The following presentation “A new life after death : think eternity!” was given by Vincent Keller (CADMOS) at the hpc-ch Forum on Hardware Life-Cycle and User Policies for HPC systems, October 23th 2013, hosted by EPF Lausanne / University of Lausanne / Vital-IT.
The Swiss TV SRF broadcasted dedicated to the reduction of the energy consumption of data centers. Have a look to the broadcast (in German). Jedes SMS und jede Suche im Internet generieren Daten, die von einem Rechenzentrum verarbeitet werden müssen. Hier hat die Schweiz die Nase vorn: Sie entwickelt sich immer mehr zu einem Zentrum […]
The origin and stimulus behind plate tectonics has been simulated with the aid of high-performance computers. A new study sheds light on the role continents play in the formation of oceanic crust. by Simone Ulmer The seafloor opens up on the mid-ocean ridges (MOR), which stretch through the world’s oceans for 10,000 kilometres. Here, hot […]
STS-CH, the Swiss Association for the Studies of Science, Technology and Society is organizing a meeting to discuss about big data: Collecting, Organizing, Trading Big Data University of Lausanne, 20-22 February 2014 The meeting will analyze the effects of big data in human and life sciences as well as in the development of new technologies […]
Prof. Peter Edwards, director of the Singapore-ETH Centre, wrote an article on “Simulations for sustainable cities” in the “Zukunftsblog” of ETH Zurich dedicated to Facts and Views on Sustainability. The occasion for the article, was the mid-term review of Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), a research programme of the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC). […]
