SC 2025 Workshop

The 23rd international WHPC workshop will be held at SC25 in St. Louis, MO, USA with the goal of fostering a diverse and inclusive HPC community. The WHPC workshop series has become the leading SC event focused on DEI topics. We aim to cultivate skills for valuing a diverse workforce and creating a welcoming environment for all. Following the workshop held at SC23, we have an increased emphasis on diversity and inclusion of all persons from under represented groups.

WHPC@SC25 will focus on the following topics:

• Building community through real-time networking
• Improving diversity and inclusion for all in the HPC workforce
• Highlighting and supporting early career researchers from under represented groups
• Building a deeper understanding of what diversity, equity, and inclusion means for different groups
• Learning from, and valuing, different experiences and career paths

We will also include short lightning talks by early career researchers from under represented groups.

The WHPC workshop aims to raise awareness and address issues around diversity and inclusion within the HPC community and workforce. Traditionally, our workshop series has focused on gender diversity and issues primarily facing women. Since the workshop at SC23, we have had an increased emphasis on diversity and inclusion of all people from under represented groups. By explicitly broadening our scope, we hope to increase participation from other minority groups and particularly those individuals who feel marginalized across multiple dimensions.

The WHPC workshop has two main priorities. First, our morning sessions focus on improving diversity and inclusion in the HPC workforce through building community.

Second, our afternoon sessions focus building connections within our community. One of the critical contributions of this workshop series to SC, and the wider community, is providing the workshop’s early career presenters with their first justifiable reason for attending not just the WHPC workshop, but the broader SC conference. We elevate the profile of these early career researchers through peer-reviewed abstract submissions for lightning talks. This year, we will also provide first-time SC attendees a chance to meet up and network with other newbies.