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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.
Faces of the Summit: Putting the System to the Test
Originally published on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory blog, the Faces of Summit series shares stories of the people behind America’s top supercomputer for open science, the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility’s Summit. The IBM AC922 machine launched in June 2018. Verónica Vergara Larrea began her engagement with SC as a student volunteer at SC10. …
SC19 March Need to Know: Paper Submissions Open, Apply to WINS; Start Planning Your Awards Nominations; Workshop Submissions Review in Progress; Volunteers Explore Colorado Convention Center
Spring is almost here, and SC19 is blooming with submission and nomination opportunities, upcoming deadlines, and dedicated volunteer activity. Papers, Papers, Papers! We know how eagerly everyone awaits the Papers submission window each year. You’ll be happy to know that window opened on March 1, which gives you just about a month before the …
The SC Technical Program: A Powerful Research Engine & Rich Collection of Opportunities
SC prides itself as one of the most competitive and valued technical conferences in the field of high-performance computing. It is often listed at the very top of various national conference ranking systems, showcasing the impact that publishing at SC has on the visibility and careers of researchers around the world. Research published at SC …
Awards Spotlight: Why HPC Is Now
Enrico Rinaldi, a physicist and special postdoctoral fellow with the Riken BNL Research Center, was part of a team nominated for the 2018 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for developing an algorithm and code that can more precisely determine the lifetime of a neutron. Their work directly focused on quantum chromodynamics, or QCD, a fundamental particle …
Reproducibility and SC: Embracing the Challenge
New for SC19 This year, the conference is taking its Reproducibility Initiative to a whole new level. First, the obvious: an Artifact Description (AD) Appendix becomes a requirement for all technical papers (remaining optional for posters and workshop papers). The HPC community is embracing the challenge to publish reproducible works, and we are confident …
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, …
SC19 February Need to Know: Big Tech Program Submissions Open, Keep Up with Tech Program Enhancements, Become a Student Volunteer, Apply for the Student Cluster Competition
Welcome once more to those of you who read the January blog update and warm greetings to our new readers. As the path to SC19 unfolds, we hope more attendees will turn to this monthly summary for information about important dates and behind-the-scenes snapshots. If you’re new and want to catch up on past blog …
Parallel Tracks: From Student to Student Volunteer Chair, from Undergrad to Doctoral Candidate
Christine Harvey Finds SC Conference a Good Route for Advancing Her Career and Education Traveling to the SC10 conference in New Orleans made quite an impression on Christine Harvey – it was the first time she had ever flown on a plane. Her university had received an award which they used to send four …
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 …
SC19 January Need to Know: Workshops Open, New Track Added, Reproducibility Enhancements, and Volunteers in Full Swing for Planning
As computers and networks become faster and enable better science, it is the HPC community that will drive how that science shapes our world. The SC Conference Series has always served as a way to connect the HPC community, and SC19 will be no different. SC19 is about what’s happening in the world of HPC …