{"id":91016,"date":"2023-02-10T14:40:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/?p=91016"},"modified":"2023-02-16T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:10:25","slug":"celebrating-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusion.bsc.es\/index.php\/2023\/02\/10\/celebrating-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This photo was captured by High Performance Computing Scientist Julita Inca Chiroque at the GNOME.Asia Summit in Depok, Indonesia in 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

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Julita Inca Chiroque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Julita Inca Chiroque, speaker at the 2020 and 2021 installments of the Fusion HPC Workshop and contributor of the photograph<\/a> at the start of this post started her HPC journey in Peru and then worked in HPC in the USA and in the UK. On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, she commented, \u201cTogether for science! Science is around us, we can all make a contribution.<\/strong>\u201d The photo and the message combine perfectly in celebration of the day!<\/p>\n

When asked about her current work, Helen Brooks, winner of a Popular Talk Award at the 2021 Fusion HPC Workshop, shared the following description: “I work in a fabulous team of people in the Computing Division at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. We\u2019re writing code to run on supercomputers that will simulate one of the most challenging environments in the world, a magnetic-confinement fusion tokamak – where it can get hotter than the sun! We model many areas of physics, covering lengths of atoms to people. To help us, we use cutting-edge technology, like graphics processing units and artificial intelligence. Our simulations will help scientists and engineers to design, build and operate future fusion power plants like the UK\u2019s Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP), and accelerate the pathway to clean fusion energy.”<\/i><\/p>\n

The message in common in both comments is the value of community and teamwork<\/strong>. In the field of Fusion HPC, where substantial resources are needed to build and operate supercomputers, community and teamwork are the key to progress. On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, let\u2019s use that community and teamwork to promote gender equality in Fusion HPC. One way to participate is to take an interest in and cite the work of women researchers<\/strong>, some of whom are featured below!<\/p>\n

Keynote talks of the Fusion HPC Workshop series
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Materials simulations from first principles and Molecular Dynamics with application in the fusion R&D<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Keynote speaker: Flyura Djurabekova<\/strong> (University of Helsinki, Finland, 2022). Image credit: eurekalert.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n