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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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 […]

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 […]

SC15 Releases Short Video on How HPC is Impacting Personalized Medical Treatments Especially in Children with Epilepsy

SC15 recently released this short video about how high performance computing (HPC) is making a difference in personalizing medical treatments as described by Dr. Chris R. Johnson, Founding Director of the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. One specific example he cites is the amazing impact HPC is having on children with epilepsy. According to Dr. […]

SC15 Student Cluster Competition Fires Things Up with Secret Sauce

SCC Secret Sauce Salsa secreta. Geheime Sosse. Secret sauce. 紹兴. 沙茶.   No matter how you say it, that extra special ingredient known only to you can sometimes make all the difference in the world. And that’s just what nine teams of students are hoping as they converge on Austin, Texas, to demonstrate their prowess in […]

Make New Friends at SC15 with this Free Meet-up/Networking Tool

SC15 is on Duckling! Is there an Austin restaurant or attraction that you are dying to visit, but don’t want to explore on your own? Create an informal outing of like-minded SC15 attendees with this free networking website called Duckling. Simply visit the SC15 page on the Duckling site and click “add an outing.” Use […]

Mentor-Protégé Program Needs You

Mentor Jim Ahrens of Los Alamos National Laboratory meets with his protégé, Maria Ruiz, at SC14. Organized as part of the Students@SC program, the Mentor-Protégé Program supports the growth of a vibrant HPC community by connecting the newcomers at the SC conference with experienced conference attendees. The mentors share their experiences from previous SC conferences […]

SC15 Panel Line-Up for Nov. 18th

Supercomputing and Big Data: From Collision to Convergence As data intensive science emerges, the need for high performance computing (HPC) to converge capacity and capabilities with Big Data becomes more apparent and urgent. Capacity requirements have stemmed from science data processing and the creation of large scale data products (e.g., earth observations, Large Hadron Collider, […]

SC15 Releases Short Video Explaining Why High Performance Computing is Important to NASA

NASA Aerospace Engineer Dr. Shishir Pandya explains how high performance computers (HPCs) help advance airplane and rocket technologies to save fuel and make travel more affordable for the public.  According to Pandya it is also critical to be pushing technology further to search for that next breakthrough. This is another chapter in a series of short […]

SC15 Invited Talk Spotlight: The U.S. National Strategic Computing Initiative as Explained by the White House’s Randal Bryant and Tim Polk

Tim Polk and Randal Bryant will explain the current status of the National Strategic Computing Initiative and provide a look into its future impact as it relates to high performance computing. U.S. President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) on July 31, 2015. In the order, he directed agencies […]