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HPC 2013-14 | Contents Contents High hopes for HPC Trends in HPC John Barr presents the HPC market at a glance Big data


What opportunities does big data provide? Beth Harlen reports


Data management


Reagan W. Moore on why policy-based systems will become pervasive


The cloud


Beth Harlen investigates the promise of cloud computing


Energy efficiency


Beth Harlen reports on one of the most critical issues in HPC


Tuning software for HPC


Industry experts share their views on meeting the challenge of tuning software


Education


Tom Wilkie turns his attention to some of the rising stars of the next generation


Education


Malcolm Muggeridge on why computer science education must embrace parallelism


HPC strategies


Jean-François Lavignon and Jean-Philippe Nominé explain the role of ETP4HPC


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Keeping up with developments in high-performance computing (HPC) is not an easy task, as technologies can change with impressive frequency. It is therefore gratifying to see that the European Technology Platform for HPC, ETP4HPC, has put a strategy in place to not only strengthen and promote European efforts, but to secure Europe’s position as a leader in the global HPC arena. Jean-François Lavignon and Jean-Philippe Nominé offer an in-depth explanation of how ETP4HPC intends to keep pace with developments (p32). Tere are some topics that continue to have a prominent


place in HPC discussions. Offering his personal perspective on the main trends, and the implications they have within a range of fields, is independent industry analyst John Barr (p4). We have also cast our eye over some of the crucial areas of development – big data (p8), the cloud (p14), energy efficiency (p18), and tuning soſtware for HPC (p22). Rounding out this special supplement, Tom Wilkie and Malcolm Muggeridge offer their views on education and training in HPC.


Beth Harlen, Editor


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