The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

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The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis

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Exhibition: Nov. 14-17. 2016 | Conference: Nov. 13-18, 2016
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

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SC15 Releases Short Video on Why High Performance Computing Matters to PayPal

As one of the world’s largest internet payment companies, PayPal handles massive amounts of sensitive data.  Hear from Ryan Quick, principal architect for advanced technologies from PayPal, on how they strive to use high performance computing to make every day online transactions something you don’t even have to think twice about. According to Quick, handling […]

HPC Matters Plenary Session with Diane Bryant to be Webcast

Intel’s Diane Bryant Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager, Data Center Group at Intel, will speak at the upcoming SC15 conference HPC Matters Plenary Session to discuss how next-generation supercomputers are transforming HPC and presenting exciting opportunities to advance scientific research and discovery to deliver far-reaching impacts on society. Based on the interest […]

Previewing SC15 Diversity Committee Focused Events

Attendees are encouraged to participate in the SC15 Diversity Sessions. The SC15 Diversity Committee is passionate about gaining insight from the SC community on how we can increase the diversity of our community by increasing the representation of under-represented groups. Please join the conversation at any or all of the following events at SC15 where […]

SC15 Unveils Emerging Technologies Bound for Austin

The SC15 Emerging Technologies track has an exciting range of exhibits in store for Austin! Ten successful applications were accepted from over thirty submissions after a rigorous peer review process, with every submission receiving three independent reviews. This year’s theme “SoC for HPC”, is particularly appropriate for Austin as the city is home to several […]

SC15 Releases HPC Impact Showcase Line-up – from Battling Ebola to Designing at Rolls-Royce

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. The Showcase is designed to introduce attendees to the many ways that HPC matters in our world, through testimonials from companies large and small.  Rather than […]

SC15 Releases Short Video on How HPC is Impacting Climate Change as Explained by Leading World Experts

Hear from the experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who explain how high performance computing is the most important component in analyzing future climate change scenarios or models and developing strategies to help circumvent rapid climate change. According to Dr. Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, Chief Science Advisor, NOAA’s […]

Simplifying the World’s Most Powerful Computer Network with SDN

For the first time, SC’s research and production network (SCinet) will be using the emerging technology software defined networking (SDN) to manage and simplify the operations for a portion of the SC conference’s show floor network. SCinet is the research and production network that serves as the backbone of data communications for the annual SC […]

SC15 Invited Talk-Dr. Laura Grigori Presents Fast and Robust Communication Avoiding Algorithms: Current Status and Future Prospects

Left: computation to communication ratio for the LU factorization with partial pivoting of a dense matrix on a model of exascale machine (ISC 2014). Right: preconditioned Krylov solver as used in the map making problem in astrophysics, results obtained on a Cray XE6 machine (Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2014). Please click to enlarge. This talk will […]

SC15 Invited Talk Focus: Dr. Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos Explains the European Supercomputing Research Programme

Over the last couple of years, through a number of policy and research initiatives, the European Union has worked in putting together an ambitious supercomputing research programme. As part of this effort, in autumn 2015, the European Commission has launched several new supercomputing projects covering supercomputing hardware, software and applications. This launch marks an important […]