John West – 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 ACM SIGHPC/Intel Announces $15,000/yr Fellowships in Computational and Data Science http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2017/03/24/sighpc-announces-15000yr-fellowships-in-computational-and-data-science/ Fri, 24 Mar 2017 16:54:09 +0000 http://sc17.supercomputing.org/?p=5198 Do you know of students who are studying data science or computing applications, and who are either women or members of an underrepresented group? Please forward this information to them or to their academic advisors – it could be worth $15,000 per year to them. Submissions are open now for the ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational & […]

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]]> 5198 If You Missed Out on the SC16 Keynote Session or Want to See it Again – Here it is…… http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/11/16/missed-sc16-keynote-session-want-see/ Wed, 16 Nov 2016 19:29:16 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=4761 The post If You Missed Out on the SC16 Keynote Session or Want to See it Again – Here it is…… appeared first on SC17.

]]> 4761 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 SC15 Paper Highlighted in Effort to Raise HPC Research Integrity to Serve as Basis for SC16 SCC Reproducibility Application Challenge http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/09/28/sc15-paper-highlighted-effort-raise-hpc-research-integrity-serve-basis-sc16-scc-reproducibility-application-challenge/ Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:46:44 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=4025 Authors of a paper judged at SC15 in Austin, Texas, have transformed a portion of their experiment into an application challenge for the SC16 Student Cluster Competition (SCC) as part of a larger effort to raise the bar for experimental research in computing. SC is responding to the growing need for scientific repeatability, replicability and […]

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]]> 4025 STEM Gender Gap: SC Experts Advise Strength in Diversity, Mentorships and Open Reporting http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/09/26/stem-gender-gap-sc-experts-advise-strength-diversity-mentorships-open-reporting/ Mon, 26 Sep 2016 20:42:34 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=3827 Men still outnumber women in STEM training and employment, and engineering leaders are working to bring awareness to that diversity gap and the opportunities it presents. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, only 29% of STEM jobs are held by women, although women comprise more than half of the national workforce. The gender disparity […]

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]]> 3827 SC16 Keynote Speaker Katharine Frase to Focus on Cognitive Computing http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/08/02/sc16-selects-industry-veteran-katharine-frase-keynote-speaker/ Tue, 02 Aug 2016 17:41:15 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=3490 Salt Lake City, Utah – SC16 announced that Katharine Frase has been selected as the SC16 Keynote Speaker and will focus her discussion on “Cognitive Computing:  how can we accelerate human decision making, creativity and innovation using techniques from Watson and beyond?” as she delivers the keynote on November 15, 2016 in Salt Lake City, […]

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]]> 3490 Part Two: Q&A with SC16 General Chair John West from Texas Advanced Computing Center http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/06/14/part-two-qa-sc16-general-chair-john-west-texas-advanced-computing-center/ Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:32:23 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=3011 SC16 General Chair John West works at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) as the Director of Strategic Initiatives. At TACC, he is involved in identifying new communities that can benefit from TACC’s advanced computing technologies and in connecting industry partners to TACC’s advanced computing expertise. He has been a volunteer with SC off and […]

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]]> 3011 Part One: Q&A with SC16 General Chair John West from Texas Advanced Computing Center http://sc17.supercomputing.org/2016/06/01/part-one-qa-sc16-general-chair-john-west-texas-advanced-computing-center/ Wed, 01 Jun 2016 19:56:41 +0000 http://sc16.supercomputing.org/?p=2955 SC16 General Chair John West works at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) as the Director of Strategic Initiatives. At TACC, he is involved in identifying new communities that can benefit from TACC’s advanced computing technologies and in connecting industry partners to TACC’s advanced computing expertise. He has been a volunteer with SC off and […]

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