Roy Campbell Presentation - 723H24

DoD HPC Modernization Program

Better Cost, Quality, Schedules, and Planning through Defense Supercomputing

Dr. Roy Campbell March 2023 Distribution A. Approved for Public Release; distribution is unlimited.

Functional Overview Input

DoD HPCMP

ROI ~ 6x-10x

Defense Challenges

Verified/Validated Application Software for Supercomputers

New Capabilities

Improved Quality

Defense Scientists/Engineers

20+ Supercomputers and Storage

Reduced Schedule

Avoided Cost

Defense Data

Secure Global Defense Research Network

Reduced Risk

$9 Billion Supercomputing Investment Over 30 Years Distribution A. Approved for Public Release; distribution is unlimited.

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Air Force Supercomputing Initiatives Interactome Sciences in Genomic High Throughput Studies

GOTCHA Monitoring System

Examination of physical interactions among molecules via machine learning on HPC systems; accelerates successful drug treatment programs and CBR threat analysis

Transformation of synthetic aperture radar ground images (observed from a single UAV) into 3-D holograms via real-time computation using a combination of onboard and ground-based processing

Improved Methodologies for Fighter Aircraft Stability and Control

Hypersonics Evaluation of aerodynamic structures, advanced combustion, durable/resilient materials, and precise maneuverability for both glide-boost and air-breathing vehicles traveling above Mach 5; reduces frequency and cost of expensive live experiments

Target Recognition and Adaptation in Contested Environments Generation of synthetic data based on known signatures to understand possible intentional permutations; development of detection methods via deep learning on HPC systems

Simulation of aircraft maneuvers in lieu of live experiments; support for modeling and simulation research at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA)

Counter-electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) Development of directed energy strikes from small UAVs; challenging design due to space, weight, and power limitations

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Army Supercomputing Initiatives Explosive Reactive Armor

Terminal Ballistics for Lethality and Protection Evaluation of armor and anti-armor technologies to improve the effectiveness of weapons and defenses (e.g., ceramic, composite, and electromagnetic armor)

Advanced Methods for Weapons Effects M&S Electromagnetic Armor

Development, verification, and validation of blast modeling codes for hull analysis

Gray Eagle Flight Performance

Rapid Data Analysis for Army C4 Systems

Prediction of flight performance (e.g., climb, cruise, descent) for an important Army UAV

Rapid analysis of network integration evaluation (NIE) field data; 12x reduction in analysis time, improving event fidelity and reducing test duration

Design and Analysis of NextGeneration Rotorcraft Systems Aerodynamic and aeromechanic assessment of vehicles in Joint Multirole Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) Program; supports wind tunnel testing and proposal evaluation

Ground Vehicle Acquisition Trade-space assessment based on advanced mobility, transportability, payload, and sustainability concepts for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

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Navy Supercomputing Initiatives COAMPS Tropical Cyclone

Pacific Missile Range Facility

Accurate tropical storm forecasting; better sortie decisions; avoidance of damaging winds/seas

Rapid, accurate range safety analysis; cost avoidance of ~$500K per antiballistic missile test

V-22 Osprey PMA 275

Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG)

Analysis of engine exhaust airflow path; enhanced durability of exhaust nozzle components and reduction in operational costs

Columbia Class Submarine Trade-space analysis and design assessment for new class of ballistic missile submarines

Structural validation and life-cycle analysis of fighter jet stopping mechanisms for Ford class carriers

T-45 Goshawk Trainer Virtual evaluation of proposed air inlet modification to reduce the number of unsafe flight tests

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Future Supercomputing Initiatives Space Defense

Digital Engineering

Advanced Scenario Analysis

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Advanced Scenario Analysis Hypothesis Testing Example

Art of War (Sun Tzu) If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

Oracle of Delphi  Ancient Greece  Consulted by kings, queens, generals  Provided advice on a broad set of topics including military campaign outcomes

Delphic Maxims Know thyself Nothing to excess Surety brings ruin

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Supercomputing Problem Space Not Exhaustive

Technical Issue Resolution

Compute-Intensive

High-End, Physics-Based Calculations

Advanced Scenario Planning Trade Space Analysis

Digital Engineering

Life-cycle Management

Basic Computing and Basic Data Analysis

Scenario Planning

Machine and Deep Learning Graph Analysis Big Data Analysis

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Supercomputing Definition Compute-Intensive

Data-Intensive

Difficult

Easy

Difficult

Easy

Tightly-coupled

Embarrassingly parallel

10s to 1000s of accelerators

Few accelerators

10s to 1000s of information feeds

Few information feeds

100s to 1000s of nodes in lock-step

independent task / node

Fast / low-latency network

Slow / high-latency network

Fast / large memory and storage

Slow / small memory and storage

Large graphs

Small graphs

Large data sets

Small data sets

High Performance Computing

Basic Computing

High Performance Data Analysis

Basic Data Analysis

Supercomputing

=

High Performance Computing (HPC)

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High Performance Data Analysis (HPDA)

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HPCMP Supercomputing Assets Relative to Department of Energy (DOE) Exemplar Attribute Peak Capability Supercomputers Undepreciated Valuation Nodes CPU Cores GPUs Memory Storage Power Consumption

HPCMP (FY23) 107 PF 20 $274 million 20 thousand 1.6 million 2.8 thousand 5 PiB 273 PB 18 MW

Summit (#5 - Top500) 201 PF 1 $200 million 5 thousand 0.2 million 28 thousand 10 PiB 250 PB 10 MW

Notable Divergence P P P P P P P

 HPCMP invests in a variety of architectures to satisfy a wide array of use cases – Mapping the right architecture to the right use case – Generally favoring CPUs over GPUs, since the efficient use of a GPU requires high spatial or temporal data locality

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