Home Programs Overview Tutorials Conference Panels BoF Sessions ISC Award Poster Session Vendor Tracks Contributors Committee Exhibition Social Events News & Press Sponsors About ISC	ISC2006 Contributors Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley Co-Director, CSCS Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, Switzerland Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley completed her doctoral studies in physics at EPFL in 1985 in the plasma physics institute. After a post doc at the University of Sydney, she directed her career towards HPC management and was appointed head of the User Group at the Scientific Computing Centre (SIC) of EPFL when the first supercomputers were installed in Switzerland (1988). Over the next 15 years she has been an active member in a number of selection committees for HPC systems purchase and development projects such as the PATP collaboration with Cray, the Swiss Tx series with Compaq, the establishment of the Vital IT centre with HP and Intel. From 1995 to 1998 she was President of the Speedup forum and since 1997 she has been a committee member for the SOS workshops (Sandia NL, Oak Ridge, and Switzerland). She was appointed CEO of the Swiss national supercomputing centre, CSCS, in July 2003. Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley is chair at the Session Hardware Megalomania - Will Application Scalability Hit the Wall -> Conference 'Third Day' Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley is inquisitor at the Session Hot Seat Session Part II -> Conference 'Second Day' Dr. Marie-Christine Sawley is inquisitor at the Session Hot Seat Session Part II -> Conference 'Second Day'