Past Event
A charitable, service-based non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (NPO) educating and connecting the High Performance Computing (HPC) user community to state of art technology for the purpose of optimizing business processes and workforce advancement.
Our technology focus includes AI/Machine Learning, Data Science, Cloud Computing, and Visualization utilized in applications in Energy, Life Sciences, Manufacturing & Engineering, Financial Services, Academia, and Government.
The Society of HPC Professionals past event
Annual Meeting – December 2014
SHPCP Annual Technical Meeting – HPC: Up Front & Personal
Held 3 December 2014
Come network with our members and sponsors at the Society of HPC Professionals annual meeting and hear great speakers from the HPC community.
Agenda
| 8:30AM | Continental Breakfast, Badge pick-up, Registration |
| 9:30AM | Introductions – Facility Overview – Magdy Ishak, Schlumberger Meeting Overview – Gary Crouse, Executive Director |
| 9:45AM | Keynote: HPC Update from SC15 – Michael Feldman, Senior Analyst, Intersect360 Research |
| 10:30AM | BREAK |
| 10:45AM | Plenary – Ron Van Holst, Executive Director, Compute Ontario |
| 11:30AM | LUNCH / Networking |
| 12:30PM | Session 1 – Mike Booth, Benchmarking Expert, D-Wave Systems |
| 1:15PM | BREAK |
| 1:30PM | Session 2 – Swarat Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor, Rice University |
| 2:15PM | BREAK |
| 2:30PM | Panel Session – Michael Feldman from Intersect360 will moderated a lively, fast-paced vendor showdown panel session teams of vendors facing critical questions of the Intersect360 analysts, a team of end users, the media and press, and the audience. |
| 3:00PM | Wrap-up – Earl J. Dodd, President |
| 3:45PM | MEETING ADJOURNS |
Location:
WesternGeco / Schlumberger
10001 Richmond Avenue
Houston, TX 77042