Over the years I have provided a number of papers and presentations on various IT topics. The following is a selection. This is, of course, in addition to the hundreds of day-long classes that I've conducted.

• HPC Training Generates HPC Results. Supercomputing Asia, Sydney, Feb 2024.
• HPC Certification Forum & Skill Tree: An Update. Supercomputing Asia, Sydney, Feb 2024.
• Research Computing Services. Presentation to the Quantitative and Applied Ecology Research Group (QAEco), University of Melbourne, April 2023
• The Linux Command Line (Part I) for COMP90024. The Linux Command Line (Part II) for COMP90024. Supercomputing and The Spartan HPC System.HPC Job Submission and Programming. For COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing at the University of Melbourne, March 2023.
• Book chapter in "Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing Environments" (2022). Monitoring HPC Systems against Compromised SSH
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing lecture, 2022 and Parallel Programming lecture, March 2022
• The International HPC Certification Forum : A Call for NZ Contribution. Transcript also available. Presentation to eResearchNZ, February, 2022
• Cryo-Electron Microscopy and High Performance Computing. Presentation, with notes, to University of New South Wales, October 27, 2021.
• Streamlined Workflow from Instrument to HPC. Presentation to eResearchAustralasia October 21, 2021.
• In The Long Run We're All Dead. Presentation to the University of Otago Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) Symposium September 24, 2021
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing lecture, 2021.
• Interactive HPC Computation with Open OnDemand and FastX. Presentation to EResearch NZ, February 2021
• Contributing To the International HPC Certification Forum. Presentation to eResearchAustralasia 2020. Transcript available.
• Spartan: From Experimental Hybrid towards a Petascale Future. Presentation to eResearchAustralasia 2020. Transcript available.
• Training and Curriculum Development for International HPC Certification, Presentation to the International HPC Certification Forum Workshop. May 20, 2020
• Complex Problems Actually Have Complex Solutions. Presentation to Multicore World 2020, Wellington, New Zealand
• Julian Martin Kunkel, Kai Himstedt, Weronika Filinger, Jean-Thomas Acquaviva, Anja Gerbes, and Lev Lafayette. One Year HPC Certification Forum in Retrospective. Journal of Computer Science Education, Vol 11, Issue 1, p29-35, 2020
• Why Computers Lie Badly At Alarming Speed and the unum Promise. Challenges in High Performance Computing Conference, 2-6 Sept, 2019, Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University
• The International HPC Certification Forum and AU-NZ. ARDC Australian eResearch Skilled Workforce Summit, University of Sydney, July 29-30, 2019 and HPC-AI Advisory Council, Perth, August, 2019
• EasyBuild: Building Software with Ease. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, April 2, 2019
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. Presentation to the University of Melbourne Course, COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing, March 27, 2019
• Lev Lafayette, Bernd Wiebelt, Dirk von Suchdoletz et. al., The Chimera and the Cyborg: Hybrid Compute: In vivo HPC, Cloud and Container Implementations, Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2019
• Julian Kunkel, Weronika Filinger, Jean-Thomas Acquaviva, Anja Gerbes, Lev Lafayette, et. al., Towards an HPC Certification Program, Journal of Computer Science Education, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2019, p88-89
• J. Kunkel, K. Himstedt, N. Hübbe, H. Stüben, S. Schröder, M. Kuhn, M. Riebisch, S. Olbrich, T. Ludwig, W. Filinger, J. Acquaviva, A. Gerbes, L. Lafayette, Towards an HPC Certification Program, Fifth SC Workshop on Best Practices for HPC Training and Education, November, 2018
• Lev Lafayette, Mark Wilcox, Mitch Turnbull, Eric A. Treml, Performance Improvements with GPUs for Marine Biodiversity, Presentation to EResearchAustralasia October 2018
• New Developments in Supercomputing. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, September 2018
• Exploring Issues in Event-Based HPC Cloudbursting. Presentation to HPC Advisory Council, Fremantle, August 2018. Video of presentation on Youtube
• Transparency and Immersion in HPC. Presentation to Human-Technology Relations Conference, University of Twente, The Netherlands, July 11-13, 2018
