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A rapid overview of problems solved at the ASN Chair of the IACS (Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing) will be proposed. Then, a review of efficient methods for solving pde's will be presented.
Although Monte Carlo method can be useful for solving pde's in large space dimension, the emphasis will be on deterministic methods. Finally, numerical methods for solving large linear systems will be addressed.
The dimensions of transistors are shrinking and it is universally known that beyond the 65nm technology node, technology challenges couldn't be addressed using classical bulk MOSFETs. For this reason today new architectures like Gate-all-Around (GAA) and Silicon Nanowires (SiNW) are proposed in order to face the varoius problems due to the increasingly smaller dimensions.
This presentation can be divided into 2 main parts: a first part will describe the fabrication process of these innovative devices and how numerical simulation can help designers in their work; the second part regards the description of the physics governing these devices, and typical simulation cases.
Mammalian brains are arguably the most complex structures known to man. In 1mm3 of the neocortex of a rat there are 10,000 nerve cells with close to 1km of fibres and tens of millions of synapses. Unifying experimental biology and high-performance computing, the Blue Brain Project (http://bluebrain.epfl.ch) is an undertaking to introduce simulation-based research to neuroscience, i.e. enabling researchers to test hypothesis of function and malfunction "in silico".
Over the last 4 years an interdisciplinary team of 35 researchers has cast the reverse-engineering of the biological pieces and the forward construction of detailed mathematical models in an iterative process that allows continuous refinement. Using the computational power of a 4-rack BlueGene/L, a dedicated framework of software tools has been built that allows a completely data-driven model generation and simulation of a piece of rat brain. In order to put the expert into the loop, extensive use of visualization and interactive analysis is made, which is powered by another dedicated supercomputer in order to realize short turn-around times.