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CONNECT is SIGHPC's newsletter. CONNECT keeps members up to date on activities of the SIG, features a spotlight on key technology trends impacting HPC, and often includes pointers to book reviews, educational resources, and other news of interest to our community.

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December 2022

October 2022

May 2022

October 2021

February 2021

  • Post-SC20 roundup with General Chair, Christine Cuicchi

  • SC20 by the numbers

  • Call for nominations for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (and a helpful FAQ!)

  • Part 2 of the Computing4Change Participant Features

  • Papers we should be reading

  • Recent & upcoming events

October 2020

  • SC20 is fully virtual

  • The Annual Member Meeting will take place

  • A feature on the PEARC keynote given by ACM President and SIGHPC founder, Cherri Pancake

  • Announcement of the 2020 Computing4Change participants

  • PASC21 Call for Submissions

  • Papers we should be reading

  • Recent & upcoming events

August 2020

  • Updates from the SIGHPC Chair, John West

  • Announcement of the 2020 SIGHPC Computational and Data Science Fellows

  • Details on the Gordon Bell special prize for HPC-based COVID-19 research

  • Announcement of the SIGHPC Dissertation Award Winner, Dr. Patrick Flick

  • Information on the call for nominations for the SC steering committee

  • A pandemic check-in with one of last year's SC travel grant winners

  • Papers we should be reading

  • Recent & upcoming events

October 2019

  • Announcement of the winner of our Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award, Trilce Estrada

  • SC19 highlights, details on childcare, early registration deadline reminder, and call for booth volunteers

  • New lower rates for members in developing countries

  • Learn more about the ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellows and the SC19 Student Travel Grant recipients

  • What's up at PASC19

  • The CRA-WP program and the 2019 Grad Cohort for Women Workshop

  • ...and more

June 2019

  • Thomas Johnson III described his Computing4Change experience at SC18

  • What activities do your dues and contributions support?

  • PASC'20 save the date

  • Announcement of student travel grants for SC’19

  • Call for SC leadership

  • ACM's "Future of Computing Academy"

  • Doug Kothe's Exascale Computing Project webinar

February 2019

  • The SIGHPC election slate

  • A review of SC18

  • Computing4Change winners

  • Reflections from SIGHPC travel grant winners

  • SIGHPC/Intel Fellows at SC18

  • Papers we should be reading

October 2018

  • Feature on the inaugural SIGHPC Doctoral Dissertation Award winner, Dhairya Malhotra

  • A sneak-peek at SC18 and how #HPCInspires with Ralph McEldowney, the General Chair

  • George Michael Memorial Fellowship, SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship, and SIGHPC travel grant awardees

  • Student outreach jumpstarts HPC programs for students at universities

  • Call for SIGHPC officer nominations

  • Papers we should be reading

June 2018

  • SC18’s New Featherweight Revisions Process

  • ACM SIGHPC Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

  • HPC Asia is Reborn

  • Disrupting Algorithms and Software: Dispatch from IPDPS18

  • Papers We Should Be Reading

February 2018

  • SC17 Recap by the Numbers

  • George Michael Memorial HPC Fellows Recount their SC17 Trips

  • SIGHPC/INTEL fellows on SC17 in their Own Words

October 2017

  • SC17 Preview: Connecting Minds, Systems, and Science

  • New Winners Named for the ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellowship

  • Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award Selected

  • New George Michael Memorial HPC Fellows Selected

June 2017

  • Welcome from SIGHPC Chair Jeff Hollingsworth

  • SIGHPC Launches Emerging Woman Leader in Technical Computing Award

  • Happy 25th Birthday, MPI!

  • Overview and Opportunities at SC17\

February 2017

  • Retrospective by John West, SC16 Conference Chair

  • Reproducibility Initiative Winner for 2017

  • Connecting with the SC16 HPC Fellows

  • Upcoming events held in cooperation with SIGHPC

October 2016

  • Welcome from newly elected SIGHPC Chair Jeff Hollingsworth

  • Overview of the reproducibility effort at SC16

  • Gordon Bell price preview

  • The new faces of SIGHPC: ACM SIGHPC/Intel Fellows

June 2016

  • A Farewell from former SIGHPC Chair Cherri Pancake

  • Opinion: Reflecting on Peer-Review by Jeff Hollingsworth

  • Looking Ahead at SC16

  • SIGHPC Travel Grants for Students

February 2016

  • New ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowships announced

  • Retrospective by Jackie Kern, SC15 Conference Chair

  • Welcome new Advisory Board members

  • Upcoming events held in cooperation with SIGHPC

October 2015

  • SC15 General Chair Jackie Kern on “HPC transforms” and Alan Alda keynote

  • Update on annual SIGHPC members meeting at SC15

  • Introducing your newest virtual chapter: SIGHPC BigData

  • Upcoming events held in cooperation with SIGHPC at SC15

June 2015

  • SC15 Conference Chair tells us the latest on the upcoming conference

  • SC15 Early Career Program Chair presents the new addition to the conference

  • SIGHPC and ACM-W travel grants accept submissions

  • SC Steering Committee seeks future leaders for the SC conference series

February 2015

  • Retrospective by Trish Damkroger, SC14 Conference Chair

  • Awards@SC14: ACM, IEEE, and SC award winners honored at SC14

  • Member Fieldnotes: Two SIG members comment on memorable events at SC14

  • Feature: Papers We Should Be Reading

October 2014

  • SIGHPC's new Chapters program is taking off

  • Things you won't want to miss at SC

  • Meet the HPC Fellowship and SIGHPC travel grant awardees at SC14

  • Feature: Papers We Should be Reading

  • Book Review: Introduction to High Performance Scientific Computing

June 2014

  • Your workshop/conference can benefit from collaboration with SIGHPC

  • Meet the new SIGHPC Advisory Board members

  • New round of SIGHPC travel grants

  • Feature: Papers We Should be Reading

February 2014

  • Annual awards and other highlights from SC13

  • Meet our award-winning students

  • Your chance to help shape a new Education efforts

  • Looking for SIGHPC advisors and volunteers

  • Feature: Papers We Should be Reading

October 2013

  • Serving with distinction - news on recent award and travel grant winners

  • Meet your newly-elected officers

  • SIGHPC's first webinar breaks ACM records

  • Things you won't want to miss at SC13

  • Feature: Papers Everyone Should Read

June 2013

  • Celebrating achievement - news on HPC awards and award winners

  • SC13 Conference Chair tells us the latest on the upcoming conference

  • Feature: Papers Everyone Should Read

  • Call for interest in SC conference leadership

  • SIGHPC announces new travel grants for students

February 2013

  • National award winners comment on the SC conference in general, and SC12 in particular

  • Retrospective by Jeff Hollingsworth, SC12 Conference Chair

  • Feature: Papers Everyone Should Read

  • Important news about upcoming SIGHPC elections

October 2012

  • SIGHPC members can now read HPC papers from the Digital Library at no cost

  • Visit us at SC12 - and how to get a SIGHPC lapel pin

  • New CONNECT feature: "What We Should Be Reading"

  • Book review: Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers

  • Reports from meetings we are sponsoring or collaborating with

June 2012

  • The GMM HPC Fellows describe the highlights of their visit to SC

  • What's new at SIGHPC - notes from the Chair

  • Book review: Introduction to Elementary Computation Modeling by Jose Garrido

  • Connect editor invites your participation