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Outreach to High Schools Offers Participants Exposure to SC and HPC
High school students and teachers are a key part of the Students@SC program says earthquake researcher Scott Callaghan, who chairs the SC21 Student Outreach Committee. This interview also features nuclear engineer Marlon Arce Acuña and mechanical engineer Dawn Hunter, who are also leaders in this year’s student program. Christine Baissac-Hayden, SC21 Students@SC Communications Liaison Christine …
Oracle Sponsors Student Cluster and Data Science Competitions
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will support the Student Cluster Competition (SCC) and the inaugural Data Science Competition (DSC) at SC21 in St. Louis, Missouri. SCC students will compete with hardware that each team bring to the conference along with the added might of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s HPC Bare Metal offerings, High-Performance Storage, and High-Speed Low Latency …
HPC Speeds Up Computational Biology and Drug Design
Computational biology is using HPC to rapidly design and develop ways to treat cancer and COVID. Researcher Felice Lightstone of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory discusses ATOM, Accelerated Therapeutic Opportunities in Medicine, in this edition of SC21 TV. She also talks of her support for women and girls in HPC. Rich Finlinson, SC21 TV Producer
To Be or Not to Be—SC21 Keynote Speaker and “Father of the Internet” Unlocks the Power of HPC and Computational Humanities
In the supercomputing world, we are all familiar with the transformative impact of computational science to simulate physical and biological processes that help us address various phenomena. But the use of the massive compute power of high performance computing (HPC) goes beyond science, paving the way for discoveries across other disciplines. Vint Cerf, one of …
Five Teams Ready to Race the IndySCC
Expect the unexpected as IndySCC kicks off at SC21. It’s a new virtual education-focused student cluster competition led by IndySCC Co-Chairs Aroua Gharbi and Darshan Sarojini. Meet the five teams from around the world that have been selected to participate. They will benefit from professional insight that will enable them to compete continuously over a …
Meet the SC21 SCalers
The Student Committee Apprenticeship and Leadership Experience (SCALE) program is proud to present the selected SC21 SCalers. The SCALE program has enabled the students to work with SC committee members since March. They have been introduced within committees that reflect their study focus or personal ambitions. Their input and participation have been greatly appreciated. Grasp …
Call for Nominations for SC Steering Committee Members
The SC Steering Committee Is Seeking Future Leaders for the SC Conference Series Nominations for two positions on the SC Steering Committee are now open and will close on September 15, 2021. To nominate someone, send an email giving the candidate’s name, a short paragraph describing how the candidate meets the following criteria, and a …
SC21 Enhances Safety Measures with New COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement for In-Person Attendees
SC21 is just two months away, and I look forward to celebrating the many ways HPC is being used to tackle the world’s toughest challenges, unlock new discoveries and frontiers as we explore “Science & Beyond.” Whether you’re traveling to St. Louis to attend in person, or joining the conference remotely, I know it will …