Join Microsoft at SC25 in St. Louis, November 16–21! Explore cutting-edge HPC and AI innovations at Booth #1627, connect with experts, and discover demos, technical sessions, and partner events that showcase the future of high-performance computing.
Supercomputing 2025 is coming to St. Louis, MO, November 16–21! Visit Microsoft Booth #1627 to explore cutting-edge HPC and AI solutions, connect with experts, and experience interactive demos that showcase the future of compute. Whether you’re attending technical sessions, stopping by for a coffee, or joining our partner events, we’ve got something for everyone.
Booth Highlights
- Alpine Formula 1 Showcar: Snap a photo with a real Alpine F1 car and learn how high-performance computing drives innovation in motorsports.
- Silicon Wall: Discover silicon diversity—featuring chips from our partners AMD and NVIDIA, alongside Microsoft’s own first-party silicon: Maia, Cobalt, and Majorana.
- NVIDIA Weather Modeling Demo: See how AI and HPC predict extreme weather events with Tomorrow.io and NVIDIA technology.
- Coffee Bar with Barista: Enjoy a handcrafted coffee while you connect with our experts.
- Immersive Screens: Watch live demos and visual stories about HPC breakthroughs and AI innovation.
- Hardware Bar: Explore AMD EPYC™ and NVIDIA GB200 systems powering next-generation workloads.
Whether you’re attending technical sessions, stopping by for a coffee and chat with our team, or joining our partner events, we’ve got something for everyone.
Conference Details
- Conference week: Sun, Nov 16 – Fri, Nov 21
- Expo hours (CST):
- Mon, Nov 17: 7:00–9:00 PM (Opening Night)
- Tue, Nov 18: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Wed, Nov 19: 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
- Thu, Nov 20: 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
- Customer meeting rooms: Four Seasons Hotel
Quick links
- RSVP — Microsoft + AMD Networking Reception (Tue, Nov 18): https://aka.ms/MicrosoftAMD-Mixer
- RSVP — Microsoft + NVIDIA Panel Luncheon (Wed, Nov 19): Luncheon is now closed as the event is fully booked.
Earned Sessions (Technical Program)
Sunday, Nov 16
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tutorial | 8:30 AM–5:00 PM | Delivering HPC: Procurement, Cost Models, Metrics, Value, and More | Andrew Jones | Room 132 |
| Tutorial | 8:30 AM–5:00 PM | Modern High Performance I/O: Leveraging Object Stores | Glenn Lockwood | Room 120 |
| Workshop | 2:00–5:30 PM | 14th International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers (ROSS 2025) | Torsten Hoefler | Room 265 |
Monday, Nov 17
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early Career Program | 3:30–4:45 PM | Voices from the Field: Navigating Careers in Academia, Government, and Industry | Joe Greenseid | Room 262 |
| Workshop | 3:50–4:20 PM | Towards Enabling Hostile Multi-tenancy in Kubernetes | Ali Kanso; Elzeiny Mostafa; Gurpreet Virdi; Slava Oks | Room 275 |
| Workshop | 5:00–5:30 PM | On the Performance and Scalability of Cloud Supercomputers: Insights from Eagle and Reindeer | Amirreza Rastegari; Prabhat Ram; Michael F. Ringenburg | Room 267 |
Tuesday, Nov 18
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOF | 12:15–1:15 PM | High Performance Software Foundation BoF | Joe Greenseid | Room 230 |
| Poster | 5:30–7:00 PM | Compute System Simulator: Modeling the Impact of Allocation Policy and Hardware Reliability on HPC Cloud Resource Utilization | Jarrod Leddy; Huseyin Yildiz | Second Floor Atrium |
Wednesday, Nov 19
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOF | 12:15–1:15 PM | The Future of Python on HPC Systems | Michael Droettboom | Room 125 |
| BOF | 12:15–1:15 PM | Autonomous Science Network: Interconnected Autonomous Science Labs Empowered by HPC and Intelligent Agents | Joe Tostenrude | Room 131 |
| Paper | 1:30–1:52 PM | Uno: A One‑Stop Solution for Inter‑ and Intra‑Data Center Congestion Control and Reliable Connectivity | Abdul Kabbani; Ahmad Ghalayini; Nadeen Gebara; Terry Lam | Rooms 260–267 |
