he HPC Advisory Council, a leading organization for high-performance computing research, outreach and education, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), will host the 5th HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Conference 2014 in the Lugano Convention Centre, Lugano, Switzerland, from March 31st through April 3rd, 2014. New this year is an additional day of tutorials which will include comprehensive education for topics such as the progress of Exascale in the European Union, accelerators, high-speed interconnects, Big Data, HPC Cloud, OpenStack, storage and server advancements, new topologies, and middleware and communication libraries. Speaking and sponsorship opportunities are available on a limited basis.

elebrating our 5th year, the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Conference 2014 will extend to 4 days to provide additional research sessions and rich educational content, taught from some of the industry most recognized luminaries and scientists, that will help users optimize their high-performance systems to improve their application productivity,?said Gilad Shainer, chairman of the HPC Advisory Council. e are pleased to collaborate again with the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre for this upcoming conference, and will continue to assist and provide resources for industry and community organizations to better leverage HPC system capabilities and improve productivity and efficiency.?

he Swiss National Supercomputing Centre is delighted to continue our collaboration with the HPC Advisory Council,?said Hussein Nasser El-Harake at the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre and who serves as the Director of the HPC Advisory Council Center of Excellence in Switzerland. he Council continues to be a cornerstone for HPC outreach and education and we are looking forward to providing attendees a very rich and engaging training program that enhances their usage of HPC technologies and platforms.?

For the complete agenda and schedule, please refer to the conference website. Registration for the 4-day conference is CHF 80.00 and can be made at the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Conference registration page.