Name of institution: -------------------- CERFACS (Centre Europeen de Recherche et de Formation Avancee en Calcul Scientifique) (European Centre for Research and Advanced Training in Scientific Computation) Name of contact person: ----------------------- Dominique BENNETT Address for contact person: --------------------------- CERFACS, 42 ave Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cx, FRANCE E-mail Address: --------------- bennett@cerfacs.fr Telephone number: 33/61 19 31 31 Fax : (33) 61 19 30 30 Access to what computers? ------------------------- In-House : ---------- BBN TC2000 64, Convex C220, IBM RS6000 950IP, Alliant FX/2800, Alliant FX/80 and VFX/80, Convex C220 External : --------- Cray 2, Cray YMP, Connexion Machine, IPSC2, IBM 3090 600VF Workstations : -------------- SUN 35 (Sun4/260, Sp rc one, Sparc two, Sun3/260) Silicon Graphics 8 (4D20, 4D25, 4D35) IBM 10 (RS 320H,RS 550) Others : IBM Terminals 6 X Terminals 14 Macintosh 20 VT100 10 Degree offered? -------------- Annual recruiting programme launched in the January of each year for PhD and Post-Doctorate fellowships beginning in the October of the same year. The PhD grants are for two years (renewable for one year) and the post-doctorate positions are for one year (renewable for one year). Short Curricul(um)(a) Statement: --------------------------------- (I don't really know what you intended here Mr Stevenson, if the following is not suitable maybe you could be more specific and I'll send what I can along) CERFACS : A EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE USE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS CERFACS, with 65 international researchers, ranging from experienced senior scientists to graduate students, has shown that in order to optimize the use of high performance computers it is necessary to work in an interdisciplinary manner, involving the physicist, the numerical analyst and the computer scientist. EUROPEAN ADVANCED TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CERFACS transfers results to the scientific and industrial community through an advanced training programme (training by research, short and long courses) and offers access to a varied computing environment which is continually adapted to current needs. EUROPEAN NETWORK OF COMPETENCE CERFACS attracts partners from research and industry who give support to and benefit from the research work done at CERFACS. GENERAL INFORMATION DATE OF CREATION 9th November 1988 LEGAL STATUTE Groupement d'Interet Public ANNUAL BUDGET 30 MF PERSONNEL QUOTA 75 MEMBERS Matra Marconi Space, aerospatiale, CNRS, INRIA, ONERA, CNES, GIE Informatique CEA, Meteo France, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, Universite Paul Sabatier, Regional Council of Midi-Pyrenees, Tecnopolis (Italy), Centre Commun de Recherche : CEC CO-OPTED MEMBERS Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne School of Mines (Madrid) ADMINISTRATION President of Board of Governors Jean-Pierre CONTZEN President of Scientific Council Manfred THOMA Directoire : Joseph NOAILLES, Jean-Claude ANDRE, Pierre-Henri CROS, Jean-Marc THOMAS Remarks relevant to courses offered : ---------------------------------------- * in Parallel Algorithms (Team Leader : Iain DUFF) - to solve large scale problems in linear and non-linear algebra such as those arising in simulations - to facilitate the use of supercomputers - to give user training - to prepare for the future (new architectures, more complex simulations and new algorithms) * in Computational Aerodynamics (Team Leaders : Arthur RIZZI and Hieu HA MINH) - for the numerical simulation of complex aerodynamics configurations (planes, space shuttle) - for taking into account both complex physical effects and complex geometry * in Instabilities and Turbulence (Team Leader : Maurice MENEGUZZI) - for fundamental fluid mechanics problems - for developing new methods to study turbulence - for developing turbulence models for research in aerodynamics and real flows * in Visualization and post-processing - to analyze the enormous volume of results from numerical simulations * in Climate Modelling and Global Change (Team Leader : Olivier THUAL) - for the numerical simulation of air-sea interaction and turbulent boundary layers - for the coupling of numerical models of the general circulation of the atmosphere and ocean