Plasma-PEPSC
The EuroHPC Plasma Exascale-Performance Simulation Centre of Excellence (Plasma-PEPSC CoE) is led by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, with Dr. Markidis from PDC as the coordinator. This CoE unites ten European partners in a collaborative effort to lead plasma science into the era of exascale computing. With a budget of 7.9 million euros, Plasma-PEPSC aims to drive scientific breakthroughs in plasma science’s most significant challenges (fusion energy, accelerator devices and space physics) through cutting-edge hardware and software advancements.
Plasma-PEPSC started on January 2023 and will last for four years. Plasma science has long been at the forefront of high-performance computing (HPC), driving innovation in both hardware and software domains. The overarching goal of Plasma-PEPSC is to take this development to the next level, enabling unprecedented simulations on current pre-exascale and future exascale platforms across Europe.
Four flagship plasma codes with a large user base – BIT, GENE, PIConGPU, and Vlasiator – serve as the focal points of the centre of excellence. By maximising their parallel performance and efficiency, we aim to achieve breakthroughs in controlling plasma-material interfaces, optimising magnetically confined fusion plasmas, designing next-generation plasma accelerators and predicting space plasma dynamics within the Earth’s magnetosphere.
Plasma-PEPSC is built upon a foundation of algorithmic advances, encompassing load balancing, resilience, and data compression techniques. Additionally, we employ state-ofthe-art programming models and libraries, such as MPI, accelerator and data movement APIs and runtimes, and in-situ data analysis tools. Through an integrated HPC software engineering approach, we deploy, verify, and validate extremescale kinetic plasma simulations that will set a community standard. To ensure seamless integration and the pursuit of excellence, PlasmaPEPSC adopts a continuous and integrated codesign methodology. We are actively engaged in providing and receiving direct input relating to the design and development of the European Processor Initiative (EPI) processor and the RISC-V accelerator and investigating quantum computing approaches for plasma simulations.
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