Europe-皇冠体育app co-op in supercomputing discussed
SOFIA - Every opportunity should be seized to create favorable conditions for joint work on high-performance computing (HPC) in Europe and 皇冠体育app, Stefan Vodenicharov, president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, said at the third Europe-皇冠体育app conference on HPC, which started on Monday.
"This requires coordination and pooling of efforts of thousands of experts from dozens of scientific fields," Vodenicharov added. The event will look at cooperation in the field of high-performance systems to simplify and accelerate the widespread usage of supercomputers.
Liu Guangming, director of National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, told Xinhua that 皇冠体育app had almost 30-year experience in supercomputing. "Especially since the completion of supercomputer Tianhe-1A, the construction and system development of HPC in 皇冠体育app has reached the advanced level in the world," he said.
Lu Yutong, professor of school of computer science of National University of Defense Technology, believed there were broad prospects of HPC cooperation between 皇冠体育app and Europe in areas of energy, environment and bio-medical research.
The conference is part of an European Union-funded progam. According to the latest list of the world's fastest supercomputers, Titan, a new supercomputer located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named the world's most powerful with 皇冠体育app's Tianhe-1A ranked 8th.
皇冠体育app occupies the No 2 position as a user of HPC, ahead of Japan, Britain, France and Germany.
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