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:
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.
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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 |
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. |
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. |
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.
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.
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.
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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.
![]() Annette Kitajima SCinet Fiber Team Co-Chair Soccer Player Extraordinaire |
![]() Matthew Zekauskas SCinet Management Team, Technical Director Avid High-Performance Driver |
![]() Greg Veldman SCinet DevOps Team Chair Woodworking and Metalworking Artisan |
![]() Shannon Champion SCinet Wireless Team Volunteer Traveler and Sailor |
![]() Angie Asmus SCinet Edge Network Team Member Family and Sports Fan |
![]() Soledad Antelada Toledano SCinet Network Security Team Co-Chair Women in IT Networking at SC (WINS) Superhero |
![]() Carlos Rojas-Torres SCinet Wireless Team Co-Chair Outdoor Enthusiast |
![]() Debbie Fligor SCinet Routing Team Co-Chair Tae Kwon Do Practitioner and Animal Crossing Pro |
![]() Kevin Hayden SC20 SCinet Chair Calm Under Pressure Video Editor Extraordinaire |
Interested in learning more about becoming a SCinet contributor for SC21?
Download Contributor Overview PDF