Welcome

Welcome to the High Performance Systems Lab (HiPerSys) website.

News

May 2012 - Ricardo Portillo (PhD Candidate) was selected to attend the CMD-IT National Laboratory Professional Development Workshop

Ricardo (Ricky) Portillo (Ph.D. candidate) was selected (via an application review process) to attend the first CMD-IT National Laboratory Professional Development Workshop, scheduled for 14-15 June 2012 (two full days) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The workshop is funded by the DoE, who will cover the travel, lodging, and meal expenses of all the participants. Ricky will present a poster regarding his dissertation research at the workshop. For more details regarding the workshop see the link below:
http://www.cmd-it.org/workshops/doeworkshop.html


April 2012 - Arturo Argueta (Undergraduate in Computer Science) was selected to attend the 2012 AHPCRC Summer Insitute for Undergraduates in Computational Science and Engineering at Stanford University

Arturo Argueta, undergraduate student in Computer Science and a member of the HiPerSys Research Group, was accepted to participate in the 2012 AHPCRC Summer Institute for Undergraduates in Computational Science and Engineering at Stanford University (8-week program, $4,000 stipend plus travel, housing, and meals), June-August 2012.



April 2012 - HiPerSys Member Adriana Contreras travels to Washington DC

Adriana Contreras, Secretary of the local IEEE CS Lead student chapter (since 2012), was the lead android developer of a the Engineering Challenges prize app for the National Academy of Engineers -- this project was assigned to the chapter by IBM. The app was selected to be used for a daily raffle at the USA Science and Engineering Festival -- it is meant to keep track of the engineering challenges a festival-goer has completed: after the completion of a challenge, the user scans a QR Code, which places a stamp on their screen; once 10 stamps are collected, the user is for an entry in the raffle. The link to the app is below. As a result of the successful development project, Adriana will be traveled to Washington, D.C. with fellow LEADers on April 27 to participate in the Festival
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=edu.utep.ieeecs#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiZWR1LnV0ZXAuaWVlZWNzIl0


April 2012 - Former HiPerSys Member Gabie Aguilera speaks at UTEP

Maria Gabriela Aguilera Nunez, an alumnus of the HiPerSys research team, visited our group on April 20th and was a speaker on a panel entitled Careers in Science and Engineering at the 2nd Annual COURI Symposium: Showcasing Emerging Researchers at the Forefront of Science and Engineering. Note that Gaby recently was accepted to Brown University's Medical School -- she starts in Fall 2012. Congratulations, Gaby!



April 2012 - El Paso, Inc. publishes article on Dr. Patricia Teller's new Role as Director of Research Computing

On April 8, 2012 El Paso, Inc. posted an article about an interview with Pat Teller about her new role as Director of Research Computing. To see the full article click below!
http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/q_and_a/article_ee701e66-81bc-11e1-b938-0019bb30f31a.html


March 2012 - Congratulations to Adriana Contreras, who was selected as a 2012-2013 Microsoft Scholarship recipient

Adriana was chosen because of her impressive academic record and her strong interest in making contributions to the software industry. We are very proud of Adriana's accomplishments.



March 2012 - Pat Teller, Sarala Arunagiri, Bidisha Chakraborty, and Michael Harney Travel to TACC

Pat Teller, Sarala Arunagiri, Bidisha Chakraborty, and Michael Harney met with Bill Barth, Jim Browne, John Hammond, and Ashay Rane at Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), Austin, TX. An all-day meeting resulted in an excellent intellectual exchange and many potential directions for collaborative work.



March 2012 - Pat Teller meets with Maria Esteva (TACC), Adam Rabinowitz (UT-Austin), and Jessie Trelogan (UT-Austin)

Pat Teller met with Maria Esteva (TACC), Adam Rabinowitz (UT-Austin), and Jessie Trelogan (UT-Austin) to discuss a potential collaboration involving Kristine Navarro and the Institute of Oral History at UTEP.



March 2012 - Ricardo Portillo awarded scholarship to participate in the DoE Exascale Research Conference

Ricardo Portillo, Ph.D. candidate, was awarded a scholarship to participate in the DoE Exascale Research Conference, April 16-18, 2012 in Portland, OR. He is one of 16 graduate students who received such a scholarship, which will cover his travel, hotel, and meal expenses, without drawing against our research award. He will participate as a scribe for working sessions on Monday and Tuesday, April 16-17. Participating in the conference provides the selected students with an opportunity to learn from and network with professionals in their fields of study while supporting ASCR in achieving the meeting objectives.



March 2012 - Dr. Patricia Teller is UTEP's first Director of Research Computing

A News Release and Research News item were published that announce the appointment of Dr. Pat Teller as UTEP's first Director of Research Computing.
http://newsuc.utep.edu/index.php/research-news/234-corralling-uteps-future-for-high-performance-computing


March 2012 - Two HiPerSys Researchers to intern at the Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, MD.

Adriana Contreras and Joshua McCartney were informed that they shortly will be receiving offer letters from the Army Research Lab (ARL) for summer employment as research interns. Congratulations!



February 2012 - Jayaraman Suresh Babu is now working at Cisco Systems

Jayaraman Suresh Babu is now working at Cisco Systems as a Software Engineer in the Wireless Networking Business Unit.



January 2012 - Artira Dattagupta has accepted a full-time position in the El Paso area.

Nonetheless, we are pleased that he will continue to work with us to attain his MS degree.