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SCinet Rolls Out Fall is in the air, which also means the time has arrived for the annual installation of the worldâs fastest temporary network. A team of volunteers are gathering in Dallas this week to build SCinet, the SC Conferenceâs dedicated high-capacity network. It is indeed inspiring work that represents 365 days of planning. …
SCinet: A History Since 1991 SCinet â the SC Conference’s dedicated high-capacity network â has played an integral role in the SC legacy. In its first year, SCinet provided 245 megabits per second wide-area capacity in support of SC91 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Flash forward to today: SCinet will deliver an anticipated 3.92 terabits per …
The Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) has just announced its two compelling keynotes for its SC18 workshop – Josh Bailey from Google and Kate Keahey from Argonne National Laboratory on Sunday, Nov. 11th. Bailey will give a keynote on FAUCET – an open source, production SDN controller – supporting multiple network vendors – and is deployed …
How often does an international conference leave its mark on a host city in the form of improved infrastructure? That is exactly what is taking place in Dallas, Texas, as volunteers prepare to build SCinet, the SC conference’s dedicated high-capacity network. SCinet takes one year to plan and culminates in a weeks-long, high-intensity installation process. …
Deadline extension: Paper submissions for the 5th annual INDIS Workshop are now due on Wednesday, September 12th! The SCinet experimental networks team invites original papers for the 5th annual Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) workshop. INDIS is an academic forum for researchers and engineers to share information systems infrastructure developments that are essential …
Paper submissions for the 5th annual INDIS Workshop are due on Friday, September 7! The SCinet experimental networks team invites original papers for the 5th annual Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) workshop. INDIS is an academic forum for researchers and engineers to share information systems infrastructure developments that are essential to the scientific …
#ThrowbackThursday to when SC General Chair Ralph McEldowney led the team of volunteers who built SCinet for SC09 in Portland. SC leaders have their first experiences volunteering for the conference in a variety of areas. McEldowney, pictured here with SC08 and SC10 SCinet chairs Patrick Dorn and Jamie Van Randwyk, got his start volunteering for …
Five women IT professionals have been selected to participate in the âWomen in IT Networking at SCâ (WINS) inclusivity program at SC18. They will join more than 180 peers from leading high performance networking organizations around the globe to help build and operate SCinet, the SC conferenceâs dedicated high-capacity network. SCinet and WINS provide an …
Change in SC18 infrastructure will benefit exhibitors in November. SCinet has supported two types of fiber optic cable to facilitate exhibit floor connections for many years, but thatâs about to change. In order to consolidate inventory and reduce complexity, SCinet will only offer connections using singlemode fiber starting this November in Dallas. âExhibitors and attendees …
Call for 5th annual INDIS workshop papers are now open! The SCinet experimental networks team invites original papers for the 5th annual Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) workshop. INDIS is an academic forum for researchers and engineers to share information systems infrastructure developments that are essential to the scientific discovery process. The 2018 …