BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:1.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20151118T221500Z DTEND:20151118T230000Z LOCATION:Ballroom D DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: U.S. President Obama signed an Executive Order creating the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) on July 31, 2015. In the order, he directed agencies to establish and execute a coordinated Federal strategy in high-performance computing (HPC) research, development, and deployment. The NSCI is a whole-of-government effort to be executed in collaboration with industry and academia, to maximize the benefits of HPC for the United States. The Federal=0AGovernment is moving forward aggressively to realize that vision. This presentation will describe the NSCI, its current status, and some of its implications for HPC in the U.S. for the coming decade. SUMMARY:The National Strategic Computing Initiative PRIORITY:3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR