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High-Performance Computing Analytics Executive to Bring Independent Software Vendor Perspective to Conference Planning Committee -- Underscoring its leadership position in high-performance computing, Visual Numerics, Inc., a leading provider of numerical analysis and visualization software, today announced that company Chief Operating Officer Phil Fraher has been named to serve on the Industry Advisory Committee of the SC international high performance computing, networking and storage conference series, one of the most highly regarded conferences in the industry. Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Architecture and the IEEE Computer Society, the SC conference series is in its 16th year and is recognized for highlighting the most innovative developments in high-performance computing, networking and storage (www.sc-conference.org/sc2004). Fraher is currently the only representative from an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) serving on the conference Industry Advisory Committee, which also has representatives from companies such as IBM and Sun Microsystems. Tim Leite, Visual Numerics' director of education programs, will also serve on the tutorial review committee for the SC 2004 technical program. "SC is one of the world's leading conferences, dedicated to bringing together the best and the brightest in the scientific and business communities in the area of high-performance computing," said Phil Fraher, COO of Visual Numerics. "I'm honored to be part of the advisory committee and look forward to working with such a talented group of people." "Visual Numerics is a recognized leader in high-performance computing and we're thrilled to have Phil join the Industry Advisory Committee (IAC)," said Jeff Huskamp, General Chair for SC2004 and Chair of the IAC. "The theme of this year's conference is 'Bridging Communities' -- which sums up our ongoing mission of bringing together representatives from many technical communities to exchange ideas, celebrate past successes and plan for the future. Phil's contributions to this year's event, and events in the future, will help us further this vision."