A new light source for quantum computers
Researchers at EPFL have discovered a new way of emitting photons one at a time. They have constructed semiconductor nanowires with “quantum dots” of unprecedented quality – a discovery with … Read More
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A New Super-Green Supercomputer at EPFL
Since January 28, researchers from EPFL and the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne have benefitted from a new supercomputer, the BlueGene/Q. This computer is four times more powerful than its … Read More
Using the supercomputer to look for traces of evolution in genes
In the HP2C project “Selectome”, scientists from the University of Lausanne and the SIB Institute of Bioinformatics and members of CSCS have successfully revised a code. It now also runs … Read More
ISC announcing Human Brain Project at ISC’13
ISC – the largest HPC conference in Europe – just announced that it will be giving the Human Brain project, led by Dr. Henry Markram of EPFL, a permanent platform … Read More
PRACE 7th Project Access Call for Proposals (Tier 0) is open
The PRACE 7th Project Access Call for Proposals has been opened from February 13 to March 26. In this call the entire PRACE Tier-0 Research Infrastructure is available: CURIE (GENCI@CEA, … Read More
Simulation of a double impact reveals the heart of an asteroid
Models boost the significance of image and measurement data from space missions and help to understand our solar system. A simulation of a double impact that occurred on the proto-planet … Read More
New Big Data Conference in Europe by ISC
ISC events, the organizers of the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) and ISC Cloud announced yesterday a new conference series – the ISC Big Data Conference. The inaugural event will be … Read More
Video: Discussion between Daniel Duffy and William Putman (NASA): Challenges for global climate simulation
Daniel Duffy (Lead System Architect) and William Putman (Research Meteorologist) of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation and the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at the NASA Goddard Space Flight … Read More
Courses at CSCS: Get “Up to Speed” with Cray Cascade, and Parallel Debugging with Allinea’s DDT
Get “Up to Speed” with Cray Cascade Course CSCS’ next flagship system to be brought into production in April 2013 is a Cray XC30 (Cascade) system with a peak performance … Read More
Henry Markram of EPFL listed on the HPCwire ‘People to Watch 2013’
Henry Markram, Director of the Blue Brain Project at EPFL has been listed by HPCwire in the list “People to Watch 2013“. HPCwire’s annual People to Watch list pays tribute … Read More
ISC’13 Introduces a New Industry Track into the Conference Program
ISC’13 communicated today the introduction of a new industry track into the conference program. With the introduction of some new program elements and sessions as single tracks in the 2013 … Read More
CSCS at “Baobab” RSI Rete Tre
In the wake of the interest awaken by the CSCS inauguration and the Open Day, on August 31st and September 1st, 2012 respectively, RSI Rete 3 journalist Claudia Demircan and … Read More