Berkeley Lab and Collaborators Seek New Security Paradigm

The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. In September 2021, the 77th HPC User Forum took place virtually. This update summarizes a presentation from that virtual conference given by Dave Turek, the Chief Technology Officer at Catalog, a new company focused on biological computing. Turek provided insights on biological methods of storing information and how his team is seeking to help shift storage and compute paradigms and create tools to manage the recent and continuing explosion of useful data.

The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. In April 2023, the 82nd HPC User Forum took place in Princeton, New Jersey. This update summarizes a presentation from that conference given by Travis Humble, who is the director of the Quantum Science Center (QSC), and a Distinguished Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory where he is the director of the lab's Quantum Computing Institute. This presentation gave highlights and updates on the goals and activities of the lab as well as insights into the national strategy for quantum technology.