Guillaume COLIN DE VERDIERE, CEA with the participation of Thibault GASC, Maison de la Simulation - Marc PERACHE, CEA -  Allen MALONY, PARATOOLS - Alain REFLOCH, ONERA - Frédéric NATAF, CNRS - Wim SLAGTER, ANSYS - Gino PERNA, ENGINSOFT
The session is the opportunity to present the current activities to use efficiently the supercomputers that are available to industrials, academics and researchers. A number of themes have been selected to illustrate the variety of the subjects, especially in the light of the exaflop race. Read more >>>

IS IO THE NEXT MAJOR FRONTIER FOR EXASCALE?
Chaired by Marie-Christine SAWLEY, INTEL and Hervé OHEIX, SEAGATE with the participation of Philippe DENIEL, CEA/DIF - Rekha SINGHAL, TATA INNOVATION LAB - Gabriele PACIUCCI, INTEL TECHNOLOGY - Malcolm MUGGERIDGE, SEAGATE - Jean-Thomas ACQUAVIVA, DATADIRECT NETWORKS - Bradley KING, SCALITY 
In this workshop, we will explore some innovative ideas about efficient access to data  for Exascale,  such as object storage; show use cases on how to efficiently run Hadoop jobs on the top of a Lustre system, or present the concept of a software layer  combining integrating more closely the capacities of SSD with a distributed parallel file architecture. Read more >>>

MODELING AND DATA FOR URBAN SYSTEMS
With the participation of Robert PLANA, ALSTOM - Alain ZARLI, CSTB - Pierre BEAL, NUMTECH
The deployment of huge numbers of sensors and the availability of a vast amount of data related to new data processing capabilities requires the development of new management and governance tools for urban systems.
This workshop is designed to review the design and development techniques used for coherent databases of models and software tools for analysing, simulating and optimising operating for new or existing urban systems seen as a single integrated system. Read more >>>

Participation to workshops is free subject to seats available. On line registration is obligatory. Register now and get your badge here >>>

The two day exhibition will showcase the High Performance Computing industry across its entire value chain

During these two days, there will be an exhibition spanning the whole HPC industry activities. System manufacturers and software vendors, integrators and distributors, service providers, academic and research organizations, public and private sector developers will present their latest HPC innovations.

Two booths still vacant!
It is not too late to set up a booth in the exhibition and professional meetings area and present your latest innovations and products, your R&D projects and your business or organization to the 1200+ participants expected these two exceptional days

For more information about the reservation of a booth in the exhibition, contact Jean-Pascal JEGU - +33 (0)9 70 65 02 10

Exhibition entry is free of charge – but on line registration is mandatory. Register now and get your badge here >>>

The champions of the digital simulation are honored at the occasion of TERATEC's tenth anniversary.

New! The 2015 Digital Simulation Awards

The Digital Simulation Awards, jointly organised by “Usine Nouvelle” magazine and TERATEC, will, for the very first time, be awarded to the champions of the digital simulation world, at the occasion of TERATEC's tenth anniversary.

During the ceremony held at TERATEC Forum on 23 June 2015, five Awards will be granted by a jury of top professionals in recognition of the winners' achievements. The event is open to any company working in the fields of Digital Simulation and High Performance Computing.

• Startup Award: Awarded to a startup founded within the last five years and which has distinguished itself by its innovative work in computing. The Best Computing Startup of the Year will be a provider of tools or services in the areas of digital simulation or Big Data analysis, and which has created added value or jobs. The ability to demonstrate an impact on the development of existing business models or on cost reduction will be a plus.

• SME Award: Awarded to an SME-SMI that has successfully and efficiently implemented digital computing technology (simulation, data analysis or Big Data) and has changed the processes it uses to develop new products and services, or to produce, maintain or implement forward-planning across the entire life cycle. The winner must demonstrate through its results (in terms of time, productivity and profitability, etc.) that these new tools have enabled it to make real progress in its process management.

• Innovation Award: Awarded for a product, technology or service developed by a company, and which breaks new ground in digital simulation or data analysis. The Award for the Year's Best Innovation in Computing may thus be awarded for any stage in the life cycle of an industrial project, from research through production, in-service maintenance and product recycling. Criteria taken into account to choose the winning entry include the impact on a company's competitiveness and sustainable development.

• Collaboration Award (large company and SME) : Awarded to a collaborative project between a large company and an SME (or group of partners) which have worked on a project related to digital computing, at the stage of research, development or deployment. The two partners must demonstrate the exemplary nature of their collaboration in terms of innovation, protecting the interests of both parties (contracts, industrial property) and transferring results to industry.

• Jury's Prize: Awarded to one of the entrants, in any category, for the exemplary nature of a project in terms of innovation and development of the use of digital computing by an SME.

2015 Digital Simulation Awards Partners

Others news from TERATEC

TERATEC Training Workshops - May 28, 2015 : Initiation to massively parallel profiling with the tools from ParaTools
This workshop will focus on performance data collection, analysis, and performance optimization. After describing and demonstrating how performance data (both profile and trace data) can be collected in a straightforward manner using TAU’s (Tuning and Analysis Utilities) automated source and binary instrumentation, the workshop will cover how to analyze the performance data collected and drill down to find performance bottlenecks and determine their causes. The workshop will include some sample codes that illustrate the different instrumentation and measurement choices available to the users. The performance evaluation tools will cover parallel runtime systems such as MPC (http://paratools.fr/mpc) from CEA, MPI, OpenMP, pthread, CUDA, and OpenCL. Registration required and free participation >>>

Join the Campus TERATEC and be in the heart of HPC - The incubator and business center on the Teratec Campus meet the development needs of companies, start-ups, and companies in their development phase.
The Teratec Campus offers premium private spaces, equipped with wiring and telephony, which come with a selection of à la carte services as desired: furniture, parking, reception and assistance, access to conference rooms, and shared office resources. In addition to the material aspects, choosing to work out of the incubator or start-up center on the Teratec Campus guarantees a high level of flexibility: Private spaces, even small ones, can be upgraded at any time... we offer premises ranging from 15 to 170 sqm - Lease terms are only 24 months, with the option for early termination. Read more >>>

European COLOC project: the COncurrency and LOcality Challenge
The COLOC project has started in July 2014 as part of the European ITEA programme for a duration of three years. The objective of this project is to model data location according to the relevant hardware architecture and interconnection network, so as to use it both in the platform resource management tools such as SLURM, and in communication libraries such as MPI, in applications and in profiling tools to optimize performance thanks to the optimized placement of processes and data.. The application domains that will implement these models and tools are: computational fluid dynamics (CFD) including combustion, computational electromagnetics (CEM) and computational structural mechanics (CSM). Read more >>> .

TERATEC Members and Partners Agenda
Formation NAFEMS : Perfectionnement à la Simulation Numérique : méthodologies et bonnes pratique en contexte industriel - ScilabTEC 2015 - 10e Convention Annuelle Systematic Paris-Region - Formation PATC Uncertainty Quantification - Congrès SMAI 2015 - Formation Visualisation In-Situ avec ParaView Catalyst - Futur en Seine 2015 - Read more >>> .

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