When: Monday, November 13, 2017 @5:30pm MT, Denver, Colorado Convention Center Access: Open to Anyone with a SC17 conference badge What: The 21st Century is frequently referenced as the “Century of the City,” reflecting the unprecedented global migration into urban areas. Urban areas are driving and being affected by factors ranging from economics to health […]
Archives for October 2017
In Case You Missed It: New SC17 Video Showcases the Human Brain Project
A new video produced by the SC17 conference sheds light on how supercomputers are unraveling the mysteries of the brain. The video highlights how the massive European-based Human Brain Project brings together teams of scientists, doctors and researchers who are partnering with supercomputing and data scientists to deliver the most detailed human brain models ever […]
Get Involved with ‘Dinner with Interesting People’
The SC17 Students@SC Program is hosting a “Dinner with Interesting People” on Wednesday, November 15 during the conference. At this popular event, select “Interesting People” interact with students throughout the evening and help the students hone their networking skills. An SC17 Students@SC committee will review all of the recommendations and follow up with an invitation to those […]
SC17 City Focus: Getting Around in Denver
Only a few days to go until SC17 in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you plan to get around once you arrive. In that light, we have collected some useful transportation insights. Getting Downtown Most attendees will arrive to Denver International Airport with its scenic mountain views and its […]
Mentor-Protege Program Still Needs Mentors
When registering for SC17, consider signing up as a mentor to help students get the most out of the conference and make a difference in their careers. And if you’ve already registered, there’s still time to become a mentor. If you didn’t sign up during SC17 registration but would like to now, please email this […]
SC17 Panel Discussions: Something for Everyone
SC17 features a diverse and exciting range of panels. Plan on actively participating in one or more of the panel offerings. Come and debate hot topics and big HPC challenges, with energetic discussions among experts and broad mainstream contributors. This year’s panels include: How Serious Are We About the Convergence Between HPC and Big Data? The […]
Check Out the Breadth of the Tutorials Program at SC17
The SC tutorials program is one of the highlights of the SC Conference series, and it is one of the largest tutorial programs at any computing-related conference in the world. It offers attendees the chance to learn from and to interact with leading experts in the most popular areas of high performance computing (HPC), networking, […]
Jesύs Labarta Recognized with ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award
Barcelona Supercomputer Center Leader Made Major Contributions to Programming Models and Performance Analysis Tools New York, NY—The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) have named Jesύs Labarta of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) as the recipient of the 2017 ACM-IEEE CS Ken Kennedy Award. […]
SC17 Video Dives into How Supercomputers and Scientific Visualization Are Helping Us Understand the Ocean’s Role in Weather and Climate
Author: Jill Dunbar, NASA Ames Research Center Denver – Using the power of today’s high performance computers, Earth scientists are working hand in hand with visualization experts to bring exquisitely detailed views of Earth’s oceans into sharper focus than ever before. A video just released by SC17 conference relates how scientists are zooming in on one […]
SC17 Video Sheds Light on How Supercomputers Are Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Brain
A video produced by the SC17 conference highlights how the massive European-based Human Brain Project (HBP), comprising a veritable orchestra of scientists, collaborates to deliver the most exquisitely detailed human brain models ever created. According to experts, detailed and accurate brain models are a game-changer for neuroscience and related research. What if instead of behavioral research, […]
