CASE (Computer Applications in Science & Engineering) is one of the four scientific departments at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), hosting MareNostrum 5, a 315 PFlops supercomputer.
As an industry-oriented department working on projects with international companies around the world, CASE creates the most advanced engineering simulation tools. Our expertise covers various fields such as energy, aeronautics, propulsion, biomechanics, smart cities, natural hazards, electromagnetic devices, quantum computing, and dual technologies.
CASE develops both traditional simulation tools, which solve systems of coupled partial differential equations (PDEs), and modern AI techniques, based on data analytics tools. It covers the entire simulation value chain, including the pre- and post- process. For instance, we design high-precision meshers for complex geometries such as an airplane turbine using curved elements. We create surrogate models from synthetic simulation data to speed up the design process for specific problems. We work also in the visualization of complex data.
Our work is carried out within the framework of European Union research funding programs, as well as Spanish and Catalan public research initiatives, and through collaborations with leading companies.
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Barcelona, Catalonia 08034, ES
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📢12th BSC Doctoral Symposium #DocSym25 🟢This is an exceptional opportunity for PhD students, late-stage MSc students, and early-stage rearchers, including Postdocs to present their research 📅Registration deadline: 30 April ➡ https://bsc.es/ZyW SOMM Alliance
🔬 In our series on impactful projects that the CASE Department of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center is leading, today we highlight the DREAMS project! 🌍 👃 With inflammatory diseases affecting over a billion people worldwide and representing a significant economic and social burden, DREAMS is revolutionizing the way we understand and treat #inflammatory respiratory diseases, particularly in children. Using computational fluid dynamics (#CFD) and high-performance computing (#HPC), the project simulates the human respiratory system at an unprecedented level of detail. This research is helping to improve inhaled treatments, to develop new therapeutic strategies, and enhance precision medicine approaches. 👨💻 🖥️ The researcher Beatriz Eguzkitza, PI of this initiative, is leading this ambitious project along with the other BSC researchers Silvia Ceccacci, Guillaume Houzeaux, hadrien calmet, and Carlos Arnedo Joya. They have been working closely with Dr. Cristobal Langdon from the Barcelona Children's Hospital Sant Joan de Déu to ensure a meaningful clinical impact, as well as with researchers Benoit Haut and Clément Rigaut from the Université libre de Bruxelles. #MedicalResearch #ComputationalFluidDynamics #PrecisionMedicine #RespiratoryHealth
¡Celebra el #WorldQuantumDay el 14 de abril con clases magistrales en Cataluña, Canarias, Cantabria, Galicia, Extremadura y Navarra. ¡No te lo pierdas! ✨ #Quantum #Ciencia #Innovación #Tecnología #BSC
Únete a la celebración del #WorldQuantumDay con clases magistrales simultáneas en seis puntos de España. ¡No te lo pierdas! ➡️ ¿Cuándo? 14 de abril ➡️ ¿Dónde? Cataluña (BSC-CSUC): https://lnkd.in/eSfJZf4K Canarias (IAC): https://lnkd.in/eRCGqBRg Cantabria (UNICAN): https://lnkd.in/eu2qm9fJ Galicia (CESGA): https://lnkd.in/emhssq4S Extremadura (COMPUTAEX): https://lnkd.in/ewKdP8HP Navarra (NASERTIC): https://lnkd.in/e_fQtYa2
🎉 Today marks 2⃣0⃣ years of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center! 💻⚡ We, at the CASE Department, are incredibly proud to be part of this journey, contributing to the advancement of science and the improvement of society through #supercomputing. #Innovation #Research #HPC #TechForGood #ScienceAndSociety
🎂 Hoy cumplimos 2⃣0⃣ años! #BSCx20 💻⚡Felices de haber contribuido durante dos décadas al impulso de la ciencia y la mejora de la sociedad a través de la #supercomputación Hemos podido recorrer este camino gracias a un equipo humano excelente y al apoyo incondicional de nuestros patronos Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain Generalitat de Catalunya Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 🫶Muchas gracias por la confianza! Que 20 años no es nada... 🔥Esto acaba de empezar European Commission Ministerio para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) Barcelona City Council
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👋 Last week at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, we received Nobuyasu Ito, Hiroyasu Inoue and Itsuki Noda, researchers from RIKEN, the National Research and Development Agency of Japan and home of Fugaku, the Japanese supercomputer located in the city of Kobe 🙌 Our researchers Carlos Garcia Calatrava, Fernando Cucchietti, Patricio Reyes, Roger González March, and Miriam Herrero Valea presented vCity progress, focusing on the models behind the Mobility, Cycling, and Sustainability Living Labs, while David García Povedano presented the Mobility app, which allows observing pedestrian flow in the streets of Barcelona. On the other hand, our researcher Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi shared details of the project with Diputació de Barcelona and its network of municipal libraries to improve recommendation services through models developed with AI. In addition, Guillermo Marin shared part of the projects we have developed in our Scientific Visualization and Storytelling line, and David demonstrated the GreenAir app, an educational tool to explore the basic concepts of air quality. 💬 "It is very important to have these meetings on a regular basis. Understanding what each team is working on is crucial to finding common ground, leveraging existing developments between the two teams, and looking for projects for joint funding. This is now more important than ever as Europe seeks to strengthen collaborative research with Japan", Carlos García, researcher and one of the hosts on this occasion. Since the signing of the MoU in 2022, our relationship with RIKEN has been strengthened through visits, research stays and the presentation of joint projects at international events such as the Smart City Expo World Congress. 🔗 Click here to learn more about this important collaboration https://lnkd.in/eRsXK_Ub vCity CASE Department Sol Bucalo #BSC #RIKEN #vCity #IA #InternationalCollaboration #Supercomputing #HPC
