SC10 Session Report: Introduction to OpenCL
We start a short series of reports from the SC11 conference (thanks to Will Sawyer of CSCS for sharing with us his experiences). The first episode is dedicated to an … Read More
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Interview with Vincent Keller and Ralf Gruber Authors of the Book “HPC@Green IT”
Vincent Keller and Ralf Gruber from EPF Lausanne just published a book Titled “HPC@Green IT – Green High Performance Computing Methods” (Springer). An interview with the two authors has already … Read More
Supercomputers Demonstrate how Bacteria Infect Wounds
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 … Read More
Panel on Experience of Using HPC in Meteorology and RAPS Forum
Some weeks ago we published a conference report from the 14th ECMWF workshop on HPC in Meteorology. At the end of the workshop ECMWF organized a panel discussing the experience … Read More
Cost and Energy Analysis of Server Rooms at ETH Zurich
We are glad to share with you the results of the Master Thesis (in German) of Christoph Möder entitled «Suggestions for optimizing the server room at the ETH Zurich based … Read More
Advanced School on High Performance and Grid Computing
International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 11 – 22 April 2011 The school aims to bring together young researchers and PhD students with already strong knowledge in programming, … Read More
Conference Report: 14th ECMWF Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing in Meteorology
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF, Reading, UK) organized from November 1 to 5, 2010 the 14th Workshop on the Use of High Performance Computing (HPC) in Meteorology. … Read More
Videos of Forum on Parallel File Systems for HPC now Online
The recordings of the last hpc-ch community forum on Parallel file systems for HPC are now online. More than 40 colleagues from all over Switzerland attended the forum. The videos … Read More
Swiss Contribution to SC10
A look to the schedule of the Supercomputing Conference (SC10) in New Orleans (November 13-19, 2010) shows that Switzerland is being represented in panels, doctoral research showcases and as a … Read More
Conference Report: Gordon Conference “Grand Challenges in Data-Intensive Discovery”
The Grand Challenges in Data-Intensive Discovery conference was be held at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) October 26 – 28, 2010. “Gordon” is a new machine funded by NSF … Read More
HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2011
The HPC Advisory Council and the Swiss Supercomputing Centre will host the HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Workshop 2011 in the Lugano Convention Centre, Lugano, Switzerland, from March 21-23, 2011. The … Read More
CSCS Call for Proposal 2011
Since May 2010 Production Project Proposals for CSCS can be submitted at any time. The deadline for the next allocation period (April 1st, 2011) is December 1st, 2010. There are … Read More