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.
The event report is available here:

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

Workflows Community Summit 2024