The scope of SIGHPC-RCE’s specialty is high performance computing (HPC) in the broadest sense of the term - spanning the full range of high-performance technologies, systems, and applications. It’s demographic focus, embraces not only people who study, develop, teach, or support HPC, but also those engaged in applying HPC across a broad spectrum of scientific, engineering, and business domains in Africa.

SIGHPC-RCE's mission is to promote the advancement of the field of High Performance Computing by

• Promoting the mentoring and education of HPC professionals; and serving as a source of information about the field to other parts of SIGHPC and the larger scientific community in Resource Constrained Environments.
• Organizing sessions at conferences of the ACM;
• Organizing outreach initiatives for the exchange of information and to foster collaboration in education and research.
• Serving as a source of technical information for it’s members, the Council and other units of the ACM.
• Serving as an external technical representative of it’s members and the ACM when authorized by the Council or the Executive Committee of the ACM;
• Working with other units of the ACM on technical activities such as lectureships or professional development seminars.