Computational Analytics

Room:	3.108
Phone:	+49 (228) 73-69321
E-Mail:	suarezuni-bonn.de
Address:	Institute for Computer Science 1, Friedrich-Hirzebruch-Allee 8

Professor in High Performance Computing

In addition: Joint Lead of the Division Novel System Architecture Design and Leader of Research Group Next Generation Architectures and Prototypes at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Prof. Suarez is in sabbatical during WiSe-2024/2025 and SoSe-2025.

Therefore, Prof. Suarez is not taking any new master or PhD students at the moment. Lecture MA-INF 1108 is given by substitute lecturers.

• high performance computing (HPC)
• heterogeneous HPC system architectures
• modular supercomputing architecture (MSA)
• hardware prototyping and evaluation
• system software for HPC
• analysis of operational data on HPC systems
• co-design and application optimisation

• Winter Semester: Lecture Introduction to HPC (MA-INF 1108)
• Summer Semester: Seminar in HPC (MA-INF 1322)

• 2023/2024 Lehrpreis der Universität Bonn: UniBonn teaching award

• since 2024: Chair of the Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG) from EuroHPC Joint Untertaking
• since 2023: Joint Lead of Division Novel System Architecture Design at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
• since 2022: Professor for High Performance Computing, Institute for Computer Science, University of Bonn, Germany (W2 in the Jülich Model)
• since 2022 Research Group Leader Next Generation Architectures and Prototypes at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
• 2022 – 2024: Member of the Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG) from EuroHPC Joint Undertaking
• 2010 – 2022: Senior Scientist at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
• 2010: PhD in Physics from University of Geneva, Switzerland
• 2005 – 2006: Physicist at Astrophysics Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
• 2005: Visitor stay at the Max Planck Institut for Astrophysics, Garching-Munich, Germany
• 2004: Visitor stay at Astrophysics Laboratory, Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland
• 2004: Master in Physics, Specialization in Astrophysics, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

• NUMERIQS: Projects A05, B02, and Z02.
• EPI : European Processor Initiative
• DEEP-SEA : DEEP – Software for Exascale Architectures
• IFCES2: Optimization of simulation algorithms for exascale supercomputers to compute the Earth system model ICON
• AIDAS: virtual laboratory between Forschungszentrum Jülich and CEA (France) on AI, data analytics and scalable applications.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0748-7264.

