BOULDER, Colo., June 22 — The future of the Jetstream in Cloud Computing, and NSF strategies for support of Cyberinfrastructure to help advance research and education will be the focus of keynote addresses at the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium’s (RMACC) 6^th annual High Performance Computing Symposium.

This year’s event is set for Aug. 9-11 at the Lory Student Center on the campus of Colorado State University – Fort Collins.

Open to the public, the symposium brings together designers and users of high performance computing systems from universities, government laboratories, and industry from throughout the 6-state Intermountain Region.

Keynote speakers are Irene M. Qualters, Division Director of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure (ACI) at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, VA, and Dr. Matthew Vaughn, Director of Life Sciences Computing at the University of Texas’ Advanced Computing Center (TACC) in Austin, TX.

Qualters, who has led ACI since 2014 after a distinguished career at Cray Computing, will speak about how research Cyberinfrastructure for computational and data science is increasingly a key enabler to leadership in science and engineering research. Her talk will focus on recent ACI investments and directions and on the future directions planned by NSF’s advanced computing infrastructure.

Vaughn, who leads efforts to advance biologists’ access to and utilization of advanced computing technologies, will focus his talk on the Jetstream Cloud. Jetstream Cloud is a collaboration between TACC, the University of Indiana and the University of Arizona and several domain-specific partners that expands the community of users who benefit from NSF’s investment in shared computing resources.

Recognized as one of he top regional high performance computing events, the RMACC Symposium features a wide array of panel discussions and tutorial sessions on research, education, and best practices.

Special sessions also are designed specifically for students, who will have the opportunity to learn about careers in the field of high-performance computing, and about interview, presentation and resumé skills. RMACC also is hosting a virtual poster competition for students (graduate and undergraduate) enabling them to share project results while also engaging in a competition for the best posters.

To view the Symposium schedule and for registration information, visit: www.rmacc.org/hpcsymposium.

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Source: Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium