First Call for the PASC14 Conference – June 2-3, 2014 at ETH Zurich
The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing and ETH Zurich are happy to announce the first PASC Conference to be held at ETH Zurich from June 2 to June 3, 2014: … Read More
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Gordon Bell Prize 2013 for bubble simulation: Strong Swiss contribution
For its simulations of imploding cloud cavitation bubbles, a team of scientists was awarded the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize for high-performance computing. Source: ETH Zurich news portal Scientists at ETH … Read More
Register now: NVIDIA Co-Design Lab Workshop, 11. December, 2013 @ETH Zurich
NVIDIA Co-Design Lab Workshop, 11. December, 2013 The goal of this one day workshop is introduce the lab and it’s services, offer a platform to exchange success stories and best … Read More
Cray XC30 Piz Daint at CSCS: Powerful and green
by Peter Rüegg, ETH Zurich It’s a fact: Switzerland’s Piz Daint is the fastest supercomputer in Europe. What’s more, it has now been named the greenest petaflop computer in the … Read More
Gordon Bell Prize finalist at SC13: Quantum leap in superconductor simulation
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed an algorithm that simulates high-temperature superconductivity much faster. The team was nominated as one of the Gordon Bell Prize finalists for the project and … Read More
Video: Assembling of NEC Cluster “Mönch” at CSCS
CSCS is operating for professors of ETH Zurich a NEC Cluster called “Mönch”. Mönch is named after a mountain in the Bernese Alps, elevation 4107m. The cluster is a 9 … Read More
NVIDIA announces Co-Design Lab for Hybrid Multicore Computing at ETH Zurich
In a blog post NVIDIA announced the creation of the NVIDIA Co-Design Lab for Hybrid Multicore Computing at ETH Zurich. In the post, Peter Messmer, the director of the Co-Design … Read More
Scientific Visualization: In-Silico Modeling for Fracture Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone
The scientific visualization In-Silico Modeling for Fracture Fixation in Osteoporotic Bone will be presented at the SC13 Scientific Visualization Showcase Exhibit in Denver. Authors of the visualization are Juri Steiner … Read More
New insight into the Earth’s deep interior with Cray XE6 Monte Rosa
For 300 years we have known that the Earth’s magnetic field moves gradually westward. Computer simulations on the CSCS super-computer “Monte Rosa” by researchers at ETH Zurich and the University … Read More
Windows Azure for Research training at ETH Zurich, 11-12 November 2013
Microsoft Research and ETH Zurich are pleased to announce a no-cost two-day hands-on technical training event for academic researchers interested in cloud computing using Windows Azure (limited seats available). In … Read More
Simulated on CSCS Monte Rosa supercomputer: Sea-ice formation sustained the Little Ice Age
Volcanic eruptions and reduced solar radiation caused global cooling between the thirteenth and the fifteenth centuries. The resulting accelerated formation of sea ice in the Northern Seas triggered a positive … Read More
Mechanical stimulus crucial for bone development demonstrated by simulations at CSCS
Researchers from ETH Zurich have successfully demonstrated, for the first time in vivo, how bone tissue responds to local mechanical stimuli that control bone formation. The study reveals how important … Read More