Tag: Thought Leaders
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.
Supercomputing’s Evolving Role in Natural Disaster Modeling
Two groups of scientists on opposite sides of the globe are conducting breakthrough research to help predict the occurrence of and impact from natural disasters – and they are using supercomputing to mitigate many of the risks associated with them. In California, the focus is on one of that state’s most serious and common …
Autonomous Vehicles and HPC: Moving Quickly Beyond the Hype
Few technological innovations in recent years have generated more attention (and debate) than the seemingly imminent arrival of self-driving cars. Known within the industry as connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), these once-futuristic concepts edge ever closer to reality – and when they do become deployed at Level 4 or higher on the Level of Automation …
Food Production & HPC: Understanding Plant Growth From Above & Below
Applying Ones and Zeros to Fields and Farms From Thomas Malthus in the 18th century to Paul Ehrlich in the 1960s, people have long feared that population would outstrip the planet’s capacity to feed people. What has kept those predictions at bay has been technology—not only in the soil, but more recently in the field …
Cancer Research and HPC: Advancing Science to Save Lives
While the death rate from cancer has declined significantly over the past two decades, 17 million new cases of cancer were reported, worldwide, in 2018. And 9.5 million people died from the disease.1 Researchers around the globe are working steadily to identify new methods for detecting and treating all forms of cancer. And high-performance computing …
On the Front Lines of the White House AI Initiative
Lynne Parker, Assistant Director for Artificial Intelligence at The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) for more than two decades. Hers was the first PhD dissertation ever on the topic of multi-robot systems, she is a pioneering researcher in that field, and formed the …
Complementary Conferences: SC19 and SIGGRAPH 2019
A discussion facilitated by Michela Taufer, PhD, General Chair, SC19 On the surface, two highly-popular computing industry conferences – SC and SIGGRAPH – would appear to have little in common. The former draws stakeholders throughout the technical computing community who are involved in high-performance computing (HPC), all driven by an urgent need to provide …
From Atoms to Astronomy, HPC Is Redefining Scientific Research
Macro and micro. From the wonders of the universe to the intricacies of the atom, scientists use sophisticated simulations to further their research. And, not surprisingly, HPC is playing a key role – as it is, increasingly, in every scientific field. As we explore the meaning of HPC is Now in the lead-up to SC19, …
Jack Dongarra and Sunita Chandrasekaran Reflect on SC18 with an Eye Toward 2019
More than 13,000 individuals attended SC18 in November 2018 – a diverse array of computer scientists, business executives, vendors and academics who are developing and championing the next wave of supercomputing. I had the opportunity to connect with two of them and wanted to share their insights and takeaways. Jack Dongarra is University Distinguished …