• Case Studies on the Impact and Challenges of Heterogeneous NUMA Architectures for HPC, L. Zaourar et al, incl E.Suarez, ARCS (2024)
• Modeling methodology for multi-die chip design based on gem5/SystemC co-simulation, F. Schätzle, C. Falquez, S. Heinen, A. Portero, E. Suarez, J. Van Den Boom, S. Van Waasen, N. Ho. Proceedings of the 16th Workshop on Rapid Simulation and Performance Evaluation for Design, Munich Germany, Germany, 17 Jan 2024 - 19 Jan 2024, ACM New York, NY, USA, 7 pp. (2024)
• Earth system modeling on modular supercomputing architecture: coupled atmosphere–ocean simulations with ICON 2.6.6-rc, A. Bishnoi et al. incl. E.Suarez, Geoscientific model development, v 17(1), 261 - 273 (2024), DOI: [10.5194/gmd-17-261-2024]
• Scalability of 3D-DFT by block tensor-matrix multiplication on the JUWELS Cluster, N. Malapally, V. Bolnykh, E. Suarez, P. Carloni, Th. Lippert and D. Mandelli, (2023)
• Modular Supercomputing Architecture: a success story of European R&D, E.Suarez et al. (white paper), ETP4HPC Strategic Research Agenda (2022), DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.6508394]
• Porting applications to a Modular Supercomputer - Experiences from the DEEP-EST project, A. Kreuzer, E. Suarez, N. Eicker, Th. Lippert, IAS Series 48, 254 pp. (2021)
• Modular Supercomputing for Neuroscience E. Suarez, S. Kunkel, A. Küsters, H.E. Plesser, Th. Lippert, BrainComp 2019, Springer International Publishing, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 12339, 63-80 (2021). DOI: [10.1007/978-3-030-82427-3_5]
• Benchmarking the Computational Costs and Quality of Vibrational Spectra from Ab Initio Simulations, S. Taherivardanjani, R. Elfgen, W. Reckien, E. Suarez, E. Perlt, B. Kirchner. Advanced theory and simulations 5(1), 2100293 - (2021). DOI: [10.1002/adts.202100293].
• Multilevel simulation-based co-design of next generation HPC microprocessors, L. Zaourar, …, E. Suarez, et al., The 12th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Benchmarking and Simulation of High-Performance Computer Systems, PMBS21, St. Louis, USA, (2021).
• Developing Exascale Computing at JSC E. Suarez et al. Proceedings of the 2020 NIC Symposium, vol.50, p.1-19 (2020).
• Modular Supercomputing Architecture: from idea to production, E. Suarez, N. Eicker, Th. Lippert, Chapter 9 in Contemporary High Performance Computing: from Petascale toward Exascale, Ed. Jeffrey S. Vetter, Volume 3, pp 223-251, CRC Press. (2019) [ISBN 9781138487079]
• The DEEP-ER Project: I/O and Resiliency Extensions for the Cluster-Booster Architecture, A. Kreuzer, J. Amaya, N. Eicker, R. Leger, E. Suarez. 2018 IEEE 20th International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), Exeter, United Kingdom, pp. 109-116 (2018). DOI: 10.1109/HPCC/SmartCity/DSS.2018.00046
• Application performance on a Cluster-Booster system , A. Kreuzer, J. Amaya, N. Eicker, E. Suarez. 2018 IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops (IPDPSW), HCW (20th International Heterogeneity in Computing Workshop), Vancouver, 69 - 78 (2018). DOI: 10.1109/IPDPSW.2018.00019.
• Supercomputer Evolution at JSC, E. Suarez, N. Eicker, and Th. Lippert. Proceedings of the 2018 NIC Symposium, vol.49, p.1-12 (2018).
• The DEEP Project An alternative approach to heterogeneous cluster-computing in the many-core era, N. Eicker, T. Lippert, T. Moschny, E. Suarez. Concurrency and computation 28(8), 2394–2411 (2016). DOI: 10.1002/cpe.3562.

• International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) (05.2023, Hamburg, Germany). Keynote: Achievement and Impact - Past and Future
• HPC Statuskonferenz 2023 (06.2023, Karlsruhe, Germany). Invited talk: SEA Projekte: Softwareentwicklungen für Heterogene HPC Systeme
• ACAT 2022: 21st International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, (10.2022, Bari, Italy), Invited talk: The European Processor Initiative (EPI), an status update
• AsHES 2022, 2022 IPDPSW (IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium Workshops), (05.2022, Online), Keynote: The Modular Supercomputing Architecture (MSA)
• ADAC11 Conference: Accelerating Science through Systems’ Heterogeneity (01.2022, online). Keynote: Modular Supercomputing: a system-wide orchestration of heterogeneous resources
• EuroHPC Summit Week (EHPCSW) (03.2021, online). Invited talk: DEEP-SEA: Software for Exascale Architectures
• HiPEAC 2020 Conference (01.2020, Bologna, Italy). Keynote at EuroExaScale Workshop: The DEEP projects: Taming the Exascale heterogeneity
• ZIH Colloquium (11.2019, ZIH Dresden, Germany). Invited Talk: The Modular Supercomputing Architecture: hardware composability for application diversity
• 5th Digital Future Science Match Conference (05.2019, Berlin, Germany). Keynote: Modular Supercomputing for HPC and AI applications
• 9th Bethe Center Workshop on Computational Sciences and Reality (10.2017, Bad Honnef, Bonn, Germany). Talk: Modular Supercomputing: overview of computing architecture evolution at JSC
• ISUM 2017: 8th International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico (02.2017, Guadalajara, Mexico). Keynote: Modular Supercomputing: the DEEP approach to hardware heterogeneity