August 17, 2010
Worldwide centers to extend HPC research, outreach and education into local regions
SUNNYVALE, Calif., and LUGANO, Switzerland, Aug. 17 -- The HPC Advisory Council, a leading worldwide organization for high-performance computing research, development, outreach and education, today announced the formation of its regional Centers of Excellence, broadening the scope and mission of the Council's programs throughout the world. The HPC Advisory Council Centers of Excellence will provide local support for the HPC Advisory Council's programs, local workshops and conferences, as well as host local computing centers that can be used to extend such activities.
"One of the HPC Advisory Council's main activities is community and education outreach, in particular, through enhancing the HPC knowledge-base around the world and exploring future solutions," said Gilad Shainer, chairman of the HPC Advisory Council. "The HPC Advisory Council Centers of Excellence are located worldwide and will extend the activities of the council into local areas and focus on the regional needs for furthering our HPC outreach activities."
"We are pleased to be named as one the inaugural HPC Advisory Council's Centers of Excellence, covering HPC research, outreach and educational activities within Europe," said Hussein Nasser El-Harake at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre who serves as the director of the HPC Advisory Council Center of Excellence in Switzerland. "As part of the HPC Advisory Council's Center of Excellence, we look forward to advancing awareness of the beneficial capabilities of HPC to new users."
The HPC Advisory Council also operates computing centers to support development, research, optimizations and testing of high-performance applications, solutions and technologies. The centers provide free access to users and vendors around the world, and operate around the clock, 365 days a year. For more information please visit the HPC Advisory Council Cluster Center website.
About the HPC Advisory Council
The HPC Advisory Council's mission is to bridge the gap between high-performance computing (HPC) use and its potential, bring the beneficial capabilities of HPC to new users for better research, education, innovation and product manufacturing, bring users the expertise needed to operate HPC systems, provide application designers with the tools needed to enable parallel computing, and to strengthen the qualification and integration of HPC system products. For more information about the HPC Advisory Council, visit www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com.
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Source: HPC Advisory Council
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