COLLOQUIUM: “Performance Engineering: Towards Zero-Waste Computing” by Ana Varbanescu (UvA)

2022-06-24 11:00 | 2022-06-24 12:00

Friday 24 June, 11.00h, at Nikhef/CWI in Z011.

Speaker: Ana Varbanescu (UvA)

Title: “Performance Engineering: Towards Zero-Waste Computing”

Abstract:
“Computation” has become a massive part of our daily lives; even more so, in science, a lot of experiments and analysis rely on massive computation. Under the assumption that computation is cheap, and time-to-result is the only relevant metric for all of us, we currently use computational resources at record-low efficiency.

In this talk, I argue this approach is an unacceptable waste of computing resources. I further introduce _performance engineering_ methods and techniques to improve compute efficiency. By means of a couple of case-studies, I will also demonstrate performance engineering at work, proving how efficiency and time-to-result can be happily married. I will conclude with a “call-to-arms” to use efficiency to define, and ultimately achieve, zero-waste computing.

This colloquium will be hybrid:

https://go.nikhef.nl/colloquium

link naar colloquia overzicht in de Nikhef agenda