If you are a researcher, HPC professional, engineer, data scientist, AI specialist, industry representative, software developer, government policymaker, business and marketing professional, student, IT journalist or analyst, you should be in Hamburg, from June 10 to 13. 

ISC 2025 Program Chair, Professor Torsten Hoefler of ETH Zurich, regards 2025 as the year of “extreme scaling.” He says we are witnessing scaling across diverse areas of interest, spanning from traditional high performance computing paradigms to emerging generative AI trends, including large language models, agent-based systems, reasoning frameworks, and quantum computing systems, pushing the boundaries of computational capability. 

The conference program has been crafted with input from the HPC, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum computing (QC) communities with the goal of providing a comprehensive understanding of how these technologies are coming together and reshaping the computational landscape. Besides foundational topics such as system architecture and hardware components, programming environments and system software, attendees can expect discussions on HPC technologies powered by AI, digital twins, high-performance data analytics, large language models and generative AI in HPC, integration of quantum computing and HPC, and quantum computing use cases. Here is the complete list of topics.

New program elements and activities for attendees to look forward to:

• Tutorials + Workshops – Since both sessions occur on the same day, tutorial attendees may attend workshops at no extra cost. 
• Tech panels – Based on participants’ feedback and their desire for a more interactive experience, we have decided to hold one panel per topic area this year.
• Round table birds-of-a-feather sessions – Some BoF will be held as round tables to encourage greater engagement among participants.
• HPC Around the World – This session has been restructured into three sessions: HPC in Europe, HPC in Asia-Pacific, and HPC in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, to provide a more focused experience for the attendees.
• Online Innovation Showcase – Attendees will have access to the participating vendors’ content two weeks before ISC kicks off!  
• Walking Talks – Hosted by Professor Wu Feng, co-founder of Green500, attendees will walk with Professor Feng to exhibitor booths that focus on sustainability and energy, facilitating candid conversations about their products and solutions.
• 40 Years of ISC Panel – In this special panel hosted by Addison Snell, we will reflect on ISC’s influence over the past 40 years and look forward to how it continues to be relevant.
• A Combined Award Ceremony for the Jack Dongarra Early Career and Hans Meuer Awards
• Social Activities – A variety of events and activities will take place within and outside of the conference venue to encourage interaction between attendees.
• Meet & Greet – Experts in topic areas, community development, and career development will be available throughout the event for newcomers, early-career researchers, and general attendees to talk to.

The conference is celebrating its 40th anniversary and will feature a strong representation from European research organizations, policymakers, and vendors within the EU HPC ecosystem, including EuroHPC, European laboratories, and academic institutions.

Additionally, the ISC exhibition will support technical discussions with the participation of 185 exhibitors and co-exhibitors. Among them, 46 companies specialize in quantum hardware, software, and services, while 64 exhibitors focus on machine learning and AI solutions. This highlights the increasingly synergistic relationship between these technologies.

Hurry, Reap Early Bird Savings!

We would like to remind the community that the ISC early bird registration is ending on April 23. By registering within the next two weeks, you can save between 26 and 35 percent on the industrial and research passes, respectively! So please don’t miss out on this opportunity.

If you are attending ISC for the first time or have a limited budget, we recommend the exhibition pass. This pass grants access to the show floor, the opening reception, the TOP500 session, the Closing Keynote, all BoF sessions, all poster sessions, and the “HPC Around the World” sessions. 

If your goal is to gain knowledge on specific topics, consider the tutorial pass, which also provides access to workshops! Since the tutorials and workshops will take place on the same day, Friday, June 13, you will benefit from both hands-on interactive learning and in-depth conversations with domain experts and project leaders

Free Travel During ISC

ISC attendees will have free access to public transportation throughout Hamburg from June 9 to June 13, covering fare rings A-F. This includes buses, the S and U-Bahns, and the Harbor Ferry (which is a cost-effective alternative to the more expensive harbor cruise). A printable ticket will be emailed to all attendees a few days before the event, enabling you to use the transport even before picking up your badge!

