How to keep up with the HPC news from ISC17

Overwhelmed by the HPC information pouring out of ISC17? Twitter, press releases, media stories, exhibitors, presentations, etc.? How to keep up?

Twitter

• @ischpc - the official ISC stream
• @HPC_Guru - the anonymous tweeting wonder that feeds the HPC community's appetite for news, and adds targeted comments
• @hpcnotes (me) - a subset of @hpc_guru's stream, plus my own extra snippets and opinion

The above three will get you most of what you need (in my opinion!) but you can gain useful additonal information by more exploring who the above three interact with throughout ISC17.

If you are a glutton, then follow #ISC17.

I'll update the above list throughout ISC17 if other tweeters become key commentators, but you might also find this (mildly out of date) list of HPC twitter accounts handy.

HPC Notes

Of course, I would say the most essential method is reading my ISC17 summary blogs!

• Mon Jun 19th - "Cutting through the HPC clutter of ISC17: Monday lunchtime summary"
• Tue Jun 20th - "ISC17 information overload - Tuesday afternoon summary"
• Wed Jun 21st - "Deeply learning about HPC - ISC17 day 3 summary - Wednesday evening"

Media

If you prefer commentary and press releases from the main HPC media then here are the mian options:

• Top500.org - your first port of call for the main announcements and editor Michael Feldman's analysis
• The Next Platform - in depth analysis of the stories behind the press releases from Nicole Hemsoth and Timothy Prickett-Morgan
• InsideHPC - a selection of announcements, plus audio/video news and interviews from the show floor, by Rich Brueckner
• HPC Wire - the most comprehensive list of HPC press releases, with other articles by Tiffany Trader and Doug Black

Happy reading!

Essential guide to HPC on twitter

Please read the updated version of this post at:
https://www.hpcnotes.com/p/hpc-on-twitter.html

(Original kept here for reference)

Who are the best HPC people on twitter?

A good question posed by Suhaib Khan (@suhaibkhan) - which he made tougher by saying "pick your top 5". A short debate followed on twitter but I thought the content was useful enough to record in a blog post for community reference. I also strongly urge anyone to provide further input to this topic and I'll update this post.

Some rules (mine not Suhaib's):

1. What are the minimum set of accounts you can follow and still expect to catch most of the HPC news, gossip, opinion pieces, analysis and key technical content?
2. How to avoid too much marketing?
3. How to access comment and debate beyond the news headlines?
4. Which HPC people are not only active but also interactive on twitter?

I cheated a little on the "top 5" by suggesting 4 themes: