Tatjana Ruefli joined CSCS shortly after the first PASC Conference in 2014 as Event Manager and Personal Assistant to the Director. Since 2015, she has been responsible for organising each PASC Conference, including the latest edition of the event where she was supported by CSCS staff members Raluca Hodoroaba, Tim Robinson and Michèle Woodtli. Today, […]

It all started with the need to better align algorithms and the architecture of high-performance computers for solving highly complex problems in science. The goal of these interdisciplinary collaborations was to design both the software and the computer architectures to be more efficient. To this end, researchers from varying disciplines as well as mathematicians, software […]

This is the end of PASC22 but not the end of the PASC Conference series. We thank you for your company on the road to Basel and for all the wonderful moments experienced together during, as well as outside the technical sessions. We join Eleni Chatzi (ETH Zurich) and Mike Heroux (Sandia National Laboratories) in […]

A big thank you to our generous sponsors! We extend our sincere appreciation to our sponsors and event partners, without whom PASC22 would not have been possible.

We would like to take this occasion to thank all the PASC22 volunteers who made themselves available to staff the conference, assisting participants at the reception and speakers in the parallel rooms. It was a pleasure to work with you all!

Congratulations again to the four students who were recipients of the PASC22 Student Travel Grants, generously sponsored by SIGHPC. In the photo from left to right are Luis Costa (Lisbon University), Anthony Chen (University of Michigan) and their mentor Florina Ciorba (University of Basel); and Benjamin Cobb (Georgia Institute of Technology), the mentor Olaf Schenk […]

The PASC22 Organizing Team would like to thank all the participants who shared their impressions on the conference via twitter using the hashtag #PASC22. Photos taken during the three days can be viewed here, and interviews with conference attendees can be found on the conference YouTube channel. Registered in-person and remote participants can view sessions […]

We encourage minisymposium and paper presenters to share the slides of their presentations, and poster authors to provide updated versions of their posters. Please upload them in pdf format to the submissions portal by July 31, 2022. The slides will be accessible from the online program, which will be updated periodically.

The PASC22 Conference Chairs – Petros Koumoutsakos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland / Harvard University) and Lois Curfman McInnes (Argonne National Laboratory) – and the whole Organizing Team were pleased to welcome over 300 attendees in person in Basel, and a further 100 online at the PASC22 Conference last week. We welcomed attendees from 35 countries reaching […]

Some impressions of the second day of the PASC22 Conference in Basel.

Some impressions of the first day of the PASC22 Conference in Basel.

We are pleased to report that we have received more than 300 registrations for in-person attendance, and we look forward to welcoming you in Basel. Now that the Federal measures and restrictions related to COVID-19 in Switzerland have been lifted,individual responsibility in protecting everyone’s health has become of primary importance. Information on the current regulations […]

We would like to remind you that registration for the conference is still open and inform you that the deadline for registering is June 17, 2022. Program contributors are required to register for the event. Please note that the week prior to the conference start, all registered participants will be sent credentials to log into the platform […]

You can start to plan your program ahead of the conference by checking out the video teasers prepared by minisymposia organizers and presenters. Click on the “video message” links under the minisymposium abstracts or view the playlist here >

We are excited to host the first PASC Conference in a hybrid format this year. Given the novel format, it is particularly important that all speakers, session chairs and poster presenters read the Guidelines for Presentations thoroughly, well in advance of the conference. In-person presenters should note that computers will be provided in the rooms, and […]

We are delighted to host a Public Lecture by Shep Doeleman (Harvard University). Shep led the team of international researchers who produced the first directly-observed image of a black hole. We will hear how this was accomplished, as well as future directions towards real-time black hole movies. Additional details are available here >

We are delighted to announce this year’s Interdisciplinary Dialogue, where Professor Michael Hengartner from the ETH Board will interview Professor Emma Pierson from Cornell University on how data science and machine learning methods are being used to tackle social inequality. Our society remains profoundly unequal. We will discuss how data science can be used to […]

