2026 Agenda
1:00 p.m.
Machine reservations: https://anl.box.com/s/g7jjf1gwvyptdiqlqo3w53r8edg94d0h
Registration Opens
2:30 p.m.
Quick Start on Computing Resources with Hands-On
Argonne National Laboratory
Session
3:15 p.m.
Break
4:30 p.m.
Participant Introduction Section
Networking
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30–10:00 a.m.
Track 1: Hardware
Evolution of DOE Exascale Supercomputers
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Hardware Architecture
Session
10 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Track 2a: GPUs
GPU Hardware Characteristics
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
12 p.m.
Track 2a: GPUs
Q&A
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 2a: GPUs
Low Level Ecosystem: CUDA, HIP, OpenCL
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
3 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
Track 2a: GPUs
Higher Level Layer: SYCL/OpenMP/Kokkos
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
5:30 p.m.
Featured Talk: Communication-avoiding algorithms for Linear Algebra, ML and Beyond; and Grading the accuracy of the BLAS: What can emulating FP64 guarantee?
University of California at Berkeley
Keynote
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 2: OpenMP
Introduction and Breakouts
8:40 a.m.
Track 2b: OpenMP
OpenMP — Intermediate
Human Learning Group
Session Description
8:40 a.m.
A Very Brief OpenMP Review ; Irregular Parallelism and Tasks ; OpenMP and Real Hardware: Dealing with NUMA
10:00 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Synchronization and the OpenMP Memory Model ; GPU Programming with OpenMP
12 p.m.
Recap
Programming Models
Session
8:40 a.m.
Track 2b: OpenMP
OpenMP — Beginner
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
8:40 a.m.
OpenMP and parallel programming basics
9:30 a.m.
Writing your first OpenMP program.
10 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Solving OpenMP code problems, debugging and profiling.
11:45 a.m.
Best practices for designing OpenMP programs.
Numerical Software
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
MPI Introduction
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
1:45 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Unintended Synchronization/Nonblocking Point-to-Point
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
2:15 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Stencil Example/Hands-on
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
2:30 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Core MPI 1: Collective Agreement
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
3 p.m.
Break
3:30 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Core MPI 2: Progressive Abstraction
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Hardware Architecture
Session
4:00 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Core MPI 3: Interoperability - Threads and GPU
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
4:30 p.m.
Track 2c: MPI
Benchmarking MPI/Hands-on
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Programming Models
Session
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 3: Visualization
Data Analysis and Visualization Introduction
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
Visualization
Session
9:15 a.m.
Track 3: Visualization
Visualization and Analysis of HPC Simulation Data with VisIt
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Visualization
Session
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Track 3: Visualization
Large Scale Visualization with ParaView
Kitware
Kitware
Visualization
Session
11:45 a.m.
Track 3: Visualization
Leveraging AI for Scientific Visualization
Argonne National Laboratory
Numerical Software
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Introduction to Numerical SW
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Numerical Software
Session
1:50 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Structured (AMReX)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Session Description
Paralelle session to Unstructured (MFEM/PUMI).
Numerical Software
Session
1:50 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Unstructured (MFEM/PUMI)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Session Description
Parallel session to Structured (AMReX).
Numerical Software
Session
3:10 p.m.
Break
3:40 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Nonlinear Solvers (PETSc)
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Parallel session to Time integrators (SUNDIALS).
Numerical Software
Session
3:40 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Time Integrators (SUNDIALS)
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Session Description
Parallel session to Nonlinear solvers (PETSc).
Numerical Software
Session
5:00 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Direct Methods (SuperLU/STRUMPACK)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Session Description
Parallel session to Iterative methods (hypre).
Numerical Software
Session
5:00 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Iterative Methods (hypre)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Session Description
Parallel to Direct methods (SuperLU /STRUMPACK).
Numerical Software
Session
6:20 p.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Closing Talk
7:30 p.m.
Social Event — Pub Night (Optional)
Networking
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
9:00 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Hands-on/open work
Numerical Software
Session
10:15 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Track 4a: Numerical SW
Hands-on/open work
Numerical Software
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 4b: Mixed Precision Computing
The Mixed Precision Landscape
Argonne National Laboratory
Mixed Precision Computing
Session
1: 55 p.m.
Track 4b: Mixed Precision Computing
Mixed Precision in HYPRE
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mixed Precision Computing
Session
2:45 p.m.
Track 4b: Mixed Precision Computing
Compiler Tools for Mixed-Precision Tuning
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Mixed Precision Computing
Session
3:30 p.m.
Break
3:40 p.m.
Track 4b: Mixed Precision Computing
Verificarlo + Tutorial (Google Colab)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Mixed Precision Computing
Session
4:45 p.m.
Track 4b: Mixed Precision Computing
Panel Discussion & Audience Q&A
Mixed Precision Computing
Panel
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
Introduction to HPC Tools
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
8:40 a.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
A Parallel Debugger at Scale — Linaro DDT
Linaro
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
9:30 a.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
A Community-Driven Portable Profiler at Scale — HPCToolkit
Rice University
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
10:20 a.m.
Break
10:50 a.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
A Community-Driven Portable Profiler at Scale — Tau
University of Oregon/ParaTools, Inc.
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
11:40 a.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
A Light-Weight Portable Profiler — iprof
Argonne National Laboratory
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
12:00 p.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
Roofline Performance Model
Argonne National Laboratory
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
Tools Exercise
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
3:30 p.m.
Break
4:00 p.m.
