{"id":168,"date":"2010-01-21T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T11:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/inici\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T09:10:04","slug":"inici","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignleft is-style-regular has-small-font-size\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"150\" class=\"wp-image-1417\" style=\"width: 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2023\/02\/Logo-Template-RE_Logo_16-v2-small.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2023\/02\/Logo-Template-RE_Logo_16-v2-small.png 400w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2023\/02\/Logo-Template-RE_Logo_16-v2-small-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><br><br>Our Group integrates a series of lines of research, interrelated and developed in the context of <strong>High Performance Computing<\/strong> (HPC)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Lines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering HPC for Apps &amp; Simulation, the main research lines focuses on two broad areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HPC Technology <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Applications with Societal Impact<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Detailed subjects:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Our project aims to provide solutions to the following problems, while it creates the corresponding technology that allows these solutions to be transferred:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Performance and Efficiency<\/strong> in the use of HPC resources\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Effect of the interconnection network on the performance of applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Performance prediction. Scalability.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Efficient execution of applications: programming model, energy consumption, heterogeneous multicore. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Availability <\/strong>of HPC resources (available to user)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fault tolerance for HPC in numerical (technical-scientific) and transactional applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrity against attacks in use and\/or access to the HPC resources (Vulnerability) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design and optimization of HPC systems<\/strong>, for &#8220;workloads&#8221; specific (application-specific domains)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CPU, network interconnection, I\/O &amp; Availability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support tools (simulation) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Social projection (impact)<\/strong> applications (solutions to problems of social impact -smart applications-, which require the capacity of HPC systems):\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Simulation and optimization of Emergency Services in Hospitals (Smarter Health Services)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/fish-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simulation of Individuals oriented Models<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>HPCNelogo<\/strong>: Environment for the concurrent execution of ABM models under Netlogo-Behavior Space in an unattended\/remote way on an HPC cluster using SGE (<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hpcnetlogo\/hpcnetlogo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Github<\/a>). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simulation and optimization of movements of individuals in constrained environments (Smart Evacuations): <a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/emergency-evacuations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emergency Evacuations.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:gr.hpc4eas@uab.cat\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><p>New Book Publication on Software Security<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\n<p>We are pleased to share that <strong>Elisa R. Heymann<\/strong>, member of our research group, has co-authored the new book Introduction to Software Security together with <strong>Barton P. Miller.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The book offers a practical introduction to software security, covering secure coding, vulnerability prevention, testing, and common security threats such as buffer overflows, injection attacks, and web vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n<p>This publication represents an important contribution to the dissemination of knowledge in the area of software security and reinforces the strong research and educational activity carried out within our group.<\/p>\n\n<p>We warmly congratulate Elisa R. Heymann on this achievement and celebrate this new international collaboration and academic contribution.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Introduction to Software Security<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/amzn.eu\/d\/03A406ab\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Authors: Barton P. Miller and Elisa R. Heymann<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Publication date: May 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/libro.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1911\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6826432748538012;width:279px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/libro.png 456w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/libro-205x300.png 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\">\r\n\t<a href=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download=\"\"><\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div><p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><p>New PhD Thesis Successfully Defended<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD thesis by <strong>Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles Harita Rasc\u00f3n<\/strong>, held on Thursday, April 30 at 12:00 PM.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her thesis, entitled:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Design and Application of a Heuristic Methodology for Solving Complex Optimization Problems<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>The thesis was supervised by Dr. Emilio Luque and Dr. Dolores Rexachs.<\/p>\n\n<p>We warmly congratulate Mar\u00eda de los \u00c1ngeles Harita Rasc\u00f3n on this important academic achievement and wish her continued success in her future research career.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1908\" style=\"width:504px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021-1980x1485.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/05\/IMG-20260430-WA0021.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\">\r\n\t<a href=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download=\"\"><\/a>\r\n\r\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Blog<\/h2>\n\n\n\r\n<ul class=\"news\">\r\n\r\n\t\r\n<li class=\"news-list-item\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/blog\/jcc2024\/\">JCC2024<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t<span class=\"data\">2024-11-03 08:42<\/span>\r\n\t<p><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<li class=\"news-list-item\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/blog\/iccs-2024\/\">ICCS 2024<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t<span class=\"data\">2024-07-28 08:02<\/span>\r\n\t<p><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n<li class=\"news-list-item\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/blog\/pdpta-2024\/\">PDPTA 2024<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\t<span class=\"data\">2024-07-25 06:28<\/span>\r\n\t<p><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/blog-entries\/\">More blog entries<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Group integrates a series of lines of research, interrelated and developed in the context of High Performance Computing (HPC) Research Lines Considering HPC for Apps &amp; 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