Our Mission
The HDCRS working group is part of the IEEE GRSS Earth Science Informatics (ESI) Technical Committee. The main objective of HDCRS is to connect a community of interdisciplinary researchers in remote sensing who are specialized on high-performance and distributed computing, quantum computing and parallel programming models with specialized hardware accelerators.
HDCRS disseminates information and knowledge through educational events, special sessions and tutorials at conferences and publication activities. The group welcomes anyone interested from academia and industry to contribute to our mission.
Research Topics
Supercomputing and Distributed Computing
Supercomputing is the processing of complex or data-intensive problems with a vast number of highly interconnected compute nodes that work in parallel (i.e., HPC). Distributed computing uses multiple compute resources not necessarily located in close proximity to one another but connected via Internet or other networks (e.g., cloud computing).
Specialized Hardware Computing
Specialized hardware accelerators (e.g., GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs) can perform some computing tasks more efficiently than is possible on general-purpose CPUs. Their high processing performance and energy efficiency is due to a combination of specialized operations, parallelism, efficient memory systems, and reduction of overhead.
Quantum computing
Quantum computing exploits explicitly quantum mechanical properties (i.e., superposition, entanglement, interference) of matter to perform computations. Emerging quantum technologies (e.g., gate-based and adiabatic quantum computing) have the potential to improve performance and solve previously intractable problems
HDCRS News
Events & Initiatives
Introduction to Quantum Computing and Algorithms
Introduction to Quantum Computing and Algorithms June 2-3, 2021 Online More info Course on quantum algorithm programming with Kvasi, the Atos Quantum Learning Machine, capable of emulating a 30+ qubit
Ellis-ESA Workshop
Ellis-ESA Workshop May 27, 2021 Online Event Page Workshop on Quantum Algorithms and Machine Learning for huge Data Analysis, Simulation and potential Earth Observation Applications. Event Details General Information Quantum
Big Data from Space (BiDS)
Big Data from Space (BiDS) May 18-20, 2021 Online More info Conference on research and innovation development in the field of Big Data from Space including technical aspects and applications.
Quantum Computing and Programming in Two Hours
Quantum Computing and Programming in Two Hours May 11, 2021 Online More info Learn in this Interactive webinar the differences between quantum and traditional computing, and computers. Details General Information
Introduction to Scalable Deep Learning
Introduction to Scalable Deep Learning May 3-7, 2021 Online More info PRACE training course on scaling machine learning and deep learning models on high performance computing systems Details General Information
Trillion Pixel Challenge for GeoAI
Trillion Pixel Challenge for GeoAI April 21-22, 2021 Online More info Event virtually hosted by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on AI methods for high-resolution planetary imagery and other geospatial
HDCRS Chairs
Prof. Dora Blanco Heras
Lead
Dr. Rocco Sedona
Co-Lead
Iksha Gurung
Co-Lead
Prof. Dr. Sudan Jha
Co-Lead
