A workshop dedicated to solutions for porting code to new emerging architectures.

Plasma Physic Towards the ExaScale Era

Friday, 01/19/2024

Plasma constitutes the fourth state of matter and by far the most mysterious. Its dynamics is inherently nonlinear, multidimensional and multiscale. Hence, theoretical modelling is somewhat limited and great progress in plasma physics has been achieved using computer simulations. Advances in High Performance Computing (HPC) have further boosted our knowledge in this field. Indeed, massively parallel simulations have allowed the modelling of increasingly larger and more complex systems with unprecedented resolution levels. In turns, since plasma physics is key to so many applications and technologies, from astrophysics to space physics, from clean energy production based on fusion to more compact and cheaper particle accelerators, these simulations have been producing a new wealth of knowledge and enabling key applications for science, industry, and society.

The advent of the exascale era has posed key challenges to this positive trend because of the requirement to adapt existing plasma codes to novel architectures. The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking recognized these challenges and this year funded two Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to prepare codes dealing with different aspects of plasma physics for the exascale era and beyond.

This workshop will bring together plasma researchers, code developers, research software engineers and HPC experts from the newly launched CoEs SPACE and Plasma-PEPSC and the rich plasma code community to discuss key issues and possible solutions for porting selected codes to new emerging architectures.

This workshop thus represents an amazing opportunity for sharing best practice and innovative ideas and fostering knowledge sharing. We expect that the workshop will spark lively discussions and potential collaborations. Besides technical talks, there will be important moments of networking. Talks from early career scientists and scientists belonging to underrepresented groups will be promoted to favor inclusivity.

The full programme will follow soon.