LEIPZIG, Germany, March 18 — Advance registration at reduced rates is now open for the 2013 International Supercomputing Conference. ISC’13 will be held June 16-20 in the historical city of Leipzig. By registering now, ISC’13 attendees can save over 25 percent off the onsite registration rates at the Congress Center Leipzig.
 
Combine this discount with the improvements and additions to this year’s program and there is even more incentive now for planning to attend ISC’13. The comprehensive program consists of half and full-day tutorials, a four-day conference track, two-day industry tracks, and three-day exhibition featuring dynamic exhibits from leading HPC companies and research organizations. A number of workshops and satellite events will also complement this year’s program.
 
Attendees will be able to tailor their registration to meet their interests and schedule, thanks to a flexible passport and pricing system. Participants can register for either the entire program, selected events, or just specific days.
 
ISC’13, the 28th conference in the series, is expected to draw 2,500 attendees from academia, research institutions and industry around the world. An estimated 170 leading organizations will showcase their products and research at the ISC exhibition.
 
Here are the ISC’13 highlights at a glance:
 
1. State of the Art in HPC Applications

• Material sciences
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Oil and gas industry
• Medicine/life sciences
• Cryptanalysis
• Latest advances in scalable algorithms for large-scale systems

2. Challenges for HPC

• How to solve future I/O problems
• System challenges in HPC (i.e., fault tolerance and system recovery)
• Energy efficiency of HPC centers
• New memory technologies
• Chip design
• High-end systems towards exascale
• Programming models and tools

3. Big Data and HPC

• Future programming models, execution models, and architectures
• Acquisition and analysis

4. A Two-Day Industry Track

• The goal of the track is to demonstrate the economic value and industrial use of HPC. It also will assist people from industry in dealing with acquisition and operation of HPC systems.

5. Interconnects and Topologies for HPC Systems

• State of the art and future trends        

6. HPC Cloud

• From algorithms to applications                                                                           

7. Chat: The “Missing Middle”

• How HPC can help industry

8. Panels

• How do we protect future HPC software investments?
• File systems for HPC systems, challenges for the future

9. Distinguished Speakers Series

• Technology and computers for weather and  climate
• How to use the new 65-megawatt Bluffdale supercomputer, an introduction to cryptanalysis
• Computational chemistry & HPC
• New memory technologies to reduce energy
• Big value data, not just big data 

Look into your travel and stay early

If you fly with any of the Star Alliance members, you are eligible for a discount of up to 20 percent for yourself and your companion. Our hotel booking partner, KIT, offers accommodations in selected price categories.

About ISC’13 

Every year ISC attracts a larger crowd than the previous year, drawing those interested in gaining new insights into their areas of interests in HPC, be it various applications, engineering, advancement of HPC and other related technologies, or simply to meet new people to collaborate and do business.

ISC is the world’s oldest and the most significant high-performance computing conference and exhibition in Europe for the global HPC community. It offers an exceptional five-day technical program with a wide range of expert speakers and exhibits from leading research centers and vendors. A number of events complement the conference and industry tracks including tutorials, workshops, panels, TOP500 announcement, research paper sessions, birds-of-a-feather (BoF) sessions, research poster session, student cluster competition, exhibitor forums, and the popular vendor showdown (in a new format, featuring leaders from industry), as well as a number of satellite events organized by our partners and sponsors in conjunction with ISC’13. The conference has experienced tremendous growth over the last few years, with an estimated 2,500 participants from around the world are expected to convene in Leipzig, June 16 – 20.

ISC’13 is open to IT-decision makers, scientists, researchers, members of the HPC global community and other interested parties. The ISC exhibition allows analysts, end-user  from the automotive, defense, aeronautical, gas & oil, banking and other industries; solution providers, data storage suppliers, distributors, hardware and software manufacturers, the media, scientists and academicians to see and learn firsthand about new products, applications and technological advances in the supercomputing industry today.

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