Registration is now open for the Global Research Platform (GRP) Workshop, to be held 17-18 September 2019 at University of California San Diego. The website provides detailed information on the program, the venue and hotels in the vicinity. Registration is US $200 through August 15, 2019, and is US $300 starting August 16. The GRP Workshop has a number of informed keynote talks and panel sessions to stimulate discussions among attendees on a variety of topics, including application drivers, cyberinfrastructure, distributed data fabrics, data movement services, programmable networking, next-generation optical networking developments, and introductions to some of the evolving research platform initiatives taking place worldwide. The goal of this Workshop is to bring together network researchers, engineers and managers as well as application scientists to share best practices and advance the state of the art. [Learn more…]

This year, nearly 30 women applied for the WINS program. Leaders within the Research and Education Network and HPC communities reviewed their applications to select the final seven candidates, who hail from incredibly diverse backgrounds. To view the announcement, visit the SC19  Blog.

Associate Director Troy Jessup won the prestigious award from the 2019 Best of Utah Awards. Jessup established SaintCon, which now has over 500 members. To view the full announcement, visit the news release for the State of Utah’s Department of Technology Services.