PASC22 would like to bring to the attention of HPC veterans and junior enthusiasts the forum offered by our partner ISC High Performance in Hamburg at the end of this month.  ISC 2022 – the largest community forum in Europe for HPC (May 29 – June 2, Hamburg, Germany): This not-to-be missed European HPC conference and […]

A room block for PASC22 attendees is available to support in-person participants in their search for a hotel room in Basel. Information on this opportunity and access to the booking portal is available here. Baselcard: A personal guest card will be handed to you when you check in. The BaselCard includes free use of public transport, […]

After a two-year forced break, we are excited to gather in person with as many old and new friends as your personal and professional circumstances will allow. We have planned two optional evening events for further networking and socializing. The dinner events will be held in two emblematic restaurants in the social scene of the […]

PASC22 is fast approaching and we invite you to register for the conference before the early registration deadline of May 15, 2022, and take advantage of these reduced rates! We look forward to welcoming you in person to the picturesque city of Basel (or digitally if you are limited by travel restrictions or personal circumstances) […]

There are still a few places available for the PASC22 Student Volunteer Program, which provides students with free conference registration. If you are an undergraduate, master’s or doctoral student in computational science or HPC and you enjoy working in a dynamic and enthusiastic team, don’t miss this chance to experience the conference as a volunteer, […]

We are excited to announce the Grand Opening of the PASC22 Poster Exhibition space. You are invited to visit the PASC22 Congress Center, meet 38 presenters at their stands, and explore their works. You may enter the exhibition space by clicking here.

PASC22 will be held in two months, and we would like to invite you to register for the conference. In order to take advantage of early-bird registration rates, please do so by May 15, 2022. We look forward to welcoming you to the picturesque city of Basel – hopefully in person, or digitally if you […]

After a two-year forced break, we are excited to welcome as many of you as possible in person at the Congress Center Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022.We look forward to fruitful discussions while enjoying coffees and lunches together, and we’ve planned two optional evening dinner events for further networking and […]

Computer scientist Florina Ciorba helps researchers optimise their codes to make the most of the CSCS computing research infrastructure “Alps” as well as future exascale systems. Driven by interdisciplinary collaboration and curiosity, Ciorba continues to find new enthusiasm for her life-long passion. Read the article >

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to invite organizations from industry and academia to take advantage of a range of sponsorship opportunities for PASC22 that are suitable for a hybrid format of the event. PASC22 – to be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022 – offers a great chance for […]

If you are an undergraduate, master’s or doctoral student in computational science or HPC and you enjoy working in a dynamic and enthusiastic team, don’t miss the chance to experience the conference as a volunteer for PASC22. If you are selected as a volunteer for PASC22 you will receive complimentary conference registration. Information on how […]

We are pleased to remind you that SIGHPC will support four travel grants to enable undergraduate or graduate students to attend the event. In addition to the travel assistance, PASC22 will cover the corresponding registration fees. Applications close April 10, 2022. Further information on the application process is available here >

PASC22 invites the HPC community to discuss how Computing and Data can be leveraged to serve All Humankind. In this vein, the conference is dedicated to tackling some of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. One of our focus areas is “Computing for Planet Earth,” and we are delighted to announce that Pier Luigi Vidale […]

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizations who already confirmed their sponsorship for PASC22. Their generous support will help us develop and strengthen our digitalization capabilities, as well as supporting the implementation of the health protection plan for the in-person format.

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to invite organizations from industry and academia to take advantage of a range of sponsorship opportunities for PASC22 that are suitable for a hybrid format of the event. PASC22 – to be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022 – offers a great chance for […]

As we navigate the many news related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we continue to hope that in the end of June we will finally be able to welcome most PASC22 participants in person at the Congress Center Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, and we are discussing the infrastructure to ensure that all health regulations are met in view […]

PASC22 would like to remind you that you still have a few days to submit your poster contributions. PASC22 brings together researchers from different disciplines to learn about each other’s scientific computing methods, tools and results, to inspire new ideas and build new interdisciplinary collaborations. Poster presentations provide an ideal opportunity for the exchange of […]

We are pleased to start the year with some festive cheer: SIGHPC will continue to support four travel grants to enable undergraduate or graduate students to attend the event. PASC22 will cover the corresponding registration fees. Applications close April 10, 2022. Further information on the application process is available here>

The PASC22 Organizing Committee wishes you a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!

