The document discusses scalable distributed deep learning on modern high-performance computing (HPC) systems, focusing on utilizing deep neural networks for training and inference processes. It highlights the need for efficient intra-node and inter-node communication, the challenges of distributed training, and the capabilities of the MVAPICH2 project, which supports high-performance MPI libraries for deep learning applications. Furthermore, it examines the benefits of GPU-aware MPI libraries such as MVAPICH2-GDR and provides insights into optimizing deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch on HPC platforms.