Ricardo from CERN, who leads the platform infrastructure teams, discusses CERN's significant role in particle physics research with the Large Hadron Collider. The conversation covers how CERN manages the massive amounts of data generated from experiments using a worldwide computing grid. Ricardo shares CERN's journey with adopting Kubernetes for various applications, including critical systems controlling detectors and accelerators. He also touches upon CERN's involvement with the CNCF and the Kubernetes community. The discussion includes their strategy for managing large-scale deployments and their perspective on the future of Kubernetes in scientific computing, including the potential impact of GenAI and specialized hardware.
Kubernetes for Humans