The Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) component of the SC16 technical program will feature 55 BOF sessions spanning a range of important and timely topics, including hardware and software research, government program updates and various areas of computational science. These 55 sessions will run throughout the day (Tuesday through Thursday) in parallel with other elements of the technical […]
Archives for September 2016
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Tamara G. Kolda Presents “Parallel Multiway Methods for Compression of Massive Data and Other Applications”
Short Introduction: Scientists are drowning in data. The scientific data produced by high-fidelity simulations and high-precision experiments are far too massive to store long term. The unwieldy nature of the data makes it difficult to analyze or to retain for future analysis or comparison. Data compression is a necessity, but there are surprisingly few options […]
SC15 Paper Highlighted in Effort to Raise HPC Research Integrity to Serve as Basis for SC16 SCC Reproducibility Application Challenge
Authors of a paper judged at SC15 in Austin, Texas, have transformed a portion of their experiment into an application challenge for the SC16 Student Cluster Competition (SCC) as part of a larger effort to raise the bar for experimental research in computing. SC is responding to the growing need for scientific repeatability, replicability and […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Thomas Sterling Presents “Runtime Systems Software for Future HPC: Opportunity or Distraction?”
Short Introduction: This presentation will provide a comprehensive review of driving challenges, strategies, examples of existing runtime systems, and experiences. One important consideration is the possible future role of advances in computer architecture to accelerate the likely mechanisms embodied within typical runtimes. The talk will conclude with suggestions of future paths and work to advance […]
STEM Gender Gap: SC Experts Advise Strength in Diversity, Mentorships and Open Reporting
Men still outnumber women in STEM training and employment, and engineering leaders are working to bring awareness to that diversity gap and the opportunities it presents. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, only 29% of STEM jobs are held by women, although women comprise more than half of the national workforce. The gender disparity […]
SC16 On-Site Childcare Registration Now Open
For the first time SC16 will offer professional childcare services in the convention center to registered attendees and exhibitors for a small fee of $6/hour. Children between the ages of 6 months through 12 years old are eligible to participate in the fun and activities! Extensive childcare hours are available every day beginning Sunday, November […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Thomas N. Theis Presents “Beyond Exascale: Emerging Devices and Architectures for Computing”
Short Introduction: Research on new and emerging devices, circuits and architectures for computing, such as that pursued under the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), can ultimately take high performance computing well beyond Exascale. Investing in exploratory research now can have a big impact beyond 2025. Invited speaker Dr. Thomas Theis is Executive Director of the Columbia […]
SC16 Announces “Best Paper” Nominees
Seven Technical Papers Selected as “Best Paper” Nominees Out of 442 technical papers submitted to SC16, only 81 were accepted and of these, seven have been nominated for the conference’s Best Paper Award. One of the best paper candidates also is a finalist for the ACM Gordon Bell Prize, which will be presented at SC16. […]
SC16 Invited Talk Spotlight: Dr. Sadasivan Shankar Presents “Co-design 3.0 – Configurable Extreme Computing, Leveraging Moore’s Law for Real Applications”
Think back to your childhood when you used Lego blocks to build structures. The Lego blocks were re-assembled to different structures for purely learning purposes. Let us take this a couple of steps further. Now imagine that the assembled structures themselves can be used for real functional applications. In addition, what if each of the […]
Personal and Industry Perspectives: Women in IT Networking at SC
This is a follow-up piece to the article “Seven Women in IT Chosen to get Hands-on Experience Building, Managing Super-fast Network at SC16” Now in its second year, Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) is a collaboration between the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and […]
