This week, the Cendio team is landing in Hamburg, Germany, to participate in ISC High Performance 2023. The fair will connect public and industry users and technology developers. We will be part of the exhibition which will promote active collaborative exchange in high-performance computing, machine learning, data analysis and quantum computing. We will also take the opportunity to meet our clients. See you there!
We have Jean Zagonel (@muitotri) representing Cendio and Robert Henschel (@RobertHenschel) from Indiana University at the conference this year, so perhaps we can check in with them and see how things are going.
@muitotri, a few questions for you first:
- How’s the weather in Hamburg?
- What has been your favourite conference exhibition or presentation so far?
- Most popular ThinLinc giveaway?
And @RobertHenschel:
- What number ISC is this for you, and how does it rate compared to past events?
- Anything new you’ve learned this time around?
- Any good tips for restaurants or bars in Hamburg?
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Hi @Aaron and @annalauraneumann! Thanks for initiating the conversation!
It is always nice to represent Cendio ThinLinc and meet our current and prospect customers and partners. It is exciting to know that together we help a lot of people to get easy access to their favorite Linux desktops and applications remotely.
The weather was something int the middle of a conflict between a blue & sunny sky and a gray & rainy one. As most part of the day we were indoor, it did not affect us too much. We were lucky to have perfect temperatures for a walk during the evenings, around 20 degrees.
I watched some presentations from cloud providers that were interesting. The favorite was one that presented a technology for optimizing the design and simulation of industrial components using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software.
Normally the ThinLinc toolkit and the stuffed Tux are quite popular. However, as we only visited the ISC 2023 exhibition this year, without having a booth, there was no popular giveaway as the other year. Some ThinLinc pens circulated there.
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- What number ISC is this for you, and how does it rate compared to past events?
I think this year may have been my 15th or 16th ISC. I started attending all the way back in 2006, when the conference was held in my hometown of Dresden, Germany. (btw, a beautiful city you should all visit! 
) Then the conference went to Hamburg, Leipzig, back to Hamburg, Frankfurt and now it is back in Hamburg. This year was great, I think the number of attendees was well over 3000, and close to pre-pandemic levels. It was great to see and chat with so many people in such a short period of time.
- Anything new you’ve learned this time around?
Attending ISC is always a learning experience. While ISC is much smaller than SC, I usually have more time for attending technical talks at ISC than at SC. I also enjoy walking the show floor and chatting with representatives from other HPC centers. This year’s highlight was certainly the Fishbowl panel, organized by Intersect360 and the opening Keynote from Dan Reed.
- Any good tips for restaurants or bars in Hamburg?
I am not much of a bar person, but there is no shortage of good restaurants in Hamburg! This year I tried Philipps Restaurant, a great little place with a Michelin Star, and Panthera Rodizio, a pretty authentic Brazilian place. I may have seen folks from Cendio at both venues…
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