ALCF INCITE GPU Hackathon
Join us for the 2025 ALCF INCITE GPU Hackathon to work with expert mentors to prepare your code and boost its performance for the upcoming INCITE call for proposals. Applications will be accepted for both Aurora and Polaris.
The hackathon will pair selected teams of researchers with experts from ALCF and vendors. Teams and individuals will work together on their applications for their upcoming INCITE proposal submissions. Teams can also attend the hackathon to prepare for submissions to DOE's ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC).
Important Dates:
- April 4: Application Deadline
- April 16: Application Acceptance Notification
- May 6-8: Team-Expert Virtual Introductory Meeting and Aurora Onboarding
- May 20-22: In-Person Hackathon at Argonne National Laboratory
Only one team member needs to apply, preferably the lead. After reviewing submissions, we will notify selected teams about the next steps.
Please do not hesitate to reach to us with questions or comments at alcfevents@alcf.anl.gov.
Agenda
All times are in CT |
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Tuesday May 6
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Onboarding on Aurora |
Speakers |
| 10:00 AM-10:15 AM | Welcome and Overview of Logistics | Yasaman Ghadar, ANL |
| 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM | Teams Introductory Talks | All Teams |
| 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Teams- Mentor meeting | All Teams |
| 12:15 PM -1:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00PM | Onboarding on Aurora: Slides & Video | Marta García Martínez, ANL |
| 2:00 PM -2:30 PM | Ensemble and Workflows: Slides & Video | Christine Simpson, ANL |
| 2:30 PM - 3:00PM | Overview of DAOS: Slides & Video | Kaushik Velusamy, ANL |
| 3:00 PM | Adjourn | |
Wednesday May 7
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Setting up HPC or AI Applications on Aurora |
Speakers |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | SYCL: Slides, Video, Kokkos: Slides, Video, OCCA: Slides, Video, Math Libraries: Slides, Video, MPICH Binding: Slides, Video, Compiling and Running: Slides, Video | Colleen Bertoni, Thomas Applencourt, Brian Homerding, Kris Rowe, Nathan Nichols, Abhishek Bagusetty, ANL |
| 10:00 AM - 1:00PM |
Setting up AI Frameworks Python on Aurora: Slides, Inference with vLLM on Aurora Video, AI Frameworks and Scaling on Aurora Video, Large Language Models on Aurora Video, Intel Data Parallel Extension for Python Video |
Riccardo Balin, Filippo Simini, Khalid Hossain, Siddhisanket (Sid) Raskar, Sam Foreman, ANL |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Intel Distribution for GDB: Slides, Video | Sergey Kiselev, Intel |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Linaro DDT: Slides, Video | Rudy Shand, Linaro |
| 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | PyTorch Profiler for AI: Slides, Video | Huihuo Zheng, ANL |
| 4:00 PM | Adjourn | |
Thursday May 8
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Tools on Aurora |
Speakers |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | TAU Performance System: Slides, Video | Sameer Shende, University of Oregon |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM | Performance Analysis of GPU-accelerated Applications with HPCToolkit: Slides, Video | John Mellor-Crummey, Rice University |
| 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Light-weight Profiling Tools: Slides, Video | JaeHyuk Kwack, ANL |
| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Intel VTune/APS/Advisor: Slides, Video | Rupak Roy and JaeHyuk Kwack, Intel and ANL |
| 4:00 PM | Adjourn | |
Tuesday May 13
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Topics |
Speakers |
| 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM | DAOS on Aurora: Speeds and Feeds and Use Cases: All Session Slides, Video | Johann Lombardi, HPE |
| 10:45 AM -11:30 AM | Advanced DAOS APIs: Video | Johann Lombardi, Mohamad Chaarawi, HPE |
| 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM | DAOS Tuning and Best Practices: Video | Mohamad Chaarawi, HPE |
| 12:15 PM - 1:00PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00PM -1:20 PM | DAOS with Standard Interface/Middleware: Video | Johann Lombardi, Mohamad Chaarawi, HPE |
| 1:20 PM -1:50 PM | Monitoring with DAOS: Video | Kaushik Velusamy, ANL |
| 1:50 PM -2:20 PM | Q&A: Video | |
| 2:20 PM | Adjourn | |
IN PERSON |
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Tuesday, May 20 |
Topics |
Speaker |
| 8:45 AM-9:00 AM | Checkin at registration desk, please obtain your workshop badge | |
| 9:00AM - 11:50 AM | Hack your code with your mentor | all teams |
| 11:50AM - 12:00PM | Group Photo | |
| 12:00 PM- 1:00PM | Working Lunch, INCITE Panel | Katherine Riley and Chris Knight, ANL |
| 1:00PM -5:00PM | Hands-on time on Aurora and Polaris | all teams |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | ALCF Tour | |
Wednesday, May 21 |
Topics |
Speaker |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Checkin at registration desk, please obtain your workshop badge | |
| 9:00AM - 12:00 PM | Hack your code with your mentor | all teams |
| 12:00 PM -1:00PM | Working Lunch, Large Language Models: Slides, Video | Sam Foreman, ANL |
| 1:00PM - 5:00 PM | Hands-on Time on Aurora and Polaris | all teams |
| 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | ALCF Tour | |
Thursday, May 22 |
Topics |
Speaker |
| 8:45-9:00 AM | Checkin at registration desk, please obtain your workshop badge | |
| 9:00AM - 12:00PM | Hack your code with your mentor | all teams |
| 12:00PM - 2:00 PM | Working Lunch, Final Presentation from Teams | all teams |
| 2:00PM - 3:30 PM | Hack your code with your mentor | all teams |
| 3:30PM | Feedback and Adjourn |