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The LCI International Conference on High-Performance Clustered Computing kicks off May 14 with a full day of tutorials. The conference proper starts Tuesday, May 15 and runs through Thursday, May 17. Anyone interested in cluster computing will find this event worth attending. This year's conference boasts a great program, from the challenges of HPC storage to MPI performance maximization to scaling for supercomputing. Learn about newly-deployed systems, as well as the latest offerings from our conference sponsors. The complete program and registration info can be found online at www.linuxclustersinstitute.org/conferences. The 8th LCI International Conference on High-Performance Clustered Computing is the one conference where you'll simultaneously solve your problems, expand your knowledge base, and make valuable professional contacts. Listen to the keynote speakers and visit with them one-on-one after their talks— – Horst Simon, Associate Laboratory Director, Computing Sciences, NERSC/LBNL: Parallelism and Power in the Age of Petascale Computing – Norman L. Miller, staff scientist at LBNL: Advances in Regional Climate System Modeling for a Better Understanding of Land Use and Climate Change Impacts in California – Peter J. Ungaro, president and CEO of Cray Inc: From Beowulf to Cray-o-wulf: Extending Linux Clustering Paradigm to Supercomputing Scale You'll enjoy a special evening on Tuesday, May 15, with a banquet featuring U.S. Forest Service Ranger Don Lane sharing tales of Tahoe--tall tales and true ones. And Wednesday evening's poster session is accompanied by a wine and dessert reception. Plus you'll have numerous opportunities to interact with sponsors of the 8th LCI International Conference on High-Performance Clustered Computing: Allinea Software, Cisco Systems, Inc., Cluster Resources Inc., Cray Inc., DataDirect Networks, Dell, eXludus, IBM, Intel, IBM, Myricom, Inc., NCSA, PeakStream, Qlogic, Scali, Sun Microsystems, and The Portland Group, Inc.