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February 21, 2012

NASA KEPLER Project Manager to Keynote at HPC User Forum

Feb. 21 -- Dr. Roger Hunter, manager of NASA's KEPLER Project, will give the keynote talk at the April 16-18, 2012 HPC User Forum meeting in Richmond, Virginia, IDC announced today.

KEPLER is NASA’s first mission capable of finding earth-size worlds around other stars. Launched in March, 2009, KEPLER’s objective is to determine if other Earths exist in our galaxy and how many are there. The results of KEPLER will be profound – either Earth is a very rare planet, or earth-like planets are commonplace. Dr. Hunter leads a team of over 80 scientists and engineers on a mission that is expected to last at least 3 ½ years in search of another earth. KEPLER has already confirmed the existence of 61 exoplanets, that is, earth-sized planets in stars’ habitable zones.

The Richmond meeting will also feature other timely sessions:

Developments in data-intensive computing ("Big Data")
Advances in parallel programming and performance modeling
A distinguished panel on the role and prospects for government funding
A panel on disruptive HPC technologies
A major session on industrial access to high-end HPC resources
Talks on processor technologies, storage and networking
IDC's update on the worldwide HPC market
Vendor technical updates

The meeting will take place at the historical Jefferson Hotel in Richmond. To see the detailed agenda and register, go to www.hpcuserforum.com. Questions? Contact Steve Conway, sconway@idc.com or Earl Joseph (ejoseph@idc.com).

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Source: IDC

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