• Julian Kunkel (University of Reading), Kai Himstedt (Universität Hamburg), Weronika Filinger (University of Edinburgh), Jean-Thomas Acquaviva (DDN), William Jalby (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin), Lev Lafayette (University of Melbourne), International HPC Certification Program, International Supercomputing Conference, Frankfurt, June, 2018
• Being an Acrobat: Linux and PDFs, Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, June 16, 2018
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. Presentation to the University of Melbourne Course, ENGR90024 Computational Fluid Dynamics, April 23, 2018
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. Presentation to the University of Melbourne Course, COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing, March 22, 2018
• HPC Case Study for Adult Learning Principles, Presentation to Data Skills Workshop, Australian National Data Service, Monash University, February, 2018, DOI: 10.4225/49/5ae2637917aee
• A Tale of Two Conferences: ISC and TERATEC 2017. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, December 5, 2017
• Spartan and NEMO: Two HPC-Cloud Hybrid Implementations. Poster and presentation to IEEE eScience, Auckland, October 25, 2017. Co-authored with Bernd Wiebelt. Published in 2017 IEEE 13th International Conference on e-Science, DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2017.70
• Teaching High Throughput Computing: An International Comparison of Andragogical Techniques. Presentation to eResearchAustralasia, Brisbane, October 18, 2017. Co-authored with Anja Gerbes. DOI: 10.4225/49/5ae26f5c840eb
• An Overview of SSH. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, August 26, 2017
• Architecture Diversity: A Container On a Virtual Machine On an HPC? Presentation to the HPC Advisory Council, July 31-August 01, 2017, DOI: 10.4225/49/5ae2721c31755
• The Why and How of HPC-Cloud Hybrids with OpenStack Presentation to OpenStack Australia Day, June 1, 2017 and Telstra June 5, 2017. Video also available., DOI: 10.4225/49/5ae27c0651365
• Compiling from Source in Linux. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, April 22, 2017
• The Spartan HPC System at the University of Melbourne. Presentation to the University of Melbourne Course, COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing, March 23, 2017
• Multicore World 2017: A Review. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, March 7, 2017, plus notes.
• HPC/Cloud Hybrids for Efficient Resource Allocation and Throughput. Presentation to Multicore World, February 20, 2017, DOI: 10.4225/49/5ae2a91753d75
• Open Stack and the Barcelona Summit. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, February 7, 2017
• High Performance Computing in Europe: A Selection. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, December 6, 2016
• Lev Lafayette, et al., OpenStack and HPC Workload Management in Stig Telfer, The Crossroads of Cloud and HPC: OpenStack for Scientific Research, Open Stack, 2016 (ISBN 9781978244702)
• Lev Lafayette, Greg Sauter, Linh Vu, Bernard Meade,Spartan Performance and Flexibility: An HPC-Cloud Chimera, Presentation to OpenStack Summit, Barcelona, October 27, 2016. Youtube video also available, doi.org/10.4225/49/58ead90dceaaa
• A Cloud-HPC Hybrid Model for HPC Centres. A presentation to: Center for Scientific Computing (CSC), Goethe University Frankfurt, 14th of October, 2016,High Performance Computing Center (HLRS), University of Stuttgart, Tuesday 18th of October, 2016, High Performance Computing, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 19th of October, 2016; European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), 20th of October, 2016, Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur, Montpellier, 21st October, 2016; Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, Barcelona, Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
• Spartan Performance and Flexibility : An HPC-Cloud Chimera, Lev Lafayette, Daniel Tosello, Bernard Meade. eResearchAustralasia, 11th October, 2016
• Hadi Latifi, Lev Lafayette, and Mehmet Bilgen, Spatial Distribution of Material Properties in Load Bearing Femur as Characterized by Evolutionary Structural Optimization, Journal of Modern Mechanical Engineering and Technology, 2016, 3, 17-24, DOI: 10.15377/2409-9848.2016.03.01.3
• Spartan: An HPC-Cloud Hybrid. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, September 6, 2016
• Supercomputers: Current Status and Future Trends. Presentation to MelbPC Users Group, August 2nd, 2016
• GnuCOBOL: A Gnu Life for an Old Workhorse. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, 16th July, 2016. Command summary also available.
