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We’re excited to showcase our latest contributions to the HDF5 ecosystem at SC25, with a paper presentation and a Birds of a Feather session.

:alarm_clock: Meet with The HDF Group
Can’t make these sessions? Schedule a time to chat with Scot Breitenfeld, our director of engineering.

Securing HDF5 Plugins with Digital Signatures - Paper Presentation
Sunday, November 16, 2025, 2:03pm – 2:22pm CST in 242

Join The HDF Group’s software engineer Glenn Song as she presents new work on enhancing HDF5 security through digital signature implementation for plugins. This work provides a novel approach to plugin authentication with real-world implementation strategies and a performance impact analysis

HDF5: Shaping the Next Generation of Data Tools - HDF5 Birds-of-a-Feather Session
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 5:15pm – 6:45pm CST in 260-267

Be part of the conversation that’s shaping the future of HDF5! This interactive session brings together the global HDF5 community to discuss emerging challenges, share innovative solutions, and influence the project’s roadmap.

Agenda

Time Event Speakers/Topics
5:15-5:25 HDF5 Overview and Roadmap (Setting the Stage) Scot Breitenfeld, Director of Engineering, The HDF Group
5:25-5:30 Attendee discussion
5:30-6:30 Interactive Panel - HDF5 in Action & New Features - Next 5 years For each topic, we'll have lightning talks, then an open discussion.
5:30-5:48 Topic: Safety, Security and Data Integrity in HDF5
  • S2-D2 - Suren Byna, The Ohio State University (6min)
  • SAFE - Scot Breitenfeld, The HDF Group (6min)
  • Encryption - Elena Pourmal, Lifeboat, LLC (6min)
5:48-6:18 Topic: HDF5 Internals/Features
  • Sparse - Elena Pourmal (6 min)
  • VFD SWMR - Elena Pourmal (6 min)
    • Recovery tool
  • Multi-threading I - John Mainzer, Lifeboat, LLC (6 min)
  • Multi-threading II - Quincey Koziol, NVIDIA (6 min)
  • GPU native I/O - Quincey Koziol (6 min)
6:18-6:24 Topic: HDF5 Introspection
  • Datacrumbs - Hariharan Devarajan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (6 min)
6:24-6:30 Topic: Workflows
  • IOwarp - Luke Logan, Gnosis Research Center (6 min)
6:30-6:40 Open Discussion - Your HDF5 Experiences & Feedback
6:40-6:45 Shaping the Future of HDF5 & Call to Action

Connect With Our Team

Don’t miss this opportunity to discuss cutting-edge HDF5 developments, security innovations, and the future of high-performance data management. Whether you’re interested in our digital signature research or want to contribute to the HDF5 roadmap discussion, we’d love to connect!

>>> Schedule a time