IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference

HPEC is the largest computing conference in New England and is the premier conference in the world on the convergence of High Performance and Embedded Computing. We are passionate about performance. Our community is interested in computing hardware, software, systems and applications where performance matters. We welcome experts and people who are new to the field. Registration is required to attend: https://ieee-hpec.org.

2026 Distinguished Speakers

• Prof. Saman Amarasinghe (Perkins Prof EESC MIT; ACM Fellow)
• Prof. Yaneer Bar-Yam (President New England Complex Systems Institute)
• Craig Connors (VP & CTO Cisco Infrastructure & Security)
• Prof. Danna Freedman (Keyes Prof Chemistry MIT, Quantum@MIT Director; MacArthur Fellow)
• Prof. Sigal Gottlieb (Chancellor Prof Math UMass Dartmouth; SIAM & AWM Fellow)
• Dave Martinez (MIT Lincoln Lab Fellow; IEEE Fellow)
• Dr. CJ Newburn (Nvidia Distinguished Engineer; NVIDIA IO and HPC software strategy architect)
• Prof. Daniela Rus (Viterbi Prof EESC MIT, CSAIL Director; AAAS, ACM, AAAI, IEEE, MacArthur & NAE Member/Fellow)