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SUMMARY:Building Trust in Fusion Science through Co-Designed HPC Infrastru
 cture
DESCRIPTION:Nitin Shukla and Alessandro Marani (SuperComputing Application
 s and Innovation Department, CINECA)\n\nFusion is regarded as a sustainabl
 e and almost infinite source of energy, making it essential for the future
  energy landscape. Achieving controlled fusion requires a deep understandi
 ng of the plasma in which fusion reactions occur. However, the plasma proc
 esses involved span multiple spatial and temporal scales, making their beh
 avior difficult to investigate through experiments alone. Numerical simula
 tions therefore play a crucial role, and high performance computing (HPC) 
 enables researchers to study and understand these complex plasma dynamics.
 \n\nSince 2016, CINECA has collaborated with EUROfusion and ENEA to suppor
 t the fusion research community. A major milestone was reached in 2025 wit
 h the inauguration of the supercomputer Pitagora at CINECA, dedicated to t
 he computational needs of EUROfusion.\n\nThis talk presents the path that 
 led to the deployment of Pitagora, from the definition of procurement guid
 elines to the final installation of the system. The cooperation developed 
 between the institutions and the continuous dialogue maintained throughout
  the project are briefly described.\n\nThe support activities provided by 
 CINECA are also discussed, including system monitoring, cluster management
 , vendor interaction, and user support. Finally, the software environment 
 available on Pitagora is presented together with the support provided for 
 EUROfusion simulation codes used for plasma simulations.\n\nDomain: Engine
 ering, Physics, Computational Methods and Applied Mathematics\n\nSession C
 hairs: Gilles Fourestey (EPFL) and Filippo Spiga (NVIDIA Inc.)\n\n
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