This symposium considers combining two methodologies— collaborative codesign and data-driven analysis—to realize the full potential of supercomputing. Our scope includes applications, system software, workflows, health of hardware. Today’s HPC centers store vast sums of information, yet using this data presents demanding challenges. Much of the data-driven challenge has to do with discovering, accessing, and analyzing the right data. Codesign also presents formidable challenges. For example, how can a codesign development use the data collected on current systems to facilitate the design of next-generation supercomputers and successfully support our upcoming environments. Quantitative codesign offers a collaborative evidence-based approach to address our existing needs and our upcoming ambitions. This symposium will bring together leaders in the field to review current efforts across centers and discuss areas that show potential.
The 2026 Workshop Focus will focus on Upcoming Machines and Emerging Technologies. The state of High-Performance Computing (HPC) is undergoing a fundamental transformation, moving beyond a sole focus on raw peak FLOPS (floating-point operations per second) to prioritizing time-to-solution, energy efficiency, and AI-simulation convergence. The landscape is defined by the rise of “post-exascale” machines, the integration of generative AI into scientific workflows, and the emergence of hybrid quantum-classical architectures. How can quantitative co-design be applied in such a swiftly moving and chaotic time? What should be our priorities as we plan for new machines? What technologies are poised to be gamechangers in the near future? We wish to consider these questions from several different perspectives and apply quantitative codesign benefits toward broad-scope type objectives.
Our esteemed speakers for 2026 will be four well known leaders in HPC! Satoshi Matsuoka will be our headliner. Satoshi is the head of the Riken Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) at RIKEN, the largest Supercomputing center in Japan. Dr. Matsuoka was the lead developer of the TSUBAME supercomputer program, oversaw the development of the Fugaku project, and is now overseeing and immersed in the design of the successor to the Fugaku machine. Galen Shipman is a research computer scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). His research interests include programming models, scalable runtime systems, and I/O. He currently leads multiple interdisciplinary efforts including the advancement and integration of next-generation programming models (Legion) within the Exascale Computing Project. Keith Underwood is a Senior Distinguished Technologist in the HPE High Performance Networking Business Unit, where he leads next-generation NIC architecture definition. He serves as the editor of the UEC Transport Semantic specification and is an active contributor to the UEC Transport definition. Hans-Christian Hoppe has made significant contributions to HPC, including impact on the MPI standard, federation of HPC resources, leading performance analysis tools, and co-definition of the Modular Supercomputing Architecture (MSA). He currently manages the EuroHPC JU SEANERGYS project that develops an AI-based SW suite for energy efficient operation of supercomputers.
Thank you and I hope to see you in Chicago in November! –– Terry Jones, Symposium Chair