Nov. 1, 2023 — Expressions of interest to be part of the 14th International HPC Summer School on Challenges in Computational Sciences (IHPCSS) in Kobe, Japan are now open.

Last year marked Australia’s inaugural participation in the 13th IHPCSS, with the support of the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. The event was held in Atlanta, Georgia, from July 9th to 14th, 2023.

A total of 100 participants from Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States attended the summer school this year. They received in-depth training in the latest high-performance computing (HPC) technologies and techniques. They learned about a wide range of topics, including parallel programming, big data analytics, and machine learning.

The summer school also offered participants the opportunity to network with other researchers from around the world and to learn about cutting-edge research in computational sciences. A trademark of the school is the participation of leading scientific and HPC experts from around the world, who not only provide keynote talks but also mentor students for the entire week.

Keynotes are complimented with hands-on workshops, tutorials, and interactive and energetic poster sessions, in which all students present their research.

Students enjoyed many quality technical talks from HPC experts, including Erik Lindahl, lead developer of GROMACS; John Urbanic, Distinguished Professor at Carnegie Mellon University; Ludovic Capelli, member of the OpenMP and MPI committees.

The participation of Australia in IHPCSS was a significant milestone for the country’s HPC community. It helps to strengthen Australia’s research capabilities, it showcases Australian science, research and innovation, and it builds and fosters international collaboration.

“IHPCSS is a unique opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to be immersed in a global community of likeminded HPC peers – honing their computational skills and swapping challenges across domains while building new partnerships and making new friends,” said Ann Backhaus, Pawsey Education and Training Manager.

The Pawsey team actively took part as mentors and organizers before and during the event. The delegation was comprised of 11 enthusiastic individuals including students and staff.

The 13th IHPCSS was sponsored by the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS), the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre (Pawsey), and the SciNet HPC Consortium.

If you’d like to be a part of this experience in 2024, submit your Expression of Interest (EoI) through this link https://ss24.ihpcss.org/. By doing so, you’ll be among the first to know when submissions open.

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Source: Karina Nunez, Pawsey