Tier-0 Supercomputers

Massive computations are required in Tsunami Research in order to develop and implement new methodological techniques. Faster Than Real Time (FTRT) tsunami simulations were unfeasible some years ago, but faster and more efficient numerical codes and new computational architectures have made this possible. On the other hand, this increased computational capacity has made it possible to develop methodologies that were not affordable up-to-day due to the enormous computational resources required and the numerical cost. In particular, we refer to PTF (Probabilistic Tsunami Forecast) and PTHA (Probabilisitic Tsunami Hazard Analysis). Access to tier-0 supercomputer resources and to a large number of GPUs has allowed us to run tens of thousands of simulations in just a few weeks using the Tsunami-HySEA code.

Link to our RES and PRACE projects.

BSC - Marenostrum	CINECA - Marconi 100

 What is Tier - 0 Supercomputers?

High performance computing tiers. PRACE provides "access to leading-edge computing and data management resources and services for large-scale scientific and engineering applications at the highest performance level". PRACE categorises European HPC facilities into 3 tiers: tier-0 are European Centres with petaflop machines, tier 1 are national centres, and tier 2 are regional centres. PRACE details that they have 7 tier-0 systems: Marconi (Italy), Hazel Hen (Germany), JUQUEEN (Germany), SuperMUC (Germany), Piz Daint (Switzerland), CURIE (France), and MareNostrum (Spain). https://prace-ri.eu/hpc-access/hpc-systems/

This information, still in PRACE webpage, is obsolete as Leonardo has replaced Marconi at CINECA (Italy) and Marenostrum5 is the new machine at BSC (Spain). Updated information about EuroHPC systems can be found here.

What EDANYA group does in Tier - 0 Supercomputers?

 We  are performing massive tsunami simulations in the context of the different research problems we re involved. In particular, we are performing simulations for developing PTF (Probabilistic Tsunami Forecast) and PTHA (Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Analysis). The European project ChEESE has served as catalyzer to conduct this computational boost in Tsunami Research.

Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Puerto Rico. A first study on variable friction coefficient with Tsunami-HySEA. Reference: AECT-2023-3-0017 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA/EuroHPC Duration: 01/11/2023 - 20/02/2024 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Code audit for Tsunami-HySEA ChEESE flagship code. Reference: EHPC-DEV-2023D09-030 Funding entity: EuroHPC (Access Call) - Leonardo Booster Intitutions involved: UMA/EuroHPC Duration: 25/09/2023 - 25/03/2024 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Fast Tsunami Forecast Workflows (FTFW). Reference: AECT-2023-2-0033 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 1/07/2023 - 31/10/2023 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Tsunami-HySEA ChEESE flagship code - CI/CD in HPC infrastructures. Reference. EHPC-BEN-2023B06-047 Funding entity: EuroHPC (Benchmark Access Call) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 15/06/2023 - 14/09/2023 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Improvement of the Spanish Tsunami Early Warning System using Machine Learning techniques. Continuation Activity. Reference. AECT-2023-1-0028 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 01/03/2023 - 30/06/2023 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Fast Tsunami Forecast Workflows (FTFW). Reference: AECT-2022-3-0015 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 1/11/2022 - 28/02/2023 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Improvement of the Spanish Tsunami Early Warning System using Machine Learning techniques. Reference: AECT-2022-1-0002 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 01/03/2022 - 30/06/2022 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Project CINECA HPC (Progetto interno per staff e account di servizio). Funding entity:  CINECA (Italia) Duration: 02/11/2021 - 31/12/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Estimating the Economic Cost of Tsunamis for the Spanish National Insurance System. Continuation Activity. Reference. AECT-2021-2-0018. Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 01/07/2021 - 31/10/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Estimating the Economic Cost of Tsunamis for the Spanish National Insurance System Reference: AECT-2020-3-0023 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 1/11/2020 - 28/02/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D. Finn Lövholt - Co-IP: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Local Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for HPC  TsuHazAP Reference. Proposal 2020225386 (Prace TIER-0 call 21) Funding entity: PRACE/CINECA Intitutions involved: UMA/INGV/NGI Duration: 1/10/2020 - 30/09/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Development of the HPC aspects of a Probabilistic Tsunami Forecast (PTF) tool for the Mediterranean Sea. A pilot set up. Continuation activity. Reference: AECT-2020-2-0001 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 1/07/2020 - 31/10/2020 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Prace TIER-0 call 20 - Resources for ChEESE Center of Excellence Reference: Account ID:  ChEESE Funding entity: PRACE / CINECA   Intitutions involved: UMA/INGV/NGI Duration:  27/04/2020 - 26/04/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Arnau Folch (BSC) / UMA coordinator: Jorge Macías

TSUnami ForeCASTing (TSU-CAST) Reference: Proposal 2019215169 (Prace TIER-0 call 20) Funding entity: PRACE / CINECA Intitutions involved: UMA/INGV/NGI Duration: 20/04/2020 - 19/04/2021 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Manuel J. Castro Díaz

Development of the HPC aspects of a Probabilistic Tsunami Forecast (PTF) tool for the Mediterranean Sea. A pilot set up. Reference: AECT-2020-1-0009 Funding entity: Red Española de Supercomputación (RES) Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 1/03/2020 - 31/06/2020 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Project on CINECA HPC system. Trial projects for year 2019 Reference: 52304 Funding entity: CINECA, Italia Duration: 04/10/2019 - 10/01/2020 PI: Prof. Dr. D.  Jorge Macías Sánchez

Preparatory Access project to PRACE resources at CSCS Reference: 2010PA4869 Funding entity:  PRACE RI  Intitutions involved: UMA Duration: 01/07/2019 - 31/08/2019 PI: Prof. Dr. D. Manuel J. Castro (UMA)