Google on HPC and the Cloud

Cloud computing has changed the landscape of modern computing.  It powers a majority of tech startups, supports the big data revolution, and enables the rapid developments in artificial intelligence.  As Cloud computing hardware become more powerful, they will soon be able to handle many scientific computing workflows that are traditionally done by high performance computing (HPC) machines.

Nevertheless, this is not an easy paradigm to adapted because the Cloud and HPC were developed with very different use cases and mindsets.  One of the goals of the PIRE project is to develop the necessary technologies and to train the next generation of astronomers to use the Cloud to solve scientific problems.  We are pleased to host the PIRE webinar on “Google Cloud for HPC.”

In this PIRE webinar, Google engineers Edward Doan and Sarosh Naseem overviewed the Google Cloud Computing Platform and discussed how it might solve our diverse computational challenges.  They talked about what is currently possible on the platform along with developments on the horizon and answered questions from the attendees.