Month: May 2019
Here we’ll keep you up to date with the latest news and perspectives on topics related to SC and the upcoming conference throughout the year. Check out the tags to explore more posts on the subjects that interest you.
Stephen Herbein Keeps His SC Conference Connection Thriving
Stephen Gets Acquainted with SC as a First-Time Student Volunteer In 2012, Stephen Herbein joined Michela Taufer’s lab at the University of Delaware and one of the first things she had him do was apply to be a student volunteer for the SC12 conference. He was selected upon his first application. For Stephen, this was …
Calling All HPC Community Leaders: Get Involved with SC
Volunteering is a Rewarding Way to Give Back and Build Community Have you ever contributed to the SC program by presenting a poster, talk, or tutorial? Have you organized a workshop, BoF, or panel? If you are a long-time participant of the SC conference and have dreamt of becoming part of the “behind-the-scenes” team who …
HPC Is Right Now: The Opioid Crisis & Gordon Bell Prize-Winning Genomic Research at ORNL
Summit’s Capabilities Offer Problem-Solving Power of Which Dreams (and Science Innovations) Are Made As high-performance computing systems continue solving even more complex problems at increasing scales, they also are enticing scientists to examine and challenge how the systems themselves operate. For Wayne Joubert and Daniel Jacobson, scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, having the world’s …
A Teachable Moment: Henricus Bouwmeester
Students From MSU Denver Get Their Inspirational ‘Spark’ at SC Conference Henricus Bouwmeester, an assistant professor at the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) in the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, had a “teacher” moment when he brought some of his students to the SC17 conference in Denver. “I saw the spark that …
Birds of a Feather Sessions: Bringing Communities Together Across the SC Audience
One of the benefits of having one of the world’s premier technical conferences and exhibitions for HPC is that all of the research and industry expertise is present in the same place at the same time. The Birds of a Feather (BoF) program exists to harness this availability by creating sessions where communities of people …
SC19 Posters: Limitless Opportunities for Students and Researchers to Share Work with the SC Community
In the field of high performance computing, SC has the reputation of being one of the toughest conferences in which to get a paper published. The SC technical program and industry exhibits attract the best of the best whose input and guidance can shape a person’s technical trajectory. So, how can students and researchers showcase …
Workshops Run the Show on Sunday, Monday, and Friday at SC19
The SC19 Workshops Schedule Is Live! With the help of an outstanding workshop program committee, we have selected 36 workshops (25 full-day and 11 half-day) that will run the show on Sunday, Monday, and Friday. These topical workshops are bringing together hardware and software trends spanning various subjects including data analysis, visualization, machine learning for …
SC19 May Need to Know: Hotel Blocks Open Now, Student Opportunity Deadlines Approaching, Nominate the Best in HPC, Paper Selection Under Way
It’s Time to Find a Place to Stay Hotel block access opened May 1 and rooms will go fast. Book yours today! Note that onPeak is the only authorized contractor for arranging hotel rooms for SC19. If you are contacted by travel agents or other organizations who say they are speaking on behalf of SC19, …