October 23-24, 2024
The Sandia Structural Simulation Toolkit (SST) has become a widely adopted tool for parallel discrete event simulation of complex systems. While it has been traditionally utilized for computer systems research, SST has expanded into the simulation of physical systems. This workshop is dedicated to supporting the users, developers and thought leaders in/around the SST community. The 2024 SST User Group Meeting solicits 1-page abstracts for invited talks. Abstracts should be submitted to the EasyChair link below.
The SST User Group Meeting will bring together users and developers of the Structural Simulation Toolkit to facilitate collaboration and support community use and development of SST. The meeting will consist of several different program elements: talks, panels and collaborative discussions. Your participation is vital to the success of the meeting.
To help facilitate collaborations, you are invited to submit an abstract for consideration to present your work/ideas at the meeting through a series of full and short talks. Topics may include, but are not limited to:
- SST components/subcomponents
- Large-scale SST execution
- SST benchmarking
- Co-integration with external simulator(s)
- Studies and research leveraging SST simulations
- Future needs for SST core framework or element models
- Analysis tools for analyzing simulation data
- Characterization of simulation properties
Authors may select their preference for short or full talk, but the program committee will make the final decision on talk length. Please indicate with your submission whether you seek a short talk or a full talk.
Submissions can be submitted to the SST24 EasyChair portal here.
Relevant dates:
- Abstracts Due: Extended to August 31, 2024
- Notifications: September 15, 2024
- Registration: October 01, 2024
- Workshop: October 23-24, 2024
Venue Location
The event will be hosted at the Texas Tech University DFW campus location conveniently located near Dallas/Fort Worth International airport. The address for the facility is: 4201 State Hwy 161 Suite 250, Irving, TX 75038
Registration
Registration for this event is free. However, please ensure that you register such that we have an accurate number of attendees for in-person and virtual attendance. Please ensure to note any dietary restrictions for in-person attendance. Attendees can register using the form here.
Agenda
Day 1: October 23 (all times CST)
| Time | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Registration & Coffee | N/A |
| 09:30-10:00 | Opening Remarks | Gwen Voskuilen, Scott Hemmert and John Leidel |
| 10:00-10:30 | HPC System Architecture Studies with SST at Samsung | Patrick La Fratta |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE/BREAK | COFFEE/BREAK |
| 11:00-11:30 | Irregular Modeling of applications | Andreas Freund, Atiqul Mollah and Dean Chester |
| 11:30-12:00 | Simulation of MPI Applications in Ariel | Patrick Lavin, Shannon Kinkead and Gwendolyn Voskuilen |
| 12:00-13:00 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 13:00-14:00 | Reducing Barriers to Entry within SST through BLUEprinter: Basic Layout Unification for Emulation (Talk & Demo) | Morgan Kromer and Peyman Barakhshan |
| 14:00-14:30 | COFFEE/BREAK | COFFEE/BREAK |
| 14:30-15:00 | Comparing Jellyfish vs. Dragonfly and Fat tree using SST Macro | Md Nahid Newaz, Sayan Ghosh and Nathan Tallent |
| 15:00-15:30 | Revolutionizing HPC Visualization: Integrating Structural Simulation Toolkit with Extended Reality and Large Language Models | Raffaele De Amicis and Pranjali Barve |
| 15:30-16:00 | Implementation of Skeletonized MVAPICH in the SST-macro Endpoint Simulator | Neil Butcher |
| 16:00-17:00 | Current/Future Elements Group Discussion/Sticky Note Discussion | All attendees |
Day 2: October 24 (all times CST)
| Time | Title | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-10:00 | Coffee & SST Roadmap | Gwen Voskuilen, Scott Hemmert |
| 10:00-10:30 | Shifting towards Ethernet Network Models in Merlin | Dean Chester, Andreas Freund, Atiqul Mollah, Joesph Kenny and Scott Hemmert |
| 10:30-11:00 | COFFEE/BREAK | COFFEE/BREAK |
| 11:00-11:30 | Gate Level Simulation using Structural Simulation Toolkit(SST) | Peyman Barakhshan and Morgan Kromer |
| 11:30-12:00 | VerilatorSST: Bridging Simulation Scalability and Precision | Dawson Fox, John Leidel, Moubarak Jeje and Ryan Kabrick |
| 12:00-13:00 | LUNCH | LUNCH |
| 13:00-14:00 | Advanced Component Debugging | Ken Griesser, Scott Hemmert |
| 14:00-14:30 | COFFEE/BREAK | COFFEE/BREAK |
| 14:30-15:00 | SST-Bench: A Microbenchmark Suite for the Structural Simulation Toolkit | John Leidel, Shannon Kuntz and Kenneth Griesser |
| 15:00-15:30 | Adding Abstractions to SST Multithreading support | Christopher Taylor, Shannon Kuntz and John Leidel |
| 15:30-17:00 | Current/Future SST Core Development | All attendees |
Hotel Information
The 2024 SST Users Group meeting does not have a reserved hotel block. However, there are a number of hotels within a short drive or ride share.
- Homewood Suites by Hilton DFW Airport South
- SpringHill Suites Dallas DFW Airport South/CentrePort
- Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport South
- Marriott DFW Airport South
- Hilton Garden Inn DFW Airport South
- Courtyard Dallas DFW Airport South/Irving
Travel & Transportation
Driving directions from DFW International Airport are quite simple (see the map below). Driving from Dallas/Love Field will be subject to traffic conditions. Please plan accordingly if you elect to utilize Dallas/Love Field. Also note that there is effectively no public transportation available to/from the facility. Plan on utilizing ride sharing apps or renting a vehicle. Individual hotels may have shuttle services available to/from DFW International airport.
Event Contacts
The 2024 SST User Group meeting organizers are listed below:
- Event Chair: John Leidel, Tactical Computing Labs
- Location Chair: Elizabeth Estevez, Tactical Computing Labs
- Organizing and Review Committee:
- Gwen Voskuilen, Sandia National Labs
- Scott Hemmert, Sandia National Labs