CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre organized a poster session during the Use Day. In the next days we will publish some videos where the scientists present their posters. We … Read More
We congratulate Yves Ineichen (Paul Scherrer Institute/IBM Research Zurich), Andreas Adelmann (PSI), Costas Bekas (IBM Ruschlikon), Alessandro Curioni (IBM Ruschlikon) & Peter Arbenz (ETH Zurich) who have won the PRACE Award … Read More
Small fish bend themselves into a ‘C’ shape before they flee from predators. Observations have suggested that this shape helps them to abruptly put the greatest distance possible between themselves … Read More
Sustainability is an important not only for ICT in general but also for HPC. Next year Zurich will host an important conference about ICT for Sustainability. If you are interested … Read More
ETH Zurich scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. At the same time they … Read More
CSCS just reported that ETH Zurich scientists have for the first time succeeded in realistically simulating how an oceanic plate sinks of its own accord under an adjacent plate. At … Read More
Quantum computers, should they be realized one day, will inevitably make errors. Therefore, they need special error correcting mechanisms. The most important part of it, a so-called Toffoli gate, has … Read More
Torsten Hoefler, currently Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, USA, has been appointed as Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Computational Science at ETH Zurich. Torsten Hoefler … Read More
While the peak performance and energy efficiency of computing hardware are constantly growing, the development of fast scientific software is experiencing an important paradigm shift. Efficient algorithm implementations face rigid … Read More
An animation produced by Swiss scientists about the Reversing Magnetic Field of Planet Earth is one of the 16 selected animations for SC11 Scientific Visualization Showcase. The visualization showcase relies … Read More
Dr. Daniele Passerone is leading the group of Computational Chemistry in the Nanotech and Surfaces Laboratory at EMPA. At the user day, he presented a poster on “Nanoscience surfaces: from … Read More
We continue with our series of scientists explaining their posters presented at CSCS User Day. Samuel Hertig is a PhD student in the Biologically Oriented Materials Laboratory of ETH Zurich … Read More