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingtheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 this year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

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As the world faces the intensifying consequences of global warming, researchers are racing to produce more accurate climate forecasts so that governments and businesses can figure out better ways to allocate resources and mitigate damage. To date, HPC has been the key technology used to simulate climate change, but additional tools like AI and digital twins have the potential to generate much more precise and responsive models. 

One important element of this is to develop ultra-high resolution climate models, which can operate locally rather than just regionally. Another element is to tap additional data, such as weather events and the meteorological effects of human activity that can be fed into these models, further increasing their accuracy and usability. 

A project that is designed to support these capabilities is the Earth Virtualization Engines (EVE), which Professor Stevens will describe in some detail during his keynote. EVE is conceived as an international federation of centers of excellence that use the latest supercomputing and AI technology to generate actionable climate predictions. The goal is to provide climate forecasts as a service in much the same way as weather forecasts are provided today. He will also talk about other like-minded initiatives, such as Destination Earth, an EU-funded project that will create a digital twin of our planet. The thrust of this approach is to simulate the interactions between the natural world and human activities using real-time data.

The full abstract of Professor Steven’s presentation is published on the ISC website. Attendees can reserve their spots by registering for the conference pass. 

ISC 2025 Registration is Now Open!

Early bird registration is now open, and you can take advantage of discounted fees available until April 23. We invite you to explore the various pass types and their benefits before making your purchase decision. ISC 2025 will take place from June 10 to 13 in Hamburg, Germany. To help you plan your experience, the program schedule is now accessible on both the ISC website and the ISC event app.

About Bjorn Stevens

Bjorn Stevens directs the Climate Physics Department of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg. His research has advanced the scientific understanding of how atmospheric water vapor, clouds, and aerosols influence Earth’s climate and climate change. Stevens is among the most cited scientists in the broad field of climate physics worldwide and has initiated and led some of the most influential field studies and modeling initiatives over the past two decades. Stevens co-authored the chapter on clouds and aerosols in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report and served as a joint lead coordinator for the World Climate Research Program’s Grand Challenge on Clouds, Circulation, and Climate Sensitivity. 

Stevens was a post-doctoral fellow with the Advanced Study Program at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, from 1996 to 1998. He then received a Humboldt Fellowship to conduct research at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology from 1998 to 1999. In 1999. He joined the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as an assistant professor, and was promoted to the rank of full professor in 2007. In 2008, Stevens returned to the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology as a Director and Scientific Member, and as Managing Director for two terms (2011-2014, 2021-2024)

Through his leadership at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and his research, Stevens continues to contribute profoundly to the field of climate science, enhancing the understanding of atmospheric processes and their implications for global climate change.

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingtheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

Prof. Lu’s extensive research and development career in HPC has spanned several generations of domestic supercomputers in China, which includes her work as the deputy chief designer for the Tianhe-2 system. This system held the rank of the world’s number one system on the TOP500 list from June 2013 until November 2015.  

Her work has facilitated significant advancements in climate modeling, bioinformatics, and materials science, among other fields. Her efforts have not only enhanced the performance and efficiency of supercomputers but have also made these powerful tools more accessible to a broader range of researchers and industry users. In her keynote titled “Tackling Fragmentation in Exascale Supercomputing and Beyond,” scheduled for Thursday, June 12, Prof. Lu will focus on issues like hardware heterogeneity, the broadening of the application space, and the convergence of traditional HPC with AI. Together, they are dramatically expanding the scope of HPC.

This expansion has led to a significant fragmentation, both in terms of system architecture and application requirements, necessitating a wide array of computing resources and environments. To navigate this fragmentation, Prof. Lu will argue that a collaborative co-design approach involving hardware, software, and application stakeholders will be imperative to bridge the divides. These changes include new unified, portable programming models and common frameworks that can encapsulate the diversity of hardware and system design. Prof. Lu believes by comprehensively addressing these challenges, the full potential of the post-exascale era can be met, paving the way for a new path in supercomputing.

