LiCO and Singularity - Driving the Convergence of HPC & AI - JJ Falkanger (Lenovo)

Scientific researchers and commercial enterprises have been increasingly applying high performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for drivinginsights and business value, often in the same computing environment. This convergence demands flexible tools to effectively utilize the resources and workflows. Lenovo Intelligent Computing Orchestration (LiCO) provides an intuitive web-based interface for managing and deploying both AI and HPC workloads on the same
cluster. Built upon an OpenHPC management stack, LiCO enables even inexperienced users to utilize cluster resources, thanks to Singularity container management and job template integration.
This session covers the capabilities of LiCO, and the many benefits for users Singularity provides as part of the architecture.

J.J. Falkanger is Senior AI Software and Solutions Manager for the Lenovo Data Center Group, responsible for driving scale-out solutions to market that enable clients to increase business value
with AI and HPC. Prior to joining Lenovo, J.J. was with IBM where he led competitive research and client engagements in Cloud Management, and was Sr. Product Marketing Manager for the iDataPlex and NeXtScale products in System x.