Comments on: New DoE Travel Restrictions Could Affect SC12 and Beyond http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/ HPC News Without the Noise for Supercomputing Professionals | insideHPC Sun, 19 May 2013 10:46:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Hopping Mad http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/#comment-380108 Hopping Mad Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:13:08 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=31013#comment-380108 Punish GAO, not those of us that can not go to conferences because of their foibles. Punish GAO, not those of us that can not go to conferences because of their foibles.

]]> By: M. Ramses http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/#comment-378702 M. Ramses Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:02:23 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=31013#comment-378702 I have been attending SC off and on since 2002. As a DoD contractor I have been told to attend by both my DoD customer as well as my DoD contractor boss. This conference has an extremely large number of DoX employees, military, GS types, and contractors of all types and sizes. It is like if you are not there, then you must not be a real player in the HPC business. This is often the story that is told by the HPC program manager to his senior executives. The big five HPC vendors are often know by the size of the parties they host rather than the size of the exhibit on the conference floor. But, it is not just the money spent at the conference there are goups that have annual budgets for this conference. If the group does not spend all of their budget in their year, then the members of the groups are given presents, expensive presents, purchased from the left over budget.. Much potential for waste fraud and abuse. I have been attending SC off and on since 2002. As a DoD contractor I have been told to attend by both my DoD customer as well as my DoD contractor boss. This conference has an extremely large number of DoX employees, military, GS types, and contractors of all types and sizes. It is like if you are not there, then you must not be a real player in the HPC business. This is often the story that is told by the HPC program manager to his senior executives. The big five HPC vendors are often know by the size of the parties they host rather than the size of the exhibit on the conference floor. But, it is not just the money spent at the conference there are goups that have annual budgets for this conference. If the group does not spend all of their budget in their year, then the members of the groups are given presents, expensive presents, purchased from the left over budget.. Much potential for waste fraud and abuse.

]]> By: J. Grahammy http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/#comment-378100 J. Grahammy Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:25:13 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=31013#comment-378100 As a government worker we need the tax payer support otherwise how would we learn about technology and get all of the free beer at the parties? As a government worker we need the tax payer support otherwise how would we learn about technology and get all of the free beer at the parties?

]]> By: Skip http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/#comment-378099 Skip Thu, 16 Aug 2012 13:23:26 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=31013#comment-378099 These big events (and the many small events) are extremely important for our nation's scientists (both the computational and the pure scientists.) There is no substitute for the ability to demonstate and share ideas and advancements first hand. Many, many great ideas have come from the conversations taking place at conferences such as the SC conference. It's about sharing information and technology discussion. Limiting the ability of our scientific computing specialists to attend, share, and learn at these conferences is yet another hit to the declining position of U.S. technology leadership. These big events (and the many small events) are extremely important for our nation’s scientists (both the computational and the pure scientists.) There is no substitute for the ability to demonstate and share ideas and advancements first hand. Many, many great ideas have come from the conversations taking place at conferences such as the SC conference. It’s about sharing information and technology discussion. Limiting the ability of our scientific computing specialists to attend, share, and learn at these conferences is yet another hit to the declining position of U.S. technology leadership.

]]> By: FJW http://insidehpc.com/2012/08/14/new-doe-travel-restrictions-could-affect-sc12-and-beyond/#comment-378079 FJW Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:01:41 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=31013#comment-378079 About time... As much as I enjoy the dog and pony shows at SC using my tax dollars, I often wonder why the DO (fill in the blank) agencies are there with so many people. It's not like a hardware or software vendor that is trolling for customers or like a University trolling for students or research dollars. And let's not even start in on why every DO agency needs their own hardware. I mean if the DOE can give hours away via INCITE to entities such as Dream Works and P&G, why can't DoD/NOAA/NASA all be customers? FJW About time… As much as I enjoy the dog and pony shows at SC using my tax dollars, I often wonder why the DO (fill in the blank) agencies are there with so many people. It’s not like a hardware or software vendor that is trolling for customers or like a University trolling for students or research dollars.

And let’s not even start in on why every DO agency needs their own hardware. I mean if the DOE can give hours away via INCITE to entities such as Dream Works and P&G, why can’t DoD/NOAA/NASA all be customers?

FJW

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