August 20, 2025

Present

Armstrong Foundjem, Ben Hawks, Geoffrey Fox, Gregg Barrett, Howard Pritchard, Marco Colombo, Matt Sinclair, Piotr Luszczek, Satoshi Iwata, Vamshi Mekala

Tentative Agenda

Any New Members Introduction
Continuing discussion of New Benchmarks and the catalog of Science benchmarks based on MLCommons Science/HPC Benchmarks Overview - Taxonomy
White Papers
The Benchmark carpentry white paper https://www.overleaf.com/9828764221czxzxxcxmcrr#1f1c84
New white paper on Science Benchmarks
Any Other Business

New Member

Vamshi Mekala https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamshimekala1/ is an AI Infrastructure Performance Engineer at MARA, a global leader in Bitcoin mining

Google Meet Notes

MLC Science WG - 2025/08/20 07:59 PDT - Notes by Gemini
This document summarizes the MLC Science WG meeting on August 20, 2025. Key updates include progress on web page development, Dockerization, and the benchmark carpentry paper. Gregor von Laszewski and Marco Colombo discussed removing sections from the paper for conciseness and explored Dockerization. Marco Colombo reported on front-end work for the repository, while Matt Sinclair and Ben Hawks discussed the storyline and publication venues for a condensed benchmark carpentry paper. Vamshi Mekala was introduced as a new member and requested an overview of the ongoing work. Action items include Matt Sinclair finishing updates to the carpentry paper, Ben Hawks reviewing it, Marco Colombo assisting with Docker, Armstrong Foundjem sharing venue suggestions, Vamshi Mekala sharing their LinkedIn profile, Ben Hawks getting Naan to grant paper access, Marco Colombo emailing Gregor von Laszewski about a framework, and Gregor von Laszewski completing a comparison.
Gregor noted ordering