• Spartan Launch. Presentation to the University of Melbourne, June 30, 2016
• Universal Numbers. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, May 3, 2016
• Edward and Spartan HPC Systems. Presentation to the University of Melbourne Course, COMP90024 Cluster and Cloud Computing, March 24, 2016
• A Laconic HPC with An Orgone Accumulator. Presentation to Multicore World, February 2016
• Parallel Programming. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, November 2015
• Open Source Vocational Engineering with High Performance Computing. Presentation to Open Source Developers Conference, October 2015
• Educating People to Become Linux Users. Plus notes. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, 8th July, 2015
• Software Tools Compared To User Education in High Performance Computing. Paper and presentation to The Higher Education Agenda conference, Gold Coast, May, 2015
• Skill Improvements versus Interface Designs for eResearchers. Presentation to eResearch New Zealand, 25th March, 2015
• An Introduction to Supercomputers. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria Beginners Workshop, 21st March, 2015
• A GNU Cash Tutorial. Tutorial presentation of GnuCash given to the CPA Young Professionals group at Victoria University, 19th November, 2014
• Training and Education in High Performance Computing for eResearchers. Presentation to eResearch Australasia, Melbourne, October 28, 2014
• Free and Open Source Software Business Applications. Presentation to Young Professionals CPA, October 8, 2014
• Opportunities and Issues in Free Software. Presentation to Software Freedom Day, Saturday September 20, 2014
• Why Linux is the Future of Computing. Presentation to the La Trobe Valley Linux Miniconference, Saturday July 19, 2014
• The Innovation Patent Review and Free Software, Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, July 1st, 2014
• Critical Issues in the Teaching of High Performance Computing to Postgraduate Scientists, Presentation to ICCS 2014 International Conference on Computational Science, Cairns, June 10, 2014
• An Introduction to Slackware, Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, February 15, 2014. This talk has also been translated to Bahasa-Indonesian
• R and Octave, Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, December 3, 2013
• MMORPGs and Linux. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, November 6, 2013
• Submission to the Options Paper for the Review of the Innovation Patent System. On behalf of Linux Users of Victoria, October 4, 2013
• Beyond Software - Steps Towards A Free Society. Presentation to Software Freedom Day, September 21, 2013
• An Introduction to Supercomputers. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, May 17, 2013
• The Importance of Community in Linux. Presentation to the Melbourne Linux Users Group, March 27, 2013
• Teaching Scientists High Performance Computing. Presentation to Otago University, Systems Research Group, February 22, 2013
• An Introduction to XHTML5. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, Beginner's Workshop, October 20, 2012
• Business Logic and Free Software. Presentation to Software Freedom Day, September 15, 2012
• An Introduction to the Command Line. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria. August 18, 2012.
• Linux and Multicore. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, May 1, 2012. Plus notes.
• Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, December 6, 2011
• An Introduction to Computer Hardware With Linux (plus notes. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria Beginner's Workshop, August 20, 2011
• The Competitive Advantage of Linux. Presentation and notes to BarCamp Geelong, July 9, 2011 (ODP file)
• Issues and Solutions in Teaching Researchers The Value and Use of High Performance Computing. Presentation to the 2nd New Zealand eResearch Symposium, University of Otago, Dunedin, Thursday 30 June and Friday 1 July, 2011.
• More Human Than Human: The Computation of Moral Reasoning. Presentation to Humanity Plus Conference, June 25, 2011. Video also available.
• E-Business Strategy Using Linux. Presentation to Linux Users of Victoria, June 7, 2011
• Principles and Practise of Internet Accesibility for Content Producers. Presentation to IT Enables Professional Conference, November, 2010. Plus notes.
• Social Formations in a Transhumanist World, Presentation to the Australian Singularity Summit, September 2010. Plus notes from the presentation.
• Drupal for eResearchers, presentation to Monash University eResearch eXPO, August 2010
• Social Networking and Weblog Sites for Researchers, presentation to eResearch Australasia Conference, November 2009
• Collaborative Technologies, presentation to the VeRSI Conference, June 2009
• Collaborative Tools Using Drupal, presentation to the eResearch Australasia Conference, October 2008
• What is Video Collaboration?, plus notes from the presentation. ARCS Video Collaboration Conference, Adelaide and Melbourne, 2008
• Storming The Castle: DDoS and Active Network Defenses, plus notes from the presentation. Archive of abstract from University of Melbourne. SecureCon, 2007.
• Definition, History, Usage and Future of Computer Data Storage. Published in Organdi, Issue 9, 2007.
• Routing and Netmasks. Presentation to Internet Vision Technologies, 2007
• Xen: A Gentle Introduction, plus notes from the presentation. Linux Users Victoria, 2007.
• The Economics of Open Source, plus notes from the presentation. Australian Unix Users Group Conference, 2006
• Cisco Router Security Principles and Practice. plus notes from the presentation. SecureCon 2006
• Wrestling the Crocodile, Presentation at Victoria University of Technology’s "Cooperating With Timor Leste" Conference, June 2005, published in Development Bulletin No. 68, October 2005, Australian National University
• Book Review : The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System. Published The Journal of the System Administrator's Guild of Australia, Volume 11, Number 1, 2005, p13
• Review of "Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice". Published in New Community Quarterly, Vol II, No II, 2004
• Systems Administration in the Fourth World,Presentation to the System Administrators Guild of Australia Annual Conference, Brisbane 2004, Published in Conference Proceedings
• Neofunctionalism and Prospects for Mathematical Modelling for Sociological Typology, Lev Lafayette, Cameron Jones, 5th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics, July 2003.