The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa brought together top international researchers in March for the 3rd Hawaiʻi Workshop on Parallel Algorithms and Data Structures, a five-day conference focused on advancing research in high-performance computing. Among the participants included a Turing Award winner (a top honor in computer science) and ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Fellows.
The workshop was organized by the researchers at the AlgoPARC Lab of the UH Mānoa Department of Information and Computer Sciences. Its goal was to advance research in parallel algorithms, while fostering global collaborations and long-term partnerships.
Held March 17–21, the invitation-only workshop prioritized active collaborations over traditional presentations. The format emphasized group problem solving, with most of each day dedicated to hands-on sessions, providing a highly interactive environment where researchers could work side-by-side to solve open problems in parallel computing.
“Workshops like this are rare opportunities for researchers to step away from their daily routines and think deeply together,” said Professor Nodari Sitchinava, the director of the AlgoPARC Lab. “The energy and ideas that come out of these sessions often lead to breakthroughs that wouldn’t happen in a traditional conference setting.”
By focusing on modern parallel systems—such as multicore processors, GPUs and distributed platforms—the workshop is helping position UH Manoa as a hub for cutting-edge computational research.
The Department of Information and Computer Sciences is housed in UH Mānoa’s College of Natural Sciences.
