{"id":2440,"date":"2021-01-07T09:20:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T09:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/events\/?p=2440"},"modified":"2025-03-05T15:00:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T14:00:35","slug":"hpc-events-workshop-on-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/hpc-events-workshop-on-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"HPC Events : Workshop on Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"wiki-content group\">\n<div class=\"table-wrap\">\n<table class=\"confluenceTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"confluenceTh\">\n<h2 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Workshop on Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Thursday,December06,2018\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Thursday, December 06, 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10:00h to\u00a016:30h<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-ITCenter,RWTHAachenUniversity,\" style=\"text-align: center;\">IT Center, RWTH Aachen University,<\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Kopernikusstrasse6\/Seminarraum003\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Kopernikusstrasse 6 \/ Seminarraum 003<\/h4>\n<p>sponsored by:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"confluence-embedded-image confluence-thumbnail confluence-external-resource\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/thumbnails\/3474975\/8978555\" width=\"80\" data-image-src=\"https:\/\/doc.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/download\/thumbnails\/3474975\/intel.png?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1395920126000&amp;api=v2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kurse.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/anmform_kurs.php?sel_kurs=791\" rel=\"nofollow\">The workshop was fully booked !<\/a><\/strong><\/th>\n<th class=\"confluenceTh\" style=\"margin-left: 60.0px;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"confluence-embedded-image confluence-external-resource image-right\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/3474975\/8978554.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" data-image-src=\"https:\/\/doc.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/download\/https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/3474975\/_DSC0005_web_600.jpg?version=1&amp;modificationDate=1395920083000&amp;api=v2\" \/><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"confluenceTd\" colspan=\"2\">\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Aftertheworkshop,pleaseprovideyourfeedbackhere&gt;&gt;&gt;(clickon&quot;RespondtothisSurvey&quot;)\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.ecampus.rwth-aachen.de\/units\/CSE\/HPC\/Public\/_layouts\/15\/start.aspx#\/Lists\/feedback\/overview.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"external-link\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><strong><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.ecampus.rwth-aachen.de\/units\/rz\/HPC\/public\/Lists\/PPCES%202015%20Feedback\/overview.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><strong><span class=\"external-link\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.ecampus.rwth-aachen.de\/units\/CSE\/HPC\/Public\/_layouts\/15\/start.aspx#\/Lists\/feedback\/overview.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span class=\"external-link\">After\u00a0 the workshop, please provide your feedback here &gt;&gt;&gt; <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"external-link\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span class=\"external-link\"><br \/>\n(click on &#8220; <a title=\"Respond to this Survey\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"ms-splinkbutton-text\">Respond to this Survey<\/span><\/a>&#8222;)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Introduction\">Introduction<\/h4>\n<p>Artificial intelligence\u00a0(AI) technology like Machine learning\u00a0(ML) and\u00a0Deep learning (DL)\u00a0are today more and more used to solve a wide range of use cases.<\/p>\n<p>The HPC cluster at RWTH can be used for applications using various AI methods.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop gave the participants an overview on AI covering different methods like classical ML and DL, and introduced the use of DL on (Intel) CPU based HPC cluster. The presentations were rounded-up by live demos.<\/p>\n<p>Mr\u00a0Stephan Gillich (Dir. AI and Technical Computing GTM EMEA, Intel Deutschland GmbH)\u00a0and his colleagues Atanas Atanasov and Sarosh Quraishi (Technical Solution Specialists, Intel Deutschland GmbH) were complemented by experts from the\u00a0<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/IT-Center\/Forschung-Projekte\/High-Perfomance-Computing\/~hjqu\/Team\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">HPC Team<\/a>\u00a0 of the IT Center of RWTH Aachen University.