Barcelona Supercomputing Center

On October 21 and 22, 2024 the 86th HPC User Forum was held at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. At the Forum BSC presented updates on its facilities, quantum computing, and major research areas. First published in 2017 and revised again in 2023, this newest revision to the HPC Profile in Leadership of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) provides the most recent insights regarding BSC.

The Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) has long been recognized as one of the leading scientific research and computational science centers in Europe, if not the world. Realizing its mission to “…research, implement, manage, and transfer technology and knowledge in the area of HPC with the aim of facilitating progress in a variety of scientific fields…”, BSC-CNS has made significant research and scientific contributions to its primary focus areas of computer, life, earth, and engineering sciences.