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, […]
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Computing Pioneer Gordon Bell to Share Insights at SC17 – Marking 30 Years of the ACM Gordon Bell Prize
Everyone knows that computers have grown exponentially faster and more powerful. But only a few know exactly why and how – and Gordon Bell has been a sage among them since the 1960s as the former head of R and D at Digital Equipment Corp (DEC), establishing the minicomputer industry with the PDP and Vax […]
Insights from the SC17 General Chair Bernd Mohr: At Halftime – A Win-Win for All
By now it is already halftime between SC16 and SC17. Preparations for this years’ conference are in full swing. And I think we can say very confidently, that SC17 is really starting to take shape: Be it papers, panels, workshops or tutorials – we have had countless submissions to the SC17 technical program. First feedback […]
HPCwire Names SC17 General Chair Bernd Mohr as a Person to Watch in 2017
SC17 will be special in many ways. For one, it marks the conference’s 30th year and it also is the first time that the General Chair is from the international community. Bernd Mohr hails from Germany, works at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, and is an avid outdoors man/hiker. He has served as a SC volunteer […]
10 Questions with SC17 General Chair Bernd Mohr
Bernd Mohr is the first SC chair from outside the U.S. In November 2014, Bernd Mohr was announced as the general chair for the SC17 conference, marking the first time that someone from outside the United States was selected as conference chair. Mohr attended his first SC conference more than 20 years ago and has […]