| Paper | 2:14–2:36 PM | SDR‑RDMA: Software‑Defined Reliability Architecture for Planetary‑Scale RDMA Communication | Abdul Kabbani; Jie Zhang; Jithin Jose; Konstantin Taranov; Mahmoud Elhaddad; Scott Moe; Sreevatsa Anantharamu; Zhuolong Yu | Rooms 260–267 |
| Panel | 3:30–5:00 PM | CPUs Have a Memory Problem — Designing CPU‑Based HPC Systems with Very High Memory Bandwidth | Joe Greenseid | Rooms 231–232 |
| Paper | 4:36–4:58 PM | SparStencil: Retargeting Sparse Tensor Cores to Scientific Stencil Computations | Kun Li; Liang Yuan; Ting Cao; Mao Yang | Rooms 260–267 |
Thursday, Nov 20
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOF | 12:15–1:15 PM | Super(computing)heroes | Laura Parry | Rooms 261–266 |
| Paper | 3:30–3:52 PM | Workload Intelligence: Workload‑Aware IaaS Abstraction for Cloud Efficiency | Anjaly Parayil; Chetan Bansal; Eli Cortez; Íñigo Goiri; Jim Kleewein; Jue Zhang; Pantea Zardoshti; Pulkit Misra; Raphael Ghelman; Ricardo Bianchini; Rodrigo Fonseca; Saravan Rajmohan; Xiaoting Qin | Room 275 |
| Paper | 4:14–4:36 PM | From Deep Learning to Deep Science: AI Accelerators Scaling Quantum Chemistry Beyond Limits | Fusong Ju; Kun Li; Mao Yang | Rooms 260–267 |
Friday, Nov 21
| Session Type | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 9:00 AM–12:30 PM | Eleventh International Workshop on Heterogeneous High‑performance Reconfigurable Computing (H2RC 2025) | Torsten Hoefler | Room 263 |
Booth Theater Sessions
Monday, Nov 17 — 7:00 PM–9:00 PM
| Time (CST) | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00–8:20 PM | Inside the World’s Most Powerful AI Data Center | Chris Jones |
| 8:30–8:50 PM | Transforming Science and Engineering — Driven by Agentic AI, Powered by HPC | Joe Tostenrude |
Tuesday, Nov 18 — 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
| Time (CST) | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00–11:50 AM | Ignite Keynotes | |
| 12:00–12:20 PM | Accelerating AI workloads with Azure Storage | Sachin Sheth; Wolfgang De Salvador |
| 12:30–12:50 PM | Accelerate Memory Bandwidth‑Bound Workloads with Azure HBv5, now GA | Jyothi Venkatesh |
| 1:00–1:20 PM | Radiation & Health Companion: AI‑Driven Flight‑Dose Awareness | Olesya Sarajlic |
| 1:30–1:50 PM | Ascend HPC Lab: Your On‑Ramp to GPU‑Powered Innovation | Daniel Cooke (Oakwood) |
| 2:00–2:20 PM | Azure AMD HBv5: Redefining CFD Performance and Value in the Cloud | Rick Knoechel (AMD) |
| 2:30–2:50 PM | Empowering High Performance Life Sciences Workloads on Azure | Qumulo |
| 3:00–3:20 PM | Transforming Science and Engineering — Driven by Agentic AI, Powered by HPC | Joe Tostenrude |
| 4:00–4:20 PM | Unleashing AMD EPYC on Azure: Scalable HPC for Energy and Manufacturing | Varun Selvaraj (AMD) |
| 4:30–4:50 PM | Automating HPC Workflows with Copilot Agents | Xavier Pillons |
| 5:00–5:20 PM | Scaling the Future: NVIDIA’s GB300 NVL72 Rack for Next‑Generation AI Inference | Kirthi Devleker (NVIDIA) |
| 5:30–5:50 PM | Enabling AI and HPC Workloads in the Cloud with Azure NetApp Files | Andy Chan |
Wednesday, Nov 19 — 10:00 AM–6:00 PM
| Time (CST) | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30–10:50 AM | AI‑Powered Digital Twins for Industrial Engineering | John Linford (NVIDIA) |
| 11:00–11:20 AM | Advancing 5 Generations of HPC Innovation with AMD on Azure | Allen Leibovitch (AMD) |
| 11:30–11:50 AM | Intro to LoRA Fine‑Tuning on Azure | Christin Pohl |
| 12:00–12:20 PM | VAST + Microsoft: Building the Foundation for Agentic AI | Lior Genzel (VAST Data) |
| 12:30–12:50 PM | Inside the World’s Most Powerful AI Data Center | Chris Jones |
| 1:00–1:20 PM | Supervised GenAI Simulation – Stroke Prognosis (NVads V710 v5) | Kurt Niebuhr |
| 1:30–1:50 PM | What You Don’t See: How Azure Defines VM Families | Anshul Jain |
| 2:00–2:20 PM | Hammerspace Tier 0: Unleashing GPU Storage Performance on Azure | Raj Sharma (Hammerspace) |
