In May 2012 CSCS organized a course about “Using the next-generation Cray XMT (uRiKA) for Large Scale Data Analytics”. The next-generation Cray XMT (uRiKA) is a massively multithreaded, high performance computer system built for data analytics. The system supports a semantic database capable of processing SPARQL queries against a RDF triple store. The system can [...]
The Faculty of Science of the University of Basel, Switzerland, invites outstanding scientists to apply for an Assistant Professorship (Tenure-Track) in High Performance Computing beginning in spring 2014. The University of Basel is promoting the growing area of computational science. The faculty of science started in 2002 to offer a full Bachelor and Master program [...]
The new CSCS supercomputer named “Piz Daint” is the first and largest Cray XC30 system installed worldwide. Its procurement and installation marks an important milestone in the implementation of the national high performance supercomputing strategy. In the beginning of April the system will be made available to Swiss researchers. In a collaboration with Cray and [...]
Meet hpc-ch at the ISC13 conference (booth #747)! Advance registration at reduced rates is now open for the 2013 International Supercomputing Conference. ISC’13 will be held June 16-20 in the historical city of Leipzig. By registering now, ISC’13 attendees can save over 25 percent off the onsite registration rates at the Congress Center Leipzig. Combine [...]
