In our data-intensive world, High-Performance Computing (HPC) has become an indispensable asset in the digital transformation of our society, enabling big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and cloud computing. It might sound niche, but in reality, it significantly impacts many aspects of our daily life! From analysing cancer genomics data to tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, optimising the size of aircraft for fuel efficiency, and even...
E-Infrastructures
Can you imagine a supercomputer powerful enough to make accurate predictions of high-impact weather up to two weeks ahead, of large-scale patterns up to four weeks ahead, and even global-scale anomalies up to a year ahead? The new High-Performance Computing Facility (HPCF) of the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) is developed to do just that! A very ambitious goal that will only be reachable with the right level of...
The human brain is a truly amazing and awe-inspiring thing. Performing feats that even the most sophisticated computers are only just starting to tackle, and doing so using a tiny amount of energy. Understanding the brain’s multi-level organisation and behaviours is a challenge so extraordinary that no single research project could claim to provide the full picture. Collaboration on a vast scale is needed. A GAME-CHANGING MISSION There is no...
How does a researcher test out treatments on the human heart – without putting patients at risk? How does a scientist predict if certain cloud formations will become severe weather – so they can warn disaster teams? How does a car designer test out new materials in a collision – without building a new car every time? The only way to do these things is via computer simulation and modelling. However, 3D modelling and accurate...