AI and the Virtuous Cycle of Compute

In this Rich Report podcast, Pradeep Dubey discusses AI &
The Virtuous Cycle of Compute.
Traditionally, there has been a division of labor between computers
and humans where all forms of number crunching and bit manipulation
are left to computers, whereas intelligent decision-making is left
to us humans. We are now at the cusp of a major transformation that
can disrupt this balance. This disruption is triggered by an
unprecedented convergence of massive compute with massive data, and
some recent algorithmic advances. This confluence has the potential
to spur a virtuous cycle of compute. Deep Learning was recently
scaled to obtain 15PF performance on the Cori supercomputer at
NERSC. Cori Phase II features over 9600 KNL processors. It can
significantly impact how we do computing and what computing can do
for us. In this talk, I will discuss some of the application-level
opportunities and system-level challenges that lie at the heart of
this intersection of traditional high performance computing with
emerging data-intensive computing.

Dr. Pradeep Dubey is an Intel Fellow and Director of Parallel
Computing Lab (PCL), part of Intel Labs. His research focus is
computer architectures to efficiently handle new compute- and
data-intensive application paradigms for the future computing
environment. He previously worked at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research
Center, and Broadcom Corporation. He has made contributions to the
design, architecture, and application-performance of various
microprocessors, including IBM Power PC, Intel i386, i486, Pentium
Xeon, and the Xeon Phi line of processors. He holds over 36
patents, has published more than 100 technical papers, won the
Intel Achievement Award in 2012 for Breakthrough Parallel Computing
Research, and was honored with Purdue University’s 2014 Outstanding
Electrical and Computer Engineer Award. Dr. Dubey received a PhD in
electrical engineering from Purdue University. He is a Fellow of
IEEE.  

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