Back from Goa

Just got back from Goa, I was there for the last one week for HiPC - the 12th International Conference on High Performance Computing. A lot of my friends asked me what I did in Goa. Unfortunately, I dont have many interesting things to report. Being one of the core organizers of the conference, I hardly had any time to see Goa, except for early morning runs on the beach, and a visit to one of the forts close by overlooking the beach (yeah, the one they have in the movie Dil Chahta He). And some amazing walks on the beach during sunset. Maybe next time, I will actually do some sightseeing. I forgot to take my camera, maybe I will steal some pics from my friend's camera & post them later.

As for the conference itself, it was good, we had some great keynote speakers, good discussions on how Google uses clusters for doing their searches, Google Earth, etc. There was another very interesting talk on how the Institute for Genome & Biological Research in New Delhi uses clusters for their gene sequencing work.

All in all, some good learning, wonderful time meeting new people and discussing some good ideas for next year.