News and events - RISC2 Project

Carla Osthoff, LNCC's researcher, presented the Santos Dumont Supercomputer on the 19th Brazilian Science and Technology National Week, organised by...

15 Dec
2022

RISC2 discussed the digital transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean, Digital Transformation, Latam, Networking

RISC2 participated in the "Dialogue on the Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Transformation in Latin America and the Caribbean", which...

28 Nov
2022

LNCC is making efforts to promote the best HPC practices

collaboration, Europe, HPC, Latam, LNCC, SDumont

Our partner LNCC participated in different events to promote interaction and exchange of knowledge and the best HPC practices between...

22 Nov
2022

RISC2 attended the Supercomputing Conference 2022

Conference, HPC, HPCwire, Networking, SC'22, Storage

The RISC2 team participated in the Supercomputing Conference 2022, in Dallas, Texas. The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking,...

17 Nov
2022

RISC2 receives honors in 2022 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

Award, HPC, HPC Collaboration, HPCwire

The RISC2 project has been recognised in the annual HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards, presented at the 2022 International...

31 Oct
2022

RISC2 supported the first school of HPC Administrators in Latin America and Caribe

HPC, HPC Administrators, Latam, NLHPC

The National Laboratory of High Performance Computing (NLHPC), our partner from Chile, was the responsible for the first school of...

13 Oct
2022

RISC2 highly represented at CARLA 2022

CARLA, CARLA 2022, Europe, Event, HPC, Latam

RISC2 was part of the organization committee of the Latin America High-Performance Computing Conference (CARLA 2022), which took place between...

07 Oct
2022

RISC2 publishes the White Paper on HPC Research, Development, and Innovation in Latin America

Latam, Public Deliverables

One of the overall goals of the RISC2 project is the White Paper on HPC Research, Development, and Innovation (RDI)...

21 Sep
2022

RISC2 organized a workshop co-located with IEEE Cluster 2022

Europe, HPC, IEEE Cluster 2022

RISC2, in collaboration with EU-LAC ResInfra, organized the workshop “HPC for International Collaboration between Europe and Latin America”, in conjunction...

20 Sep
2022

RISC2 supported ACM Europe Summer School 2022

ACM Summer School, Europe, HPC

The 2022 ACM Europe Summer School on “HPC Computer Architectures for AI and Dedicated Applications” was hosted by the Barcelona...

29 Aug
2022

23 people gathered at the Costa Rica HPC School 2022 to learn more about HPC tools

Costa Rica, HPC, HPC School, Latam

The Costa Rica HPC School 2022, organized by CeNAT in collaboration with the RISC2 project, gathered 23 people between August...

05 Aug
2022

Pégaso, the most powerful supercomputer in Latin America

Brazil, HPC News, Latam, Pegaso

Brazilian petroleum company Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro) has announced the upcoming inauguration of its new Rio de Janeiro-based supercomputer, Pégaso. With...

26 Jul
2022

RISC2 Webinar Series | HPC System & Tools

HPC, Webinar, Webinar Series

The RISC2 project is organizing a webinar series about “HPC System & Tools”. The webinars will be happening until the end...

14 Jul
2022

RISC2 Project first review meeting

Review Meeting

On July 11th, the RISC2 project had its first Periodic Review Meeting with the European Commission and their experts. The...

10 Jul
2022

Coppe gives a lecture about ACM Turing Award

coppe, Latam, UFRJ

Alvaro Coutinho, our researcher from Coppe/UFRJ, gave a lecture about the 2021 ACM Turing Award winner Jack Dongarra and his...

01 Jul
2022

RISC2 organized virtual workshop focused on High-Performance Computing (HPC), data science and scientific computing

Data Science, HPC, Scientific Computing, Workshop

The RISC2 project organized a virtual workshop dedicated to High-Performance Computing (HPC), data science and scientific computing. The workshop, which...

26 May
2022

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

Call, Fellowships

The 2022 call is now OPEN with a deadline on 14 September 2022. The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) contribute to excellent...

21 Apr
2022

RISC2 partners met at UFRJ during the “Eureka meets the Atlantic” event

collaboration, eureka, Europe, HPC, Latam, R&D

Alvaro Coutinho and Marta Mattoso, from UFRJ, and Rui Oliveira, from INESC TEC, met during the “EUREKA meets the ATLANTIC”...

