Telecon: 2021 11 03

2021/11/03 Meeting

Agenda

Welcome!

Discussion Topics:

• VTK-m update (1.7RC) process + timeline
  • Working on testing newest changes there were merged VTK-m RC
  • OpenMP with >1 thread is crashing (https://github.com/Alpine-DAV/vtk-h/pull/229)
  • Have not tested Cuda Yet.
• Ascent Tutorial
  • This Friday 2021/11/05 12pm - 1pm pacific. Hank's Zoom.
• We are adding Ascent into WarpX's CI testing using a container
  • https://github.com/ECP-WarpX/WarpX/pull/2483
  • Q: Should we do this for AMR Wind? (Hank will talk with Nicholas from AMR Wind team on a friday in the future)
• AMR Wind Updates
  • Focal point going forward for Ascent will be ARMWind (not combined ARMWind NaluWind)
  • Yuya has CUDA Ascent + ARMWind working on Summit (CMake 3.19 vs 3.20 vs 3.21 reqs were a quandary)
  • Ghost Data -- Replay reproducer with Blueprint
• Scaling Study
  • Plan is for Yuya to use AMRWind to do a scaling study
• Blender Pathing
  • In-memory blueprint to STL or PLY
• Broken isosurfaces due to ghost data
• Call Freqz: is bi-weekly ok?
  • YES

Stock take:

• Share thing else that should be on our radar (timelines, which ECP App this impacts)

• Marco: Ascent on Perlmutter?

  • Cyrus: We have not started building there yet
  • Q: What compilers do we need to use there? (Marco will let Cyrus know)

Issues:

• WarpX Cuda Vol Rendering Crash: https://github.com/Alpine-DAV/ascent/issues/825
  • Cyrus wants to try new VTK-m
• UMS (User Managed Software) space on Summit will allow us to have non purgable installs (Terry is working on this)