News – Fusion Group

Using AI to Enhance Nuclear Fusion: The Potential and Challenges

May 3, 2023

On 14^thof March, our group attended an AI for Good webinar organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) entitled “AI for advancing fusion energy through enhancing simulation”. The talk was delivered by Dr. Michael Churchill from the Princeton’s Plasma Physics Laboratory. The main scope of the webinar was focused on the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in advancing sustainable development goals, specifically towards fusion energy as well as the potential of AI in enhancing simulation and accelerating research and development (R&D) in nuclear fusion.

High school students meet us as part of Company Visit Program

April 26, 2023

Thanks to a local school’s Company Visit program and the partnership created by BSC computer sciences researcher Sara Royuela, two high school students came and spent two hours with our research group. Source.

On 14 March we welcomed two high school students to visit our group to learn about computational fusion research! Jana and Carlota were participants in the Escola Garbí Vergés Esplugues – Estada a Empresa (Company Visit) program, which connects students with local companies to learn more about professional skills and careers.

Sant Jordi’s Day 2023

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023

On April 23^rd, Catalonia celebrates “La Diada de Sant Jordi,” or Saint Jordi’s Day, a deeply ingrained tradition and one of the region’s most cherished occasions. While the original custom involved men presenting women with a red rose and women gifting men a book, it has evolved, allowing anyone to give a book, a rose, or both to anyone they choose.

IFMIF-DONES Starts Construction Phase

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023

First meeting of the DONES Steering Committee. (Photo: IFMIF-DONES)

The International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility – Demo Oriented NEutron Source (IFMIF-DONES) has officially started its construction phase in Granada, Spain. On 16 March, the official DONES Steering Committee met for its first meeting in Granada and to celebrate the formal start of construction.

Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023

February 10, 2023February 16, 2023

Many hands come together one on top of another towards a central point. — This photo was captured by High Performance Computing Scientist Julita Inca Chiroque at the GNOME.Asia Summit in Depok, Indonesia in 2015.

In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 Feb, the Fusion Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center highlights the past women speakers at the Fusion HPC Workshop, held virtually each year since 2020. This workshop covers all computer applications using High Performance Computing (HPC) in the field of fusion research.

ITER and BSC sign a new Agreement on Scientific and Academic Collaboration

February 7, 2023February 15, 2023

Sky view of the ITER site in Cadarache, south of France.

The ITER organization and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) have signed an Agreement on Academic and Scientific Cooperation early this year. This Agreement underlines the importance of promoting academic and scientific progress between the two institutions. Thus, boosting the training of young researchers and engineers by giving the possibility of joint supervision of PhD students and training and exchange of scientists and engineers. Among other possibilities, the door is also open for joint research projects on nuclear fusion.