{"583821":{"#nid":"583821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Pushing HPC Forward: Georgia Tech Heads to Supercomputing \u002716","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew drugs, better weather forecasts, safer vehicles, and more sustainable development\u0026ndash;this is just a tiny sampling of what can be achieved through high-performance computing (HPC).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHowever, despite gains in these and other domains in recent years, there is much more to be done before HPC can begin to reach its full potential.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThat\u0026rsquo;s why a group of faculty members and students from the Georgia Institute of Technology are participating this week in the 2016 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis\u0026ndash;better known as \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/\u0022\u003ESupercomputing 2016\u003C\/a\u003E (SC16) in Salt Lake City.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;It\u0026rsquo;s hard to overestimate the role that high-performance computing and data science play in the modern world. With the proliferation of embedded sensors and computational devices across so many areas of human activity, we\u0026rsquo;re no longer talking even about a tsunami of data\u0026mdash; it\u0026rsquo;s bigger than that,\u0026rdquo; said Georgia Tech School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) \u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Bader\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E[\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SHVIRjwAPKg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EClick here to see GT Computing\u0026#39;s new HPC video\u003C\/a\u003E]\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Supercomputing gives us the ability to make all this data work for us, inform us, and teach us. Georgia Tech is exceptionally well-positioned to work with a variety of partners to leverage HPC to the fullest extent of its capabilities, from building hardware to developing software and algorithms for these new supercomputers, to finding and analyzing the data that\u0026rsquo;s everywhere around us. It\u0026rsquo;s an exciting time,\u0026rdquo; said Bader.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESponsored by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ieee.org\/index.html\u0022\u003EIEEE Computer Society\u003C\/a\u003E, and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sighpc.org\/\u0022\u003EACM Special Interest Group on HPC\u003C\/a\u003E (SIGHPC), the SC conference attracts leading scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers, system administrators, and developers from across the globe.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlong with staffing a booth (2543) during the exposition portion of the event, the Georgia Tech team will be \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/organization\/?inst=Georgia%20Institute%20of%20Technology\u0022\u003Eparticipating in a number of ways\u003C\/a\u003E at SC including paper and poster presentations, workshops, and panel discussions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the papers being highlighted this year was actually presented at last year\u0026rsquo;s SC event. The paper written by students of CSE Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ESrinivas Aluru,\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ldquo;A Parallel Connectivity Algorithm for De Bruijn Graphs in Metagenomic Applications,\u0026rdquo; is being recognized with the first-ever \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/583818\/paper-honored-first-earn-acm-results-replicated-badge\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EACM \u003Cem\u003EResults Replicated\u003C\/em\u003E award\u003C\/a\u003E and badge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnother expected highlight this week at SC is the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/583904\/rikens-k-computer-continues-top-graph-500-list-worlds-fastest-supercomputers\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Elatest top 500 list of supercomputers\u003C\/a\u003E. Known as the Graph 500, the bi-annual list is developed by a small cadre of recognized supercomputing experts, including Bader, and details the fastest and most powerful computers in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the major challenges facing the further development of supercomputing is the looming end of Moore\u0026rsquo;s Law. To meet this challenge, SC is organizing the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/presentation\/?id=wksp105\u0026amp;sess=sess106\u0022\u003E1st International Workshop on Post-Moore Era Supercomputing\u003C\/a\u003E (PMES). Bringing their expertise and insight to the inaugural workshop are Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ETom Conte\u003C\/strong\u003E and Associate Professor \u003Cstrong\u003ERich Vuduc\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdditional Georgia Tech participation includes:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENov. 15 \u0026ndash; 13\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/presentation\/?id=bof163\u0026amp;sess=sess357\u0022\u003EGraph500 List\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; David Bader\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENov. 15 \u0026ndash; Students@SC Panel \u0026ndash; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/presentation\/?id=pec172\u0026amp;sess=sess228\u0022\u003EExperiencing HPC for Undergraduates: Introduction to HPC Research\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; Edmond Chow\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENov. 16 \u0026ndash; Panel \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/presentation\/?id=pan132\u0026amp;sess=sess179\u0022\u003EPost Moore\u0026rsquo;s Era Supercomputing in 20 Years\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; Tom Conte\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENov. 17 \u0026ndash; Paper Presentation - \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/presentation\/?id=pap365\u0026amp;sess=sess161\u0022\u003EA Parallel Algorithm for Finding All Pairs k-Mismatch Maximal Common Substrings\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; Sharma V. Thankachan, Srinivas Aluru\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENov. 17 \u0026ndash; Paper Presentation \u0026ndash;\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sc16.supercomputing.org\/?post_type=page\u0026amp;p=3273\u0026amp;id=pap164\u0026amp;sess=sess172\u0022\u003EPerformance Analysis, Design Considerations, and Applications of Extreme-Scale In Situ Infrastructures\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026ndash; Greg Eisenhauer,\u0026nbsp;Matthew \u0026nbsp;Wolf, Suresh Menon, Reetesh Ranjan\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A team of faculty and students from Georgia Tech are participating this week in a premier high performance computing conference. 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