Even though SC17 is still more than eight months away, the SC17 Exhibits Committee is reporting significant positive exhibitor response to participating in the Exhibition in Denver this coming November.  In fact, they already eclipsed the total SC16 exhibitor count and booth space. “As HPC’s importance only continues to grow, the most important HPC decision makers from both research and...
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The future demands a large, diverse pool of innovative scientists, engineers and mathematicians who can work together to solve big problems. The working scientists who lead SC16, the premier international conference showcasing high performance computing coming up this November, envision and advocate for a future talent pool that looks far larger and more diverse. “Teams are always more...
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The HPC for Manufacturing Program (HPC4Mfg) Program unites the world-class computing resources and expertise of Department of Energy national laboratories with the U.S. manufacturers to deliver solutions that could revolutionize manufacturing. Led by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and joined by its partners, Lawrence Berkeley and Oak Ridge national laboratories, HPC4Mfg...
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When considering the challenges of exascale computing, power is right at the top of the list and the major leadership-class centers want to make sure they’re doing everything they can to manage the demands of power today – which can run as high as 10 MW at peak for the largest machines – and in the coming exascale era, when the number could be three times that high. At loads of this...
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HPC in the News   NSF Extends the Kraken Project: Award Allows Continued Advanced Computing Support of National Research The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS) $3 million to continue to provide advanced computing resources for researchers in science and engineering across the country...
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory broke ground yesterday on a modular and sustainable supercomputing facility that will provide a flexible infrastructure able to accommodate the Laboratory’s growing demand for high performance computing (HPC). The $9.875 million building, located on the Laboratory’s east side, will ensure computer room space to support the Advanced...
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HPC in the News   Summer Training Workshop in Bimolecular Simulations for Undergraduate and First-Year Graduate Students June 21-26, 2015 – Caltech, Pasadena, California Application Deadline - May 13, 2015. The 2015 Summer Training Workshop in Bimolecular Simulations is an NSF-funded workshop that provides a hands-on opportunity for...
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HPC in the News   NCSA’S Merle Giles Co-Edits Book on Industrial Impact of HPC Merle E. Giles, director of Private Sector Programs and Economic Impact at NCSA, and Anwar Osseyran, director of the Dutch HPC and e-cience center SURFsara, are co-editors of a new book on the impact high-performance computing in industry. The book,  Industrial Applications of...
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The U.S. Department of Energy today unveiled plans to build  two GPU-accelerated supercomputers  — expected to deliver at least three-times greater performance than today’s most powerful system — which will move the world closer to the long-held goal of exascale computing. The supercomputers, to be installed in 2017, will be based on next-generation IBM POWER servers with ...
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Req #80142 For students majoring in Computational Science, Computer Science, Mathematics and related science and engineering fields, Berkeley Lab Computing Sciences hosts a 10-12-week research summer program that provides students with the opportunity to gain research experience. Participants will work on projects in computational research, high performance computing, high speed...
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