About Prof. Dr. Yutong Lu

Prof. Lu is a professor in the School of Computer Science at Sun Yat-sen University. She also serves as the Director of the National Supercomputing Center in both Guangzhou and Shenzhen. While also leading a number of high performance computing and big data projects under the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. 

In addition, Prof. Lu has been recognized as an ISC Fellow and CCF Fellow. She is a member of the Expert Committee of China’s National Key R&D Program and has won several national awards for science and technology advancement. Prof. Lu’s ongoing research interests are focused on the cutting-edge next-generation architectures, as well as the convergence of advanced AI and HPC systems and applications.

Registration for ISC 2025 will open in the middle of March. It is expected to attract over 3,500 attendees, including users, technology developers, and providers in the fields of HPC, AI, and quantum computing.

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingtheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

As we embark on a new year, I extend my warmest greetings to the global AI and HPC community. I trust you enjoyed a restful holiday season and have returned with renewed energy to tackle the exciting challenges and opportunities that lie ahead in HPC development.

With several tens of Exascale systems now operational, we find ourselves at a fascinating juncture, wondering whether Zettascale computing will be achievable. Given the rapid growth in AI system sizes within private industry, I would not be surprised if we reach this milestone this year, at least for the low precision computations prevalent in the AI domain. This development will be highly beneficial to our community, as it will not only yield faster systems for double-precision calculations crucial for traditional HPC workloads but also significantly accelerate lower-precision computations, enabling advancements in AI research and applications. Indeed, this year will mark a pivotal shift towards the convergence of AI and HPC, with AI-optimized hardware increasingly utilized for both AI training/inference and traditional HPC simulations.

The year 2025 will be defined by unprecedented large-scale deployments driven by industry. These deployments will leverage Ethernet-based interconnects, and we anticipate the release of the first Ultra Ethernet specification designed explicitly for extreme-scale AI and HPC networks. This year will be known as the year of extreme scaling. This scaling encompasses not only interconnection networks but also the very fabric of our community, fostering connections among researchers from Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Africa. Furthermore, we will witness scaling across diverse areas of interest, spanning from traditional HPC paradigms and MPI-based applications to emerging generative AI trends, including Large Language Models (LLMs), agent-based systems, reasoning frameworks, and quantum computing systems pushing the boundaries of computational capability.

At ISC 2025, we anticipate a record number of attendees eager to engage with the latest advancements in the large-scale interconnection of AI and HPC accelerators, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange between the AI and HPC communities. Join us in person at ISC in Hamburg to reconvene in our HPC and AI circles. Let’s greet the future of AI and HPC with excitement and openness.

Wishing you all a prosperous and productive new year!

All the best,

Torsten Hoefler

ISC 2025 Program Chair

In his talk titled “HPC and AI: A Path Towards Sustainable Innovation,” Papermaster will also discuss the importance of collaboration and the need for an open ecosystem. In an abstract shared with ISC, he highlights that HPC and AI are intrinsically linked through their hardware, software, and the nature of their problems. Both fields also share a critical need for highly energy-efficient computing at scale. As a result, HPC and AI are converging in a way that is set to reshape much of the industry in the coming years. Leading systems such as Frontier and El Capitan in the United States and LUMI and HPC6 in Europe are already pushing the boundaries of performance while prioritizing energy efficiency. 

A more detailed abstract will be published by mid-March, coinciding with the opening of registration and the release of the four-day event schedule and speaker lineup. ISC 2025 will take place from June 10 to June 13 and is anticipating an attendance of 3,500 users, practitioners, and vendors from the fields of HPC, AI, high performance data analytics, and quantum computing.

In his current position, Papermaster is responsible for setting AMD’s technical direction and overseeing product development. He has led the redesign of engineering processes at AMD and was instrumental in developing the award-winning “Zen” high performance x86 CPU family, high performance GPUs, and the company’s modular design approach, known as Infinity Architecture. Additionally, he manages the IT department, which provides AMD’s computing infrastructure and services.

