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Tobias Weinzierl is Professor in High-Performance Computing (HPC) in the Department of Computer Science at Durham University, where he leads the Scientific Computing research group, and the Director of Durham’s Institute for Data Science (IDAS). After studying Computer Science with a minor in Maths, he obtained a Dr. rer. nat. (PhD) as well as a habilitation in Computer Science from TUM. Tobias has been the inaugurate director of the Master in Scientific Computing and Data Analysis (MISCADA), he is the PI on multiple HPC projects tied to the UK’s exascale programme ExCALIBUR, and he heads the UK’s first Intel oneAPI Centre of Excellence. He also serves as Domain Panel Chair (Artificial Intelligence) for EuroHPC JU.

He is particularly interested in efficient ways how to translate state-of-the-art algorithms – multigrid, higher-order DG or SPH formalisms – into fast code that fits to modern architectures, and how to create performance-portable algorithms and code. Where possible, his work feeds into open source software.

@tobiasweinzierl.bsky.social

  • I'm very happy that I secured the second place at a quiz at #SC24
  • Just learned that the UK's Numerical Relativity CCP scoping grant (UKNR) has been successful. Great to see that such a community is shaping. #ExaHyPE's ExaGRyPE software will be on board. Gratulations to Katy Clough and colleagues for driving this.
  • I've just updated/created a dedicated software page on ExaGRyPE, to make it easier for colleagues to find the code base: tobiasweinzierl.webspace.durham.ac.uk/exagrype/ https://tobiasweinzierl.webspace.durham.ac.uk/exagrype/
  • If you speak German/Franconian, this podcast @code4thought.bsky.social is definitely worth listening. This type of history lesson should be mandatory for all HPC courses. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
  • Fascinating to see Frontier and Summit (just switched off) today with friends from ARC and DiRAC, Queen Mary and UCL. Repost from another bird platform because it was so cool.