WHPC Mentorship: Jay Lofstead
“HPC is changing the world. Only through diverse opinions and perspectives can we ensure it changes the world for the better” Our new series showcases the WHPC Mentorship…
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Member highlight: Weronika Filinger
A ‘butterfly mind’ finds freedom in the diversity of the HPC landscape.
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Member highlight: Sarvani Chadalapaka
From studying semiconductors in high school to HPC Systems Administrator.
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Member highlight: Maytal Dahan
When marine biology means too much chemistry, a first-generation college student falls in love with computer programming.
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Member highlight: Juliette Ugirumurera on Traffic Jam modelling
Real-time answers for traffic jams – A digital twin could make roads safer, shorten commute times, and reduce energy use.
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WHPC’s Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh awarded SSI Fellowship
Mozhgan Kabiri Chimeh is a Research Associate/ RSE at the University of Sheffield working in the area of complex systems modelling. Here we interview Mozhgan to find out what the Fellowship and WHPC mean to her.
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Margo Seltzer to Keynote at 35th MSST Conference
Margo Seltzer is the Canada 150 Research Chair in Computer Systems and the Cheriton Family Chair in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. Find out what she had to say.
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Showcasing women at the annual ISC High Performance Conference
Showcasing women at the annual ISC High Performance Conference BY: AIMAN SHAIKH, UKRI STFC HARTREE CENTRE By: Aiman Shaikh, UKRI STFC Hartree Centre This year I have the honour of being part of the organizing committee for the WHPC workshop at the annual ISC High Performance conference that takes place in Germany every summer. I got involved…
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SCinet at SC’18: Inspirations and Experiences of a Volunteer
Tuesday Keynote at SC’18 in Dallas: It is the welcome session for every attendee and SC’18 General Chair Ralph McEldowney is on stage. He talks about passion in this inspired research field. His general message is to be successful and happy in what you are doing, you need passion. Ralph has been a volunteer since…
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WHPC Mentoring Programme
By: Sarvani Chadalapaka, WHPC Mentoring Programme Director & High Performance Computing Administrator with the Office of Information Technology at the University of California, Merced First Published on March 8th, 2019. Women in High Performance Computing (WHPC) is delighted to announce that we are launching our first year-round mentoring programme, providing a framework for women around the world…
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Science Gateways Bootcamp: Achieving Sustainability for Web-Based Platforms
Guest post by: Nayiri Mullinix Also known as portals, virtual research environments, and hubs, science gateways provide Web-based access to shared data, software, computing services, instruments, educational materials, and other resources specific to a discipline. The Science Gateways Community Institute (SGCI) is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), USA, to offer—at no cost—resources, services,…
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Career goal setting and developing a personal career strategy
By: Toni Collis, Chair & Co-Founder of WHPC, Director of Collis-Holmes Innovations & CBDO at Appentra Solutions First Published on Feb 18th, 2019. As co-founder and chair of Women in High Performance Computing I am often asked about my career, how I got to where I was today, the experiences I’ve had along the way and…
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WHPC-SA BoF Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) National Meeting 2018
A guest post by: Khomotso Maenetja First Published on Feb 1st, 2019. This was my second time hosting BoF session for Women in HPC South Africa at Centre for High-Performance Computing; it has run for 3 years. It was a more relaxed kind of setup, whereby everyone who attended the session could participate. Surprisingly, 40 %…
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