Latest CoE News

Smart platform for predicting COVID-19 healthcare system demands
EXCELLERAT has developed an intelligent data transfer platform that helps researchers predict the demand for intensive care units during the coronavirus pandemic.

EXCELLERAT Newsletter #4 published
Read the latest issue of the EXCELLERAT CoE newsletter. It features a success story on improved simulations in the automotive field and a report on the digital CAE conference.

How EU projects work on supercomputing applications to help contain the corona virus pandemic
This article gives an overview over the various ways in which EU projects are using supercomputing applications to tackle and support the global challenge of containing the corona virus pandemic.

LearnHPC: dynamic creation of HPC infrastructure for educational purposes
E-CAM, FocusCoE, HPC Carpentry and EESSI join forces to bring HPC resources to the classroom in a simple, secure and scalable way.

EXCELLERAT and MAX at the International CAE conference 2020
The two HPC centres of excellence EXCELLERAT and MAX participated in the 36th edition of the International CAE conference 2020, held online from 30th November until 3rd December 2020.

EXCELLERAT: Full Airplane Simulations On Heterogeneous Architectures
In this use case, Excellerat focused on maximising the parallel performance of the mesh partition process to minimise the load balancing overhead.

MAX: AiiDA platform accelerates materials discovery
The challenge in this industry cooperation with Bosch and Marvel NCCR was to find new candidate materials for next generation batteries.

POP CoE: Speedups of a Volcanic Hazard Assessment Code
Latest blog post by POP CoE – discover how their work on The Probabilistic Volcanic Hazard Assessment Work Flow package led to speedups of around 500x over the total execution time.

ETP4HPC handbook 2020 released
The 2020 edition of the ETP4HPC Handbook of HPC projects is available, including – besides many other intiatives – introductions to all the 14 CoEs and FocusCoE.

CoEs at the Supercomputing 2020
Find out how the CoEs contribute to this year’s virtual Supercomputing Conference

From research to societal relevance: How ChEESE and urgent computing may enhance INGV´s hazard forecasting
Did you know that ChEESE is helping to dramatically improve near real-time hazard assessment and hazard forecasting services which will positively impact natural hazard observatories and warning centers in Europe?
New EXCELLERAT Service Portal
EXCELLERAT CoE has launched a redesigned service portal. By presenting a wide variety of resources in an easily-accessible format, the portal will play an essential role in EXCELLERAT’s mission to create a Centre of Excellence in Engineering.