Title: Georgia Tech Leads the Way in High-Performance Computing at SC24
We’ve all heard that a single smartphone has more computing power than all the computers that NASA needed to land on the moon in 1969. Despite the exponential growth in computing power over the past half-century, many of today’s data challenges are too complex for a single computer to handle efficiently. This is where high-performance computing (HPC) comes in.
HPC technologies allow the workload of a single computational task to be shared across multiple computing devices working as one. Georgia Tech HPC experts are currently engaging with their global counterparts at the International Conference on High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, also known as Supercomputing (SC).
SC24, which is being held at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta, brings together scientists, engineers, researchers, and industry leaders to share best practices, discover new ideas, discuss emerging challenges, and develop relationships. Although Georgia Tech is not formally hosting SC24, it plays a central role in the conference.
Georgia Tech has a significant presence at SC24, with 50 researchers presenting at the event. Vivek Sarkar, John P. Imlay Jr. Dean of Computing at Georgia Tech, expressed his excitement about welcoming HPC researchers from around the globe to Atlanta.
The College of Computing researchers lead Georgia Tech’s SC24 contingent, with Sarkar presenting three workshops and a paper at the conference. Faculty, research scientists, and graduate students from the School of Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) and the School of Computer Science are part of the more than 27 Georgia Tech research teams contributing to the SC24 technical program.
One of the highlights of Georgia Tech’s presence at SC24 is the new HPC algorithm developed by a School of CSE team. This algorithm is faster than existing methods, highly accurate, and empowers scalable simulations of chemical systems. The team anticipates that it will have applications in physics, chemistry, materials science, and other fields.
The SC24 technical program also features Georgia Tech researchers from various departments within the College of Computing. A new website has been created to chronicle Georgia Tech’s presence at SC24, providing users with links to presentation and workshop schedules, the full SC24 agenda, latest HPC research, and an interactive exploration of Tech’s HPC researchers and collaborators.
In addition to the technical program, Georgia Tech has a strong presence on the SC24 exhibition floor. Shimon, the Institute’s improvisational marimba-playing robot, will greet conference attendees visiting Georgia Tech’s booth in the exhibition hall. This year’s conference marks the first time that the City of Atlanta has hosted Supercomputing, showcasing the latest HPC technologies and applications.
In conclusion, Georgia Tech’s leadership in high-performance computing is evident at SC24, with a strong contingent of researchers presenting cutting-edge work in the field. The collaboration and innovation showcased at the conference highlight the importance of HPC in addressing complex data challenges. For those interested in learning more about Georgia Tech’s HPC initiatives and achievements, exploring the College of Computing’s latest research and engaging with the vibrant HPC community, SC24 provides a valuable platform for knowledge sharing and networking.
