Intersect360 Research Taps Global Thought Leaders for User Group
SUNNYVALE, CA—October 10, 2024— Leading HPC and AI industry analyst firm Intersect360 Research has announced the addition of six new Advisory Committee Members to the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO). The newly-announced members, all leaders in their respective fields, span a wide range of industries and geographical regions.
HALO, launched earlier this year, is a global community of HPC and AI end users from academia, government and industry who collaborate and share best practices. HALO helps shape the future of high performance computing and AI technology development by setting technology priorities that drive Intersect360 Research’s analysis and research, the results of which influence decision-making among HPC and AI vendors and policymakers worldwide. The HALO Advisory Committee provides leadership for the HALO membership in each of their respective regions.
“HALO is a great opportunity for HPC and AI leaders around the globe to collaborate, learn and tackle the challenges we all face in technology,” said Dan Stanzione, Ph.D., the Americas Chair for HALO and Executive Director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC). “I’m excited to work with the newly-added HALO Advisory Committee Members to continue to build and expand HALO’s reach globally and across vertical domains.”
New Advisory Committee members for HALO Americas include:
- Carlos J. Barrios H, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Researcher at the Universidad Industrial de Santander
- Elizabeth L’Heureux, Ph.D., Head of HPC at British Petroleum (BP)
- Marcus Weber, Project Engineer at Caterpillar, Inc.
New Advisory Committee members for HALO EMEA include:
- Rosa Badia, Ph.D., Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- Henri Calandra, Ph.D., Total Energies
- Riccardo Testi, CAE Analyst, Piaggio Group.
The new Advisory Committee members join previously-announced members Gina Tourassi of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Rupak Biswas of NASA Ames Research Center, Frank Indiviglio of NOAA: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Brock Kahanyshyn of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, William Edsall of The Dow Chemical Company, and Chair Dan Stanzione of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) for HALO Americas; Christine Kitchen of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Marek Magryś of Cyfronet, Stephan Schenk of BASF, Gerd Büttner of Airbus, Hatem Ltaief of KAUST, Happy Sithole of CHPC South Africa, and Chair Jean-Philippe Nominé of CEA for HALO EMEA; Satoshi Matsuoka of RIKEN and Chair Mark Stickells of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre for HALO Asia-Pacific.
HALO is overseen by Intersect360 Research; analysts Addison Snell and Steve Conway serve as liaisons to HALO’s regional groups, while Paul Muzio serves as the HALO Facilitator. The organization meets virtually throughout the year, and HALO members are granted free access to selected Intersect360 Research reports, market updates and webinars.
End-users of high performance computing and AI are invited to apply to join the general membership of HALO at https://hpcaileadership.org/join/. Users in any vertical market or size of organization are welcome to apply. More information about HALO, including its upcoming events, can be found at https://hpcaileadership.org.
About Intersect360 Research
Intersect360 Research is the leading market intelligence, research, and consulting advisory practice focused on high-performance data center trends, including High Performance Computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, cloud computing, big data, and hyperscale. Intersect360 Research utilizes both user-based and supplier-based research to form a complete perspective of market dynamics, trends, and usage models, including both technical and business applications. The company’s end-user-focused research is inclusive from both a technology perspective and a usage standpoint, allowing Intersect360 Research to provide its clients with total market models that include both traditional and emerging HPC applications.
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About The HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO)
The HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO) is a global cross-industry community of HPC and AI end users collaborating and sharing best practices to define and shape the future of High Performance Computing and AI technology development through its affiliation with Intersect360 Research. HALO is built on a regional structure with separate member groups in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and EMEA, allowing members to amplify their voices through discussions and the sharing of best practices on issues and technology priorities that are both global and regional. HALO member feedback and priorities help drive the analysis and research conducted by Intersect360 Research, with results shared with HPC and AI vendors and policymakers worldwide.