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Ken Kennedy Institute at Rice University Offers Insights into Exascale Computing for the Oil and Gas IndustryRice University's Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology ("Ken Kennedy Institute" or the "Institute") is set to host the 11th annual Rice Oil and Gas High Performance Computing Conference in Houston, Texas on March 12-13, 2018 with plans for multi-disciplinary discussion about the role of exascale (1018) computing, the latest research, trends and IT innovations for the oil and gas industry. Several hundred participants from the academic/national labs community, the IT industry and the oil and gas industry will come together to learn, assess industry needs and foster relationships across all three disciplines. Conference highlights include opening keynote speaker Doug Kothe of Oak Ridge National Lab and Director of the Department of Energy's Exascale Computing Project, who will address the status and future of the Exascale Computing Project and the potential impact of exascale computing's computational power in the oil and gas industry. Ahmed Hashmi, Global Head of Upstream Technology at BP will offer an inside perspective on the importance of high performance computing for the energy industry.
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