General Information

The High Performance Computing division is part of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) at the Leiden University. The division participates in the graduate school Advanced School for Computing and Imaging (ASCI).

Contact Information

This research division is headed by prof.dr. Harry A.G. Wijshoff; prof.dr. Frans J. Peters is co-head.

They can be reached via Joke Blaazer LIACS, Leiden University Niels Bohrweg 1 2333 CA Leiden The Netherlands

email: joke@liacs.nl phone: +31 71 5277063 fax: +31 71 5276985

Members

dr. Erwin Bakker drs. Camiel van Breugel drs. Gerard Cats Masayo Haneda M.Sc. dr. Nies Huijsmans dr. Peter Knijnenburg dr. Michael Lew ing. Ernst Lindoorn drs. Paul van der Mark prof.dr. Frans Peters drs. Joachim Rijsdam dr.ir. Nicu Sebe dr. Erwin van Soest drs. Dmitry Tcheressiz drs. Jelle Westenbroek prof.dr. Harry Wijshoff dr. Lex Wolters

erwin@liacs.nl cvbreuge@liacs.nl cats@knmi.nl haneda@liacs.nl huijsman@liacs.nl peterk@liacs.nl mlew@liacs.nl lindoorn@liacs.nl pmark@liacs.nl frans.peters@philips.com jrijsdam@liacs.nl nicu@liacs.nl soest@liacs.nl cheresiz@liacs.nl jwestenb@liacs.nl harryw@liacs.nl llexx@liacs.nl

Pages from some former members can be found at dr. Arjan Bik, dr. Fabian Breg, drs. Peter Brinkhaus, dr. Michel Chaudron, dr.ir. Arno van Duin, dr. Robert van Engelen, dr. Ben Juurlink, dr. Toru Kisuki

Here is a very old group photo.

Services

• Subroutine On Demand-Service / BLAS 2 & 3

Research Activities

The High Performance Computing division is involved in the following projects:

• Code-generation for Large-scale Applications
• Compiler Support for Sparse Computations
• Computer Imagery
• Ctadel: Code-generation Tool for Applications based on Differential Equations using high-level Language specifications
• DAS-2: Distributed ASCI Supercomputer 2
• Parallel HIRLAM Weather Forecasting Model
• Restructuring Compilers for Parallel Architectures

• Analysis and Visualisation of Scanned Blood Flow Fields
• APPARC: Performance Critical Applications of Parallel Architectures
• ASPCA: Architectural Support for Performance Critical Applications
• Automatic Program Generation for Hydrodynamical Engineering
• Computational Models for Parallel Computers
• DAS: Distributed ASCI Supercomputer
• A Development Process for Parallel Large-Scale Applications
• Hardware Support for Sparse Matrix Computations
• A Large Grain Parallel Navier-Stokes Solver
• A Large Grain Parallel Unsymmetric Sparse Linear System Solver
• MMIPPS: Multispectral and Multitemporal Image Processing on Parallel Systems
• OCEANS: Optimizing Compilers for Embedded Applications
• Parallel Preconditioning of Large Sparse Systems of Linear Equations
• A Parallel Solver of Diffusion-Advection Equations
• Programming Methods for the Development of Portable Parallel Software
• WEPTEL: Innovative Weather Presentations on Television