| 2:30–2:50 PM | GM Motorsports: Accelerating Race Performance with AI Physics on Rescale | Bernardo Mendez (Rescale) |
| 3:00–3:20 PM | Hurricane Analysis and Forecasting on the Azure Cloud | Salar Adili (Microsoft); Unni Kirandumkara (GDIT); Stefan Gary (Parallel Works) |
| 3:30–3:50 PM | Performance at Scale: Accelerating HPC & AI Workloads with WEKA on Azure | Desiree Campbell; Wolfgang De Salvador |
| 4:00–4:20 PM | Pushing the Limits of Performance: Supercomputing on Azure AI Infrastructure | Biju Thankachen; Ojasvi Bhalerao |
| 4:30–4:50 PM | Accelerating Momentum: Powering AI & HPC with AMD Instinct™ GPUs | Jay Cayton (AMD) |
Thursday, Nov 20 — 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
| Time (CST) | Session Title | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 11:30–11:50 AM | Intro to LoRA Fine‑Tuning on Azure | Christin Pohl |
| 12:00–12:20 PM | Accelerating HPC Workflows with Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure | Dr. John Baker (Ansys) |
| 12:30–12:50 PM | Accelerate Memory Bandwidth‑Bound Workloads with Azure HBv5, now GA | Jyothi Venkatesh |
| 1:00–1:20 PM | Pushing the Limits: Supercomputing on Azure AI Infrastructure | Biju Thankachen; Ojasvi Bhalerao |
| 1:30–1:50 PM | The High Performance Software Foundation | Todd Gamblin (HPSF) |
| 2:00–2:20 PM | Heidi AI — Deploying Azure Cloud Environments for Higher‑Ed Students & Researchers | James Verona (Adaptive Computing); Dr. Sameer Shende (UO/ParaTools) |
Partner Session Schedule
Tuesday, Nov 18
| Date | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 | 11:00 AM–11:50 AM | Cloud Computing for Engineering Simulation | Joe Greenseid | Ansys Booth |
| Nov 18 | 1:00 PM–1:30 PM | Revolutionizing Simulation with Artificial Intelligence | Joe Tostenrude | Ansys Booth |
| Nov 18 | 4:30 PM–5:00 PM | [HBv5] | Jyothi Venkatesh | AMD Booth |
Wednesday, Nov 19
| Date | Time (CST) | Title | Microsoft Contributor(s) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19 | 11:30 AM–1:30 PM | Accelerating Discovery: How HPC and AI Are Shaping the Future of Science (Lunch Panel) | Andrew Jones (Moderator); Joe Greenseid (Panelist) | Ruth's Chris Steak House |
| Nov 19 | 1:00 PM–1:30 PM | VAST and Microsoft | Kanchan Mehrotra | VAST Booth |
Demo Pods at Microsoft Booth
Azure HPC & AI Infrastructure
Explore how Azure delivers high-performance computing and AI workloads at scale. Learn about VM families, networking, and storage optimized for HPC.
Agentic AI for Science
See how autonomous agents accelerate scientific workflows, from simulation to analysis, using Azure AI and HPC resources.
Hybrid HPC with Azure Arc
Discover how Azure Arc enables hybrid HPC environments, integrating on-prem clusters with cloud resources for flexibility and scale.
Ancillary Events (RSVP Required)
Microsoft + AMD Networking Reception — Tuesday Night
When: Tue, Nov 18, 6:30–10:00 PM (CST)
Where: UMB Champions Club, Busch Stadium
Microsoft + NVIDIA Panel Luncheon — Wednesday
When: Wed, Nov 19, 11:30 AM–1:30 PM (CST)
Where: Ruth’s Chris Steak House
Topic: Accelerating Discovery: How AI and HPC Are Shaping the Future of Science
Panelists: Dan Ernst (NVIDIA); Rollin Thomas (NERSC); Joe Greenseid (Microsoft); Antonia Maar (Intersect360 Research); Fernanda Foertter (University of Alabama)
RSVP: Luncheon is now closed as the event is fully booked.
Conclusion
We’re excited to connect with you at SC25! Whether you’re exploring our booth demos, attending technical sessions, or joining one of our partner events, this is your opportunity to experience how Microsoft is driving innovation in HPC and AI.
Stop by Booth #1627 to see the Alpine F1 showcar, explore the Silicon Wall featuring AMD, NVIDIA, and Microsoft’s own chips, and enjoy a coffee from our barista while networking with experts.
Don’t forget to RSVP for our Microsoft + AMD Network Reception and Microsoft + NVIDIA Panel Luncheon
See you in St. Louis!
Updated Nov 14, 2025
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