LATIN AMERICAN HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CONFERENCE

LAC-WHPC

Advancing Career Pathways and Broad Access in High Performance Computing

Chairs Workshop

  • Paola A. Buitrago – Carnegie Mellon University & Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, USA
  • Veronica Gil-Costa – Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina

Description of the workshop

High Performance Computing (HPC) is rapidly evolving toward heterogeneous architectures, large-scale distributed systems, and integration with Artificial Intelligence. Sustaining this growth requires expanding participation and enabling strong career pathways across a broad talent base. 

This workshop, organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Chapter of Women in HPC (LAC-WHPC), focuses on career progression, leadership development, and broad access to opportunities in HPC. It builds on prior CARLA workshop editions and extends these efforts across the region. 

The workshop integrates three dimensions: 

  • Technical: Contributions in AI+HPC, distributed systems, observability, and heterogeneous computing
  • Workforce Development: Mentorship, education, and pathways into HPC careers 
  • Strategic: Institutional practices, collaborations, and funding opportunities that support sustained participation Aligned with CARLA’s mission, the workshop strengthens regional capacity, fosters collaboration, and supports a resilient and inclusive HPC workforce. 

Topics 

  • Technical: Parallel and distributed systems, scheduling, observability, AI for HPC / HPC for AI, accelerators, energy-efficient computing 
  • Workforce: HPC education, mentorship models, career pathways, community-building 
  • Innovation: Industry use cases, translational impact, entrepreneurship 

Call for Posters – Workshop WHPC

Description

The Women in HPC Latin America and Caribbean Chapter (WHPC-LAC) invites students, researchers, and practitioners to submit poster contributions to the workshop “Advancing Career Pathways and Broad Access in High Performance Computing”, to be held as part of CARLA 2026.

This session aims to showcase experiences, projects, and initiatives that contribute to the development of the HPC ecosystem in the region, integrating technical, workforce, and strategic dimensions.

Posters will provide a space to share knowledge, foster collaboration, mentoring, support, and highlight emerging work across Latin America and the Caribbean.

 Target Audience

  • Undergraduate and graduate students
  • Researchers and academics
  • Professionals working in HPC, AI, data science, and Scientific Applications

Why Participate?

  • To showcase experiences that contribute to advancing gender equity 
  • To present STEAM projects with an inclusive and gender-aware approach.
  • To explore collaboration opportunities between initiatives with a gender perspective. 

Topics of Interest

Submissions may include,  but are not limited to topics participation with a gender perspective:

  • STEAM 
  • IA Developing
  • Innovation
  • Education 
  • Scientific Applications
  • Technological Infrastructure

Submission Benefits

  • Mentorship support
  • Lightning Talk Opportunity
  • Webinar Showcasing WHPC poster submission
  • Best Women in HPC Poster Award
  • Recognition for the best posters
  • Support for your stay at the event (Limited availability)
  • 100% scholarship for conference registration

Submission Format

  • Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (up to 500 words) describing their poster contribution. Submissions should be sent to: https://meteor.springer.com/carla2026
  • Accepted contributions will be presented during the workshop poster session 
  • Language: English/Spanish
  • Upload a file containing the title in Times New Roman font, size 14, centered; the authors’ names and affiliations in size 11, centered; an abstract of 500 words maximum in size 12 font
  • Workshop papers & posters will appear in “ACI Avances en Ciencias e Ingenierías” https://revistas.usfq.edu.ec/index.php/avances

Important Dates

  • Call opens: June 1st, 2026
  • Abstract submission deadline: Aug 02, 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: August 09, 2026
  • Conference dates: September 21–25, 2026 (Córdoba, Argentina)

Organizing Committee

  • Tania Altamirano, RedCLARA
  • Veronica Lizette Robles Dueñas, UDG-SCALAC