News – Fusion Group

My Master’s Thesis at BSC: Simulating Electromagnetic Wave Propagation for Fusion

October 15, 2026October 16, 2026

Hello everyone! My name is Adam Canarutto and over the past six months, I had the opportunity to carry out my Master’s thesis within the Fusion Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). My work focused on a problem at the intersection of plasma physics, numerical modelling and high-performance computing: the simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation for Ion Cyclotron Resonance Heating (ICRH).

Throughout my project, I had the privilege of being guided by Alejandro Soba, Ezequiel Goldberg, and Hernán Domingo, and I am incredibly grateful for their support. From the very beginning, they were always there to guide me, answer my questions, and help me overcome any difficulties along the way, while creating a friendly and enjoyable working environment.

Join the Fusion Group at BSC: advancing HPC and scientific computing for fusion

September 21, 2026September 21, 2026

Members of the BSC Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE) Department at a recent retreat. The Fusion Group is part of CASE, and brings together expertise in fusion science, scientific computing and high-performance computing.

Fusion energy research increasingly relies on advanced computational capabilities. At the Fusion Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), we develop and optimise scientific software to help address these challenges — from large-scale simulations and numerical methods to HPC performance and emerging computing architectures. We are now looking for new colleagues to join our team.

EC-23 Workshop Participants Visit Us

June 3, 2026June 3, 2026

Some of the EC-23 participants who visited the BSC.

On May 19, the Fusion Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) welcomed around 60 participants from the 23^rd Joint Workshop on Electron Cyclotron Emission and Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating (EC-23) for a visit to our centre’s facilities.

BSC Fusion at the Benasque Spring School on Near Term Quantum Computation

March 23, 2026

From March 16^th to the 20^th, our group member Juan Manuel Sánchez Melián attended the 2026 Benasque Spring School on Near-Term Quantum Computing. The event was organized by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ETZ Zurich, University of Geneve and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and it served as a perfect opportunity to review and assess the state of the art of quantum computing. The event gathered around 70 participants ranging from late master’s students, PhD students, and Postdocs from Europe.

Second EUROfusion E-TASC General Meeting

March 7, 2026

The group picture taken at the second E-TASC General Meeting

Between February 9th and 13th, 2026, the 2nd General Meeting of EUROfusion Theory and Advanced Simulation Coordination (E-TASC) was held at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching, Germany. The objective of the meeting was to collaboratively discuss the key points shaping both the present and the future of the E-TASC project. More than 100 participants from Europe and the US had the opportunity to gather and contribute to the topic. Several plenary sessions were organized to enable the interaction of participants with the EUROfusion project committee. Moreover, parallel and poster sessions were held to allow possible cross-interactions between the attendees.

ICMAB Superconductivity Group Visits BSC

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026

On January 30th, our group welcomed researchers from the Superconducting Materials and Functional Nanoengineered Structures Group (SUMAN) at ICMAB-CSIC. The visit was part of ICMAB’s annual initiative to organize group excursions to research centers of interest in their field, and this year’s destination was Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), motivated by ongoing collaborations with our group.