International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico

The 6th International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico just took place at Mexico City last week. From March 9th until March 13th, hundreds of the best researchers in the HPC community gathered at the Fiesta Americana Hotel to discuss some of the most pressing topics in the supercomputing community. The conference featured a well rounded technical program and poster session, together with workshops where students could learn and experiment with new techniques and tools for large scale computing. In addition, thanks to the support of the industry partners, the conference could offer free registration to a certain number of students interested on attending the conference.

The conference featured a large list of well known researchers from all the corners of the world, including USA, Japan, Germany, Russia, Spain and Brazil, who presented the latest developments and new insights in challenges related to data-intensive computing, power-aware programming and heterogeneous computing:

• Ilkay Altintas - Director for the Workflows for Data Science (WorDS) Center of Excellence, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), USA 
• José M. Cela Espín - Director of the Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) Department, Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain
• Ian Foster - Director of the Computation Institute, University of Chicago, USA 
• Jean Luc Gaudiot - Professor of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science University of California – Irvine, USA
• William Gropp - Director of Parallel Computing Institute National Academy of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
• Ryutaro Himeno - Director of Advanced Center for Computing and Communication (ACCC) RIKEN, Japan
• Thomas Lippert - Director of the Institute for Advanced Simulation, Head of Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Germany
• Philippe O. A. Navaux - Professor Titular Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Edward Seidel Director of National Center for Supercomputing Applications, USA
• Mateo Valero Cortés - Director of Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), Spain
• Vladimir Voevodin - Deputy Director of the Research Computing Center at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
• Nancy Wilkins Diehr - Associate Director at SDSC and co- director of XSEDE's Extended Collaborative Support program San Diego Supercomputing Center, USA

The International Supercomputing Conference in Mexico (ISUM) series, started in 2010 with a first meeting in Guadalajara, followed by events in San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato, Colima and Ensenada in the following years. The list of keynote speakers this year was impressive and the conference continues to gain a strong attendance. This event is of major benefit for the HPC community in Mexico, as it opens new opportunities for research collaborations and dialogue with the industrial partners.