Smart Cities – SC17 http://sc17.supercomputing.org The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis Thu, 13 Sep 2018 04:04:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.7 120047766 SC17 Opening Plenary Announced: The Era of Smart Cities – Reimagining Urban Life with HPC http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2017/10/31/sc17-opening-plenary-announced-the-era-of-smart-cities-reimagining-urban-life-with-hpc/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 16:54:58 +0000 http://sc17.supercomputing.org/?p=6538 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 […]

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]]> 6538 Growing Importance for ‘Smart Cities’ Initiatives Brings Focus to the Transformative Power of High Performance Computing http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/10/25/growing-importance-smart-cities-initiatives-brings-focus-transformative-power-high-performance-computing/ Tue, 25 Oct 2016 17:24:46 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=4310 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 […]

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]]> 4310 Invited Talk Spotlight: Argonne’s Charlie Catlett Presents “Computationally Empowered Urban Sciences: Making Cities Work Better for People” http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/10/21/invited-talk-spotlight-argonnes-charlie-catlett-presents-computationally-empowered-urban-sciences-making-cities-work-better-people/ Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:34:00 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=4252 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. […]

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