SC20

The initial broadcast of SC20 will begin at 10 am Eastern Standard Time. The second broadcast will begin at 10 am Japan Standard Time.

SCinet

The SC Conference’s dedicated high-speed network, SCinet, celebrates its 30th year at SC20. If you have attended SC within that time, you likely have encountered SCinet in one of three ways:

By connecting to WiFi as you’ve moved across the convention center.
By selecting an internet connection type for your exhibit booth.
By participating in cutting-edge demonstrations in the SC exhibits hall that often connected you to your colleagues around the country and across the globe.

Given this year’s virtual SC20 experience, we have curated for you a selection of content to illustrate this important undertaking for the SC Conference. From our people to our partners, this community of volunteers that plans and builds SCinet is truly remarkable in every way, and we invite you to learn more about us.

More than 200 volunteers representing 18 countries and spanning 79 organizations planned, built, and operated SCinet last year at SC19 in Denver, Colorado.

Thanks also to 34 contributors who provided $80 million in state-of-the-art hardware, software, and services, SCinet was able to deliver 4.22 terabits per second of wide area network capacity and 2.0 terabits per second of peak network traffic.

Photo courtesy SC Conference Series

SCinet 1-Minute Time-Lapse

Do you want to see what a year’s worth of planning culminates to in just 1 minute? Watch this time-lapse video of behind-the-scenes footage of what's involved to set up SCinet. Footage is from SC18 in Dallas, Texas.

SCinet Operations Center

Explore this 360-degree video of the SCinet network operations center. Use your finger or trackpad to change the view as the video plays. Footage is from SC19 in Denver, Colorado.

SCinet Programming

Thursday, November 12, 10 am–6:30 pm, Channel: Track 12
Friday, November 13, 10 am–2:30 pm, Channel: Track 13

Be sure to check out the SCinet Channel for virtual content where you can learn more about the teams behind SCinet.

INDIS Workshop

Thursday, November 12, 10 am–6:30 pm, Channel: Track 4 (Workshops Registration Required)

Did you know that for the past 7 years, SCinet has supported the annual International Workshop on Innovating the Network for Data-Intensive Science (INDIS)? The workshop brings together network engineers and researchers to share challenges and potential solutions in the information systems and networking communities.

30 Years of SCinet

It’s our 30th birthday! Grab a piece of cake, or celebratory beverage, and walk with us down memory lane as our past and present leaders reflect on what SCinet means to them.

Kevin Hayden
SC20 SCinet Chair

Read Interview

Linda Winkler
Former SCinet Chair

Read Q&A

Jackie Kern
Former SCinet Chair

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Meet the Humans of SCinet

Our human network is just as reliable as our high-speed network. Learn more about some of our dedicated volunteers, from how they got involved with SCinet, to what keeps them coming back to volunteer.