With over 40 years of engineering experience, he has held significant leadership roles in managing the development of a diverse range of products, including microprocessors, mobile devices, and high performance servers. Before joining AMD in October 2011 as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Papermaster led Cisco’s Silicon Engineering Group and served as Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware Engineering at Apple, specifically for the iPod and iPhone. Additionally, he held various roles at IBM focusing on technology development, including work on blade servers and microprocessor technology for mainframes, servers, and storage products.

In October 2024, he was appointed Vice Chair of the U.S. Department of Commerce Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) for the CHIPS for America program. He actively participates on several boards and committees, including the Global Semiconductor Alliance Board of Directors, IEEE Industry Advisory Board, The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Advisory Board, The University of Texas President’s Austin Innovation Board, and the Purdue University Semiconductor Degrees Leadership Board.

Papermaster earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and master’s degree from the University of Vermont, both in electrical engineering.

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingtheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

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The nomination will close on February 26, 2025. The guidelines for nominations are available on the ISC website. A prerequisite is that the researcher must have between 4 and 10 years of experience after completing their PhD.

ISC understands the challenges that young families and individuals face in their professional journeys. Therefore, the committee is open to extending the eligibility period by up to four years for those who have become parents, served as primary caregivers, or encountered significant personal challenges after graduation. 

Award and Lecture Series 

The award winner will be invited to deliver a lecture at ISC 2025. At the same stage, Professor Jack Dongarra will award them a cash prize of 5,000 euros and a certificate recognizing their contribution.

The ISC High Performance Jack Dongarra Early Career Award and Lecture Series is an annual event that celebrates Professor Jack Dongarra’s significant contributions to high performance computing (HPC) and the HPC community. This award recognizes outstanding early-career researchers who have made exceptional contributions to fields such as numerical algorithms, software libraries, computational sciences, mathematics, and machine learning.

Selection Process

An international committee headed by Prof Michela Taufer, who co-incidentally holds the Jack Dongarra Professorship in HPC within the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, will conduct the selection process. The other committee members for the 2025 selection include

• David Abramson, The University of Queensland, Australia
• Rosa Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
• Ewa Deelman, USC Information Sciences Institute, USA
• Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA
• Torsten Hoefler, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Yutong Lu, Sun Yat-Sen University East Campus, China
• Satoshi Matsuoka, RIKEN Center for Computational Science, Japan
• Amanda Randles, Duke University, USA
• Dan Reed, University of Utah, USA

Publication

The award winner’s lecture will be published in the International Journal of High Performance Computer Applications.

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingTheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

ISC is an international conference and exhibition that attracts over 3,500 public and private users, developers, and providers of high performance computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance data analytics, and quantum computing from all over the world. The ISC 2025 contributed sessions will be held in Hamburg, Germany, from June 10 to 13, 2025.

Proposals submitted to specific programs, such as research papers, will undergo peer review by the overseeing committees to ensure their academic credibility and quality. Here are the submission deadlines and acceptance notifications.

Submission Guidelines

Please refer to the submission page for complete program details and submission requirements. We advise you to follow the specified guidelines to ensure a successful submission and acceptance process. *Please note the Women in HPC Poster submission page will be published next week.

Contributed Program Areas

The ISC Contributed Program is based on the topic areas covered at ISC 2025, which address the development and trends in high performance computing.

Connecting the Dots

Next year, ISC commemorates its 40th anniversary as the leading forum for fostering discussions and promoting innovation in high performance computing. Whether you are just beginning your professional career, in a mid-level position, in senior management, or still a student, we welcome you to join our effort to connect people and HPC. Read more about the theme here. 

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingTheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

Held from May 12 – 16, ISC 2024 was a comprehensive conference and exhibition. It was filled with tutorials, workshops, focus sessions, and keynotes, all aimed at improving computing performance in the service of doing better science and engineering. At the same time, the reinvention theme encompassed the all-important aspects of economies of scale and energy issues. The main focus areas were hardware and software, with particular attention paid to the role of cloud computing and how to efficiently merge high performance computing with artificial intelligence and quantum computing.

