what we do

Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) was created with the vision to encourage women to participate in the HPC community by providing fellowship, education, and support to women and the organizations that employ them.

Through collaboration and networking, WHPC strives to bring together women in HPC and technical computing while encouraging women to engage in outreach activities and improve the visibility of inspirational role models. WHPC is stewarded by EPCC at the University of Edinburgh. WHPC operates under the WHPC Terms of Reference that covers WHPC’s operation, governance and membership.

READ OUR VISION, MISSION & STRATEGIC GOALS

Executive team

Elsa

ELSA GONSIOROWSKI

WHPC Chair

Elsa Gonsiorowski is a HPC technical support consultant at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she specializes in I/O support and documentation. She graduated in 2016 with a Ph.D. in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Elsa has been an active member and volunteer for WHPC since she was first accepted as an early career lighting speaker at the WHPC SC15 workshop.

Eleanor Broadway

ELEANOR BROADWAY

WHPC Vice Chair

Eleanor joined EPCC in October 2020 after graduating from the University of York with a MPhys degree in Theoretical Physics. She works in the team supporting the users of ARCHER2 and Cirrus to provide technical user support, training and service improvement. She also provides consultancy on research projects centred around optimising AI frameworks, porting applications to GPU and energy efficiency.

Eleanor serves on the Women in HPC (WHPC) Executive Board, as Treasurer after a year in the Director of Chapters and Affiliates role. She also regularly volunteers on international WHPC conference committees to promote the inclusion, visibility and development of women in HPC internationally.

Steering Committee

Mark Parsons EPCC
Marie-Christine Sawley Intel
John Towns University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh NVIDIA
Christine Runnegar
AJ Lauer Thriving Ibis
Cristin Merritt Alces Flight
Carina Kemp AWS
Weronika Filinger EPCC

WHPC leadership

Much of the local impact of WHPC comes from our Chapters and Affiliates, each lead by a team of dedicated individuals. Please visit our Chapters and Affiliates page to learn more.