Women in High Performance Computing Launches ‘Move the Needle’ Project for 2024

December 12, 2023 — Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC), in collaboration with Alces Flight, has announced the ‘Move the Needle’ project, a initiative aimed at fostering workplace inclusivity in the High Performance Computing industry. The project, a year-long event, is dedicated to tracking actions and fostering accountability in the realm of diversity and inclusion […]

Hyperion Research Announces Winners of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards

HPC industry analyst firm Hyperion Research has announced the recipients of the 19th round of HPC Innovation Excellence Awards. The 2023 winners are: FedData Technology Solutions, Boston University, McMaster University and HPE, and HLRS and WIKKI GmbH.

@HPCpodcast: A Discussion with the Creators of HPC.social, the Online Gathering Spot for HPC-AI

There’s a new online gathering point for the HPC community, and it has quickly generated a large following. In this episode of the @HPCpodcast, Shahin and Doug speak with Vanessa Sochat and Alan Sill, creators of HPC.social as we discuss the broad HPC/AI community and their efforts to connect it digitally through a broad, multi-channel platform….

IU’s GlobalNOC in Data Transfer Agreement with Rubin Observatory

Bloomington, IN — The Global Network Operations Center at Indiana University, or GlobalNOC, has signed a four-year agreement in partnership with the Vera C. Rubin Observatory as its inaugural virtual network operations center (VNOC). GlobalNOC will help ensure the transfer of the observatory’s astronomical data from its remote location in Chile to data repositories in the United States and […]

@HPCpodcast: Paul Messina and the Journey to Exascale

From the early days of supercomputing through the success of exascale supercomputing, few HPC luminaries have played as important and integral leadership role in HPC as Dr. Paul Messina. So as we observe Exascale Day today, we are delighted to discuss the exascale journey with someone instrumental to the 10 orders of magnitude of improvement in ….

D-Wave and Satispay Announce Quantum-hybrid Application for European Payment Network

PALO ALTO, Calif., BURNABY, B.C., MILAN — October 11, 2023 — D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NYSE: QBTS) and Satispay, an Italian fintech company focused on mobile payments, today said they have built a quantum-hybrid application designed to optimize customer rewards initiatives. Using D-Wave’s constrained quadratic model (CQM) hybrid solver, the application showed an improvement of 50 percent in […]

Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe Develop Quantum ML Method for Disaster Routing

St. Gallen, Munich and Frankfurt, Germany, September 21, 2023 – Quantum computing company Terra Quantum and Honda Research Institute Europe (HRI-EU), a center for advanced research in intelligent systems, collaborated to develop new methods to shorten escape times in emergency situations. In the joint project, they have demonstrated the potential of hybrid quantum computing methods […]

KAUST and Cerebras Named Gordon Bell Award Finalist

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 20, 2023 — Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and AI chip developer Cerebras Systems announced that its work on multi-dimensional seismic processing has been selected as a finalist for the 2023 Gordon Bell Prize for outstanding achievements in HPC. By developing a Tile […]

University of Maryland and IonQ Open Quantum Computing Research

COLLEGE PARK, MD – September 19, 2023 – The University of Maryland (UMD) today announced the opening of the National Quantum Laboratory (QLab), a quantum research center developed in partnership with quantum computing company IonQ (NYSE: IONQ). The QLab enables people from around the world to develop and design quantum technologies on a quantum computer […]

Linux Foundation: Unified Acceleration Foundation Formed for Open Accelerated Compute and Cross-Platform Performance

BILBAO, SPAIN – September 19, 2023 –  Today, the Linux Foundation announced the formation of the Unified Acceleration (UXL) Foundation, a cross-industry group focused on delivering an open standard accelerator programming model that simplifies development of performant, cross-platform applications. Hosted by the Linux Foundation’s Joint Development Foundation (JDF), the Unified Acceleration Foundation brings together ecosystem participants to establish […]