The SupercomputingAsia conference is leaving Singapore for the first time in its history and coming to Australia next February. 
The event will be held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney across 19–22 February 2024.
RCC Director Professor David Abramson has attended SupercomputingAsia multiple times in Singapore and is “delighted to see this coming to Australia.”
“I'm looking forward to my peers in the Asia-Pacific region getting better acquainted with Australia's high-performance computing infrastructure,” said David.
“It'll also be a great opportunity for more people in tech' in Australia to network with some of the best and brightest in supercomputing.”
SCA 2024 will bring together experts to discuss insights and developments in high-performance computing (HPC).
The conference theme is exascale readiness in AI, HPC, and Quantum.
SCA 2024 will host students, researchers, HPC professionals from academia, international delegates, public sector representatives, and industry experts from around the world.
Co-organised by leading supercomputing centres of the Asia-Pacific region, including those in Australia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Aotearoa New Zealand, and anchored by the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) in Australia, SCA 2024 aims to promote a vibrant and shared high-performance computing and Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, for both the public and private sectors, in the region.
Some of the top supercomputers in the world are located in Asia. In the Top 500 list, published in June this year, three of the top 10 supercomputers are in Asia: two in China, ranked at seven and 10; and the second top supercomputer is in Japan, behind the United States at number one.
AeRO (Australasian eResearch Organisations) will run a forum during SCA 2024 to test the Research Data Reference Architecture (RDRA) David presented last month at the eResearch Australasia conference in Brisbane.
The RDRA allows implementers to make local and commercial decisions while still meeting the core requirements of a research data management platform.
AeRO Forum attendees are invited to test the RDRA draft by measuring real-world research data implementations against it.
The intended audience is teams charged with implementing infrastructure in research organisations and vendors offering solutions.
