:Barcelona Supercomputing Center
{{Short description|Research and supercomputing facility}}
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The Barcelona Supercomputing Center ({{langx|es|Centro Nacional de Supercomputación}}) is a public research center located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It hosts MareNostrum, a 13.7 Petaflops, Intel Xeon Platinum-based supercomputer, which also includes clusters of emerging technologies. {{As of|2017|06|alt=In June 2017}}, it ranked 13th in the world.{{Cite web |title=MareNostrum 4 begins operation |url=https://www.bsc.es/news/bsc-news/marenostrum-4-begins-operation |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=BSC-CNS |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.top500.org/list/2017/06/|title=Top500 List - Supercomputer Sites|website=www.top500.org}} {{As of|2022|November}}, it dropped to 88th.{{Cite web |title=TOP500 List - November 2022 {{!}} TOP500 |url=https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2022/11/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.top500.org}} It is expected to host one of Europe's first quantum computers.{{Cite web |last=Granger |first=Gemma Garrido |date=2021-10-30 |title=Barcelona will be southern Europe's first quantum computing hub |url=https://en.ara.cat/society/barcelona-will-be-southern-europe-s-first-quantum-computing-hub_1_4166573.html |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Ara in English |language=en}}
Location and management
The Center is located in a former chapel named Torre Girona, at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and was established on April 1, 2005. It is managed by a consortium composed of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (60%), the Government of Catalonia (30%) and the UPC (10%). Professor Mateo Valero is its main administrator. The MareNostrum supercomputer is contained inside an enormous glass box in a former chapel.
Budget
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center had an initial operational budget of €5.5 million/year (about US$7 million/year) to cover the period of 2005–2011. The center has had a very rapid growth and in 2018 had a workforce of around 600 workers and an annual global budget of more than 34 million euros.{{cite web|url=https://www.bsc.es/discover-bsc/the-centre/bsc-cns-in-numbers|title=BSC-CNS in Numbers|website=www.bsc.es}}
The Center has contributed to the development of the IBM cell microprocessor architecture.
File:MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center 1 br.jpg|MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (2017)
File:MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center 2 br.jpg|MareNostrum 4 supercomputer at Barcelona Supercomputing Center (2017)
Staff
- Director: Mateo Valero{{Cite web |title=1. Summary |url=https://www.bsc.es/mateo-valero |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=BSC-CNS |language=en}}
- Associate director: Josep Maria Martorell{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
- Computer Sciences director: Jesús Labarta[https://www.bsc.es/labarta-mancho-jesus/publications "Jesús Labarta"]. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
- Computer Sciences associate director: Eduard Ayguadé{{Cite web |title=Eduard Ayguade home page (Technical University of Catalonia - Barcelona) |url=https://personals.ac.upc.edu/eduard/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=personals.ac.upc.edu}}
- Life Sciences director: Alfonso Valencia
- Earth Sciences director:{{Cite web |title=ICREA |url=https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/francisco-javier-doblas-reyes-499 |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=www.icrea.cat}}
- Computer Applications for Science and Engineering director: José María Cela[https://www.bsc.es/cela-espin-jose-maria/publications "José María Cela"]. Barcelona Supercomputing Center.
- Operations director: Sergi Girona{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}
In popular culture
Notes
External links
- [http://www.bsc.es/ Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)]
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Category:Research institutes in Catalonia
Category:Polytechnic University of Catalonia