Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

Swiss National Supercomputing Centre CSCS
Established1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Budget24.3 million CHF
DirectorThomas Schulthess
Staff110
LocationLugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Operating agency
ETH Zurich
Websitewww.cscs.ch

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (Italian: Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico; CSCS) is the national high-performance computing centre of Switzerland. It was founded in Manno, canton Ticino, in 1991.[1] In March 2012, the CSCS moved to its new location in Lugano-Cornaredo.[2]

The main function of the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre is a so-called National User Lab. It is open to all Swiss researchers and their assistants, who can get free access to CSCS' supercomputers in a competitive scientific evaluation process.

In addition, the centre operates dedicated computing facilities for specific research projects and national mandates, e.g. weather forecasting. It is the national competence centre for high-performance computing and serves as a technology platform for Swiss research in computational science.[3]

CSCS is an autonomous unit of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) and closely collaborates with the local University of Lugano (USI).

  1. ^ ETH History: Swiss Scientific Computing Center, Manno (CSCS). Last accessed 13 August 2012
  2. ^ CSCS moves into new computer centre in Lugano. CSCS news of 12 March 2012. Last accessed 9 August 2012
  3. ^ Factsheet: CSCS - driving innovation in computational research in Switzerland. Last accessed 9 August 2012