The High Performance Special Interest Group is a UK forum for HPC providers and users in both Academic and Industrial sectors. The group formed in 2006 and meets 3 times a year and currently has 135 members from 49 UK institutions.
Next meeting date: TBC
Last meeting date: 28th August 2008
The terms of reference for the group:
- To act as a lobby stressing the value of Mid-Range HPC provision.
- To ensure that HPC provision and research methodologies are closely aligned, promoting the academic agenda in addition to system management and support.
- To collect, disseminate and promote best practice in HPC provision, management and support.
- To provide training in the areas of HPC system support and usage.
- To act as a link between National HPC provision and local university/campus level provision.
- To act as an outreach vehicle promoting the use of HPC across all academic sectors.
- To provide a link between academic and industrial/commercial HPC providers/users.