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| Institute for Advanced Simulation | |
|---|---|
| Name | Institute for Advanced Simulation |
| Established | 2006 |
| Type | Research institute |
Institute for Advanced Simulation is a multidisciplinary research institute specializing in high-performance computing, multiscale modeling, and data-intensive simulation. The institute combines expertise from national laboratories, universities, and international consortia to address complex problems in materials science, climate modeling, and particle physics. Its activities intersect with major scientific programs, supercomputing centers, and collaborative networks across Europe and worldwide.
The institute was founded in 2006 amid a period of expansion in exascale computing and collaborative projects such as Human Genome Project, Large Hadron Collider, ITER, IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, and European Research Council initiatives. Early funding and partnerships involved organizations like Helmholtz Association, Max Planck Society, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Fraunhofer Society, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and linked to research infrastructures including Jülich Research Centre, CERN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The institute expanded through programs influenced by policy milestones such as the Lisbon Strategy and projects inspired by results from Human Brain Project, Blue Brain Project, and ENIAC Programme. Over time it integrated collaborations with universities including Technical University of Munich, RWTH Aachen University, University of Oxford, Imperial College London, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, ETH Zurich, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
The institute's mission aligns with grand challenges recognized by entities such as European Commission, National Science Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Horizon 2020, and Horizon Europe. Research focuses include multiscale materials modeling connected to Materials Project, computational fluid dynamics applied alongside work from NASA, European Space Agency, and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and climate simulation coordinated with Met Office, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, NOAA, and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Cross-disciplinary themes draw on methodologies used in Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP, LAMMPS, GROMACS, and SIESTA while contributing to software ecosystems like Wien2k, CP2K, OpenMX, Trilinos, and PETSc.
Governance models mirror frameworks used by Max Planck Society research units, Helmholtz Association centers, and CEA laboratories, with advisory boards including representatives from European Research Council, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Royal Society, and National Institutes of Health. Leadership has included directors with affiliations to Technical University of Munich, RWTH Aachen University, University of Cambridge, University of California, Berkeley, and ETH Zurich; executive committees collaborate with partner labs such as Jülich Research Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich, CERN, and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. Internal divisions are organized into departments reminiscent of units at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, with liaison roles to consortia including PRACE, Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, OpenAIRE, and European Grid Infrastructure.
The institute hosts or coordinates access to petascale and pre-exascale systems comparable to resources at Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, and National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center. Hardware partnerships include vendors such as IBM, Intel, NVIDIA, Cray, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and AMD. Data centers and laboratory facilities are integrated with experimental platforms including beamlines at DESY, neutron sources at ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, and microscopy centers affiliated with EMBL, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Software stacks follow community standards seen in OpenMP, MPI, CUDA, OpenACC, and Kubernetes deployments.
The institute has led or contributed to large-scale initiatives such as projects under Horizon 2020, EuroHPC, and bilateral programs with National Science Foundation, DOE Office of Science, and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Notable collaborations include modelling efforts tied to ITER, data analysis for Large Hadron Collider experiments like ATLAS and CMS, multiscale simulations supporting Graphene and Perovskite solar cell research referenced by the Materials Genome Initiative, and climate ensembles connected to CMIP6 and Copernicus Programme. The institute partners with industry in consortia involving Siemens, BASF, Bayer, Shell, TotalEnergies, and technology firms such as Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and NVIDIA.
Training programs emulate doctoral networks like Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and doctoral schools at ETH Zurich, École Normale Supérieure, Oxford University, and Cambridge University. The institute runs workshops drawing participants from Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, European Physical Society, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, and Gordon Research Conferences. Outreach includes public lectures partnered with institutions such as Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, science festivals like Euroscience Open Forum, and collaborations with museums such as Deutsches Museum and Science Museum, London.
Core funding sources include national research agencies such as Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, European Commission, National Science Foundation, and philanthropic support from foundations like Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation. Strategic partnerships extend to corporate research labs including IBM Research, Microsoft Research, Siemens Research, BASF, and Bayer Technology Services, as well as international laboratory alliances such as CERN, Jülich Research Centre, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Category:Research institutes