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Teratec 2024 Forum
Thursday, May 30th

Workshop 05 - 09:00 am to 12:30 am

Is the Cloud the (inevitable) future of HPC?
Urban legends and realities
Chaired by Gilles Tourpe, Business Development Manager HPC, AWS and Xavier Vigouroux, Head of business development, CGG

Introduction
By Gilles Tourpe, Business Development Manager HPC, AWS and Xavier Vigouroux, Head of business development, CGG

Biography: Gilles Tourpe is a technology leader with over two decades of experience in the field of High Performance Computing (HPC). His journey began with his first work experience on a trading floor, which instilled in him a commitment to delivering practical and usable solutions for customers and partners. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services (AWS) in September 2019, Tourpe held various positions in technology companies, where he honed his expertise in HPC/HTC. At AWS, he covers multiple verticals, including Oil & Gas, Research, Automotive, Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Life Sciences, leveraging his deep understanding of the industry's needs. Gilles's passion for collaboration and partnership has been a driving force throughout his career. He represents AWS in the ETP4HPC organization (European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing), fostering cooperation within the HPC ecosystem. Additionally, he played a pivotal role in initiating the TERATEC Hackathon, a platform for developing HPC engineers. Recognizing the value of academic collaborations, Gilles has developed partnership agreements with the University of Luxembourg, enabling the Uni researchers to access latest AWS Graviton technology.

Biography: Dr Xavier Vigouroux [M], after a Ph.D. from Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon in distributed computing, worked for major companies at different positions till he joined Bull in 2006 and led the HPC benchmarking team for the first five years, then in charge of the Education and Research market for HPC, where he launched and managed the Center for Excellence in Parallel Programming where the focus was on tackling issues in HPC application performance. After being program director for a research center in artificial intelligence in France and is now business development manager at CGG taking care of the cloud offer development.

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