DEISA PRACE Symposium, April 13-14, Helsinki, Finland

DEISA PRACE Symposium, April 13-14, Helsinki

DEISA (Distributed European Infrastructure for Supercomputing Applications) and PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) are organizing a third major European event in High Performance Computing (HPC): the DEISA PRACE Symposium 2011.

This symposium will take place from April 13 to April 14 in Helsinki, Finland. It is hosted by CSC – IT Center for Science, Finland at the National Museum of Finland.

This symposium on Advancements in Petaflop Computing covers both European and international developments. The event addresses interests for a broad audience: computational scientists, HPC technology experts, government representatives, vendors, and industry partners.

Registration for the DEISA PRACE Symposium is open at the DEISA and the PRACE websites, participation is free of charge.

Keynote speakers from across the world will outline the strategic perspectives of High Performance Computing. During the first day speakers include Thom Dunning, UIUC, Director of NCSA, Kostas Glinos, Head of Unit, DG INFSO, European Commission, Anita Lehikoinen, Director of the Division for Higher Education and Science, Finnish Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Xuebin Chi, Chinese Academy of Science, China, David Keyes, KAUST, Saudi Arabia & Columbia University, US and Mitsuo Yokokawa, Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Center, Riken, Japan.

The second day focuses on challenges in computational science. Challenging computational science projects from all over Europe will be presented, covering essential scientific areas.

The 1st PRACE User Forum is also included in the program of the symposium. The 1st PRACE User Forum will mark the start of a forum where PRACE users can discuss their experiences and expectations from PRACE HPC services and resources.

Speakers from PRACE and DEISA will provide updates on the projects including Tier-0 system access, HPC architectures and future plans.

For more information, contact the organizers via email.