We use Whova, Gather, and Zoom to run HPCA (along with PPoPP, CGO, and CC) virtually in addition to the publicly-available traditional web pages of the conferences.
Participating in HPCA 2022
Before the Symposium Starts
- Register for the symposium
- Watch presentation videos (20–22 minutes long for each paper)
- Will be available through the Whova app or the Whova Conference Webapp
- Read papers of interest
- Will be available through the Whova app or the Whova Conference Webapp
During the Symposium
- Watch live keynotes
- on Whova; see the program for the schedule.
- Watch short presentation videos (5–7 minutes) for each paper
- on Whova; see the program for the schedule.
- Participate in Q&A session followed by the short presentation videos
Whova
- Whova is used for registration.
- It also holds information which should be offered to those who register for the conference, such as:
- Links to the pre-recorded videos
- Links to the PDF files of the papers
- Links to the Zoom webinars for the live sessions, workshops, tutorials, keynotes, and business meetings.
Zoom
- All the Zoom links are available in Whova.
- Ask questions through Zoom, not Whova, when a session is live (including the keynotes and joint panel sessions). This will help the session chairs to focus on one tool, which will facilitate a smooth discussion during the session.
Gather
- HPCA will use Gather for virtual hangout among attendees this year. The Gather link will be available in Whova.
- Upon entering the room, you can create an avatar to walk around the room and talk with other avatars.
- To fully leverage Gather, you should have a camera and microphone on on your laptop or desktop. Once your avatar gets closer to another avatar, a video chat is automatically launched for talk.
- When you access Gather for the first time, you will be directed to a hands-on tutorial. You can also refer to this tutorial video “How to use Gather as an attendee” (note: the UI might be slightly different).
Further Notes
- Please do not share the links and passwords in Whova with those who do not register for the conferences. This will protect us from copyright-related issues and Zoom-bombing.
- For those who cannot view the embedded videos in Whova, use the links to the video files instead.
- Please use the community feature to ask questions about logistics (e.g., through Ask Organizers Anything on Whova).
- Most features are self-explanatory, but as a last resort, feel free to contact the General Chairs.