Hardware-Agnostic Interactive Exascale In Situ Visualization of Particle-In-Cell Simulations

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Contributors

  • Felix Meyer - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Benjamin Hernandez - , Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Author)
  • Richard Pausch - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • Rene Widera - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • David Groß - , Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualisation (Author)
  • Sergei Bastrakov - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • Axel Huebl - , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Author)
  • Guido Juckeland - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • Jeffrey Kelling - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)
  • Matt Leinhauser - , University of Delaware (Author)
  • David Rogers - , Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Author)
  • Ulrich Schramm - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Klaus Steiniger - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) (Author)
  • Stefan Gumhold - , Chair of Computer Graphics and Visualisation (Author)
  • Jeff Young - , Georgia Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Michael Bussmann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Center for Advanced Systems Understanding (CASUS) (Author)
  • Sunita Chandrasekaran - , University of Delaware (Author)
  • Alexander Debus - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) (Author)

Abstract

The volume of data generated by exascale simulations requires scalable tools for analysis and visualization. Due to the relatively low I/O bandwidth of modern HPC systems, it is crucial to work as close as possible with simulated data via in situ approaches. In situ visualization provides insights into simulation data and, with the help of additional interactive analysis tools, can support the scientific discovery process at an early stage. Such in situ visualization tools need to be hardware-independent given the ever-increasing hardware diversity of modern supercomputers. We present a new in situ 3D vector field visualization algorithm for particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and performance evaluation of the solution developed at large-scale. We create a solution in a hardware-agnostic approach to support high throughput and interactive in situ processing on leadership class computing systems. To that end, we demonstrate performance portability on Summit's and the Frontier's pre-exascale testbed at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPASC '23: Proceedings of the Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1-14
ISBN (electronic)979-8-4007-0190-0
ISBN (print)979-8-4007-0190-0
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jun 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85166243680
ORCID /0000-0001-8793-9915/work/191040065

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Keywords

  • GPU, exascale, in situ visualization, particle-in-cell simulation, portability, scientific visualization, streamline visualization