HPC gets its own society

摘要

A user group is being formed to acknowledge the huge impact high-performance computing is having on the oil and gas industry. Science and technology experts have always needed a place and time to meet and share their ideas. That need has not changed. But the science and technology have. As trade organizations like the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) increasingly showcased high-performance computing (HPC) during their annual conventions, it became apparent to a few folks that the needs of the HPC community within the oil and gas industry were not being adequately met. So recently six organizers got together to discuss the concept of creating a user group for this underserved population.