Rich is in Germany this week giving invited talks at ISC’12 (Hamburg) and EIHECS’12 (Erlangen) on our theoretical co-design work. The big news at the meeting in Hamburg is the latest Top500 list, which IBM’s Blue Gene/Q machine dominates this year. However, Germany’s SuperMUC system is also making a big splash. The meeting in Erlangen is a cozy local affair, and a great opportunity to meet members of the top international groups in computational science and performance engineering. Many thanks to the hosts at both events!