Track 5: HPC Tools and Debug
Tools Exercise (continued)
HPC Tools and Debug
Session
6:30 p.m.
Adjourn (no dinner service provided.)
7:45a.m.
Argonne Tour (Optional)
Bus departs Q Center from Main Entrance
9:20 a.m.
Bus arrives at Argonne/Badge check
9:40 a.m.
Rotating Tour Stops
Session Description
Stops include:
- Theory and Computing Sciences Data Center
- ALCF Visualization Lab
- Nuclear Engineering Exhibit
- Advanced Photon Source
1 p.m.
Lunch and History of Nuclear at Argonne National Laboratory Presentation
Argonne National Laboratory
2:30 p.m.
Bus departs to return to Q Center
3:30 p.m.
Bus arrives at Q Center
8:30 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Welcome and Introduction to Machine Learning
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
8:35 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Deep Learning (Traditional AI/ML)
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Parallel session with Distributed Deep Learning (Traditional AI/ML).
AI/ML
Session
8:35 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Distributed Deep Learning (Traditional AI/ML)
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Parallel session to Deep Learning (Traditional AI/ML).
AI/ML
Session
9:50 a.m.
Break
10:15 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Profiling Deep Learning (includes simple and distributed programs for traditional AI/ML)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
11:20 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Intro to LLM (tokenization/training)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
12:00 p.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Pre-training on a Supercomputer
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Pre-training on a Supercomputer (continued)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
2:30 p.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Post-training (Finetuning/Alignment/RL techniques)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
4:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m.
Break
5:30 p.m.
Featured Talk: Growing Up at Argonne National Laboratory
University of Tennessee
Keynote
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Welcome and Introduction to Machine Learning (continued)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
8:35 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Workflow Tools for Science
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
9:30 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Coupled Workflows for Science (Simulations & AI Workflows)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
10:30 a.m.
Break
11:50 a.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Agentic Tools — Part 1 (Trinity/Hermes/OpenClaw)
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
AI Testbeds
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
Track 6: AI/ML
Agentic Tools (Academy) — Part 2
Argonne National Laboratory
AI/ML
Session
4:30 p.m.
Break
5:30 p.m.
Misconceptions in Parallel Computing
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Keynote
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Welcome, Framing, and Expectations
Argonne National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
8:40 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Where Quantum Sits in Advanced Computing
Argonne National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
8:55 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Why Hybrid Computing Exists
HPE Quantum
Quantum Computing
Session
9:15 a.m.
9:35 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Making it Real, the Facility View
Argonne National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
9:45 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Making it Real, the Integration View
HPE Quantum
Quantum Computing
Session
10 a.m.
Break
10:30 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Thinking like a Quantum Computer
Argonne National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
10:55 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Quantum Software and Error Correction
Argonne National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
11:55 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Meet the Machine
IQM Quantum Computers
Quantum Computing
Session
11:25 a.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Guided Hands-on, Hello Quantum World
IQM Quantum Computers
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Quantum Computing
Session
12 p.m.
Track 7: Quantum Computing
Panel and Open Discussion
Argonne National Laboratory
HPE Quantum
Argonne National Laboratory
IQM Quantum Computers
Quantum Computing
Panel
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Managing HPC Software Complexity with Spack
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
3:00 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Introduction to Software Sustainability
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
3:05 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Motivation and Overview of Best Practices in HPC Software Development
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
3:30 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Scientific Software Design
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
4:00 p.m.
Break
4:30 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Software Testing and Verification
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
5 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Refactoring Scientific Software
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
5:30 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
Improving Reproducibility Through Better Software Practices
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
6 p.m.
Track 8: SW Sustainability
AI for Software Development and Maintenance
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Software Sustainability
Session
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
9:00 p.m.
Adjourn
7:30 p.m.
St. Charles Amphitheater
Social event — Trivia contest (optional)
Networking
8:30 a.m.
9:10 a.m.
10 a.m.
Break
11:25 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
Lunch
1:30 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Introduction and Getting Your Environment Set Up
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Vibe Coding
Session
2 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Direct Prompting Examples and Workflows
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Vibe Coding
Session
2:30 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Loop Prompting and Long Running Tasks
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Vibe Coding
Session
3:00 p.m.
Group Photo and Break
3:30 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Persistent Agents in HPC Land (Hermes, OpenClaw, etc.)
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Vibe Coding
Session
4 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Building HACCabana: A Human-in-the-Loop Case Study in Greenfield HPC Development
Argonne National Laboratory
Vibe Coding
Networking
4:30 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Vibe Coding from a System Software Perspective
Argonne National Laboratory
Vibe Coding
Session
5 p.m.
Track 10: Vibe Coding
Future Trends and QA
Argonne National Laboratory
Session Description
Vibe Coding
Session
5:30 p.m.
Featured Talk: Conversation with the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility Director
Argonne National Laboratory
Keynote
6:30 p.m.
Dinner
7:30 p.m.
Adjourn
8:30 a.m.
Voices of Experience Panel
Education Outreach Lead, Argonne National Laboratory
Senior Software Engineer - Scientific Machine Learning, NVIDIA
Postdoctoral Reseracher - Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Fermilab
Argonne National Laboratory
Computer Science Professor - University of Illinois Chicago
Session Description
Hear from current leaders in academia, industry, and national labs, as well as past ATPESC participants, about how to build on ATPESC experiences when moving forward in your career.
Panel
10:30 a.m.
Break
11 a.m.
Small-group Conversation on ATPESC Impact
Session
11:30 a.m.
Post-ATPESC Feedback
Session
12:30 p.m.