🚨 The Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Spanish Emergency Military Unit (Unidad Militar de Emergencias - UME) have joined forces to develop a digital twin of emergency situations, enhancing risk assessment and decision-making through virtual #simulation. This collaboration, part of the Atlantis Project, aims to strengthen training, response, and strategic planning for emergency scenarios by leveraging BSC's expertise in modelling, simulation, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. The agreement was signed by Mateo Valero, director of BSC, and Francisco Javier Marcos Izquierdo, Chief of the UME. Also present were key members of the CASE Department, including its director José Mª Cela Espín; the Head of Dual-Use Technologies, Joan Farnós Baulenas; the Wave Phenomena Group Manager, Josep de la Puente; and Senior Software Architect, Juan Esteban Rodríguez, all of whom are actively involved in this collaboration. 🔹 What does this mean? ✅ Enhanced UME training through immersive tactical simulations ✅ AI-driven decision-support systems for crisis management ✅ Advanced modelling of natural and technological risks This partnership showcases how HPC-driven digital twins can transform emergency preparedness and response. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/dWz6KJ4Q #Supercomputing #EmergencyManagement #HPC #DigitalTwins #BSC #UME #AI #Simulation #DualUse #Sovereignty
Driving innovation in the aircraft industry, the DIDEAROT project recently gathered its consortium at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center for a two-day meeting on March 19th and 20th. Over the past two and a half years, the project partners have made remarkable progress in developing hybrid modeling methodologies that are transforming the digital design cycle of aircraft ✈️. Coordinated by Cenaero, this #HorizonEurope initiative tackles two crucial challenges: improving the reliability of distortion predictions in composite parts manufacturing and enhancing damage modeling approaches that bridge different scales. BSC researchers Gerard Guillamet Busquets and Adrià Quintanas Corominas presented their breakthrough work together with their team members Adrián Ortega Novillo and Marc Teixidor Vilarrasa on an advanced HPC-based framework for modeling damage and predicting spring-back in composite materials. Collaborating with project partners, they use the #Alya computational mechanics code, running on cutting-edge European supercomputers like MareNostrum5. The meeting also featured a tour of MareNostrum5 and the Quantum Computer, highlighting the essential role of #HPC in simulating and developing digital twins to support the certification by analysis of aircraft structures. TECNALIA Research & Innovation University of Liège Aernnova Aerospace INEGI driving science & innovation Hexagon Digital Materials Sonaca #AerospaceInnovation #DigitalTwins #HPC #Supercomputing #AircraftDesign #HorizonEurope #SustainableAviation #AerospaceEngineering #ComputationalMechanics
A must-watch video! 🚀 Congratulations to Oriol Lehmkuhl and the Data Analytics & Visualization Group, BSC-CNS for this masterpiece! A clear and engaging explainer on the work of Large-Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics Group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Brilliant work simplifying complex #science! 👏
👋 Hey everyone! We have a premiere 🎬 From our Scientific Visualization and Storytelling line, we transform complex data into powerful and scientifically accurate images. Our goal is clear: to support scientists to disseminate their research effectively. Today we would like to share #Aerospace, a project resulting from our collaboration with the Large-scale Computational Fluid Dynamics group of the CASE Department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center, led by Oriol Lehmkuhl. This work presents an important breakthrough: the simulation of the innovative Active Flow Control technique, which uses microjets on the wings of an aircraft and allows controlling the increase of transient turbulence, a growing challenge due to climate change. About our experience in this development, M Esteban Fernández, researcher of our team, highlights: 💬 “Applying techniques from industries such as VFX allows us to represent with greater fidelity the results of the immense simulations performed with Marenostrum 5, facilitating their analysis on laptops or even smartphones.” To this end, our team has developed multiVDB, an open source tool that allows visualizing simulations in visual effects software, achieving high quality representations that benefit both the scientific community and the popularization. Get to know this new production here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e8DWc8Jt Great work team! 👏 Guillermo Marin Jera Calderon M Esteban Fernández #Aerospace #Aeronautics #Scientificvisualization #Turbulence #Climatechange #BSC #Datavizgroup #Marenostrum5
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center participated in the 23rd IACM Computational Fluids Conference, held in Santiago de Chile from 17 to 20 March. 📢 Antonio Blanco Casares, from the Propulsion Technologies Group, along with Matias Avila and Ramiro de Olazábal, from the Large-Scale Computational Fluid Dynamics Group, presented their research conducted within the CASE Department. Their contributions highlighted significant advancements in computational fluid dynamics, reinforcing BSC’s dedication to advancing the field of high-performance computing in fluid mechanics. 🔬💡 Congratulations to the team for their work! #BSC #ComputationalFluids #CFD #HPC #Research #IACM
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🌍💻 Seismology meets Supercomputing! This week, we have welcomed Chiara Scaini and Elisa Zuccolo from the Seismological Research Center of OGS to BSC 🌐 Hosted by Natalia Zamora and Josep de la Puente’s Wave Phenomena Group at the CASE Department, their visit was supported by the Transnational Access programme of the Geo-INQUIRE project 🤝This exchange provided a fantastic opportunity to advance research and foster new collaborations in seismology #HPC #Seismology #GeoInquire #Collaboration #Supercomputing