OpenPOWER systems and These help universities students to develop applications on AI , HPC and cloud

1. Proposed
Collaboration with
University
IBM® AI Center of Excellence

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In the future, all
communication
between machines
and humans will be
powered by
enterprise systems
and operational AI

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IBM is leading the way
IBM is teaming with universities, startups,
ISV’s and industries to help develop further
the impact of artificial intelligence for
solutions for real-world opportunities

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Background and Motivation
The IBM AI Lab will play a major role in the research and
development commercial and industrial development of
emerging AI technologies
There is a strong need for research and development activity
in these domains:
– Encouraging academic-industry partnerships
– Cross-disciplinary and collaborative research
– Making AI accessible to non-technical business students
– Enabling faculty-technologist interaction and learning
– Enabling startups , ISVs and industries to use the platform
to innovate in ways that improve the World condition
.

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Technologies
and Partners
The AI Lab will include IBM
and other corporate
sponsors, coupled with open
source technologies to
accelerate results
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CoE Charter and Objectives
1. Conduct research on rapidly advancing AI technologies
2. Enable and facilitate industry-academia partnerships in research and
development, and foster relationships through collaborative projects
3. Encourage cross-disciplinary research in applied computing, in critical
scientific and industrial domains, via research proposal submissions to
funding agencies
4. Provide a state-of-the-art R&D facility for students, faculty and
collaborators
5. Offer a comprehensive and meaningful computing environment for
education by:
1. complementing the theoretical coursework in CC with appropriate laboratory
coursework for students, and
2. encouraging team participation and cross-disciplinary problem solving

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IBM’s AI Lab
OpenPOWER System for
Data Analytics with
Accelerators (GPU)
Collaborative technical projects
Access to IBM Academic Initiative
Toolkit
Graduate, Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral
research
Webinars and Technical Workshops
Projects related to make smart cities
and smart villages

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2 Year Developmental Timeline
a) IBM POWER
Academic Initiative
partnership
b) OpenPOWER
system and
Accelerator for Deep
Learning and
Machine Learning
c) Technical Projects
deployment
d) Review of progress
in technical projects,
lab coursework

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AI Cloud (On
Premise)
PowerAI makes deep
learning, machine learning
and AI more accessible and
more performant
By combining this software
platform for deep learning with
IBM Power Systems,
enterprises and Institutions can
rapidly deploy a fully optimized
and supported platform for
machine learning frameworks
and their dependencies. And it
is built for easy and rapid
deployment
PowerAI runs on the IBM Power
System AC922 for High
Performance Computer server
infrastructure

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AI On Premise Cloud
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PowerAI makes deep learning, machine learning, and AI more accessible and
more performant
By combining this software platform for deep learning with IBM Power
Systems™, organizations can rapidly deploy a fully optimized and supported
platform for machine learning with blazing performance
The PowerAI platform includes
the most popular machine
learning frameworks and their
dependencies, and it is built for
easy and rapid deployment
PowerAI requires installation on
IBM Power Systems AC922 for
HPC and AI server
infrastructure.

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Advantages for Your Faculty and
Students
§ Talent and Skills: (Remote Interns; Skills and Training)
Students and Research scholars will start working on the
advanced technologies will enable them to work on
many applications
Publications and Mindshare: (Press releases, Articles,
and Publications; Conferences and Events)
1. Conference Paper on software-based application
research /development in 6 months
§ Intellectual Capital: (Patents, Open source; Prototypes,
Demos; Curriculum; Student projects, Theses)
1. Prototype building of many research problems using
software-centric approach (hardware-centric baseline
implementation almost getting completed)
2. Potential to file disclosures
§ Opportunities: (Seed revenue; Leverage other funding;
Build ecosystems; Build government/client relationships)
1. Once software-centric solution available with
comparable performance using latest technologies ,
your team would create prototypes which can be
demonstrated to several colleges

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High End Server - AC922
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7-10x2x 5x
AC922
1.8x
More memory
bandwidth
vs x86
2x
Faster core
performance
vs. x86
2.6x
More RAM
supported
vs x86
9.5x
Max I/O
bandwidth
vs. x86
Others
PCIe Gen3
POWER9 with NVLink2.0POWER8 with NVLink1.0PCIe Gen 4
Top 2 World Largest AI Super Computers using Power Systems

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Mid Range Server
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AI Server with IBM Power 9 -
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AI Software Available
through IBM Power
Academia
IBM AI Software's for Academia

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Thank
you!
Ganesan Narayanasamy
ganesana@in.ibm.com
OpenPOWER leader in
Education and Research WW
IBM Systems 17
Google Confirms POWER9 Processor Data Center Deployment At World Largest Super Computer powered by IBM Power 9 servers
© 2017 IBM Corporation
Thank
you!
Ganesan Narayanasamy
ganesana@in.ibm.com
OpenPOWER leader in
Education and Research WW
IBM Systems 17
Google Confirms POWER9 Processor Data Center Deployment At World Largest Super Computer powered by IBM Power 9 servers