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Nomination Deadline for Cray, Fernbach, and Kennedy Awards Extended to June 15
The SC Conference showcases the best and brightest in HPC, both the rising stars and those who have made a lasting impression. A variety of awards from computing societies and the SC Conference honor important accomplishments in the field, from innovative achievements to work of enduring historical impact. Make your nomination today! View all awards …
Discover Atlanta’s Richness Through the Eyes of SC20 General Chair Christine E. Cuicchi
One of the novelties of this year’s conference is that it is being hosted for the first time in Atlanta, Georgia. As the city may be new to the SC community, prepare to encounter this location with a deep history and a vibrant present – like a stately southern oak, flourishing and flowering still. …
An International Student Volunteer from Brazil Grows from Mentoring at SC
First-time international student volunteer traces his road to SC19 in Denver For Gabriel Freguglia Barros, a doctoral student at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/UFRJ), word-of-mouth provided his introduction to the annual SC conference, as he learned about it from his lab colleagues who had previously …
Carve a Path Through SC with SCinet Student Volunteer Sushma Yellapragada of New Delhi
Last week, a notification on my phone said SC20 was ready for submissions, and it reminded me of my awesome experience as a SCinet student volunteer at SC19. For those who aren’t familiar with SC (aka the Supercomputing Conference), it is supermassive, and super cool, and people present work that sounds almost supernatural. Volunteering …
Manuel Burger of ETH Zürich and His Student Cluster Competition Team of First-Timers Prevail
Torsten Hoefler, a computer science professor at ETH Zürich, presented an opportunity to participate in a Student Cluster Competition (SCC) to his class. Lukas Kapp-Schwoerer, a computer science student and teaching assistant at ETH Zürich, was enthusiastic about the opportunity. He and Manuel Burger, a student in his last Bachelor’s degree year majoring in computer …
How to Prepare for a Student Cluster Competition
Student cluster competitions have grown from the original six-team contest at SC07 in Reno, Nevada into three highly competitive events each year: the SC Student Cluster Competition in the United States, the ISC Student Cluster Competition in Europe, and the ASC Student Supercomputer Challenge in Asia. These events are fun, challenging, and memorable — and …
SC20 Student Cluster Reproducibility Committee Chooses Benchmark Wisely
We are excited to announce that the SC20 Reproducibility Committee has selected the SC19 paper “MemXCT: Memory-Centric X-ray CT Reconstruction with Massive Parallelization”, by Mert Hidayetoğlu, Tekin Biçer, Simon Garcia de Gonzalo, Bin Ren, Doğa Gürsoy, Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Ian T. Foster, and Wen-mei W. Hwu, to serve as the Student Cluster Competition (SCC) benchmark for …
Three Questions with Test of Time Award Chair Amanda Randles
SC began recognizing an outstanding paper for the prestigious Test of Time Award in 2013. Learn the requirements for nomination from SC20 Test of Time Award Chair Amanda Randles. Amanda RandlesSC20 Test of Time Award Chair Q: What is the Test of Time Award, and what kind of projects should be …
Computing4Change Offers View of Student’s Own Character
While participating in a NASA DIRECT-STEM (Data Intensive Research and Education Center in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program offered at California State University, Los Angeles, Yesenia Trujillo, a math major at Cal State LA, was exposed to Python and learned some computing basics. At the end of the program, Trujillo, like the other participants, …
A Great Reason to Bring the Kids to SC
Zoo Atlanta Zoo Atlanta inspires value and preservation of wildlife through a unique mix of education and outdoor family fun. From well-known native wildlife to critically endangered species on the brink of extinction, the zoo offers memorable close encounters with more than 1,000 animals from around the world. The zoo’s highlights include one of the …