High Performance Computing for Resilience

Resilient critical infrastructure is a challenge and an urgent necessity at local, national, and global levels. Our health, well-being, and the welfare of future generations are at stake. As we confront increasingly severe weather events, coastal flooding, and a rise in natural disasters, we must recognize that the risks and costs will increase dramatically. We must enhance our infrastructure — our collective future hinges on it.

Computing is essential for achieving these goals. Leveraging and maximizing the capabilities of High-Performance Computing (HPC) is crucial for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery. For decades, computing has played a pivotal role in the nation’s response to emergencies. HPC systems are robust and scalable, enabling scientists, researchers, manufacturers, the government, and various entities to accomplish tasks that would otherwise be impractical or impossible due to complexity, time constraints, and other resource limitations.

Mission

We will unite government, industry, and academic stakeholders to educate, inform, and enlighten everyone about how an HPC ecosystem catalyzes resilient critical infrastructure. At an astonishingly rapid pace, we will derive scientific insights and practical innovations to support our world’s most vital infrastructure sectors.

Objectives

• Recognize the raw processing power of the world’s most powerful HPCs and celebrate the thought leaders addressing today’s resilient critical infrastructure challenges.
• Discuss how HPC platforms empower researchers and developers to simulate complex infrastructure models, efficiently analyze large datasets, and produce more accurate predictions about future infrastructure scenarios.
• Gain a deeper understanding of the significance of resilient critical infrastructure and why it is more essential and urgent than ever to tackle the world’s challenges.
• Hear from Government, Industry, and academic experts to address how HPC innovations mitigate potential economic damage from natural disasters and other disruptions.
• Create digital content that highlights public and private partnerships focused on HPC. HPC is a vital resource in infrastructure research and an essential tool for understanding and tackling the challenges of resilient critical infrastructure.

Contact Pete Tseronis if you would like to join this project.