SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 14 -- The HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for high-performance computing research, outreach and education, today announced that Jacob Nelson from the University of Washington has received the prestigious HPC Advisory Council Fall 2011 University Award for advanced research in the subject area of high-performance computing for his proposal, 'Runtime Support for Sparse Graph Applications'. The award ceremony will take place during SC11 on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 12:15 PM in room TCC 101. One of the HPC Advisory Council's main activities is community and educational outreach and support. The University Award program is an outgrowth of this, and is intended to enhance research in the area of High-Performance Computing.

"The council activities include several university engagement programs which aim to increase research capabilities and to tighten the collaboration between universities and vendors," said Scot Schultz, HPC Advisory Council Director of Educational Outreach. "We are happy to provide our 3rd University Award to Jacob Nelson from the University of Washington. Submissions are now open for the Council's Spring 2012 University Award and we look forward to reviewing research proposals from students worldwide."

Twice a year, the HPC Advisory Council will select worthy proposals allowing winners to benefit from a range of the council's resources and events, including the opportunity to present their final research results to a wider audience. Proposals for the Spring 2012 HPC Advisory Council University Award Program can be submitted today through June 1, 2012. The selected proposal(s) will be determined by June 10th and the winner(s) will be notified.

The HPC Advisory Council University Award winners will be provided with the following benefits:

• Exclusive computation time on the HPC Advisory Council's Compute Center
• Invitation to present the research results at one of the HPC Advisory Council's worldwide workshops, including sponsorship of travel expenses (according to the Council Award Program rules)
• Publication of the research results on the HPC Advisory Council website and related publications
• Publication of the research results and a demonstration, if applicable, within the HPC Advisory Council world-wide technology demonstration activities

For more information and registration, please visit the HPC Advisory Council website http://www.hpcadvisorycouncil.com/.

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Source: HPC Advisory Council