04 Apr
2022

RISC2 has a working group on HPC, Data Science and Scientific Computing

collaboration, Europe, HPC, Latam, working group

The RISC2 project has launched a working group for a convergence between High Performance Computing (HPC), Data Science (including Machine...

04 Feb
2022

Open call for EU&LAC collaboration

Call, collaboration, EU, Latam

Transnational consortia are invited to submit proposals related to the following 6 topics in the thematic fields of Global Challenges,...

18 Jan
2022

CINVESTAV hosts a meeting with representatives of supercomputing centers in Mexico

CINVESTAV, Latam, meeting, Mexico, News

CINVESTAV, one of RISC2’s partners, hosted a virtual meeting with representatives from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) and the HPC...

22 Dec
2021

RISC2 presented at the Mexican Congress

BSC, Latam, Mexico, News, presentation

Mateo Valero Cortés, Director of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, presented the RISC2 project to the Science, Technology and Innovation Committee...

21 Dec
2021

The National Laboratory for High Performance Computing awarded funding for 5 years

Award, Chile, Latam, News, NLHPC

The National Laboratory for High Performance Computing (NLHPC), with the support of the RISC2 project, was awarded a new fund...

23 Nov
2021

RISC2 partner is a member of AISIS 2021’s Scientific Committee

CIEMAT, Conference, Europe, News

Rafael Mayo Garcia, from CIEMAT, one of the RISC2 partners, participated at AISIS 2021 as a part of the Scientific...

16 Nov
2021

National Laboratory for High Performance Computing awarded Fondequip Major funding

Award, HPC, Latam, News, NLHPC

The National Laboratory for High Performance Computing (NLHPC), the national supercomputing center in Chile and one of the RISC2 partners,...

05 Oct
2021

RISC2 with a strong presence at CARLA 2021

Conference, Latam, News, partners, Tutorials, Workshop

The RISC2 project participated at the Latin America High-Performance Computing Conference (CARLA 2021), which took place between September 27 and...

13 Aug
2021

National Laboratory for Scientific Computing participated in the ISC2021

Brazil, Europe, High Performance Computing, HPC, ISC 2021, Latam

The National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC), one of the RISC2 partners from Brazil, presented two posters at the Event...

Events

Organized by RISC2

Webinar: Developing complex workflows that include HPC, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics

Date: February 22, 2023 | 4 p.m. (UTC) Speaker: Rosa M. Badia,

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2023

Supported by RISC2

HPC, Data & Architecture Week

RISC2 is supporting the organization of the HPC, Data

13 to 17 Mar of 2023

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Organized by RISC2

Webinar: A roadmap to quantum computing integration into HPC infrastructures

Date: March 15, 2023 | 4 p.m. (UTC) Speaker: Alba Cervera Lierta,

Mar

2023

Organized by RISC2

Webinar: Improving energy-efficiency of High-Performance Computing clusters

Date: April 26, 2023 | 3 p.m. (UTC+1) Speakers: Lubomir Riha and

Apr

2023

Organized by RISC2

Webinar: Addressing the challenges of scientific visualization in the exascale age

Date: May 31, 2023 | 4 p.m. (UTC+1) Speaker: João Barbosa, MACC

May

2023

Blog

01 Feb
2023

Mapping human brain functions using HPC

Blog post, HPC, Neuroscience, Psychology

ContentMAP is the first Portuguese project in the field of Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience to be awarded with European Research...

02 Jan
2023

JUPITER Ascending – First European Exascale Supercomputer Coming to Jülich

EuroHPC JU, Europe, Exascale computing, Jülich Supercomputing Centre

It was finally decided in 2022: Forschungszentrum Jülich will be home to Europe's first exascale computer. The supercomputer is set to...

12 Dec
2022

Advanced Computing Collaboration to Growth Sustainable Ecosystems

collaboration, Europe, HPC, HPC Collaboration, HPCwire Award, Latam

The impact of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in different contexts related to the needs of high capabilities and strategies to simulate...

21 Nov
2022

Managing Data and Machine Learning Models in HPC Applications

Blog, data learning, HPC, machine learning

The synergy of data science (including big data and machine learning) and HPC yields many benefits for data-intensive applications in...

01 Nov
2022

Using supercomputing for accelerating life science solutions

Blog, covid-19, healthcare, HPC, Supercomputing

The world of High Performance Computing (HPC) is now moving towards exascale performance, i.e. the ability of calculating 1018 operations per...

