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After interviewing over 40 women in HPC, here’s what one of our volunteers learned.

For three years Executive Committee Member Cristin Merritt has had the opportunity to learn some valuable lessons about how female leaders found their career path in supercomputing.  (Reprinted with Permission.) I’ve always been a big believer in contributing to positive change. So, in 2021, I got the opportunity to volunteer for the Supercomputing (SC) conference series and…

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WHPC SC22 Recap!

Women in HPC’s Supercomputing 2023 Workshop Recap! After two years online, the volunteers for Women in High-Performance Computing (WHPC) were pleased to return in person to SC22 in Dallas, Texas to present their fourteenth annual WHPC workshop. Focused on providing a platform for the HPC community to discuss diversity and inclusivity issues, this year’s full-day…

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NHR Germany rocks SC

NHR rocks SC Anja Gerbes and Jan Laukemann from the National High Performance Computing Alliance (NHR) in Germany write about their experiences at SC22 in Dallas, TX. The Supercomputing Conference, which took place in Nov 2022 in Dallas, TX, is not only a gathering of more than ten thousand individuals from cutting-edge HPC companies, researchers,…

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SC22 Networking Reception brings members, friends and allies together

Women in HPC bring back the Supercomputing (SC) Networking Reception in Dallas, TX This year’s reception was captured by the team at the Purdue University Rosen Center for Advanced Computing – special thanks for the incredible images of the event. SC22 has now come and gone but the volunteers for Purdue made sure that good…

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WHPC Shares HPCWire’s Diversity and Inclusion Award!

Women in HPC shares HPCWire’s Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Award! We are proud to announce that this year’s HPCWire award for Diversity and Inclusion Leadership is being shared between ourselves and STEM-Trek.  HPCWire’s Editors have also selected Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications for additional recognition, taking the honours…

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WHPC nominated for HPCWire Reader’s Choice Award

We are pleased and humbled to announce that we have been nominated alongside of seven other institutions for the 2022 HPCWire Reader’s Choice Award for Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Leadership. It is wonderful to see so many nominees in this category and we want to thank the HPC Community for putting our work forward. HPCWire’s…

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WHPC heads to CIUK 2022

Women in HPC to host First Annual UK WHPC Breakfast at CIUK 2022 Planned for December 2, 2022 this breakfast welcomes UK members, friends and allies to meet, network, and hear about the latest in diversity initiatives from our community, chapters and affiliates. The UK-based Chapters and Affiliates of Women in HPC are excited to…

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WHPC ISC22 Recap

Women in HPC – ISC’22 Workshop Recap – LISTEN NOW! https://whpctransfer.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/WHPC-ISC_22-Workshop-Re-Cap_-2022-07-12.mp3 Download and listen later. On July 12, 2022 our ISC22 keynote, invited speakers, early career presenters and committee volunteers gathered for a 1-hour rapid-fire re-cap of our first global, in-person workshop in over two years. Throughout this event this team kept circling back to…

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Women in HPC – July Opportunities 2022

Global and local opportunities for Women in HPC (WHPC) members, friends and allies continue to grow this July. WHPC is pleased to announce a July full of opportunities for the HPC community.  From reviews, to networking, to the announcement of our participation at SC22 in Dallas, Texas, we are excited to bring you a summary…

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WHPC Mentorship: Valery Herrington

“Women, now more than ever, are essential drivers of advanced civilizations and economies. Women should also have a role contributing to the future of HPC.”     Our new series showcases the WHPC Mentorship program mentors. Our hope is that by highlighting these trailblazers—and the sometimes unique paths they followed into the field—other women will…

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Member highlight: Sakshi Mishra

This researcher blends electrical engineering with AI to solve climate change problems     Guest post by: Alisa Alering, Science Node First published on Science Node on 28th April 2020   Our new series, Paths to HPC, showcases women working in high-performance computing. Our hope is that by highlighting these trailblazers—and the sometimes unique paths…

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Member highlight: Melyssa Fratkin

From computer summer camp to showing the community why HPC matters.   Guest post by: Alisa Alering, Science Node First published on Science Node on 15th October 2019   Our new series, Paths to HPC, showcases women working in high-performance computing. Our hope is that by highlighting these trailblazers—and the sometimes unique paths they followed…

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