Birds of a Feather Session at SCA/HPCAsia 2026
Connecting Women* in HPC Birds of a Feather Session at SCA/HPCAsia 2026 We had felt like this for a while… We attend one of the established WHPC workshops or sessions,…
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Women in HPC showcase their project knowledge at HPCKP23
Women in HPC showcase their project knowledge at HPCKP23 Executive Board Member, Cristin Merritt, and Chapter member for Barcelona, Elisabeth Ortega presented on open source and quantum computing at this non-profit initiative for increasing knowledge, inclusion, and sustainability in the field of supercomputing. The UK and EU volunteers of WHPC came together with members of…
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Women in HPC – ISC23 Travel Awardees Announced!
Women in HPC – ISC23 Travel Awardees Announced! Thanks to our incredible Supporters, Women in HPC is proud to announce that we have been able to award two travel bursaries to rising female leaders early in their HPC careers. Learn more about these incredible women, and be sure to attend the Early Career Poster Networking…
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WHPC hosts mini-workship at the SSI CW23 Conference
For Sustainability in Software Inclusivity is a MUST! The Software Sustainability Institute (SSI) hosts its first ever hybrid Collaborations Workshop (CW23) in Manchester, UK and online. Included in the mix was a hefty dose of an often forgot about topic at technical conferences – that of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The volunteers of Women in…
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Women in HPC release ISC23 events schedule
Women in HPC release ISC23 events schedule The Women in HPC (WHPC) Volunteer Committee for ISC23 are pleased to announce a complete in-person events schedule for this year’s conference at the CCH in Hamburg, Germany. In keeping with our continued drive towards greater inclusivity within the High Performance Computing community we are thrilled that this…
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Women in HPC to present on open-source and accessibility at HPCKP 2023
Women in HPC to present on open-source and accessibility at HPCKP 2023 Executive Board Member and Alces Flight CMO, Cristin Merritt, is set to speak about the importance of making HPC more accessible to novice users. The volunteers and executive committee members of Women in HPC (WHPC) are pleased to announce that one of our…
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Travel Bursary Opportunity for WHPC Poster Authors at ISC23
TRAVEL BURSARY OPPORTUNITY FOR ISC23 WHPC POSTER AUTHORS! Women in HPC would like to announce we have secured up to two travel bursaries for successful poster authors in our WHPC Early Career Poster session at ISC23. Thanks to our incredible supporters, we now have the ability to fund two of our authors up to £3,000…
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WHPC headed to ISC23
Women in HPC is returning to ISC23 with in-person posters and networking reception We are pleased to announce our return to the ISC conference series, taking place May 21 – 25, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany. This year, we are proud to announce our posters will return as a separate, in-person event alongside our networking reception! …
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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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CIUK’s First Women in HPC Breakfast starts with heart
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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