Cerebras AI Training Workshop

Aug 9, 2022, 12:05 PM → Aug 10, 2022, 4:30 PM America/Chicago

Murali Emani (LCF), Venkatram Vishwanath (LCF)

This ALCF AI testbed training event will introduce users to the Cerebras CS-2 system architecture and software stack. It will provide hands-on training to get started on the system in the ALCF AI testbed. The event will be virtual.

Day 1 will focus on Cerebras hardware and software architecture.

Day 2 will focus on porting applications to the Cerebras system and best practices.

We will record the sessions and make them available. The presentation slides are
at https://anl.box.com/s/d5ehvo1k1qh9uw5scci8u09x9qxhkqkc.

For hands-on exercises on the CS2 system, please apply for an ALCF account at https://accounts.alcf.anl.gov/home

If you have an account, please ask to join the cs2_training project

If you don't have an account, please apply for one by specifying:
Sponsor: Venkatram Vishwanath ([email protected])
Project: cs2_training

ALCF_Training_202208_Day1and2.pdf

Intro_CS2_Training.pdf

Tue, August 9

12:30 PM → 12:45 PM Intro: How to run FC-MNIST on CS-2?

12:45 PM → 1:15 PM Hardware What is the CS-2?

1:15 PM → 1:20 PM Break

1:20 PM → 1:35 PM Model support in CS systems

1:35 PM → 1:50 PM How to use CS-2 @ ALCF

1:50 PM → 2:10 PM Break

2:10 PM → 2:55 PM Software stack: Compilation and execution modes

2:55 PM → 3:00 PM Break

3:00 PM → 3:45 PM Porting your application in PyTorch

3:45 PM → 4:05 PM Q&A

Wed, August 10

12:30 PM → 1:15 PM Porting your application in TF

1:15 PM → 1:20 PM Break

1:20 PM → 2:05 PM Leveraging Cerebras Reference Implementations

2:05 PM → 2:25 PM Break

2:25 PM → 3:10 PM Boosting performance of applications with CS-2

3:10 PM → 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM → 4:00 PM Use cases

4:00 PM → 4:20 PM Q&A