Category: quantum computing
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Earth Day Tech Summits Expose Cybersecurity Students to Greater Challenges and New Opportunities
COLUMBIA, MD—On an early Saturday morning amidst the rain near Ft. Meade, Maryland, industry experts and regional BDPA™ Chapters actively engaged in the preparation and mentorship of BDPA™ Members, parents, interns, and new BDPA™ student members from regional HBCUs andhigh schools during the weekend’s annual Earth Day Tech Summit sessions. “Guardians of the Globe” have…
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BDPA™ and SC24—The International Conference for High-Performance Computing
ATLANTA, GA /BDPA Atlanta/ — Established in 1975 as Black Data Processing Associates, BDPA continues to promote technical career alignments within our industrial base through its series of outreach programs and digital workforce transformation initiatives. This week (17-22 NOV 24), BDPA executives and BDPA Members attended the International Conference for High-Performance Computing (HPC) as the…
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BDPA Announces Tech Industry & Community Awards for 2024 at BDPACON
ATLANTA, GA—BDPA, founded in 1975 as Black Data Processing Associates, announced new information and communication technology (ICT) industry and community program winners during BDPACON ’24. BDPA’s Atlanta Chapter co-hosted BDPACON ’24, the association’s 46th annual gathering and assembly of members, associates, partners, and sponsors with industry, government, colleges, and universities. BDPACON ’25 returns to Atlanta,…
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Atlanta to Host BDPACON ’24
ATLANTA—Pre-registration opened last quarter for BDPACON ’24. BDPACON is the annual meeting of BDPA, local BDPA Chapter executives, and local community leaders with the Association’s sponsors, mission-partners, Academia, Public Sector agencies, and Industry stakeholders. BDPACON’s theme for 2024:Big Data & Predictive Analytics—Forged by the Power of Ai This year’s theme has significant artificial intelligence (Ai)…
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BDPA’s Renowned Tech Competition Series enters its 37th Season
NEW YORK—BDPA announces seasonal kick-offs for I.T. showcases, coding, and mobile app development. The association’s 2023 SITES competitions are open and currently available for new and aspiring research analysts, social scientists, tech writers, systems engineers, and junior developers (JrDevs). SITES coordinators’ names and emails from participating BDPA Chapters must be provided to National BDPA no…
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NCCoE Announces Technology Collaborators for the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Project
Gaithersburg, MD—The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will be joined by the following technology collaborators in the Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography Project: Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) Cisco Systems, Inc. Cryptosense SA Crypto4A Technologies, Inc. InfoSec Global ISARA Corporation Microsoft Samsung SDS Co., Ltd. SandboxAQ Thales DIS CPL USA, Inc. Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies …
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State Legislative Bodies Advance Computer Science and Technology bills for High School Graduation and new Workforce STEM Requirements
NASHVILLE, TN—Tennessee’s General Assembly reconvened January 11, 2022 and on April 14, 2022 the Tennessee Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 2406 (SB 2406) requiring their Department of Education (DOE) to adopt standards for computer science education by the 2023-2024 school year. Under the new bill, by the 2024-2025 school year all high school students in Tennessee would…
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Exascale Day with BDPA!
It’s October 18th 2025. Happy Exascale day! WASHINGTON—As we explore this era in advanced research and development (R&D) or modeling and simulation, exascale computing rapidly transforms our abilities to do just about anything with any connected or remote device on, in, or near our planet. Exascale systems and supercomputers are able to achieve over 1…
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Hewlett Packard Enterprise wins $2B HPE GreenLake contract with the National Security Agency
HOUSTON – September 1, 2021 – Hewlett Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) today announced that it has been awarded a $2B contract, that will be leveraged over a 10 year period, with the National Security Agency (NSA) to deliver HPE’s high performance computing (HPC) technology as a service through the HPE GreenLake platform. The new collaboration will enable…
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The IBM-HBCU Quantum Center grows rapidly in size and scope
ARMONK, NY—When IBM launched the IBM-HBCU Quantum Center last September, our goal was to collaborate with historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in a way that would advance not only quantum information science, but also STEM-based opportunities for these traditionally underrepresented communities. We are proud to report that this initiative in the quantum computing field is off…