Minutes of the First hpc-ch Forum
The first Forum of the hpc-ch community has been a great success with 10 presentations and more than 30 participants. We have been welcomed by the University of Zurich, Christian … Read More
Category: Academia Members (A-S)
CSCS and HP2C Involved in Cray Exascale Research Initiative
Cray has announced the Exascale Research Initiative less than a month after Intel said it was setting up an exascale research center with European partners. Cray’s partnership involves three European … Read More
Ticino Parliament: 5 Millions CHF for National HPC Strategy
The parlament of Cantone Ticino has voted unanimously today 5 Millions to support the implementation of the High-Performance Computing and Networking (HPCN) strategy. The contribution of Canton Ticino is aimed … Read More
Large interest for the first Forum of hpc-ch: 33 persons attending and 10 presentations announced
The Swiss HPC Community demonstrates a large interest for the first Forum of hpc-ch: Thursday, December 3th, from 10:00 until 17:00 University of Zurich, Irchel / Winterthurerstrs. 190, 8057 Zürich … Read More
ETH Globe is Reporting About the Computing of the Future and HPC
ETH Globe – the quarterly magazine of ETH Zurich – is reporting about the computing of the future and HPC (No.4 / November 2009). Within a month both ETH Zurich … Read More
Team with Prof. Schulthess (ORNL, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Swiss National Supercomputing Center) wins a Gordon Bell Prize for the second time in a row
A team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Markus Eisenbach and with Prof. Thomas Schulthess was named winner Thursday of the 2009 ACM Gordon Bell Prize, which honors the … Read More
Call for Production Projects at CSCS
CSCS is calling for production projects for 2010 which have to be submitted by November 23rd, 2009. As CSCS annouces, in 2010 there will be a total of approximately 150 … Read More
Call for presentations and participation to the first meeting of hpc-ch (December 3th, 2009)
The hpc-ch community will meet for the first time at the University of Zurich on December 3th, 2009 (10:30 until 16:30). The goal is to get an overview of the … Read More
Flash-Informatique of EPF: Special number on HPC
EPF Lausanne is dedicating a whole number of its inhouse journal “Flash-Informatique” to High Performance Computing (No. 8 / 2009, 64 pages). The editorial is by Vittoria Rezzonico. Here is … Read More
24heures and Tribune de Genève report on CADMOS
The newspapers 24heures and Tribune de Genève report on the HPC activities in the “arc lémanique” region. In the full size article printed in the newspapers, CADMOS is mentioned to … Read More
Swiss TV (SF1 10vor10) reports about CSCS and HPCN strategy
On October 20, 2009 the Swiss TV reported on the late news trasmission 10vor10 about the new Supercomputer installed at CSCS and the Swiss National HPC strategy (HPCN). Neuer Supercomputer … Read More
NZZ reports about HPC in Switzerland
In a full page article on Wednesday, October 14, 2009, Stefan Betschon reports on NZZ about the N ational Swiss HPC Initiative (HPCN). In the article “Mächting rauschen die Ventilatoren” … Read More