{"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 PhD thesis successfully defended in the field of clinical simulation and computing<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the successful defense of the PhD thesis entitled:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u201cDesigning In Silico Clinical Trials: The COPD Case Study\u201d<\/strong>, carried out by <strong>Mohsen Hallaj Asghar<\/strong> on Tuesday, March 24.<\/p>\n\n<p>The thesis was supervised by <strong>Dr. Emilio Luque<\/strong> and <strong>Dr. \u00c1lvaro Wong<\/strong>, and focuses on the design of <em>in silico<\/em> clinical trials, using computational models to study Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).<\/p>\n\n<p>On behalf of the research group, we warmly congratulate Mohsen Hallaj Asghar on this important academic achievement and wish him every success in his future research career.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260324_174430-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260324_174430-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260324_174430-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260324_174430-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/IMG_20260324_174430-1536x1287.jpg 1536w, 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University of La Plata (UNLP) and the Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (UAB), under the supervision of:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Marcelo Naiouf and Esp. Armando De Giusti (UNLP)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Emilio Luque and Dr. Dolores Rexachs (UAB)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>During the defense, the primary findings of the research were presented, highlighting the potential of agent-based simulation as a powerful tool for analyzing and optimizing I\/O systems within High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments.<\/p>\n\n<p>Our research group extends its warmest congratulations to Diego Encinas on this significant academic milestone and for his valuable contribution to the field of parallel and high-performance systems.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"494\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/DiegoPresentacion.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1895\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.8163277030908882;width:670px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/DiegoPresentacion.png 494w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/289\/2026\/03\/DiegoPresentacion-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><\/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>\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; Simulation, the main research lines focuses on two broad areas: Detailed subjects: Our project aims to provide solutions to the following problems, while it creates the corresponding technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/hpc4eas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}