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HPCN Taskforce Status and Information

HPCN Taskforce Status and Information. Peter Kunszt Swiss Grid Initiative Meeting Bern May 7, 2007. Mandate by State Secretary Charles Kleiber to the ETH Board. Investigate the role of high performance computing and networking (HPCN) in Switzerland Assessment of the Swiss needs

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HPCN Taskforce Status and Information

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  1. HPCN Taskforce Status and Information Peter Kunszt Swiss Grid Initiative Meeting Bern May 7, 2007

  2. Mandate by State Secretary Charles Kleiber to the ETH Board • Investigate the role of high performance computing and networking (HPCN) in Switzerland • Assessment of the Swiss needs • Develop a HPCN Swiss National Strategic Plan for the period 2008-11 • Contributions of top national and international experts • Input of a large number of Swiss stakeholders from academia, industry and other institutions. Swiss Grid Day Bern7.5.2007

  3. Current Status • Task force has been formed mid last year • Several meetings, collection of expert opinions were had • The ‘political’ recommendation has been given to the State Secretary last at the end of April • The ‘technical’ recommendation will be developed until September Swiss Grid Day Bern7.5.2007

  4. Arguments for Petascale Computing in Switzerland • Experts from the Swiss academic community argue for a petascale system in the period 2008-2011 • Practical applications seen in • medicine • bioinformatics • material sciences • electricity network management • financial modeling and risk management • modeling of natural disasters • etc. Swiss Grid Day Bern7.5.2007

  5. Recommendation Summary • Switzerland must acquire a new top-level computing system to be located at the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) in the canton of Ticino that will thus continue its national leading role in HPCN. • Within a strategy of national coordination, this role should be facilitated by the creation of a national network led by CSCS, with the support of SWITCH. • There must be a qualitative and quantitative increase in the HPCN-related education activities with a strong role of the network. • Overall, the strategy requires for 2008-11 an additional investment from the federation for hardware and buildings, software and educa-tion. • Switzerland must exploit its national strategy to play a major role in European HPCN initiatives. Swiss Grid Day Bern7.5.2007

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