High Performance Software Foundation BOF

As the use of HPC becomes ubiquitous in scientific computing and digital engineering, and as AI use cases multiply, more and more data centers deploy GPUs and other accelerators. Open source software projects have been critical for enabling this innovation, but their development and user base must be sustained. In November 2023, the Linux Foundation announced its intent to form the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) to provide a neutral home for HPC software projects and to help steward their ongoing development. HPSF will sustain the HPC software ecosystem through technical projects, events, training, and promotion, and it will facilitate working groups to help HPC projects collaborate on common goals that benefit the ecosystem as a whole. This BOF will kick off the official launch of HPSF at ISC 2024, aiming to give ISC attendees a chance to interact with HPSF's founders, as well as initial member organizations and software projects. We will briefly present HPSF, its mission, and its governance structure, as well as some of our future plans. The BOF will also feature a panel of representatives from member organizations and projects who will answer moderated questions as well as questions from the audience. We will then solicit feedback on future areas of engagement from the audience with a live, interactive poll. Join us to make your voice heard and to help steer the future direction of HPSF at its inaugural public meeting!