extreme computing

ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling

KAUST wins the “Nobel” of high-performance computing for climate modeling

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KAUST has been awarded the “Nobel" prize of high-performance computing—the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling—in partnership with the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, U.S. and other partner institutions.

Superior seismic imaging for better drilling

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Software could transform underground imaging of fossil fuel reserves by providing unprecedented detail in record time.

Award-winning algorithm aids observation

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Researchers at the Extreme Computing Research Center (ECRC) at KAUST have developed a new algorithm that uses supervised machine learning to control a small high-speed deformable mirror inside the exoplanet imaging camera to compensate for atmospheric turbulence in the Subaru Telescope, which has an 8.2 meter diameter.

Quieter wind beneath the wings

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The ability to efficiently simulate the noise generated by wings and propellers promises to accelerate the development of quieter aircraft and turbines.

Keep the data coming

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A continuous data supply ensures data-intensive simulations can run at maximum speed.

A brainwave from social networks

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The statistics used to understand social networks reveal the diversity of functional connections in the brain.

Mixing precision for model acceleration

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A mixed-precision approach for modeling large geospatial datasets can achieve benchmark accuracy with a fraction of the computational run time.

Shuo Shang

Research Scientist, Computer Science
Shuo Shang was a Research Scientist at the Extreme Computing Research Center in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education Profile Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Queensland, Australia, 2012. B.Sc. in Computer Science, Peking University, China, 2008 Professional Memberships ​Research Scientist, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia (2016) Faculty Member, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, China (2013-2016) Postdoc/Research Assistant Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark (2012-2013) IEEE member IEEEXtreme competition proctor
Sameh Abdulah

Sameh Abdulah

Dr. Sameh Abdulah specializes in HPC, scalable algorithms, and climate modeling, with innovations receiving the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling.