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This video shows how SCinet was built in Dallas, Texas for SC18 – the international conference for high performance computing, networking, storage,and analysis. SCinet combines global volunteers from 85 institutions with international graduate students to plan and assemble $52 million in contributed gear. The equipment was partially assembled in the Kay Bailey Hutchison arena and …
SC exhibitors are invited to participate in a “Blow-the-Doors Off the Network” event this week to demonstrate the power of SCinet, the high-capacity network built to support the revolutionary applications and experiments that are a hallmark of the SC conference. Exhibitors with 100 GB connections to their booths are invited to blast peak traffic to …
In just a few days, a group of 225 volunteers will have completed the execution of SCinet, the world’s fastest temporary network that supports the SC Conference which is taking place in Dallas from November 11 to 16, 2018. SCinet is a collaborative effort by volunteer experts from 85 organizations than span industry, academia, and …
For WINS volunteer Kalina Dunn, it’s all about the puzzles. As a network engineer at Indiana University’s GlobalNOC, Dunn thrives on solving problems. Winning conversation. Kalina Dunn (r), network engineer for Indiana University’s GlobalNOC, chats with Science Node editor Alisa Alering (l) about puzzles, problems, and traveling to SC18 to help build the world’s fastest temporary …
SCinet Rolls Out Fall is in the air, which also means the time has arrived for the annual installation of the world’s fastest temporary network. A team of volunteers are gathering in Dallas this week to build SCinet, the SC Conference’s dedicated high-capacity network. It is indeed inspiring work that represents 365 days of planning. …
SCinet: A History Since 1991 SCinet – the SC Conference’s dedicated high-capacity network – has played an integral role in the SC legacy. In its first year, SCinet provided 245 megabits per second wide-area capacity in support of SC91 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Flash forward to today: SCinet will deliver an anticipated 3.92 terabits per …
How often does an international conference leave its mark on a host city in the form of improved infrastructure? That is exactly what is taking place in Dallas, Texas, as volunteers prepare to build SCinet, the SC conference’s dedicated high-capacity network. SCinet takes one year to plan and culminates in a weeks-long, high-intensity installation process. …
Deadline extension: Paper submissions for the 5th annual INDIS Workshop are now due on Wednesday, September 12th! The SCinet experimental networks team invites original papers for the 5th annual Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) workshop. INDIS is an academic forum for researchers and engineers to share information systems infrastructure developments that are essential …
Paper submissions for the 5th annual INDIS Workshop are due on Friday, September 7! The SCinet experimental networks team invites original papers for the 5th annual Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS) workshop. INDIS is an academic forum for researchers and engineers to share information systems infrastructure developments that are essential to the scientific …
Change in SC18 infrastructure will benefit exhibitors in November. SCinet has supported two types of fiber optic cable to facilitate exhibit floor connections for many years, but that’s about to change. In order to consolidate inventory and reduce complexity, SCinet will only offer connections using singlemode fiber starting this November in Dallas. “Exhibitors and attendees …