Andrew Jones

25+ years using, researching, buying, architecting #supercomputing. Now engineering leader for future #AI infra + #HPC capabilities at Microsoft.

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Observation:

as people attend fewer meetings in full, instead using #AI to catchup later, previous assumptions like "we'll never get past slide 3 due to interruptions" are no longer valid, and it is possible to deliver more material in shorter time.

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Only 6 weeks to #SC26. Not close enough yet to predict which version of November weather Chicago we will get.

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"Monday mop factor"

This is the fraction of your Monday spent mopping up tasks hanging over from the previous week, or new tasks that jumped into your inbox at start of this week, before you can get on with your original hopes and plans for this Monday.

#MondayMopFactor

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A common half-joke/truth is "the world of #supercomputing advances one retirement at a time".

But there's a necessary counterpart: "supercomputing advances one fresh emerging visionary at a time".

How do you help ensure our #HPC community is fertile & welcoming for the latter?

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My current vibe

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Law 127 : Studiously carving out a sustained period of focus to complete a key technical project somehow directly invites the emergence of the necessary number of 'fires' required to fully overwhelm that focus time.

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The world of #AIinfra ...

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Everyone ...

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Today's status

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@cantalphame 4/4 - but if I'm being strict, which CCR dining at LHR and which FCL at MUC?

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Accidentally scrolled my photos to around 10 years ago and found these 4 photos of airport lounges.

So a quiz: Can you identify each of these lounges? (airport, airline, and specific lounge if there are multiple options)

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@cantalphame this is fascinating, upon challenge (you got 1 of 4 wrong), Gemini is now re-thinking it all four and getting progressively less correct with each attempt, but with guidance, and many many tries, eventually got all 4 right

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@cantalphame actually my ask to gemini via google image search google only got 3 of 4 correct ... so maybe it's not that easy

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@IanCutress yes

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The 2 extra seats have now been taken - sold out within hours.

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We opened 2 extra seats for #HPC/#AI Leadership Training Institute - deadline Friday 28 Aug so act fast!

Executive style tutor-led learning with peers from around the world - how to plan, buy, build, operate #supercomputing infrastructure & services.

https://t.co/xCEaTglouk

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No guesses yet ... too difficult maybe?

Or not enough #avgeeks among my #HPC/#AI friends?

There’s actually a fun story related to my visits to each of those lounges, eg celebrities, oddity, laughable, … but those are for when we meet in person!

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Accidentally scrolled my photos to around 10 years ago and found these 4 photos of airport lounges.

So a quiz: Can you identify each of these lounges? (airport, airline, and specific lounge if there are multiple options)

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@IanCutress Not sure if that is good or bad ....