Peak performance at SC16


The countdown to SC16 is well and truly on. Tim


Gillett looks forward to the event


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alt Lake City, in the state of Utah, will this year play host to SC16, the United States’ premier high-performance computing event.


Each programme in the SC Conference


is dedicated to showcasing work in high- performance computing, networking, storage and analysis by the international HPC community. Te core of the conference is the technical


programme, with peer-reviewed content for every track; a series of student programmes to engage and foster the next generation of HPC professionals; community awards to honour researchers in the field; and the fastest research network, SCinet, built to support high-performing applications and demonstrations during the conference.


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Te event’s technical programme is highly


competitive and one of the broadest of any HPC conference – including invited talks, panels, research papers, tutorials, workshops, posters, and birds of a feather (BoF) sessions. Invited talks are a major component of the


conference programme and complement the presentations of the regular technical papers programme. Speakers will include leaders in the areas of high-performance computing, networking, analysis and storage. Te invited talks typically describe


innovative technical contributions and their application to address the critical challenges of the day, and offer a broader context and a longer-term perspective than most other sessions. At all invited talks, delegates can expect to hear about pioneering technical achievements, the latest innovations in HPC and data analytics, and efforts to answer the complex questions facing the industry. Panels at SC16 will be, as in past years,


among the most important and heavily- attended events of the conference. Tey will bring together the key thinkers and producers in the field to consider, in a lively and


rapid-fire context, some of the key questions challenging high-performance computing, networking, storage and associated analysis technologies for the foreseeable future. Tese sessions bring a rare opportunity


for mutual engagement of community leaders and broad mainstream contributors in a face-to-face exchange through audience participation and questioning. Panels can explore topics in depth by


capturing the opinions of a wide range of people active in the relevant fields. Tey are also a vehicle for the very latest industry opinions, and are augmented with social media technologies including Twitter, LinkedIn, and video feeds, and even real-time audience polling. Te technical papers programme will


PANELS AT SC16 WILL BE… AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT AND HEAVILY ATTENDED EVENTS OF THE CONFERENCE


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