HPC Matters, because HPC Transforms - SC15 General Chair, Jackie Kern
Like many of you, HPC is more than just a vocation for me — there are many ways that I could make a living, but I choose to stay in HPC because only HPC allows me the chance to enable breakthroughs in such a broad range of fields. From new medicines to safer cars and clean water, HPC is making a difference every day.
Beginning in SC14 under the leadership of General Chair Trish Damkroger, the SC community began a multi-year effort to share the passion we feel for HPC with those outside the science and technical community. It is an effort to demonstrate the impact our community has on the world.
SC15 continues to focus on telling that story through our HPC Matters campaign. Throughout the year you’ll see new videos, inspiring stories, and links to examples of how HPC matters. As General Chair, I’m using this year to amplify that message with a discussion sparked by my own tagline, “HPC Transforms.” This emphasis supports the HPC Matters effort, but demonstrates specifically how HPC transforms ideas, products and people.
As we are kicking preparations into high gear for this November, I wanted to take a minute to share the vision and goals we have set for this year’s conference:
SC15 Vision
Provide the attendees the best possible experience from the best tech program and exhibits but also the most productive networking opportunities. Create an environment where attendees can gain a renewed vigor for the industry and hopefully build the relationships they need to take science and computing to the next level.
SC15 Goals
- Engage the under-represented communities so that they become an integral part of the community of HPC.
- Encourage young people to focus in STEM fields so that we can continue the trend of advancing science.
- Provide a quality technical program that engages the community in new ways.
- Enhance the user experience by offering them a way to easily find and get to what they need. This will be done through various methods of communicating and sharing information.
- Bring awareness of the value of this field to the general population, as well as funding sources to continue investing in advancement.
Test of Time Award Nominations due March 31, 2015
Test of Time Award (ToTA) recognizes an outstanding paper that has deeply influenced the HPC discipline. It is a mark of historical impact and recognition that the paper has changed HPC trends. The award is also an incentive for researchers and students to send their best work to the SC conference, and a tool to understand why and how results last in the HPC discipline.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Email Contact: awards@info.supercomputing.org
Click here for more information on the Test of Time Award
Technical Papers – Abstracts due April 3, 2015 and Full Papers due April 10, 2015
The abstract submission for Technical Papers is mandatory and needs to be submitted by April 3rd 2015, end of day AoE (Anywhere on Earth time zone). No extensions will be given for abstract submissions.
This year the submissions need to be in the ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) and are limited to 10 pages. The 10-page limit includes figures, tables, and appendices, but does not include references, for which there is no page limit.
To find out more about the submission and review processes, please visit http://sc15.supercomputing.org/program/technical-papers/papers-review-and-submission.
Abstracts due: April 3, 2015
Full papers due: April 10, 2015
Email contact: papers@info.supercomputing.org
Web submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Click here for more on Tech Papers
Apply for the Early Career Program
New for SC15! The Early Career Program provides an opportunity for special sessions of interest to early career researchers, and is intended for post-docs and people in their first five years of a permanent position (assistant professors and technical staff).
Applications due: June 1, 2015
Email contact: techprogram@info.supercomputing.org
Web submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Click here for more on the Early Career Program
Apply for the Student Volunteers Program
Student Volunteers play a key role in supporting the conference, and this year the program is expanding both in the number of volunteer participants and the quality of the student programs in which the volunteers will have access. All undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply.
Applications due: June 1, 2015
Email contact: student-vols@info.supercomputing.org
Web Submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Click here for more information about the Student Volunteers program.
Apply for the HPC for Undergrads Program
The Experiencing HPC for Undergraduates program introduces undergraduate students at the sophomore level and above to various aspects of HPC research and opportunities to perform research as an undergraduate and potentially in graduate school or in a job related to HPC topics in computer science and computational science.
Applications due: June 1, 2015
Email contact: HPCundergrads@info.supercomputing.org
Web Submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Click here for more information about the HPC for Undergrads program.
Poster Submissions Open April 1, 2015
Submissions will open April 1 for Posters and Student Research Competition Posters that display cutting-edge research and work in progress in high performance computing, storage, networking and analysis.
Submissions Open: April 1, 2015
Posters due: July 31, 2015
Notification Sent: September 8, 2015
Email contact: posters@info.supercomputing.org
Web Submissions: https://submissions.supercomputing.org/
Click here for more information on Posters
Time Zone used by the SC15 Technical Program
Most the SC15 Technical Program activities are utilizing the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone. AoE is 12 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and is the standard time zone used in the Pacific. Click here for more information on the AoE time zone.
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