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
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
SWITCH Joins the hpc-ch Community
Some weeks ago SWITCH joined the hpc-ch community as a guest. SWITCH is a foundation created by the Swiss University cantons and the Federal Government with the mission to provide … Read More
New CSCS Building: Assembling the Data Centre Roof
Have a look to the assembling of the data center roof for the new Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) in Lugano. In the movie (see here below) you can see … Read More
Flash Informatique EPFL: special issue on HPC
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 … Read More
hpc-ch Events in 2011
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 … 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
Construction of the New CSCS Building Proceeds at Fast Pace
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 … 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
hpc-ch Delegation at SC10
A larger group of hpc-ch representatives from different Swiss universities did meet at the last SC10 conference in New Orleans. The meeting has been organized by Vittoria Rezzonico from EPF … Read More
Interview with Anton Kozhevnikov, Co-Winner of the Gordon Bell Prize Honorable Mention for Special Achievements in Scalability
Anton Kozhevnikov is one of the co-winner of the Gordon Bell Prize Honorable Mention for Special Achievements in Scalability at last Supercomputing Conference SC10 in New Orleans (see our previous … Read More