The SC Conference has a long tradition of welcoming our first time attendees with open arms. We aim to attract new and diverse groups of HPC professionals and students to the conference each year with the goal of sparking new conversations, new connections, and new ideas. However, as a first time attendee, we understand that […]
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A Deeper Preview of Dr. Katharine Frase’s Upcoming SC16 Keynote
Watson, IBM’s powerful and multi-faceted cognitive computing system which was once best known for beating humans at the game show Jeopardy, has grown into a powerhouse of a problem-solving tool for doctors, scientists and business leaders. Thought leaders in the high performance computing arena will gather to hear insights about Watson’s evolving applications as well […]
Unveiling Your Link to the #SC16 Invited Talks
Invited Talks are a premier component in the SC Conference Program and complement nicely the presentations of the regular Technical Papers Program Speakers include global, bleeding-edge leaders in the areas of high performance computing, networking, analysis and storage. Invited Talks typically describe innovative technical contributions and their application to address the critical challenges of the […]
HPC Matters Plenary: Supercomputing and Medical Experts to Discuss Future of Healthcare
HPC Matters Plenary Date/Location: 5:45-6:45 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14 in Ballroom-Full at the Salt Lake City Convention Center. The session is open to all registered attendees and exhibitors (must show your badge). The frontiers of precision medicine are fast becoming the front yard, thanks to the cooperative work of doctors, patients, biomedical researchers, engineers and computer […]
Please Help: Exhibitor and Volunteer Guides Needed for Utah High School Tours
SC16 will host local Salt Lake City high school Students on Wednesday, November 16th during the conference. Students will listen to two talks on high performance computing and go on a guided tour of the exhibit floor from 3:00pm to 4:30pm, originating in Ballroom BD of the convention center. SC16 needs volunteers to help guide […]
Growing Importance for ‘Smart Cities’ Initiatives Brings Focus to the Transformative Power of High Performance Computing
Every day, leaders of large cities grapple with knotty, complex problems like decaying public transportation infrastructures, aging utility lines, urban blight, neighborhoods that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and other multi-faceted socio-economic challenges. Increasingly, municipal leaders are turning to the game-changing tools of urban analytics, data collection, and advances in sensor technology […]
Invited Talk Spotlight: Argonne’s Charlie Catlett Presents “Computationally Empowered Urban Sciences: Making Cities Work Better for People”
Abstract: Urbanization is one of the great challenges and opportunities of this century, inextricably tied to global challenges ranging from climate change to sustainable use of energy and natural resources, and from personal health and safety to accelerating innovation and education. There is a growing science community—spanning nearly every discipline—pursuing research related to these challenges. […]
National Cancer Institute’s Dr. Warren Kibbe Joins HPC Matters Plenary Panel on Precision Medicine
Dr. Warren Kibbe, acting deputy director and chief information officer for the National Cancer Institute and director of the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology, has just been added to the HPC Matters Plenary Panel at SC16. The panel discussion, which will be held Monday, November 14, 5:45-6:45 p.m., will focus on high performance […]
Recommend Someone for ‘Dinner with Interesting People’
The SC16 Students@SC Program is hosting a “Dinner with Interesting People” on Wednesday, November 16. But it’s more than just dinner—it is a networking event designed to help students hone their networking skills by interacting with these Interesting People. Interesting People could be from our HPC community or other interesting fields. We are especially interested […]
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