[hpc-announce] Call for Participation: BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and Optimizing (Bench'20)

[Felix Wolf]

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2020 BenchCouncil International Symposium on Benchmarking, Measuring and
Optimizing (Bench'20)
http://www.benchcouncil.org/bench20/index.html

* Fully online, Nov. 15-16, 2020
* Free registration

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Keynotes
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Torsten Hoefler, ETH Zurich
Scientific Benchmarking of Parallel Computing Systems

David Lilja, University of Minnesota
It's a Random World: Learning from Mistakes, Errors, and Noise

Kristel Michielsen, Juelich Supercomputing Centre
Benchmarking Quantum Computers


Introduction
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Benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing are fundamental human
activities. The organizing committee is pleased to invite you to take
part in Bench'20 to be virtually. The main themes of Bench'20 are
benchmarking, measuring, and optimizing systems and applications in the
areas of big data, AI, block chain, HPC, datacenters, IoT, and, edge
computing.


Full Program
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https://www.benchcouncil.org/bench20/program.html


Virtual Event Platform
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The virtual conference will consist of a live-stream of the keynotes and
paper sessions, with the opportunity for questions and answers with the
presenters. Pre-recorded videos of paper presentations (not keynotes)
will be provided before the conference.

The conference will use Zoom for talks. Slack will be our main
communication platform to ask questions and interact with other
participants.

Registered participants will be provided with details on how to access
the conference.

Free Registration
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dru2mBgvw3eSJ_xNbUuH1o5MRuVD2CZJgh4H8o0I8nM/edit