International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation
The 2020 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2020) will be held on 22 - 27 March 2021, in Barcelona, Spain (a Virtual/Online Event). HPCS 2020 will focus on a wide range of the state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to high performance and large scale computing systems at both the client and backend levels.
Among it's members are:
- Luca Fiorini IFIC, University of Valencia (collaborator at ATLAS)
- Xavier Vilasís Cardona University of Ramon Llull (Principal Investigator of the DS4DS and Collaborator at LHCb)
- Isidro Gonzalez Caballero ICTEA, University of Oviedo (collaborator at CMS)
- Arantza Oyanguren IFIC, University of Valencia (collaborator at LHCb)
Moderator:
- Arantza Oyanguren IFIC, University of Valencia (collaborator at LHCb)
Abstract: The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) at CERN is the world's most powerful particle accelerator colliding bunches of protons 40 million times every second. Three of its experiments, ATLAS, CMS and LHCb, aim to discover new particles that explain the fundamental unknowns in our Universe. With the increase of the data volumes and complexity in the coming years, the LHC experiments will have to process, select, store and analyse 40 TB/s of physics data. In this panel we will discuss how the HEP community is tackling in order to handle these enormous amounts of data, and if they could be useful in other fields with similar computing challenges. Exploring alternative computing architectures, the use of commercial clouds and high performance computing centers, the development of real time and advanced data analytics, and the application of deep learning techniques are some of the ideas that we will debate here.
Arantza Oyanguren (IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia)
She is researcher at the LHCb experiment at CERN, expert on heavy flavour physics, and responsible for the working package on accelerator platforms of the RTA (Real Time Analysis) LHCb project, for the implementation of new architectures in the trigger system. She is one of the founders of the Computing Challenges (COMCHA) network in Spain, and executive member of the AIHUB-CSIC, responsible for the Artificial Intelligence strategy at national level. She is part of the ARTEMISA committee at IFIC, a platform based on GPUs for Machine Learning.
Luca Fiorini (IFIC, CSIC-University of Valencia)
He is Professor of the University of Valencia and Head of the Experimental Department of the IFIC. As a member of the ATLAS experiment at CERN, he pioneered the usage of Machine Learning in Higgs boson physics, and is responsible for the upgrade of the back-end electronics of the ATLAS central hadronic calorimeter with heterogeneous architecture. He is one of the founders of the Computing Challenges (COMCHA) network in Spain.
Isidro González Caballero (ICTEA, Universidad de Oviedo)
He has been a member of the CMS experiment since 1996 involved in software and computing activities since the very beginning. At the dawn of the GRID technologies he participated in the initial projects and later in the context of the WLCG (World LHC Computing Group) he was responsible for the spanish Tier-2 for CMS at Instituto de Física de Cantabria (IFCA) for almost a decade. he is currently the secretary of the Instituto de Ciencias y Tecnologías Espaciales de Asturias (ICTEA) at the University of Oviedo where he is now involved in the activities for the upgrade of the CMS muon detector in view of the HL-LHC.
Xavier Vilasís Cardona (DS4DS, La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull)
He is a member of the LHCb collaboration at CERN and Spanish Representative of the Institutional Board of the RTA (Real Time Analysis) LHCb project. He is one of the founders of the Computing Challenges (COMCHA) network in Spain. He is also Director for Doctoral Studies and full professor at the Engineering Dept. at la Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull. He leads the DS4DS (Data Science for the Digital Society) research group. He is also a member of the IEEE Cellular Nonlinear Networks and Array Computing Technical Committee and director of the Master Universitario en Data Science at La Salle-URL.