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

Tuesday, August 9

1 Intro: How to run FC-MNIST on CS-2?

2 Hardware What is the CS-2?

1:15 PM Break

3 Model support in CS systems

4 How to use CS-2 @ ALCF

1:50 PM Break

5 Software stack: Compilation and execution modes

2:55 PM Break

6 Porting your application in PyTorch

7 Q&A

Wednesday, August 10

8 Porting your application in TF

1:15 PM Break

9 Leveraging Cerebras Reference Implementations

2:05 PM Break

10 Boosting performance of applications with CS-2

3:10 PM Break

11 Use cases

12 Q&A