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Virtual DUG’26
May 21 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm EDT
Join us for a virtual DUG (DAOS User Group) on May 21, 2026! This virtual event will take place from 7am – 11am PT/10am – 2pm ET. The DAOS User Group is targeted towards storage customers and partners who are a part of the DAOS community or follow DAOS development. Have a topic in mind? Submit interested content or ask for a speaking opportunity here.
Preliminary Agenda
- Welcome/Introduction – Kevin Harms, DAOS Governing Board Chair
- DAOS Foundation Update – DAOS Governing Board Members
- DAOS v2.8 Features Discussion/Demo – Kenneth Cain, Tom Nabarro, and Wei Li, HPE
- DAOS Benchmarks and Findings – Xinxin (Cissie) Mei, Jefferson Lab & Rebecca George, William & Mary
- Fabrics Performance and Support – Michael Hennecke, HPE
- TSC Update/Roadmap – Johann Lombardi, TSC Chair
- Pytorch on Aurora – Kaushik Velusamy, Argonne National Laboratory
- MD on SSD: the Practical Part – Michael Hennecke & Johann Lombardi, HPE
- Converged DAOS on HGX B200/B300: AI-Assisted Engineering of a High-Performance Storage Tier for ML – Alex Timofeyev, LinkedIn
- Argonne Update – Kevin Harms, Argonne National Laboratory
- HPE K3000 Storage Platform Update – Andrey Kudryavtsev, HPE
- Q&A