San Diego Supercomputer Center Receives Honors in 2024 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Published November 19, 2024

By Cynthia Dillon, SDSC Communications

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), a foundational pillar of the new School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences at UC San Diego, has been recognized in the 21^st edition of the HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2024 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC24), in Atlanta, Ga. The list of winners was revealed at the SC24 HPCwire booth, as well as on the HPCwire website.

SDSC was recognized with the following honors: 

• Readers’ Choice: Best HPC Collaboration (Academia/Government/Industry)
  As one of the nation’s many contributors to the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot, including academic institutions such as Indiana University, NCSA, PSC, Purdue, TACC and more, the San Diego Supercomputer Center uniquely makes available to the national science community AI research resources from commercial providers (AWS, AZURE, Google and NVIDIA), as well as on-premise resources including NAIRR Classroom allocations via the National Research Platform, Expanse and Voyager.
  
  
• Editors’ Choice: Best Use of High Performance Data Analytics & Artificial Intelligence
  The San Diego Supercomputer Center and Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah launched the $6 million NSF-funded National Data Platform to create an equitable data ecosystem. This initiative aims to enhance access to open data, fostering innovation and collaboration while addressing global challenges like climate change through AI-integrated solutions.
  
  
• Editors’ Choice: Best Use of AI Methods for Augmenting HPC Applications
  Using computing resources at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and Pittsburg Supercomputing Center, researchers from Carnegie Mellon and the University of British Columbia used AI and HPC to identify potential inhibitors for LRRK2, the primary genetic cause of familial Parkinson’s disease. Their method narrowed 4.5 billion molecules to 14 promising candidates, potentially accelerating drug discovery for the disease affecting over 500,000 Americans

“Each year the SDSC community looks forward to participating at this conference and connecting and reconnecting with new and familiar collaborators. Receiving HPCwire Awards is an added bonus and a great point of pride for our team. We are honored to be recipients again this year, recognized for the application of our expertise to NAIRR and NDP,” said SDSC Director Frank Würthwein.

The coveted annual HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards are determined through a nomination and voting process with the global HPCwire community, as well as selections from the HPCwire editors. The awards are an annual feature of the publication and constitute prestigious recognition from the HPC community. They are revealed each year to kick off the annual supercomputing conference, which showcases high performance computing, networking, storage and data analysis.

“This year, as we celebrate HPCwire’s 35^th anniversary covering HPC and SC, and as we are at the advent of an HPC-led AI transformation, the 2024 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards certainly reflect these exciting events,” said Tom Tabor, CEO of Tabor Communications, publishers of HPCwire. “Throughout the world, we see grand challenge problems that can only be explored and solved because of HPC, now aided by AI. Rarely do these accomplishments come to light, much less are they recognized for their contribution to society. Between our worldwide readership of HPC experts and the most renowned panel of editors in the industry, the Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards represent resounding recognition of the many deep and varied HPC accomplishments throughout the world. Our sincerest gratitude and hearty congratulations go out to all of the winners.” 

More information on these awards can be found at the HPCwire website (www.HPCwire.com) or on X through the following hashtag: #HPCwireRCA24.  

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