Jülich Colloquium: Supercomputing at the forefront – Let‘s advance science by Exascale

Speaker:

Professor Dr. Dr. Thomas Lippert
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)

Professor Dr. Dr. Thomas Lippert received his diploma in Theoretical Physics in 1987 from the University of Würzburg. He completed Ph.D. theses in theoretical physics at Wuppertal University on simulations of lattice quantum chromodynamics and in the field of parallel computing with systolic algorithms at Groningen University. He is Director of the JSC at Forschungzentrum Jülich (FZJ), member of the Board of Directors of the John von Neumann Institute for Computing and the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing. Since August 2020, he holds the Chair for Modular Supercomputing and Quantum Computing at Goethe University Frankfurt and was appointed Senior Fellow at Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in March 2020.

Abstract:

The field of computational science has become a major topic of large-scale research in recent decades due to the exponential growth in the performance of high performance computing and data systems. Methods of simulation science and big data analytics have become tools that significantly drive progress in many fields. Indeed, developments in supercomputing are opening up unprecedented dimensions of spatial and temporal resolution as well as complexity of the systems under investigation.

FZJ is a world leader in supercomputing, big data analytics, and increasingly in large-scale artificial intelligence. Here, the close involvement of users in the design process is an important development principle. This also applies to our next big step, the design, development and construction of the first European Exascale system at FZJ which is expected to be operational by the end of 2023. In my talk, I would like to not only present the existing resources at JSC but also outline the roadmap towards Exascale, focussing on the possibilities of the Jülich Modular Supercomputing concept.

You are cordially invited to this lecture by:
Prof. Dr. Astrid Kiendler-Scharr (IEK-8)
On behalf of the Scientific and Technical Council of Forschungszentrum Jülich