Maybe people could have a discussion about all the new identity verification laws that are going through. That seems to be a hot button issue at the moment.
Johan From: Russell Senior <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, "PLUG"<[email protected]> Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:01:24 -0700 Subject: [PLUG] POSTPONED: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting: Inside AI Supercomputers, with Jesse Lopez Jesse just let me know that he's come down with something and won't be able to speak tomorrow. So, we're short one speaker this month at the moment. Does anyone have anything they could fill in with at the last minute? If so, please let me know ASAP. -- Russell Senior PLUG Volunteer mailto:[email protected] On 3/31/26 14:24, Russell Senior wrote: > Coming up in a couple days! > > On 3/18/26 14:45, Russell Senior wrote: >> Who: Jesse Lopez >> What: Inside AI Supercomputers: From GPUs to Multi-DC Clusters >> Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86-01 >> When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7 PM >> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom >> >> Summary: >> >> Large language models and other frontier AI systems are trained on >> clusters with thousands to over a hundred thousand GPUs. But what >> does that infrastructure actually look like? This talk walks through >> the anatomy of an AI supercomputer from the ground up: individual >> GPUs, multi-GPU nodes, racks, and full clusters. We'll cover the >> three pillars of compute, storage, and networking, then look at how >> training and inference workloads place very different demands on >> hardware. Finally, we'll explore how Linux runs the show at every >> layer from the OS on each node, to InfiniBand fabric management, to >> job scheduling with Slurm, Kubernetes, and Ray. >> No AI/HPC background required - just curiosity about what it takes to >> build and run the machines behind the models. >> >> Bio: >> >> Jesse Lopez is an AI/ML and Technical Program Manager in the Azure >> HPC/AI organization where he helps deploy large-scale AI >> infrastructure and works with customers to put it to use. A former >> scientist, he has a background in high-performance computing, AI/ML, >> and has been a Linux user since the nineteen hundreds. >> >> Calagator: https://calagator.org/events/1250482513 >> >> With luck, the talk will also be streamed live here: >> http://www.twitch.tv/kngbwlf, and later posted to YouTube. >> >> PLUG is back at Portland State University, thanks to the Computer >> Science Department and to Andrew Greenberg. The room is in the >> basement of the PSU Engineering Building (also connected underground >> to the Fourth Avenue Building, or FAB). Enter through the Engineering >> Building. The outside door will be locked, but there should be >> someone present at the entrance to let you in starting at 6:40pm >> until 7pm. There will be a sign on the door with a phone number you >> can SMS if there isn't someone there to let you in immediately. >> >
