Launched in May 2024, the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF) is a neutral hub for open-source software for high-performance computing.
- Purpose: HPSF supports the use and sustainment of applications, libraries, and tools in a portable, performant scientific software stack.
- Mechanisms: HPSF promotes and incentivizes improved software quality, availability, and use through collaboration, project mentoring, active working groups, and events — including HPSFCon conferences held in 2025 and 2026, with a 2027 conference scheduled. More information is available at hpsf.io.
- A founding home for Spack: Spack is a founding project of HPSF, which provides ongoing CI capacity and community engagement for the project.
PESO’s role in HPSF. PESO efforts and resources have been integral to HPSF’s growth and execution:
- Todd Gamblin — co-founder; Governing Board Chair; HPSFCon program committee
- Damien Lebrun-Grandié — Governing Board; Technical Advisory Committee (TAC); HPSFCon program committee
- Bill Hoffman — TAC Chair
- Jim Willenbring — TAC
- Sameer Shende — TAC
- Mike Heroux — membership recruitment
PESO members (Gamblin, Heroux, Willenbring, Shende) also serve on Technical Steering Committees for HPSF projects including E4S and Spack. Forward plans include launching an HPSF CI/CD service with AWS, Azure, and the University of Oregon, participating in the CI/CD and Binaries working groups, and expanding HPSF participation and activities. Learn more at hpsf.io.