Media advisory

The Association for Computing Machinery

In collaboration with the Council on Competitiveness

SC 07, the premier international conference on Supercomputing, sponsored by ACM and IEEE-CS

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  High Performance Computing (HPC) Comes to Hollywood
  
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    Digitizing, Enhancing and Storing Visual Effects and Entire Movies
    
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    Real Time Rendering of Computer-generated Images at the Speed of Shrek
    
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  Toward Perfect Product Designs in Leisure Products
  
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    HPC in Kitchen and Laundry– Optimizing Appliances for Customer Satisfaction and Market Share
    
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    HPC Designs for High Performance Golf Clubs
    
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  High Performance Computing for Auto Racing and Design Applications
  
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    Shaping the Future for Formula One Racing Teams
    
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    Bringing NASCAR from the Race Track to Your Driveway
    

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  Thomas P. Gielda, Whirlpool, on optimizing multiple demands to find the “design sweet spot”
  
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  Eric Morales, PING Golf, on fine tuning prototypes via virtual testing to speed products to market
  
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  Torbjorn Larsson, BMW, on how emerging technologies shift R&D to computational simulations
  
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  John Picklo, Chrysler, how HPC helps improve passenger vehicle designs
  
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  Robert Eicholz, EFILM, on how HPC creates competitive advantage in recent blockbuster movies
  
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  Evan Smyth, DreamWorks Animation, on speeding computer graphics imagery to the desktop
  

ACM www.acm.org is an educational and scientific society uniting the world’s computing educators, researchers and professionals to inspire dialogue, share resources and address the field’s challenges. ACM strengthens the profession’s collective voice through strong leadership, promotion of the highest standards, and recognition of technical excellence.  ACM supports the professional growth of its members by providing opportunities for life-long learning, career development, and professional networking.  

SC07 http://supercomputing.org, sponsored by ACM and IEEE Computer Society, will showcase how high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis lead to advances in research, education and commerce. This conference includes technical and education programs, workshops, tutorials, and exhibit area, demonstrations and hands-on learning.

The Council on Competitiveness www.compete.org is the only group of corporate CEOs, University presidents, and labor leaders committed to ensuring the future prosperity of all Americans through enhanced competitiveness in the global economy and the creation of high-value economic activity in the U.S.