Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) began with a question – “Why are there not more women in HPC?”

This led to a mission to find the answer. On our journey we discovered that by bringing the HPC community together, we could provide research that would raise awareness, support to organizations and women based on what we learned, and opportunities for women to network, learn, and become strong!

Diversity creates stronger organizations and a stronger HPC community. Our goal – support for the HPC community and the women in the community to engage this generation of HPC users.

• MEMBERSHIP

  Learn about the benefits of being a member in Women in HPC, the members, and how you can get involved both as individual or as an organisation.

  CHAPTERS AND AFFILIATES

  Find out where we have Chapters and Affiliates and how you can get involved.

  If you are a Chapter Representative, don’t forget that you can make use of the Chapters Forum to share ideas and make the most of your Chapter.

  RESOURCES

  In our Resource section, you can find job opportunities in the HPC community .

  INSPIRATION

  We all need a little inspiration! Read our blog to find out about exciting activities in the HPC  world, highlight awards, role models, members, and the activities our members are involved in.

  EVENTS

  What is an organization without events! In this section you can see the events we are participating in and find where you can join us!

  NEWS

  We do have news to share! We have placed our press releases, mentions of Women in HPC in publications, and our newsletters.

• Upcoming Events

  Current Month

  may

  EPCC's Women in HPC Chapter Launch St Leonard's, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh St Leonard\'s, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh

  08may12:00 am6:00 pmEPCC's Women in HPC Chapter Launch

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  EPCC's Women in HPC Chapter is excited to announce that we will be holding a launch event, to celebrate our recently formed chapter and to engage and develop our Women

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  EPCC’s Women in HPC Chapter is excited to announce that we will be holding a launch event, to celebrate our recently formed chapter and to engage and develop our Women in HPC community. The chapter has a strong focus on diversity and we are particularly keen that the launch is open and welcoming to all, whether you are interested in becoming a member of the network or simply keen to be an ally and supporter.

  The launch is free to attend and will take a workshop approach, with short lightning talks, breakout sessions and opportunities for discussion and networking.

  The event will focus on two areas in particular: The first will look at the challenges and opportunities for women to develop their professional skills and profile throughout their careers. Through a series of lightning talks, participants will discuss their experiences and challenges before breaking into discussion groups. The second will focus on celebrating and encouraging diversity in high performance computing and computational science. Opportunities will exist for break out sessions and discussion in areas such as outreach, publicity, recruitment and the working environment.

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  Who should attend?

  Anyone with an interest in increasing diversity in High Performance Computing, research software engineering and in computational science. Anyone with an interest in the Women in HPC initiative. EPCC’s Chapter is a UK wide Chapter and we encourage registrations from individuals within and outwith Edinburgh.

  Registration

  Please register via EPCC’s registration page

  Agenda

  • 12:00-12:30 Registration, arrival, coffee and tea
  • 12:30-12:45 Welcome and overview of the Chapter – Lorna Smith, EPCC

  Session 1

  • 12:45-13:30 Lightning talks
    • Speaker 1: Jo Leng, Leeds
    • Speaker 2: Linda Dewar, EPCC
    • Speaker 3: Toni Collis, WHPC
  • 13:40-14:10 Tea, Coffee, Juice
    • Speaker 4: Paul Clark, EPCC
    • Speaker 5: Neil Chue Hong, SSI
  • 14:45-15:00 Short Break
  • 15:00-15:45 Breakout sessions
    Proposed Topics:
    • Encouraging diversity through Outreach
    • Family work/life balance
    • Career Progression
    • Encouraging diversity through projects in the Workplace
  • 15:45-16:15 Breakout group feedback
  • 16:15-16:30 Wrap up and closure
  • 17:00-18:00 Informal Networking session with refreshment

  Venue

  The workshop will be held in St Leonard’s Hall, located at Pollock Halls. This is a mid-nineteenth century mansion with many original features. Arthur’s seat makes a lovely backdrop. In the past this was used as a school and is reputed to be the inspiration behind St Trinian’s school in the novels by Ronald Searle.

  Accommodation

  For those travelling from outside Edinburgh, St Leanords is located at the University’s Pollock Halls site. Accommodation options are available on the Pollock Halls site, very close to the conference centre:

  • Salisbury Green Hotel, a 3-star hotel in an 18th century mansion house;

  For further information, please visit Edinburgh First. There are many hotels and B&Bs available in the area, within easy walking distance of the conference location. The closest can be found on Dalkeith Road, Marchhall Crescent, Priestfield Road, Kilmaurs Road, Kilmaurs Terrace, Minto Street and Mayfield Gardens.

  Time

  (Wednesday) 12:00 am - 6:00 pm BST

  Location

  St Leonard's, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh

  St Leonard's, Pollock Halls, University of Edinburgh

  Organizer

  EPCC

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  june

  WHPC@ISC19 Tutorial: Addressing the skills shortage in HPC - strategies for equity, diversity and inclusion Matterhorn 1, Frankfurt Messe Conference Centre Messe Frankfurt Entrance Festhalle Süd Hall 3 Brüsseler Strasse 60327 Frankfurt am Main

  16jun2:00 pm6:00 pmWHPC@ISC19 Tutorial: Addressing the skills shortage in HPC - strategies for equity, diversity and inclusion

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  Addressing the skills shortage in HPC – strategies for equity, diversity and inclusion

  Hyperion research reports: ‘Nearly all (93%) of the HPC centers said it is “somewhat hard” or “very hard” to hire staff with the requisite skills’. The number and quality of research outputs in High Performance Computing (HPC), is directly dependent on the size, talent and skills of the HPC workforce. The HPC workforce is aritifically smaller than its full potential because of insufficient diversity. Equity, diversity and inclusion are laudable goals in their own right, and are necessary to increase the size of the available talent pool, but also improve business and research outcomes, such as increased profit, turnover and impact. However, achieving diversity is complex and difficult.

  The HPC community has typically relied on generic ‘diversity in STEM/technology’ initiatives. Significant progress is being made in other STEM subjects, but HPC is not seeing the benefit.

  Attendees will leave this tutorial with the key steps to producing a workable HPC targeted inclusion plan to build the talent pool in their organization including the business imperative, how to diagnose inclusion and diversity barriers in their organization and information on strategies to achieve cultural change and build workable solutions with a realistic probability of organizational buy-in.

  Presenters:

  • Toni Collis – Collis-Holmes Innovations & Women in High Performance Computing
  • Kelly Nolan – Talent Strategy Institute

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  Click here for our full list of activities at ISC19.
  Registration information for this and our other ISC19 activities is available here.

  Time

  (Sunday) 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm CEST

  Location

  Matterhorn 1, Frankfurt Messe Conference Centre

  Messe Frankfurt Entrance Festhalle Süd Hall 3 Brüsseler Strasse 60327 Frankfurt am Main

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