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SUMMARY:2017 CHPC National Conference
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171203T050000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20171207T170000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 11th CHPC National Conference\, to be held at t
 he picturesque Velmoré Hotel Estate\, Pretoria.\n\nThe theme for this yea
 r's gathering is: HPC convergence with novel applications models for bette
 r service to research and industry. The theme comes as HPC is gaining more
  interest in application to non-traditional markets\, and largely due to t
 he convergence of HPC to Cloud and the re-emergence of Artificial Intellig
 ence and strengthening of Machine Learning in broader applications.\n\nThe
  comprehensive programme will include national and international contribut
 ions as well as contributions from our colleagues in the cyberinfrastructu
 re system: the South African National Research Network (SANReN) and the Da
 ta Intensive Research Initiative of South Africa (DIRISA). The 3rd and 7th
  December will be tutorials and workshops\, while the main conference will
  be 4-6 December. Once again\, the South African Development Community (SA
 DC) HPC Collaboration Forum will form part of the conference to discuss th
 e SADC HPC framework and implementation plans.\n\nOur expo zone will be sh
 owcasing solutions by leading technology companies and will be the student
  competition battleground where almost 20 teams from universities across t
 he country will be seeking national honours in the Student Cluster Compet
 ition and in the Student Cyber Security Competition - a new addition to t
 he conference. We trust you will find an exciting programme and we look fo
 rward to meeting our regular and new delegates.\n\nWe look forward to seei
 ng you in Pretoria!\n\nDr Happy Sithole\, Director: CHPC\n\n \n\nhttps://
 events.chpc.ac.za/event/6/
LOCATION:Velmoré Hotel Estate
URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/6/
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