Today researchers working on the LHC experiment at CERN presented the observation of a new particle with a mass of 125 GeV. This is a very important step on the search for the standard model (SM) Higgs bosson in their data recorded up to June 2012. In this interview, Prof. Christoph Grab of ETH Zurich [...]
In early 2012, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) moved from its original location in Manno to Lugano city, a few kilometers away. The last computer to be powered off in Manno was Buin, a Cray XT4, which for the last years had computed the numerical weather forecast for MeteoSwiss every three hours, through simulations [...]
It was a great pleasure to have Dr. Ulla Thiel, Vice President Europe at Cray visit the hpc-ch booth at ISC12. Ulla joined Cray in 2004 and currently serves as Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Ulla is in charge of Cray operations in Europe, which includes Sales and Marketing, Customer [...]
On June 3rd, 2012 the RSI LA1 (Radiotelevisione Svizzera Italiana) broadcasted “Il Giardino di Albert” dedicated to the Nanotechnology (“Nanoparticelle e tecnologia informatica”). During the programme, one slot was reserved to CSCS and its relocation to the new building in Lugano. In the “Supercomputer, supertrasloco”, the ” Il Giardino di Albert” ‘s crew reveals the [...]
The Swiss radio broadcast reported (in German) about CSCS, Supercomputing and the move to the new building in Lugano. DRS3 visited CSCS at the end of April, just after the move of the supercomputer Monte Rosa to the new location in Lugano and interviewed the General Manager, Dominik Ulmer and Maria Grazia Giuffreda, Head of [...]
