We are a vendor-neutral, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization comprised of members from industry, government, and academia worldwide. Our mission is to educate and connect the HPC & AI user community with the latest technologies and best practices to optimize business processes and promote workforce advancement.
We focus on the high-performance systems used for AI, simulation, cloud computing, quantum computing, and visualization. Our members utilize these technologies in their work in oil & gas, renewable energy, climate modeling, life sciences, manufacturing, financial services, cybersecurity, government, and academia.
Upcoming HPC Society Events
Special event - Friday August 2, 2024
Field trip - tour of Shell and DUG Houston datacenters
Tour and learn about both Shell and DUG's immersion cooled datacenters
2 August 2024
10:00am - 11:30am Central time
Skybox Houston One Data Center
22000 Franz Rd.
Katy, TX 77449
Previous HPC Society Events
Lunch & Learn – May 2024
InspireSemi Thunderbird Compute Accelerator for HPC, AI, and Graph Analytics
Alex Gray – Founder, President, and CTO
Doug Norton – CMO
30 May 2024
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) + Online option
10505 Exploration Way
Austin, TX 78758
HPC Society Annual Technology Meeting
Presentations and meeting videos now available
25 April 2024 (all times Central US)
8:00 – 9:00am: Breakfast and networking
9:00 – 4:00pm: Program
4:00 – 5:00pm: Wrap up and networking
Shell Woodcreek Campus
150 N. Dairy Ashford Road
Houston, TX 77079
Lunch and Learn – February 2024
Optimal Therapeutic Strategies for HER2+ Breast Cancer Treatment: A Mathematical Modeling Approach
Ernesto Lima, Ph.D. – Research Associate, Center for Computational Oncology at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
29 February 2024
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) + Online option
10505 Exploration Way
Austin, TX 78758
Lunch and Learn – January 2024
Performant Data Analytics Through Purpose-Built Computer Architecture
Martin Deneroff, CEO, Lucata Corporation
25 January 2024
HCC West Loop Campus (plus live stream)
5601 W Loop S., Room C108
Houston, TX 77081
Other Events of Interest
Image '24
The International Meeting for Applied Geoscience & Energy
26–29 August 2024
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, Texas
85th HPC/AI User Forum
Real-world Uses of AI in Industry, Science and Energy: Challenges in Making AI Fully Useful
4-5 September 2024
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 S. Cass Avenue
Lemont, Illinois 60439
HPC + AI Wall Street
Showcasing the fastest systems on the planet for Financial Services
September 17-18, 2024
601 Lexington at 53rd Street
14th floor
New York, NY
2024 OCP Global Summit
October 15-17, 2024
San Jose, CA
SC24
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
17-22 November 2024
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA
NEWS
HPC Society News
HPC Society President Led Panels at Annual EAGE Conference
SHPCP again participated in important discussions in the Digitalization Theater at the annual EAGE conference held this year in Oslo, Norway June 10-13, 2024.
SHPCP President Doug Norton led two panels that include senior executives and technologists. The titles were “Unlocking new resources with a Data Driven approach” and “OSDU, are we ready for it?”
10 June 2024
New super computer helps artists bring scientists’ work to life at Austin computer lab
The research scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), located in north Austin, have the unique responsibility of bringing boring, unattractive data to life.
14 May 2024
HPC Society Board Member Keynoted Computing Insight UK 2023
SHPCP Board Member Melyssa Fratkin delivered the keynote address at the annual Computing Insight UK 2023 in Manchester, UK on December 7, 2023. The theme of her presentation is “Women in Advanced Computing: Leveling the Playing Field.”
7 December 2023
Industry News
Thunderbird packs up to 6,144 CPU cores into a single AI accelerator and scales up to 360,000 cores — InspireSemi’s RISC-V ‘supercomputer-cluster-on-a-chip’ touts higher performance than Nvidia GPUs
The Holy Grail of supercomputing chip design is an architecture that combines the versatility and programmability of CPUs with the explicit parallelism of GPUs, and InspireSemi strives to achieve just that.
June 27, 2024 | Toms Hardware
TACC: Conquering Breast Cancer Using Supercomputers, Data, and Mathematical Modeling
Digital Twins in Oncology
For additional insights, visit the SHPCP February 2024 Lunch & Learn page for video and presentation.
21 May 2024 | HPCwire
ISC 2024 Keynote: High-precision Computing Will Be a Foundation for AI Models
“We need to ensure that we don’t lose that high-precision arithmetic as we focus on some commercial applications,” said Kathy Yelick, vice chancellor for research and distinguished professor of computer sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
Missed ISC 2024? Catch It Now On Demand
15 May 2024 | HPCwire
Intersect360 Research Announces Formation of HPC-AI Leadership Organization
User Group Guided by Thought Leaders from Around the Globe
2 May 2024 | Intersect360 Research
RESOURCES
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HPCwire
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Enterprise AI News
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Datanami
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QCwire
A publication of HPCwire covering the Quantum Computing Explosion
Science Daily
Your source for the latest research news
World Oil – Geology & Geophysics
For more than 100 years, World Oil has provided readers with coverage of the latest information and technological advances relating to the exploration, drilling, completion and production of offshore and onshore oil and gas.
Oil and Gas Global Network™ (OGGN™)
The World’s Largest Network of Oil & Gas Podcasts
Partner HPC Resources
Strangeworks – Quantum Computing
The Strangeworks ecosystem provides access to over 100 quantum computing resources and features quantum computers from IBM, Rigetti, Aquila, IQM, D-Wave, and many others all in an easy to get started environment that allows you to deploy this technology of tomorrow, today.
Backstage Program – This is your opportunity to take part in shaping the quantum research tools you need by test-driving pre-release features, functionality, and quantum technologies. Break a leg!
Seminal 2021 whitepaper achieving quantum advantage
WWT Advanced Technology Center (ATC)
To answer the most complex questions, we’ve developed an immersive learning platform, powered by our Advanced Technology Center, designed to be at the forefront of what’s possible. Accelerate your knowledge by joining our physical and virtual ecosystem of innovation, research, community, labs and thought leadership. Be in the know wherever you are in the world.
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