Workflows Community Summit 2024

Future Trends and Challenges in Scientific Workflows

Workflows Community Summit 2024

Sep 3 and 4 (America / Europe / Africa) – 8am-11am (PDT), 11am-2pm (EDT), 5pm-8pm (CEST)
Sep 5 (Asia / Oceania) – 12:30 - 15:00 (AEST)

The summit aims to explore the integration of AI and HPC workflows, coordination among multi-facility resources, near real-time data integration, user experience, heterogeneous HPC environments, and FAIR computational workflows. Through interactive sessions and collaborative brainstorming, we will address the pressing challenges and opportunities in enhancing the efficiency, scalability, and resilience of scientific workflows.

Topics:

  • Convergence of AI and HPC Workflows
  • Multi-Facility Workflows in Next-Generation Scientific Collaboration
  • Time-Sensitive Workflows
  • Heterogeneous HPC Environments
  • User Experience and Interfaces
  • FAIR Computational Workflows

We thank all participants for their valuable contributions.

Agenda

Day 1 - Sep 3, 2024

Time Event
8:00-8:10am PDT
11:00-11:10am EDT
17:00-17:10 CEST		 Welcome and Introductions
8:10-8:20am PDT
11:10-11:20am EDT
17:10-17:20 CEST		 Frontiers in Scientific Workflows: Pervasive Integration with HPC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2024.3401542
Rafael Ferreira da Silva (ORNL)
8:20-8:50am PDT
11:20-11:50am EDT
17:20-17:50 CEST		 Lightning talks
  • Topic 1: Time-Sensitive Workflows
    Utz-Uwe Haus (HPE), Shaun DeWitt (UKAEA)
  • Topic 2: Convergence of AI and HPC Workflows
    Shantenu Jha (PPPL), Logan Ward (ANL)
  • Topic 3: Multi-Facility Workflows in Next-Generation Scientific Collaboration
    Debbie Bard (LBNL), Tom Gibbs (NVIDIA)
8:50-9:00am PDT
11:50am-noon EDT
17:50-18:00 CEST		 Break
(preparation for breakouts)
9:00-10:30am PDT
noon-1:30pm EDT
18:00-19:30 CEST		 Breakout sessions
  • Topic 1: Time-Sensitive Workflows
  • Topic 2: Convergence of AI and HPC Workflows
  • Topic 3: Multi-Facility Workflows in Next-Generation Scientific Collaboration
10:30-10:45am PDT
1:30-1:45pm EDT
19:30-19:45 CEST		 Break
10:45-11:00am PDT
1:45-2:00pm EDT
19:45-20:00 CEST		 Reports from breakout sessions

Day 2 - Sep 4, 2024

Time Event
8:00-8:10am PDT
11:00-11:10am EDT
17:00-17:10 CEST		 Summary and Highlights of Day 1
Stephen Hudson (ANL)
8:10-8:45am PDT
11:10-11:45am EDT
17:10-17:45 CEST		 Lightning talks
  • Topic 4: Heterogeneous HPC Environments
    William Godoy (ORNL), Stephen Hudson (ANL)
  • Topic 5: User Experience and Interfaces
    Drew Paine (LBNL), Laila Los (UFreiburg)
  • Topic 6: FAIR Computational Workflows
    Carole Goble (UManchester), Sean Wilkinson (ORNL)
8:45-9:00am PDT
11:45am-noon EDT
17:45-18:00 CEST		 Break
(preparation for breakouts)
9:00-9:20am PDT
12:00-12:20am EDT
18:00-18:20 CEST		 Invited Talk: AI-mediated Scientific Workflows
Ian T. Foster (ANL/UChicago)
9:20-10:45am PDT
12:20-1:45pm EDT
18:20-19:45 CEST		 Breakout sessions
  • Topic 4: Heterogeneous HPC Environments
  • Topic 5: User Experience and Interfaces
  • Topic 6: FAIR Computational Workflows
10:45-11:00am PDT
1:45-2:00pm EDT
19:45-20:00 CEST		 Reports breakout sessions

Day 3 - Sep 5, 2024 — Special Event for Asia/Oceania timezones

Time Event
12:30 - 12:35 AEST Welcome
Sean Wilkinson (ORNL), Johan Gustafsson (Australian BioCommons)
12:35 - 12:45 AEST Context setting presentation for the WCI
Sean Wilkinson (ORNL)
12:45 - 12:55 AEST Perspective on Bioinformatics Workflows in Australia
Johan Gustafsson (Australian BioCommons, University of Melbourne)
12:55 - 13:35 AEST Lightning talks
  • Workflows in Cancer Genomics
    Sehrish Kanwal (University of Melbourne)
  • Heterogeneous HPC Environments
    Stephen Hudson (ANL)
  • Workflow Execution with Seqera Platform
    Ziad Al Bkhetan (Australian BioCommons)
  • Migrating Complex Workflows to the Exascale: Challenges for Radio Astronomy
    Pascal Elahi (Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre)
13:35 - 13:40 AEST Short Break
13:40 - 14:40 AEST Breakout sessions
  • #1: Heterogeneous HPC Environments
  • #2: Multi-Facility Workflows
  • #3: What makes a Workflow Good?
14:40 - 15:00 AEST Reports from groups

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