{"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>Our Research Group at ICCS 2026<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\n<p>Our research group participated in the 26th International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2026), held from 29 June to 1 July 2026 at DESY, Hamburg, Germany.<\/p>\n\n<p>During the conference, two members of our group presented their latest research contributions:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Merc\u00e8 Planas<\/strong> presented &#8220;Proactive Forecasting with a Digital Twin in Emergency Departments: Preserving Key Performance Indicators Values&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Francisco Mesas<\/strong> presented &#8220;From Formal Specifications to Executable Simulations: A Computation-Driven Metasystem for Agent-Based Modeling&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<p>Their participation at ICCS 2026 reflects our group&#8217;s ongoing commitment to advancing research in computational science, digital twins, simulation, and intelligent systems.<\/p>\n\n<p>Congratulations to Merc\u00e8 and Francisco on their successful presentations and for representing our research group at this prestigious international conference.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/Iccs2026Francisco-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/Iccs2026Francisco-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/Iccs2026Francisco-300x169.jpg 300w, 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srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/ICCS2026Merce-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/ICCS2026Merce-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/ICCS2026Merce-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/07\/ICCS2026Merce.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/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><p><\/p>\r\n<p><strong><p>Doctoral Thesis Progress Meetings (June 2026)<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\n<p>Congratulations to Gerard Enrique, Antonio Gonz\u00e1lez, Ana Candelaria \u00c1lvarez, Miquel Albert, Mercedes Planas, Francisco Mesas, and Samuel Isai Cota for successfully presenting their PhD progress reviews this week.<br><br>Their presentations highlighted the ongoing advances of their research projects and the commitment, effort, and perseverance required throughout the doctoral journey.<br><br>As a research group, we are pleased to see the continued progress of our PhD candidates and their contributions to scientific research.<br><br>We wish them every success in the next stages of their doctoral studies.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/06\/miquel-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1942\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/06\/miquel-1.jpg 982w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/06\/miquel-1-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/06\/miquel-1-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure 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