The Road from SC25: Actionable Insights for the Year Ahead in HPC, AI, and Quantum
December 2nd, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Online
December 2nd, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM PST
Online
About the Session
SC25 set the stage for 2026, unveiling a wave of new technologies, trends, and breakthroughs. Now, it's time to translate the conference buzz into actionable strategy.
Join Jay Boisseau, Director of the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community, as he leads a special roundtable with prominent HPC leaders to dissect the most significant observations and insights from the conference. This session will move beyond a simple recap of announcements to analyze the deep implications of what we saw in High-Performance Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Quantum Computing.
Following the analysis, the panel will share their forward-looking recommendations for the year ahead, offering specific, practical advice for technology vendors, applications developers, and the customers and users navigating this rapidly evolving landscape. This is your opportunity to understand the strategic shifts and effectively plan for what's next in advanced computing.
Speaker
Jay Boisseau
Advanced Computing Strategist, Google Cloud
Jay Boisseau is an advanced computing strategist at Google, where he manages a strategic initiative to make Google Cloud the best platform for scientific/technical computing and leads the Google Cloud Advanced Computing Community. He is an experienced leader in HPC and advanced computing technologies, with 30 years of experience developing and leading programs in academia and industry. His previous experience includes founding and leading the Texas Advanced Computing Center to global prominence, and providing strategic planning and special projects in HPC at Dell Technologies. Jay also leads the Austin Forum on Technology & Society, founded the Austin AI Alliance, and is the lead founder and owner of Remedy bar in Austin (where he conducts lots of tech meetings and events so it aligns). He earned his doctorate from UT Austin in astronomy, which led him into supercomputing and technologies.