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title: "CARC group attends Denver supercomputing conference"
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# CARC group attends Denver supercomputing conference

<p class="carc-byline">November 2017</p>

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![](/assets/sc17-denver-sc17-logo.png)

aculty, staff, and students from The University of New Mexico’s [Center for
Advanced Research Computing](/) participated recently in
[SC17](http://sc17.supercomputing.org/){target=_blank}, a major international
conference on high performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
While there, they presented research papers and posters, attended workshops
and other educational activities, and networked with vendors and fellow
scientists and researchers. Among those who attended were CARC director and
Computer Science professor Patrick Bridges, applications scientist Ryan
Johnson, and network and storage specialist Hussein Al-Azzawi.

CARC had an exhibit booth at SC17 where attendees could learn about research
being conducted at CARC, meet staff, and view the digital posters presented on
two TV monitors in the booth. Research topics ranged from race car
aerodynamics to cancer nanotherapy.

“SC17 was a great place to plan for the future,” Bridges said. SC17 gave UNM
and CARC the opportunity to recruit new students and faculty, meet grant
funding agents, and mingle with vendors offering new hardware and services
CARC might be interested in acquiring as the center expands. The
computing-intensive atmosphere also gave CARC time to plan and brainstorm with
partners such as Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, time that they
don’t often have during usual work hours, he added.

SC17, which was held November 12-17, 2017 in Denver, is the premier
international conference showcasing the many ways high performance computing,
networking, storage and analysis lead to advances in scientific discovery,
research, education and commerce. The annual event, created and sponsored by
the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers Computer Society, attracts HPC professionals and
educators from around the globe. Attendees participate in its complete
technical education program, workshops, tutorials, a world-class exhibit area,
demonstrations and opportunities for hands-on learning.

You can follow CARC and see posts from SC17 on
[Twitter](https://twitter.com/unmcarc){target=_blank} and
[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/centerforadvancedresearchcomputing/){target=_blank}.