23.03.2021 "We don't just procure a new computer": CSCS Director Shares Details About Planned Successor to “Piz Daint” The flagship supercomputer of the CSCS, "Piz Daint", needs to be replaced. Installation of the successor computer,…
23.02.2021 Scientists begin building highly accurate digital twin of our planet A group of European scientists and experts are creating a digital twin of the Earth that is intended to support…
09.02.2021 Accelerated and improved simulations shed light on topological defects in the universe The existence of topological defects in the universe, the most common of which are known as cosmic strings, has not yet…
22.04.2020 Predictions and research with supercomputers: Also useful for farmers and mountain guides This video on weather forecasting gives an insight into the work and motivation of CSCS, which operates powerful…
25.03.2020 Understanding COVID-19 and mitigating the pandemic CSCS supports special national and international calls to study COVID-19. Together with its team and the supercomputer…
15.03.2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on CSCS Operations CSCS has further expanded the measures it has already put in place for all staff members in the effort to slow the…
21.11.2019 Gordon Bell Prize awarded to two research groups at ETH Zurich The prestigious Gordon Bell Prize by the Association for Computing Machinery at Supercomputing ‘19 (SC19) goes to two…
15.11.2019 New matrix multiplication algorithm pushes the performance to the limits With a rapid increase of simulation resolution and precision in fields like quantum chemistry, solid state physics,…
18.09.2019 A "simulation booster" for nanoelectronics Two research groups from ETH Zurich have developed a method that can simulate nanoelectronics devices and their…
22.07.2019 Oceans Apart: Interdisciplinary Dialogue at PASC19 Explores Challenges in Computational Modeling A second edition of the Interdisciplinary Dialogue took place during the PASC19 conference June 12–14 in Zurich,…
15.07.2019 Practical Science: Fusion Physicist Marina Becoulet shares insights and reflections on PASC19 The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) held its sixth annual interdisciplinary conference for scientific…
25.06.2019 PASC19: Preparing for “Exascale and Beyond” The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) held its sixth annual interdisciplinary conference in scientific…
19.02.2019 “If users are happy, we are happy, and we can consider ourselves successful” After her Postdoc in Chemistry at ETH Zurich, Maria Grazia Giuffreda started working at CSCS in 2006 as a support…
10.07.2018 PASC18 Conference in Basel Grows in Attendance and Scope More than 400 scientists from across the globe met in Basel from July 2–4, convening for the fifth edition of the PASC…
06.06.2018 Swimming in schools saves energy Researchers at ETH Zurich have clarified the previously unresolved question of whether fish save energy by swimming…
