Selected Photos from the Summit
February 8th-9th, 2024
Held at the Tech Square Research Building (TSRB) on the Georgia Tech campus, TSRB Room 132-134
The Georgia Institute of Technology’s CRNCH (Center for Research into Novel Computing Hierarchies) is tasked with finding novel ways to compute by rethinking every level of the computing stack. CRNCH combines experts from all disciplines, from device and materials, through circuits and architecture, to language, software and application experts. CRNCH also includes hardware spanning from memory-centric systems to neuromorphic chips. This novel approach is what makes the Georgia Tech CRNCH approach to post-Moore computing so unique among academic centers.
In the spirit of sharing ideas and exchanging information, CRNCH hosts this invitational meeting on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta. This will be an in-person event with no hybrid option for attendance.
CRNCH 2024 Summit Logistics
The summit will be held starting at 9 AM on Thursday and Friday in the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) on Georgia Tech’s campus.
Summit Registration
Note that we will have a small registration cost this year to cover the cost of breakfast and lunch for external attendees. You are welcome to audit the CRNCH Summit but are requested to take advantage of the nearby breakfast and lunch options listed here.
Slides and Recordings
Where we have been given permission, we will post slides on our archival CRNCH Github repo. We will likely have photos from the event, but we are not anticipating recording any talks.
CRNCH Summit Presenter Bios and Abstracts
See the bios and abstracts for Summit speakers at our archival site and next to each speaker
Student Poster Session
A student poster session will be held on Thursday, February 8th, and all students working in related areas are welcome to submit a poster. Posters will be printed and displayed in the event space of the TSRB building, and we will share the posters on our archival Github repo along with abstracts from students.
Thursday, February 8th, 2024 (Tech Square Research Building 132-134)
| Time (EST) | Session | Speaker/Talk Title |
|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| Summit Welcome | Hyesoon Kim and Richard Vuduc, CRNCH co-directors [Slides] | |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote | Hal Finkel, DoE, director of ASCR [Bio] [Slides] |
| Session chair – Hyesoon Kim | The Department of Energy’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research Program: Recent Advances and Trends Motivating Future Research | |
| 10:00 AM | BREAK | |
| 10:20 AM | Session 1: ML Systems | Alexey Tumanov, Georgia Tech [Bio] |
| Session chair – Tushar Krishna | Serving Pareto Frontiers for Goodput-Sensitive Applications [Abstract] | |
| Larry Heck, Georgia Tech [Bio] [Abstract] | ||
| A Brief History of Large Language Models… and a glimpse into the future | ||
| Michael Isaev, Georgia Tech [Bio] | ||
| Calculon: a methodology and tool for high-level co-design of systems and large language models [Abstract] [Slides] | ||
| Pan Li, Georgia Tech [Bio] | ||
| Machine learning on Graphs — system-friendly algorithm design [Abstract] | ||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch / “Food for Thought” | Santosh Vempala, GT Computer Science [Bio] [Slides] |
| Session chair – Rich Vuduc | Emergent Computation and Learning in a Model of the Brain: from Neurons and Synapses to Memory and Cognition [Abstract] | |
| 1:20 PM | Plenary Talk | Prasanna Balaprakash, ORNL Director of AI Programs [Bio] |
| Session chair – Rich Vuduc | Taming High-Performance Computing Platform Complexity with Machine Learning [Abstract] | |
| 2:20 PM | BREAK | |
| 2:35 PM | Session 2: Extreme Low Power Computing | Josiah Hester, GT CS/IC [Bio] |
| Session Chair – Celine Lin | Embracing Failure: Axioms and Future Directions of Intermittent Computing [Abstract] | |
| Azad Naeemi, GT ECE [Bio] | ||
| Novel Ternary Content Addressable Memory Designs Based on Emerging Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Devices [Abstract] | ||
| 3:50 PM | Session 3: Simulation and Testbeds | Jason Lowe-Power, UC Davis [Bio] |
| Session Chair – Hyesoon Kim | Leveraging the open-source ethos: How and why gem5 is being used to design the next generation of supercomputers [Abstract] | |
| Jeff Young, Georgia Tech [Bio] | ||
| Novel Architecture Simulation, Emulation, and Evaluation with the CRNCH Rogues Gallery [Slides] | ||
| Murali Emani, Argonne National Lab [Bio] | ||
| Accelerating Scientific Machine Learning with AI Accelerators at ALCF AI Testbed [Slides] | ||
| 4:40 PM | Poster Session | TSRB event space – See poster abstracts and pdfs at this link |
| Session Chair – Jeff Young | ||
| 6:00 PM | End of Day 1 – Time for Networking and Discussions |
Friday, February 9rd, 2024 (Tech Square Research Building)
| Time (EST) | Session | Speaker/Talk Title |
| 9:00 AM | Keynote | Yiran Chen, Duke University [Bio] |
| Session Chair – Celine Lin | Optimizing AI Systems through Cross-Layer Design: A Data-Centric Approach [Abstract] | |
| 10:00 AM | Session 4: Analog and Neuromorphic | Jennifer Hasler, Georgia Tech ECE [Bio] [Slides] |
| Session Chair – Jeff Young | A Vision for Neuromorphic Hardware Development Tools | |
| Benjamin Feinberg, Sandia [Bio] | ||
| Where Is My Analog Accelerator? [Abstract] | ||
| 10:50 AM | BREAK | |
| 11:10 AM | Session 5: Emerging Applications | Spencer Bryngelson, GT CSE [Bio] [Slides] |
| Session Chair – Rich Vuduc | Hybrid algorithm for incompressible flow simulation on quantum hardware [Abstract] | |
| Mathias Jacquelin, Cerebras [Bio] | ||
| Multi-Dimensional Seismic Processing with Algebraic Compression on Cerebras CS-2 Systems | ||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch Panel | H/W and S/W co-design panel Vivek Sarkar (GT), Roberto Gioiosa (PNNL), Yiran Chen (Duke), Mathias Jacquelin (Cerebras), Hyesoon Kim (GT), Peter Kogge (UND) |
| Moderator – Tushar Krishna | ||
| 1:20 PM | Session 6: HW-SW Co-Design for ML | Roberto Gioiosa, PNNL [Bio] [Slides] |
| Session Chair – Hyesoon Kim | Hardware Accelerators: Use, Misuse, and Co-Design | |
| Bahar Asgari, UMD [Bio] | ||
| Exploiting Diversity in Sparse Problems to Enable Efficient Computing | ||
| 2:30 PM | Closing Remarks |
Summit Hotels and Directions
Please see the following page for information on local hotels and directions to the summit venue.
Event Contact
Please contact the event organizers using the CRNCH webform for any questions about this event.
Organizers: Hyesoon Kim, Richard Vuduc, Tushar Krishna, Celine Lin, Franeseya Kendrick
Co-organizers: Jeffrey Young