[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50413-50414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21720]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Workshop on the Convergence of High Performance 
Computing, Big Data, and Machine Learning

AGENCY: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) National Coordination Office (NCO), National Science 
Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Workshop.

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SUMMARY: This workshop will focus on the R&D challenges of integrating 
high performance computing (HPC), big data (BD), and machine learning 
(ML) computing platforms to support the needs of an evolving scientific 
and technological landscape.

DATES: October 29-30, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Email [email protected] or 
call Wendy Wigen at (202) 459-9683 or Ji Hyun Lee at (202) 459-9679. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Overview: This notice is issued by the Networking and Information 
Technology Research and Development (NITRD) National Coordination 
Office (NCO). Agencies of the High End Computing (HEC) and Big Data 
(BD) Interagency Working Groups are jointly conducting a workshop 
focused on the convergence of HPC, BD, and ML. Experts from government, 
private industry, and academia will help discuss the current use cases 
and the technology, tools and practices that are effective, and 
identify gaps and issues that will require additional research to 
resolve. The workshop will take place on October 29 from 8:15 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. ET and October 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET at the 
Natcher Conference Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. 
Participation is by invitation only, but observers are welcome on a 
first come first served basis. Space is limited, but this event

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will be webcast. The agenda and information about how to join the 
webcast will be available the week of the event at: https://www.nitrd.gov/nitrdgroups/index.php?title=HPC-BD-Convergence.
    Workshop Goals: HEC and BD members will use information gathered 
from this workshop to inform their agency-specific research agendas.
    Workshop Objectives: Identify and discuss: use cases and 
applications from a variety of domains; current activities to address 
the convergence challenge and the research and technologies that are 
still needed; strategies for combining the HPC, BD, and ML software and 
hardware ecosystems; strategies for combining the ``people culture'' of 
HPC, BD, and ML; and different modes of operation.
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation in support of the 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
National Coordination Office (NCO) on October 2, 2018.

Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2018-21720 Filed 10-4-18; 8:45 am]
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