By the Numbers

The largest group of attendees was from Germany, with 1002 people, followed by the U.S., with 518; the UK, with 414; France, with 214; Japan, with 138; the Netherlands, with 120; and China, with 118.

Statistics indicate that 39% of attendees were from academic and research institutions, 33% were hardware and software vendors, and the remainder were mainly from vertical market segments.

Complimentary On-Demand Content

You can watch the summary video and browse the Flickr photo collection to get an impression of the event.

The main conference sessions have been recorded and are now available as an on-demand library for the broader research community until December 2024. To access them, please register on the ISC website. So far, over 200 people have already registered to access the content for free, predominantly from those in their early careers who are also future drivers of the HPC industry.

Open Access Research Papers

All the research papers accepted by the research paper committee for presentation at ISC are now published in theIEEE Xplore® Digital Library as open-access proceedings, as our commitment to making HPC research available and accessible to the wider research community.

ISC 2025: Apply as a Reviewer

We invite experienced reviewers to join the review team and evaluate submissions for the ISC 2025 Contributed Program. If you are interested, please apply here.

The upcoming ISC will take place from June 10 to 13, 2025, in Hamburg under the theme “Connecting the Dots.” Next year’s ISC will also commemorate its 40th Anniversary, making it the world’s oldest forum for high performance computing.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

At yesterday’s memorable closing ceremony, Professor Michela Taufer, the Program Chair for ISC 2024, passed the baton of chairing the next ISC program to Hoefler. The upcoming event, ISC 2025, will mark a significant milestone as the 40th edition of the ISC High Performance event series. It is scheduled to be held once again in the vibrant city of Hamburg from June 10 to 13.

ISC 2024 was a resounding success. It welcomed over 3,400 attendees from 52 countries, including users, vendors, and providers from HPC and related domains. The event featured a diverse range of workshops, tutorials, and invited sessions. The keynotes addressed not only traditional HPC topics but also recent trends such as the convergence of HPC, AI, and quantum computing, and the expansion of Cloud HPC. This rich program set the stage for the exciting discussions and sessions we have planned for ISC 2025.

Connecting the Dots

In 2025, the community is set to gather under the theme “Connecting the Dots.” Two years ago, we initiated a discussion to acknowledge that HPC is at a crossroads and needs to look beyond exascale computing. The discussion at ISC 2024 branched into reinventing HPC by seriously considering methods to merge HPC with cloud computing, AI, quantum computing, and other applicable technologies.

Next year, with Hoefler at the helm, we aim to involve the growing number of stakeholders who depend on computing performance and data-intensive solutions. We will discuss how to enhance high performance computing to tackle the most daunting scientific and engineering challenges while ensuring the economies of scale are taken into account. ISC started as a 1986 seminar with 81 attendees and has now grown into Europe’s largest HPC conference, attracting over 3,000 attendees and exhibitors annually.

“The theme will be centered around making connections. This encompasses not only the connection between various fields such as HPC, AI, cloud, and quantum computing, some of which are currently being reinvented, but also the connections between people, companies, universities, and the next generation of HPC talent. Our field is essentially a science of connections – we connect transistors to build CPUs and memories, then connect those into compute nodes, and at the highest level, we connect those with HPC networking to each other to build clusters and supercomputers.

Just as we connect machines, we also need to connect people, even across generations, from undergraduates to senior policy and decision-makers in enterprises and the government,” said Hoefler.

A glimpse into the next year’s program topics will be available in September. In the meantime, you can visit the website for preliminary information.

About Torsten Hoefler

Hoefler’s research interests are centered around performance-centric system design, including scalable networks, parallel programming techniques, and performance modeling for large-scale simulations and artificial intelligence systems.

