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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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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 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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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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CIUK’s First Women in HPC Breakfast starts with heart For the first time the Computing Insight UK (CIUK) conference welcomed WHPC volunteers and chapter leaders together in what hopes to become an annual event. Over two hours CIUK badge holders networked, listened to talks, and engaged in lively discussion around the positive changes needed in…
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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…
DetailsJacky Pallas was a true pioneer in High Performance Computing in the UK. She focused on what her friend and colleague, Dr. Jeremy Yates, referred to as the ‘Other,’ emphasising the outcome, health, safety, and wellbeing of the research and the researchers first and letting those needs guide the technical requirements. Her persistent drive to…
DetailsWe 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…
DetailsWHPC workshop @ ISC’22 – Attendee Survey Results! The goal of WHPC workshops is not only to bring together women in HPC, give them the opportunity to present their work and showcase role models, but also to engage with other members of the community to create a welcoming space that works for everyone. We always…
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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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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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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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