Each year, SC showcases not only the best and brightest stars of high performance computing, but also its rising stars and those who have made a lasting impression. The Seymour Cray, Sidney Fernbach, and Ken Kennedy Awards honor the memory of three greats in high performance computing. Nominations for each award are due by July […]
The SC14 Massachusetts Green Team Explains Why the Student Cluster Competition Matters
The Massachusetts Great Team hard at work at SC14. “The SC Student Cluster Competitions allow students to learn and advance their education and knowledge, supplying an extraordinary, unique and concrete experience in the field of supercomputing. The Student Cluster Competition at SC14 provided a real, hands-on glimpse into the world of supercomputing. Scaling tests and […]
HPCwire Posts Interview with SC15 General Chair Jackie Kern
SC15 Chair on HPC Transforms, Diversity Outreach, and Austin Jackie Kern By John Russell SC15 General Chair Jackie Kern is hardly new to the HPC community. A member of the SC planning committee since 2003, Kern led the building of SCINET in 2007. The largest network in the world for a week, it delivered multicast video […]
Student Cluster Competition from a Student’s Perspective
SC14 Purdue University and EAUSIT University (Colombia) SCC team. Back row from left to right: Alejandro Gomez, Matt Molo, and Kurt Kroeger. Front Row from left to right: Pablo Restrepo, Mateo Gomez, and Fangning Cheng. My name is Kurt Kroeger, a senior Computer Science major at Purdue University, and I participated on the SC12 and […]
10 Questions with SC15 Student Programs Chair Jeanine Cook
In the months leading up to SC15, the conference communications team will be highlighting various aspects of the conference by asking questions of the volunteers leading those areas. In this first installment, SC15 Student Programs Chair, Jeanine Cook, talks about plans to broaden the size and scope of student activities at the conference. Jeanine Cook, […]
LA Times Profiles How HPC is Transforming Hollywood
In a recent LA Times profile, Disney Animation is using supercomputers to make some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters and Oscar winners. According to the LA Times, in the making of “Big Hero 6,” Disney Animation built a supercomputer that is roughly the same size as those operated by the Center for Computational Sciences at Japan’s […]
SC15 to Strengthen, Enhance Programs for Students, Early Career Researchers
Student volunteers play a variety of important roles before and during the conference. Revamped programs aimed at increasing diversity and supporting younger researchers at various career stages For the past 15 years, the annual SC conference has welcomed hundreds of students to the week-long conference held every November, providing an entry into the community of […]
Dr. Ing. Bernd Mohr Selected as one of HPCwire’s 2015 “People to Watch”
Dr. Ing Bernd Mohr Dr. Ing. Bernd Mohr, SC17 General Chair, has been named one of the “People to Watch” in High Performance Computing (HPC) for 2015 by HPCwire, an online news portal that covers supercomputing. Each year, HPCwire recognizes a small group of individuals that are the best and brightest minds in HPC whose […]
SC15 Announces Student Cluster Competition Details
Last year’s overall SCC winner was the team from University of Texas – Austin – pictured here with SCC14 co-chairs Dustin Leverman (far left) and Barbara Chapman (far right) . SC15 is excited to hold another nail-biting Student Cluster Competition, or SCC, now in its 9th year, as an opportunity to showcase student expertise in […]
SC15 Announces New Test of Time Award Details
The SC Test of Time Award (ToTA) Committee is soliciting nominations for this year’s Test-of-Time Award to be given at the SC15 conference in November in Austin, Texas. The ToTA recognizes an outstanding paper that has deeply influenced the HPC discipline. It is a mark of historical impact and recognition that the paper has changed […]
