Symposium for High Performance Computing in Agriculture and Life Sciences

The Center for High Performance Computing at Utah State University will host a symposium, “Challenges and Opportunities for High Performance Computing in Agricultural and Life Sciences,” March 26-27, at the USU Eccles Conference Center in Logan, Utah.

Colien Hefferan, U.S. Department of Agriculture administrator of Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, will be the keynote speaker.

 

“High performance computing is a fast-growing field in science and engineering research, and USU has made significant investments in HPC to keep pace,” said Brent Miller, Utah State University vice president for research. “With the symposium, we hope to offer greater understanding about high performance computing in this unique and valuable event.”

 

The event is the first Agricultural Computing Research and Education Services (ACRES) Symposium.

 

“This symposium is a great opportunity for faculty, researchers, staff and students to become familiar with new computing tools that will enhance their research skills,” said Noelle Cockett, vice president for Extension and agriculture at USU. 

 

The two-day event will consist of presentations and panel discussions featuring computational researchers from Cornell University, the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment, Brigham Young University, the University of Utah and Utah State University. 

 

Hands-on teaching workshops will demonstrate HPC tools, including visualization, data mining and scientific computing for agriculture and life sciences applications. Information will be offered concerning high performance computational methodology in agriculture and related fields.

 

“We are very excited about this symposium and know that it will benefit all those who attend,” said Thomas Hauser, director of HPC at USU. “Not only will participants hear from national leaders in HPC, but they will actively learn HPC skills in hands-on workshops to enhance their own agriculture and life sciences research.”

 

The cost of the full symposium is $50. To register, visit the Web site or email barbara.sidwell@usu.edu.

 

For more information about registration or the event, call 435-797-1182.