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| NEWSLETTER January 2021 |
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"Deepmind has just shown that AI is invaluable in understanding how life works"
The director of BSC Life Sciences department, Alfonso Valencia, was part of the jury that verified the amazing results of DeepMind when it comes to predicting the structure of proteins. Valencia is the author of one of the most cited articles among students of protein structure, in which he begins to draw the method by which the relationship between the amino acid sequences of a protein and its structure and functions can be deciphered.
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FC Barcelona and BSC complete the first phase of the IoTwins project
The first phase of the IoTwins project has been completed. It is an innovative system that applies the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to analyse and predict the movement of people inside and outside the facilities of the Club. Once developed, will allow improved management of mainly the mobility of the visitors and the offer of services.
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CoEC targets breakthroughs in combustion through Exascale computing
BSC coordinates the recently launched Center of Excellence in Combustion (CoEC). The European Union is committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. CoEC addresses this challenge using advanced modelling and simulation technologies to study the combustion of sustainable fuels and new combustion technologies in order to transform Europe´s power and transportation sectors.
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BSC researchers lead the European HPC resilience initiative
BSC researchers lead the European HPC resilience initiative, which aims to promote information exchange and collaboration across the diverse communities affected by resilience concerns. One of the first steps forward is the publication of the whitepaper titled Towards Resilient EU HPC Systems: A Blueprint, prepared in collaboration with European research centers, US national laboratories, HPC-related companies and various European HPC projects.
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The spin-off of BSC Nearby Computing obtains an investment of €2 Milion
Cellnex Telecom, Lenovo and Elewit have led the investment round in the Nearby Computing start-up, an initiative of BSC and UPC, with an investment of approximately 2 million euros. The investment raised in this seed-round will serve to reinforce the growth of the company, by promoting the global commercialization of Edge and 5G products that make up Nearby Computing's value proposition.
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BSC receives the Autelsi award for its contribution to promoting new technologies
The Spanish Association of Users of Telecommunications and the Information Society (Autelsi) awarded BSC for its “outstanding promotion of the Development of Telecommunications and Information Systems”. With this recognition, Autelsi wanted to underline the trajectory of the BSC not only as a research centre for computer architecture but also as an international centre of excellence for e-science.
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Mervi Mantsinen, selected for the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division Board
Mervi Mantsinen, ICREA Research professor and Fusion group manager at BSC, has been selected for the European Physical Society Plasma Physics Division Board and will start her tasks in the board in June 2021. For Mantsinen it is a honour and a recognition by many people to be selected for this position of trust, which involves taking part with an active and visible role in many top-level decisions in the field.
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