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Agenda\">Agenda<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><em>10:00 &#8211; 10:45\u00a0 Welcome,\u00a0 RWTH goals and specific interests (RWTH) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057231.pdf\">slides1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057230.pdf\">slides2<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>10:45 &#8211; 12:00\u00a0 AI overview and deep learning frameworks on a cluster (Intel) &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057225.pdf\">slides<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>We will cover a few fundamental things on AI and the various techniques like ML and DL and take a closer look at how we can help customers on their AI journey<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>12:00 &#8211; 13:30:\u00a0 lunch break<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>13-30 &#8211;\u00a0~15:30:\u00a0 Faster ML and DL with optimised frameworks (Intel)<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>After first introducing libraries and tool for classical Machine Learning and Analytics and Deep Learning, we will mainly cover and demonstrate technical best practices for faster time to solution, including scale-out training leveraging the performance of multiple datacenter nodes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057228.pdf\">slides<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>demo\/hands-on &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057226.pdf\">slides<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em>15:30 &#8211; 15:45\u00a0 Coffee Break<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><em>15:45 &#8211; 16:30\u00a0 Inference solutions.\u00a0(Intel)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none; background-image: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><em><em>The Inference side of deep learning using an optimized framework setup including\u00a0 the OpenVINO\u2122 (Open Visual Inference &amp; Neural network Optimization)\u00a0 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057227.pdf\">slides<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><em><em>16:30 &#8211; 17:00\u00a0 Q&amp;A (all)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-PrerequisitesandyourPreparation\">Prerequisites and your Preparation<\/h4>\n<p>Participants from RWTH Aachen University were welcome, but also participants from other universities or industrial companies.<\/p>\n<p>The presentations were given in English.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-CourseMaterial\">Course Material<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057231.pdf\">Welcome &#8211; C. Terboven (pdf, 0.7 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057230.pdf\">Introduction &#8211; M. Widmer (pdf , 4MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057225.pdf\">Slides of the morning session (pdf, 6 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057228.pdf\">Optimized-Frameworks (pdf, 4.7 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057226.pdf\">Slides for the afternoon hands-on session (pdf, 1.5 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057227.pdf\">OpenVINO-Deep-Dive (pdf, 1,7 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/hpc_import_20210107\/attachments\/42926415\/43057229.pdf\">Lab (pdf, 3 MB)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gigamove.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/d\/id\/5yxmNLAA4VMzht\" rel=\"nofollow\">Lab Sources (GigaMove Download Link to zip file (11 MB)\u00a0 &#8211; until Jan 24, 2019 )<\/a> <u><strong>expired!!<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Registration\">Registration<\/h4>\n<p>The seminar room is of limited capacity, therefore allocation is on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kurse.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/anmform_kurs.php?sel_kurs=791\" rel=\"nofollow\">The workshop was fully booked !<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please contact Paul Kapinos (<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"mailto:kapinos@itc.rwth-aachen.de\" rel=\"nofollow\">hpcevent@itc.rwth-aachen.de<\/a>) if you have trouble to port your application to the HPC Cluster.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop was on December 06. 2018 from 10:00h to\u00a0<em><em><em>~<\/em><\/em><\/em>16:30h.<\/p>\n<p>Attendance of the course was free of charge and supported by our sponsors. All other costs (e.g. travel, hotel) were at own expenses.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-LinkstootherTuningEvents\">Links to other Tuning Events<\/h4>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"external-link\"><u>Nehalem Tuning Workshop 2009<\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/events\/2021\/01\/07\/hpc-events-hpc-december-workshop-2010-part-ii-array-building-blocks-tutorial-intel-ct\/\">HPC Tuning Workshop 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXelerate-2011---Tuning-Workshop_3475020.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2011<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXelerate-2012---Tuning-Workshop_3475018.html\"><span class=\"external-link\">aiXcelerate<\/span> &#8211;\u00a0HPC Tuning Workshop 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2013--Tuning-Workshop_3474975.html\"><span class=\"external-link\">aiXcelerate<\/span> &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2014_8749698.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2014<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2015_17039504.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2016_28344675.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2017_34014596.