I attended the 16th Annual International Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems and Applications in Moncton, New Brunswick with Dr. Shaw, Dr. Gary, Hazel Webb, and Shawn McGinn. Majority of the sessions were focussing on parallel progarmming and algorithms. There were interesting workshops, exploring how to build a cluster of computers, as well. This conference gave me a better instinct about the whole process of scientific computing and parallel and cluster programming. It was definitely a great learning experience.