In making their second run at the SCC, the team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has a couple of obstacles to overcome. The first was choosing a name. “In terms of punnies, we have to live up to our university’s previous team called TUMuchPhun. In order to beat this we had to surpass […]
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A Deeper Preview of Dr. Katharine Frase’s Upcoming SC16 Keynote
Watson, IBM’s powerful and multi-faceted cognitive computing system which was once best known for beating humans at the game show Jeopardy, has grown into a powerhouse of a problem-solving tool for doctors, scientists and business leaders. Thought leaders in the high performance computing arena will gather to hear insights about Watson’s evolving applications as well […]
Unveiling Your Link to the #SC16 Invited Talks
Invited Talks are a premier component in the SC Conference Program and complement nicely the presentations of the regular Technical Papers Program Speakers include global, bleeding-edge leaders in the areas of high performance computing, networking, analysis and storage. Invited Talks typically describe innovative technical contributions and their application to address the critical challenges of the […]
#SC16 #SCC: Welcome Back – National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Representing National Tsing Hua University from Taiwan is Team PPAP, which stands for Password Paraview and Parconnect. And since there is a popular song also titled PPAP, they have a ready-made theme song. Not only do they like to listen to the song, the team also sings it while they are working and for good […]
#SCC #SC16: San Diego State to Make 1st Appearance at Student Cluster Competition
For its first foray into the Student Cluster Competition, San Diego State University is sending the Bit Benders. “Because most of us are fans of Futurama, bit shifting is so last century, and we make the bits on our cluster bend to our own will.” Which of course led to them choosing the Futurama theme […]
HPC Impact Showcase Focus – Utah’s Ancestry.com Presents “Big Tree: Using Machine Learning to Create a Knowledge Graph of Mankind”
Editorial note: The HPC Impact Showcase highlights real-world applications of high performance computing (HPC) at companies who are currently employing HPC to advance their competitiveness and innovation in the global marketplace. Rather than a technical deep dive of how they are using or managing their HPC environments, their stories are meant to tell how their […]
HPC Matters Plenary: Supercomputing and Medical Experts to Discuss Future of Healthcare
HPC Matters Plenary Date/Location: 5:45-6:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in Ballroom-Full at the Salt Lake City Convention Center. The session is open to all registered attendees and exhibitors (must show your badge). The frontiers of precision medicine are fast becoming the front yard, thanks to the cooperative work of doctors, patients, biomedical researchers, engineers and computer […]
#SCC #SC16: Meet Columbia’s Team EAFIT
When Team EAFIT boards their first flight en route to Salt Lake City at 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 (after driving an hour to the airport), they will not only have several members from last year’s team, but they will also be bringing insight gleaned from members of Universidad EAFIT’s first foray in the Student […]
#SCC #SC16 #Huazhong: Meet Team Heptagon from Huazhong University in China
Team Heptagon from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China is making their second appearance in the SCC. The team name represents the seven members who together form a whole unit. Team Heptagon is banking on the experience of current and past members in student cluster competitions at SC, ISC, ASC in China and […]
#SCC #UniversityofUtah #SC16: Meet Utah’s Team “SupercompUtes”
The University of Utah is fielding a team for the first time and expect to have a couple of home-field advantages. First, their “secret sauce” is Utah fry sauce, a mix of mayonnaise, ketchup and seasonings. Second, they say “But our real edge is that we trained at this altitude!” They are also guaranteed to […]
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