Numerical Relativity simulation of Binary Black Holes by Campanelli et al, 2006. Supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies power some of the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. Our understanding of these extremely powerful events and their observations has numerous exciting consequences for our understanding of galactic evolution, black hole demographics, plasmas in […]
Archives for October 2015
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. Under Secretary for Science and Energy Lynn Orr Presents the 2015 Quadrennial Technology Review
Click here to download the Quadrennial Technology Review. The United States is in the midst of an energy revolution. Over the last decade, the United States has slashed net petroleum imports, dramatically increased shale gas production, scaled up wind and solar power, and cut the growth in electricity consumption to nearly zero through widespread efficiency […]
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 […]
Register for SC15 by Oct. 15th and Save up to $275!
SC15 is the 27th year of the SC Conference series – once again featuring an exceptional Technical Program, Industry and Research Exhibits, Education Program and many other activities. SC15 is the one place where attendees can see tomorrow’s technology being used to solve world-class challenge problems today. The SC15 early registration deadline is October 15th. […]
Berkeley Lab’s Katherine Yelick Wins Ken Kennedy Award
UC Berkeley Professor to Receive ACM/IEEE-CS Kennedy Award at SC15 for Contributions to International Research Agenda Katherine Yelick ACM and IEEE Computer Society have named Katherine Yelick as the recipient of the 2015 ACM/IEEE Computer Society Ken Kennedy Award for innovative research contributions to parallel computing languages that have been used in both the research […]
SC15 Invited Talk Spotlight: Societal Impact of Earthquake Simulations at Extreme Scale by USC’s Dr. Thomas H. Jordan
Simulation of a “wall-to-wall” rupture of the southern San Andreas Fault. The peak ground velocities during this magnitude-8 earthquake are shown in color. White lines are seismograms at selected points. Graphic by Geoff Ely, Southern California Earthquake Center (click on image to enlarge). The highly nonlinear, multiscale dynamics of large earthquakes is a wicked physics […]
SC15 Panel Focus for Nov. 17th
Panel Title: Post Moore’s Law Computing: Digital versus Neuromorphic versus Quantum The end of Moore’s Law scaling has sparked research into preserving performance scaling through alternative computational models. This has sparked a debate for the future of computing. Currently, the future of computing is expected to include a mix of quantum, neuromorphic, and digital computing. […]
SC15 Releases Video Profiling the Importance of Supercomputing as Explained by IDC’s Steve Conway
Click above to view the latest SC Conference video on the importance of HPC. Steve Conway, Research Vice President in IDC’s High Performance Computing group, provides a high-level overview of the importance supercomputers and cites specific examples where it is making a difference every day. Mr. Conway plays a major role in directing and […]