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"aiXcelerate-2018_39160017.html\">aiXcelerate &#8211; HPC Tuning Workshop 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Feedback\">Feedback<\/h4>\n<p>After the event we will ask you to provide your feedback. You will find a link to the web form<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sharepoint.ecampus.rwth-aachen.de\/units\/CSE\/HPC\/Public\/_layouts\/15\/start.aspx#\/Lists\/feedback\/overview.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-TravelInformation\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"Travel\"><\/a>Travel Information<\/h4>\n<p>If required, please make your own hotel reservation.You can find some popular hotels listed <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/go\/id\/rxd\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>here.<\/u><\/a> You may find a complete list of hotels on the web pages of the <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aachen.de\/DE\/tourismus_stadtinfo\/130_onlinebuchen\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Aachen Tourist Service<\/u><\/a>. We recommend that you try to book a room in the &#8222;<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.novotel.com\/novotel\/fichehotel\/gb\/nov\/3557\/fiche_hotel.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Novotel Aachen City<\/u><\/a>&#8222;, &#8220; <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mercure.com\/mercure\/fichehotel\/gb\/mer\/5326\/fiche_hotel.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Mercure am Graben<\/u><\/a>&#8220; or &#8222;<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.regence.bestwestern.de\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Aachen Best Western Regence<\/u><\/a>&#8220; hotels. These are adequate hotels with reasonable prices at a walking distance (20-30 minutes) to the IT Center through the old city of Aachen. An alternative is the hotel &#8222;<a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ibishotel.com\/ibis\/fichehotel\/gb\/ibi\/0967\/fiche_hotel.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>IBIS Aachen Marschiertor<\/u><\/a>&#8220; which is close to the main station, which is convenient if you are travelling by train and also want to commute to the IT Center by train (3 trains per hour, 2 stops)<\/p>\n<div>Please, download a <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/global\/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaacdkvl\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>sketch of the city (pdf, 415 KB) <\/u><\/a>with some points of interest marked.<\/div>\n<div>You may find a description of how to reach us by plane, train or car <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itc.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/IT-Center\/IT-Center\/Kontakt\/~eugd\/Anfahrt\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>here<\/u><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>Bus route 33 connects the city and the stop &#8222;Mies-van-der-Rohe-Stra\u00dfe&#8220; every 15 minutes.<br \/>\nTrains between Aachen and D\u00fcsseldorf stop at &#8222;Aachen West&#8220; station which is a 5 minutes walk away from the IT Center.<br \/>\nFrom the bus stop and the train station just walk uphill the &#8222;Seffenter Weg&#8220;. The first building on the left hand side at the junction with &#8222;Kopernikusstra\u00dfe&#8220; is the IT Center.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The weather in <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weatheronline.co.uk\/Germany\/Aachen.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>Aachen<\/u><\/a> is usually unpredictable. It is always a good idea to carry an umbrella. If you&#8217;ll bring one, it might be sunny!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"WorkshoponArtificialIntelligence-Contact\"><a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rz.rwth-aachen.de\/admin\/worklist\/worklist_edit.asp?ID=aaaaaaaaaaaatsk&amp;ft=1&amp;admin=1&amp;redir=%2Fadmin%2Fworklist%2Flist%2Easp%3FID%3Daaaaaaaaaaaapeu%26sort%3D#Contact\" rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"Contact\"><u>Contact<\/u><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Kapinos<br \/>\nTel.: +49 241 80 24915<br \/>\nFax\/UMS: +49 241 80 624375<\/li>\n<li>E-mail: <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"mailto:hpcevent@itc.rwth-aachen.de\" rel=\"nofollow\"><u>hpcevent@itc.rwth-aachen.de<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workshop on Artificial Intelligence\u00a0 Thursday, December 06, 2018 10:00h to\u00a016:30h IT Center, RWTH Aachen University, Kopernikusstrasse 6 \/ Seminarraum 003 sponsored by: The workshop was fully booked ! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0After\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2857,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"c2c_always_allow_admin_comments":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allgemein","category-hpc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2857"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7443,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440\/revisions\/7443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.rwth-aachen.de\/itc-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}