We very much hope that PASC22 will provide an opportunity to finally meet all participants in person at the Congress Center Basel, in Basel, Switzerland, and we are discussing the infrastructure to ensure that all health regulations are met in view of mitigating the risks of a contamination and creating a relaxing environment for attendees. In-person participation […]

PASC22 is pleased to remind you that submissions for poster contributions are still open. PASC22 brings together researchers from different disciplines to learn about each other’s scientific computing methods, tools and results, to inspire new ideas and build new interdisciplinary collaborations. Poster presentations provide an ideal opportunity for the exchange of ideas and expertise within […]

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to invite organizations from industry and academia to take advantage of a range of sponsorship opportunities for PASC22 that are suitable for a hybrid format of the event. PASC22 – to be held at the Congress Center Basel, Switzerland, from June 27 to 29, 2022 – offers a great chance for […]

The PASC22 Papers Program committee is pleased to remind you that you are still in time to submit your paper for PASC22. We welcome original research related to scientific computing in the following scientific domains: Chemistry and Materials Climate, Weather and Earth Sciences (incl. solid earth dynamics) Computer Science and Applied Mathematics Engineering (incl. but […]

Are you a researcher using HPC in fields such as complex systems, economic modelling,econophysics, financial networks, risk management, urban planning,transportation analysis, artificial intelligence, image processing, text analysis,computational linguistics, numerical optimization or simulation-based statistical inference? PASC22 is pleased to announce a special call for minisymposia targeting scientific computing applications and methods in the social sciences and […]

PASC22 invites the HPC community to discuss how Computing and Data can be leveraged to serveAll Humankind. In this vein, the conference is dedicated to tackling some of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. Epidemiology is certainly a timely topic: COVID-19 has been testing our society for almost two years now, just as other epidemic […]

The PASC Conference Organizing Team is pleased to remind you that the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has generously authorized the posting of an Open Table of Contents (OpenTOC) for the Proceedings of the PASC Conference. This means that it is possible todownload the definitive versions of PASC Conference papers from the ACM Digital Libraryat no […]

Are you looking for a suitable platform to give visibility to your research? PASC22 offers the possibility to publish in publicly-accessible proceedings, to present your research to the conference audience, and further develop your paper for publication in a relevant domain-specific journal. The PASC22 Conference welcomes the submission of original research related to scientific computing […]

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to announce that submissions for minisymposium (MS), paper and poster contributions are now open. Submissions should be made through the submission portal. Important dates 13 November 2021: Deadline for MS expressions of interest 12 December 2021: Deadline for full paper submissions 19 January 2022: Deadline for poster submissions The […]

The minisymposium submission for PASC22 is a two-stage process. The first stage is anexpression of interest, which includes a description of the proposed minisymposium (abstract) and suggestions for possible speakers who are experts in their field(s). The expressions of interest will be reviewed by the Minisymposia and Posters Program Committee. A selection of expressions of […]

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to announce that submissions for minisymposium, paper and poster contributions are now open. Submissions should be made through the submission portal. As in previous years, the technical program is organized around eight scientific domains: Chemistry and Materials Life Sciences (incl. but not limited to biophysics, genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology, […]

The PASC22 Organizing Team is pleased to announce that preparations are well underway for next year’s conference, which will be held from June 27 – 29, 2022, in Basel, Switzerland, and chaired by Prof. Petros Koumoutsakos (ETH Zurich, Switzerland / Harvard University, US) and by Dr. Lois Curfman McInnes (Argonne National Laboratory, US). PASC22 invites […]