He is a proponent of the “Performance as a Science” approach and uses mathematical models of architectures and applications to create optimized computing systems. Prior to joining ETH Zurich, Hoefler led the performance modeling and simulation efforts for the first petascale supercomputer, Blue Waters, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Additionally, he played a crucial role in the development of the Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard, serving as the chair for the Collective Operations and Topologies working group. He has also made significant contributions to large-scale parallel learning systems.

A dynamic and accomplished scientist, Hoefler received his PhD in 2007 at Indiana University and held his first professor appointment in 2011 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed scientific conference and journal articles and authored chapters of the MPI-2.2 and MPI-3.0 standards.

Hoefler is the youngest recipient of the IEEE Sidney Fernbach Award, the oldest career award in high performance computing. He was also the first recipient of the ISC Jack Dongarra Early Career Award.

About ISC 2025

Join ISC High Performance 2025 in #ConnectingTheDots

ISC 2025 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg from June 10 – 13 next year for its 40th edition. Since its inception in 1986, it has been recognized as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, high-performance data analytics, AI, and Quantum Computing professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, machine learning, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com

With registrations streaming in from 51 countries, the ISC HPC community homecoming is truly a global event. Germany, the US, the UK, France, Japan, and China are leading the pack, showcasing the international appeal and reach of ISC 2024!

The ISC event series has always been at the forefront of recognizing technologies necessary for expanding the boundaries of high performance computing. This year, we are diving into the exciting intersection of HPC and artificial intelligence (AI), two fields that are increasingly being used together to push the limits of technical computing and drive new discoveries and innovations. The potential for groundbreaking advancements in, for example, scientific research and climate modeling is immense, and we are thrilled to bring this discussion to our attendees.

We have curated a diverse range of technical sessions, workshops, and tutorials on how AI can supercharge HPC. We have also included sessions beneficial for the AI community, SMEs, start-ups, and service providers, showcasing how HPC can benefit AI, especially in making generative models work with less data and computation. We are excited to see how these insights will inspire and drive innovation in the future.

Quantum computing (QC) is another important event focus. This year, QC has its own track and will be covered in tutorials, focus sessions, and workshops. The paper selected as the best research paper this year is also on quantum computing, namely the evaluation of the classical hardware requirements for large-scale quantum computations. The authors aim to improve the understanding of the technology needed to integrate a large-scale quantum computer with a classical supercomputer in the future.

The topic areas in the QC track include the integration of quantum computing and HPC, technologies and architectures, use cases, quantum-inspired algorithms, and the basics and theory of quantum computing for beginners. Additionally, attendees can explore available QC products and services at the exhibition.

The Exhibition (May 13 – 15)

Technology developers and providers are essential for advancing high performance computing. If you are a user seeking a product or service to meet your specific needs, interacting with exhibitors at ISC is essential. This year’s exhibition will feature 159 exhibitors from 30 countries, including ISC platinum-level exhibitors Eviden, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft Azure, WEKA, and xFusion.

It is worth noting that 31 exhibitors are new to ISC. They will introduce their company and products in a one-minute program called First Time Exhibitor Pitch on Monday, May 13, which has been created specifically for them. This will be a great opportunity for ISC attendees to learn about what these companies bring to the table.

A well-attended program is the HPC Solutions Forum, which also takes place in the exhibition hall for three days. The unique thing about this program is that exhibitors will exclusively discuss topics the attendees want them to address, such as cloud computing, machine learning, performance optimization, and quantum computing.  

2024 Must Attends

Keynotes (Monday, May 13 – Wednesday, May 15)
Fishbowl Panel: “Everything You Think You Know Is Wrong” (Monday, May 13)

Join ISC High Performance 2024 in #Reinventing HPC

ISC 2024 returns to the Congress Center Hamburg. Since its inception in 1986, it has been acknowledged as the world’s oldest and Europe’s must-attend event for HPC, machine learning, and high-performance data analytics professionals. The exhibition will showcase the latest developments in HPC, covering all significant advancements in system design, programming models, applications, machine learning, quantum computing, and emerging technologies.

https://www.isc-hpc.com/