31 Oct
2022

First School of HPC Administrators in Latin America and the Caribbean: A space for the formation of computational thinking

Blog, HPC, HPC Administrators, Latam, NLHPC

From the top 500 High performance computing systems of the world, only 6 are placed in Latin America; this makes...

17 Oct
2022

Leveraging HPC technologies to unravel epidemic dynamics

Blog, CeNAT, HPC, Latam

When we talk about the 14th century, we probably are making reference to one of the most adverse periods of...

06 Oct
2022

HPC meets AI and Big Data

AI, Big Data, Blog, HPC

HPC services are no longer solely targeted at highly parallel modelling and simulation tasks. Indeed, the computational power offered by...

16 Sep
2022

ACM Summer School as a meeting point for Latin American young researchers

ACM Summer School, Blog, Latam

In 1962, Arthur C. Clark, a gifted man in fiction and non-fiction, said, "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from...

25 Jul
2022

Supercomputing as a great opportunity for the clean energy transition

Blog, Energy, Supercomputing

Given the current trend of the EU political agenda in the energy sector linking their strategy to accelerate decarbonization with...

05 Jul
2022

EU-LATAM research collaboration to encourage regional research ecosystems

Blog, Europe, Latam, research

The European Union and Latin American countries have a long history of research collaboration. Programmes like Horizon Europe and Horizon...

Media

23 Nov
2022

LNCC no Ciclo de Palestras do CEDRI-IPB, Portugal

Europe, HPC, Latam, SDumont

23 Nov
2022

Projecto RISC2 distinguido por jornal internacional especializado em computação avançada

Europe, HPC, HPCwire, HPCwire Award, UMinho

22 Nov
2022

RISC2 project acknowledged by international journal specialised in advanced computing

Europe, HPCwire, HPCwire Award, INESC TEC, Latam

17 Nov
2022

Projeto RISC2 em alta

HPC Collaboration, HPCwire, HPCwire Award, Latam, LNCC Website

17 Nov
2022

RISC2: enabling cross-continental HPC collaboration for society’s evolution

Europe, HPC Collaboration, Latam

17 Nov
2022

BSC receives double honours in 2022 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards

HPC, HPC Collaboration, HPCwire

16 Nov
2022

HPCwire Reveals Winners of the 2022 Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards During SC22

HPC, HPC Collaboration, HPCwire

26 Oct
2022

EU and Latin America push for industry innovation using supercomputers

Europe, HPC, Latam, media

13 Sep
2022

Webinars on high-performance computing to benefit research and industry in Europe and Latin America

Event, HPC, media, Webinar, Webinar Series

23 Aug
2022

RISC2 Project Hosts HPC Webinars for Europe and Latin America

Event, HPC, media, Webinar, Webinar Series

23 Aug
2022

EU and Latin America push for industry innovation using supercomputers

Event, HPC, media, Webinar, Webinar Series

11 Jul
2022

44 instituciones científicas y académicas se unen para crear el Laboratorio Nacional de Supercomputación

Chile, Latam, media, U. de Chile Website

05 Jul
2022

RISC2 virtual workshop on High-Performance Computing (HPC), data science and scientific computing

Inria Brasil, Latam, media

22 Jun
2022

RISC2 Project: Exploring the real and potential impact of HPC on Latin America and Europe

EURAXESS, media

01 Jun
2022

RISC2 Project

Cineca Newsletter, Europe, media

04 May
2022

Projekt RISC2: EU und Lateinamerika koordinieren HPC-Forschung

Europe, GSC Newsletter, Latam, media

04 May
2022

RISC2: EU and Latin America Coordinating HPC Research

Europe, Julich Website, Latam, media

22 Mar
2022

Un Proyecto europeo que promueve la cooperación intercontinental para impulsar la supercomputación

Chile, Latam, media, NLHPC Website

10 Feb
2022

Coppe participa de projeto europeu em computação de alto desempenho

Brazil, Coppe website, Latam, media

10 Feb
2022

BSC to Lead RISC2: A Cooperative European HPC Project

BSC, HPC, media

07 Feb
2022

RISC2: un proyecto europeo que promueve la cooperación intercontinental para impulsar la supercomputación

BSC website, Europe, media, Spain

27 Jan
2022

Projeto europeu estimula cooperação entre continentes para melhorar o desempenho em computação de elevado desempenho

Europe, INESC TEC website, media, Portugal

17 Dec
2021

Projeto europeu estimula cooperação entre continentes para melhorar o desempenho em computação de elevado desempenho

BIP INESC TEC Magazine, Europe, media, Portugal

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