EPFL is dedicating this year’s last issue of its inhouse Flash Informatique to High Performance Computing. In this special issue we will get a deep insight into some of the research using and contributing to HPC going on at EPFL. In particular, several labs are working on energy efficiency of HPC hardware and infrastructure. An [...]
We are happy to announce the events of the hpc-ch community for the year 2011. Like in 2010 we will organize two Forums where we will discuss important topics for our community. Both topics have been selected by the community representatives during the last Forum on parallel file systems for HPC hosted by ETH Zurich. [...]
The research group led by Viola Vogel, Professor of Biologically Oriented Materials at ETH Zurich, has studied with the help of supercomputers the mechanisms behind the infections of wounds. If connective tissue fibres are under tension, bacteria do not bind to them so well. However, if the fibres are severed and slackened by a cut, [...]
Construction of the new CSCS building proceeds at fast pace. The shell is almost complete, the roof being built these days. The new data center will house the next generation of supercomputers, it covers an area of 2000 square meters and is void of pillars, allowing more freedom in placing the latest models of supercomputers. The roof [...]