ETH Zürich nominates CTO for National High Performance Computing

 Manno 31 Mar 00 At the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing (CSCS Manno) Dr. D. Maric takes over the new function of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the national HPCN (High Performance Computing and Networking). Such new management position was created in order to assure continuity in national HPCN activities in Manno and to properly plan ahead, in view also of the fast changing market characteristics and trends. Dr. Maric has been successfully playing an active role in CSCS management since the early days of its foundation, and holds a wide and solid experience and know-how in HPCN. In his new position he will be responsible for the direction of the national HPCN strategies and will report directly to the ETH Vice-President for Research and Business Relations.

At the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing (CSCS Manno) Dr. D. Maric takes over the new function of Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the national HPCN (High Performance Computing and Networking). Such new management position was created in order to assure continuity in national HPCN activities in Manno and to properly plan ahead, in view also of the fast changing market characteristics and trends. Dr. Maric has been successfully playing an active role in CSCS management since the early days of its foundation, and holds a wide and solid experience and know-how in HPCN. In his new position he will be responsible for the direction of the national HPCN strategies and will report directly to the ETH Vice-President for Research and Business Relations.

In close contact with the Directors in charge of IT services at the Swiss Universities, Dr. Maric will work intensely to expand the range of applications at CSCS and towards further development of the national HPCN. His responsibilities include, among others, the analysis of market and technology trends and the assessment, in cooperation with the Users, of their present and future HPCN needs.

Dr. Maric has been working at CSCS since 1992. He has been initially Manager of the "ETHZ/CSCS NEC SX-4 Task Force", then ad interim Director of CSCS in 1995. He is a Member of numerous International Working Groups and Advisory Boards on HPCN, among which the well known Working Group of the German Science Council. As Technical Director of CSCS he has overseen and coordinated the optimization of a number of computationally-intensive application codes for parallel /vector supercomputers, and played an important role, from the HPCN side, in MAP ("Mesoscale Alpine Program") which has brought new insights into HPCN-based High Resolution Regional Weather Predictions. Dr. Maric is also the co-author of a recent study for the ETH-Council on "High Performance Computing Technology Trends in relation to the Swiss Center for Scientific Computing".

For more information: CSC web site.

 

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