Rik Kisnah - Blog

Publications

Publications & Articles

A collection of my written work and articles on technology, society, and civil discourse.

  1. Will AI Eclipse Human Roles? A Mauritius Lens on Job Shifts and Societal Waves

    • Le Mauricien (Forum Section)
    • December 4, 2025
    • Read Blog Post | Download Original Article (PDF)
    • Examines AI’s impact on employment through a Mauritius perspective
    • Explores job transformation, skills development, and opportunities in Rodrigues and emerging tech sectors

  2. Zettascale Performance: OSU and NCCL Benchmarks on H100 AI Workloads

    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Blog
    • November 5, 2025
    • Performance analysis of NVIDIA H100 GPUs at scale using OSU and NCCL benchmarks
    • Demonstrates zettascale performance capabilities for AI/ML workloads on OCI infrastructure

  3. Mauritius at the Digital Crossroads: From Sugar Fields to Silicon Dreams

    • Le Mauricien (Forum Section)
    • November 5, 2025
    • Download Original Article (PDF)
    • Opinion piece on Mauritius’s AI transformation journey, economic evolution from sugar cane to technology leadership
    • Explores AI readiness, innovation ecosystems, and positioning Mauritius as Africa’s technology leader

  4. NUS HPC Teams Talk - GB200 for OCI and AI Workloads Demo

    • National University of Singapore HPC Community
    • August 2025
    • View on LinkedIn
    • Download Slides (PDF)
    • Demonstrated NVIDIA GB200 GPU efficiency for AI workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
    • Technical insights on HPC and AI cloud deployment strategies

  5. Behind the Scenes: NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 on OCI APIs

    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Blog
    • August 2025
    • Technical deep-dive into NVIDIA’s latest GPU architecture integration with OCI
    • Focus on HPC/GPU infrastructure and performance optimization

  6. HPC / GPU Plugins - Runs All OCI GPU Instances

    • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Product Release
    • 2021
    • OCI GPU Metrics Documentation
    • HPC Plugin Transition Guide
    • Team Update on LinkedIn
    • Automated monitoring, configuration, and management of High-Performance Computing workloads on GPU-accelerated instances
    • Features include RDMA configuration, GPU metrics collection, fault detection, and seamless integration with OCI’s Cluster Networking for up to 400 Gbps interconnects

  7. HPC Cloud Builders - DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Presentation

    • Presentation to Europe HPC Community
    • September 2021
    • Watch on YouTube
    • Download Slides (PDF)
    • Technical insights on cloud-native HPC infrastructure, DevOps practices, and scalable deployment strategies

  8. Race Counts Against New Citizen When Renting House

    • Straits Times Forum & Think Centre Singapore
    • August 23, 2006
    • Personal account of racial discrimination in Singapore’s housing market

More publications coming soon. Stay tuned.