Aug. 6 — In collaboration with Supercomputing 2015, the WHPC network are running a half day workshop on Friday, November 20, 2015, in Austin, Texas, USA.
Call for Abstracts
As part of the workshop we will be inviting submissions from female early career researchers (papers or posters) to present their work in a supportive environment that promotes the engagement of women in HPC research and applications, providing opportunities for peer to peer networking and the opportunity to interact with female role models.
Applicants must be female and either PhD candidates or early career researchers who have been awarded their PhD within 5 years of July 1, 2015.
Submissions will be invited for the following categories:
- Extended abstract (max 500 words) for a hot topic 20 minute presentation on research in any area that utilises high performance computing;
- Short abstract (max 250 words) for a poster in any area that utilises high performance computing.
All abstracts should emphasise the computational aspects of the work, such as the facilities used, the challenges that HPC can help address, remaining challenges etc.
Extended Deadline August 17, 2015, 5pm GMT
Please email your submission as a PDF to [email protected], containing:
- Full name of main (presenting) author;
- Names of any other authors;
- Current institution of all authors;
- Year and month of PhD award of main author;
- Abstract type (extended for paper or short of poster);
- Abstract (up to 500 words for extended and up to 250 words for short)
Register
Registration is open to all. We would like to encourage everyone who has an interest in the equal representation of women to attend, irrespective of their gender.
Registration is via the Supercomputing 2015. Please register to attend the Friday morning workshop session, which can be done either with as add-on to the technical program (Tuesday to Thursday), or as a separate workshop-only pass. Please indicate during registration that the Women in HPC workshop is your preferred Friday morning workshop so that the SC15 organisers know approximately how many people will be attending.
The early-bird discount deadline for the technical program is October 15, 2015. Unfortunately there is no discount for the workshop only pass.
Please note WHPC is not responsible for registration, this is entirely managed by the organisers of SC15.
Register now at http://sc15.supercomputing.org/register(link is external).
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Source: WHPC