SC Organizers Report Exhibitor Interest is High

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 14 September, 2009 – The organizers of SC09, recognized globally as the premier international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis, are making plans for an impressive turnout.

Co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, the 14-20 November SC09 will be attended by an anticipated 11,000 researchers, scientists, engineers, and computing experts from around the world. The SC09 technical program will include an exceptional lineup of featured speakers, including an opening address by Justin Rattner, Intel Senior Fellow and CTO; invited plenary speaker Leroy Hood, president andco-founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, and former US Vice President Al Gore as conference keynote speaker.

The SC09 exhibition hall will cover more than 255,000 square feet in the Oregon Convention Center. Among the participating organizations at SC09 are 40 first-time exhibitors, with more being added each week. Among the first-time exhibitors are:

  • AKIB NETWORKS
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Anthro Corporation
  • Avere Systems
  • Dini Group
  • DORII - Deployment of Remote Instrumentation Infrastructure
  • Eurotech
  • HPC Advisory Council
  • InfiniBand Trade Association
  • Inphi
  • Khronos Group
  • Koi Computers
  • Kyoto University, Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education
  • L1 Identity Solutions / Advanced Concepts Information Technology Solutions
  • National Radio Astronomy Observatory (an NSF-funded research organization operated by Associated
  • Universities, Inc.)
  • nCore Design
  • Nema Labs
  • Nordisk Systems
  • Opengear
  • PLDA
  • Plura Processing
  • Pointwise
  • RNA networks
  • SAS Institute Inc, JMP Division
  • Scientific Computing World Magazine
  • Software Association of Oregon
  • Sparkle Power
  • Tellabs
  • Two Guys and a Cluster
  • Tycrid Platform Technologies
  • Versant Corporation
  • Vette Corporation

For more information on these companies, or for the full list of SC09 exhibitors, please go to: http://scyourway.nacse.org/exhibits/by_name

“This is an amazing testimony to the importance of the SC conference series as the premier gathering of HPC ecosystem stakeholders who assemble each year seeking education, technology and science information, and networking with colleagues, peers and industry leaders,” said Wilf Pinfold, General Chair of SC09.

SC09 has adopted the theme of, “Computing for a Changing World” and will also feature special focus discussions on Bio-Computing, Sustainability and 3D Internet.

About SC09

SC09, sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), offers a complete technical education program and exhibition to showcase the many ways high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis lead to advances in scientific discovery, research, education and commerce. This premier international conference includes a globally attended technical program, workshops, tutorials, an exhibit area, demonstrations and hands-on learning. The SC conference series is among Tradeshow Week magazine's Top 200 events. For more information on SC09, please visit http://sc09.supercomputing.org/.

About the IEEE Computer Society

With nearly 85,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s leading organization of computing professionals. Founded in 1946, and the largest of the 39 IEEE societies, the Computer Society is dedicated to advancing the theory and application of computer and information-processing technology. The Society serves the information and career-development needs of today’s computing researchers and practitioners with technical journals, magazines, conferences, books, conference publications, certifications and online courses.