Kokkos developers meeting 2026

Developers meeting 26

After the release of the Kokkos Ecosystem 5.0.0 the developers will meet this year to discuss what the new priorities will be for the evolution of the project and its libraries.

Events Details

Dates: March 9th to 13th

Location: UNM Continuing Education 1634 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131

Badge pick-up (unnecessary now): pleases go to the badge office with passport and immigration documents

• Address: 1611 Innovation Pkwy SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123)
• Default meeting time: 11:00

Who attends?

This meeting is dedicated to the Kokkos developers team and will be available by invitation only.

Agenda

Monday

Zoom of the day: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/97981729840?password=8ce543a7-7528-4a38-ab2f-510945a5992a

Morning

• Team arrival

Afternoon

• 1:30pm Welcoming remarks
• 1:45pm Overview of the agenda
• 2pm Hackathons:
  • Documentation
  • Kokkos Tools

Tuesday

Zoom of the day: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/91217210131?password=0c773efc-07b0-4a17-8d85-580776088d6d

Morning

• 8am - 9am MDRange Policy performance discussion, will include online participants as well
• 9am - 10am HPSF update, what have we accomplished, what do we want to work on for the upcoming year?

Afternoon

• Kokkos Core interoperability
  • Part 1: Fortran / Python
  • Part 2: How do we use MDSpan with Core, Kernels, etc…

Evening

• Social Event: Hike

Wednesday

Zoom of the day: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/96023191014?password=abd66843-265b-404a-84cf-72b856327a7b

Morning - Working groups discussion

• 8:00am - 8:45am New training and eductional material WG (with Paul Z. online)
• 8:45am - 9:30am Build and packaging working group report
• 10:00am - 10:45am CI working group report
• 10:45am - 11:30am Interaction with HPSF working groups (Benchmark, CI, Binary, Outreach…)

Afternoon

• Group picture
• NextSilicon update
  • Core backend
  • BLAS library
  • How the co-design effort works with NS

Evening

• Social Event: Bowling

Thursday

Zoom of the day: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/95276644645?password=00ef4eae-de0e-4c9e-a3f0-1dc87c7e2e77

Morning

• 8:00am - 9:00am Release retrospective (DongHen, Daniel)
• 9:00am - 9:45am Package versioning in the Ecosystem
• 10:00am - 10:45am Ecosystem scope discussion
  • What current project are at what level?
  • What new project might join? Cabana, ArborX
• 10:45am - 11:30am Kokkos Tools

Afternoon

• Kokkos Kernels build system hackathon
  • Give TPLs a rational look and feel
  • Make sure appropriate target are exported
  • Remove Cuda dependency in spack package
• MDSPan/View hands on exercise
  • Implement a custom layout
  • Implement custom accessor

Evening

• Social Event: Christian hosting the group for drinks/food

Friday

Zoom of the day: https://zoom-lfx.platform.linuxfoundation.org/meeting/94615352342?password=744632a6-2543-49cd-9349-bcb4170ff7d9

Morning

• Performance Monitoring
  • What exists in Core and Kernels
  • What approach and tools do we need for this
  • Watchr2 demo with Chris and Christian G.
• AI Policy discussion
  • what is allowed to do for dev team
  • what do we expect for reviews/PRs

Afternoon

• Working with AI assistant for coding and PR reviews
  • Chris demo + tools at Sandia + experience with AI
  • Hands on experience/hackathon with AI
• When will we do our next devs meeting
• Closing remarks

Lunch plans

• We will break up in rotating small groups for lunch to foster discussions
• Recommended locations:
  • Owl Cafe: American Diner with New Mexico twist (800 Eubank Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87123)
  • Dion’s: Local pizza & subs chain (11000 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123)
  • La Salita: New Mexican (1950 Juan Tabo Blvd NE Suite H, Albuquerque, NM 87112)
  • Taaj Palace: Indian Buffet (1435 Eubank Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112)
  • Phở Linh Vietnamese Grill (9100 Central Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM 87123)

Hotel Accomodation

Albuquerque is NOT an inherently walkable city, however there are two decent hotels close enough that a car wouldn’t be strictly necessary. Besides those there are many good hotels throughout Albuquerque. Any place east of the River (i.e. in Albuquerque proper) will be fine and at most 15-20mins by car.

We do NOT recommend staying in the nearby Motel6/Studio6!

Home2 Suites by Hilton Albuquerque/Downtown-University

• Website: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/abqduht-home2-suites-albuquerque-downtown-university/
• Price: ~$140/night

Crowne Plaza Albuquerque

• Website: https://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/albuquerque/abqcp
• Price: ~$110/night

Other Recommended Areas

• Uptown - several hotels in walking distance to restaurants and shops for example:
  • Marriott Albuquerque: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/abqnm-marriott-albuquerque/overview/
  • Homewood Suites by Hilton: https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/abqhwhw-homewood-suites-albuquerque-uptown/
  • Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown: https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/abqsi-sheraton-albuquerque-uptown/

Transportation

• The Albuquerque Airport (Sunport) is about 15-20 mins by car to central Albuqerque.
• We do not recommend public transportation in Albuquerque.
• Ride services are readily available.
• Parking is ubiquitous and free, so rental cars are a convenient method to get around.