NCHC took part in SC23 “I’m HPC” We are all members of the HPC world

The largest supercomputer conference in the world—SC, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis is held each year in November in a city in the United States.  This year's SC23 was held at the Colorado Convention Center (Denver) from 11/12 to 11/17, with the theme of "I Am HPC", in the hope of fostering in participants a "sense of belonging in the HPC world". However different participants' backgrounds or professional knowledge may be, everyone is a member of the HPC world, and we hope that every participant will feel valued and included. 
　　In the global R&D of high-performance computing, SC plays a key role in promoting high-performance computing hardware R&D and the trend in related software applications. Participants of this year's SC came from more than 60 countries, including academic and business leaders. This year 438 industry, academia, and research organizations of various stripes sent 14,148 people to the conference, an increase of more than 20% over last year. 

Discussions at the NCHC booth about plans for the NCHC to join the international alliance

It has been 35 years since the inception of the SC and it was the 24th time the NARLabs NCHC has taken part. As the sole academic participant, the NCHC strived to promote its R&D capabilities, increase connections for international collaborations, quickly learn about the research directions for and current state of HPC in countries around the world, conduct research exchanges and collaboration discussions, obtain information about the latest hardware and software around the world, and gather information to be used for planning its next generation of supercomputers.

This year NCHC will showcase the current state of supercomputer construction in Taiwan, the academic and research network, and information security attack and defense, hybrid cloud services, smart medical platforms, computing and point cloud technology, smart cities, and climate change observation, etc. in the exhibition. This presentation of the results of software and hardware applications attracted many international researchers and R&D organizations to the site for technical exchanges and discussions. About 250 visitors attended.


Joel J. Mambretti, Director of the International Center for Advanced Internet Research  at Northwestern University, graced the NCHC booth 

During the exhibition, in order to promote more international cooperation and exchanges, we also invited important international partners to our booth for discussions on collaborations. The U.S. Department of Defense HPC Project (DoD HPCMP), the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. National Center for Supercomputer Applications (NCSA), the High Speed Computer Center (HLRS) in Stuttgart, Germany, and the Singapore Supercomputer Center (NSCC), etc., all had many interactions with our center during SC23. It is our hope to promote more international cooperation, jointly participate in international R&D applications in important high-performance computing fields, and enhance the visibility of Taiwan’s basic science research. 　


A US NOAA researcher went to the NCHC booth to listen to the presentation about Taiwan's climate change observation platform

Additionally, the list of the world's top 500 supercomputers was also released on the SC platform. This year, five supercomputers from Taiwan made the list. In addition to the two newly built by the Central Weather Bureau, three supercomputers from NCHC were also on the list:Taiwania 2, Taiwania 3, and Forerunner 1. Since Forerunner1 has not yet been accepted, NCHC has not officially published it yet.


NCHC leaders and exhibit delegate in its SC23 booth