Extreme Computing : The 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize rewards R&D that brings solid and immediate profit in the fields of medicine and materials
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
* Laureates of the 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier demonstrate the importance of
computer simulation in key sectors of society.
* In medicine, thanks to digital simulation the implementation of ultrafast
diagnoses of strokes can save lives.
* For material design, digital simulation enables a new "material-by-design"
approach.
Paris, 12 April 2016 - The 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize was awarded to two
teams for their significant contribution to the advancement of awareness of
science and innovation and to the development of simulation methods. It was
awarded by Catherine Rivière, President and CEO of GENCI and by Philippe
Vannier, Executive Director, Big Data and Security and Director of Technology at
Atos, before a large audience of representatives of the French scientific
community.
Fruit of the collaboration between Atos and GENCI, the goal of the Bull-Joseph
Fourier Prize is to contribute to the accelerated development of computer
simulation in France and to establish a broad ecosystem bringing together
computing centres, research laboratories and European industry.
2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier - First Prize : Saving human lives with accelerated
stroke diagnoses.
For their innovative work integrating high-performance computing with medical
imagery, the 2015 Bull-Fourier First Prize was awarded to the team of Frédéric
Nataf, Research Director at CNRS, Professor Frédéric Hecht, and Pierre-Henri
Tournier Postdoc at Laboratory J.-L. Lions of the Université Pierre et Marie
Curie, Project Alpines-INRIA ; Victorita Dolean, Reader at Department of
Mathematics and Statistics of University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, UK) and
Laboratoire J.-A. Dieudonné at the Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis; Pierre
Jolivet, CNRS Researcher at IRIT-ENSEEIHT, Toulouse.
The 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier First Prize rewards research that is likely to aid
in saving human lives. Conducted in collaboration with the medical imaging
company, EMTensor, these simulation studies demonstrate the feasibility of an
innovative imaging technique based on microwaves allowing differentiation, in
less than 15 minutes, between the two types of stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic)
and are usable from patient intake and throughout hospital care. These two
points are crucial: speed of detection and characterisation of a stroke are
critical to the care and survival of the patient. These simulations are possible
through the power of supercomputers, new algorithms and rapid development.
2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Second Prize : Revolutionising the development of new
materials.
Receiving the 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Second Prize, was the team of Antoine
Levitt, Head of Research at INRIA and Marc Torrent, Principal Investigator at
the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (Alternative
Energies and Atomic Energy Commission).
Creation of new materials without recourse to experience, and prediction of
their properties, using powerful simulation techniques of their electronic
structure, this is what the research awarded the 2015 Bull-Joseph Fourier Second
Prize will enable. By parallelising the " ABINIT " software widely used in the
research world, and enabling it to take advantage of the power of extra large
supercomputers, which it could not do before, the group awarded had thus paved
the way for material-by-design »: defining new materials that meet precise
specifications, through the provision of a very large material properties
prediction database, rather than through experiments that are often long, costly
and hazardous. This touches on all sectors requiring innovative materials :
aeronautics, chemistry, health and many more.
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About the Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize
Each year, the Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize recognises the work of research,
academic and industrial teams in the fields of computer simulation and high-
performance computing in France. Designed by Bull, the hardware and software
brand of the Atos Group, in association with GENCI (Grand Equipement National de
Calcul Intensif), the Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize awards 15,000 Euro to the first
place winner and dedicated time on the GENCI supercomputers for second place.
With this prize, Bull and GENCI encourage the development of computer simulation
and the treatment of massive amounts of data as found in domains such as
scientific research and industrial applications. These techniques play a
determinant role in Europe's ability to be at the forefront of research and
innovation and to remain internationally competitive.
The prize pays hommage to mathemetician Joseph Fourier whose work in the 18(th)
century largely contributed to the mathematical modelisation of physical
phenomena. Joseph Fourier conducted the majority of his scientific studies in
Paris and Grenoble, providing the mathematical tools essential to the
modelisation of physical phenomena.
The first Bull-Joseph Fourier Prize was awarded in 2009.
Founding the Bull-Fourier Prize for Computer Simulation, in association with
GENCI, Bull, whose creator Fredrik Rosing Bull developed the first statistics
computers and who, in 1919, was a pioneer in the technological independence of
Europe, pays hommage to a great scientist whose work is still widely used in the
world of computer simulation. For more information: www.prix-bull-fourier.fr
About GENCI
Created in 2007 by the French public authorities, GENCI is aimed at placing
France among the leading countries within Europe and on the international stage
in terms of HPC. In this context, GENCI has three missions:
* To implement the French national strategy by equipping in HPC resources the
three national computing centres in support of scientific research;
* To contribute to the realisation of an European integrated HPC ecosystem;
* To promote numerical simulation and HPC within the academic and industrial
research communities.
GENCI is a civil society under French law, 49% owned by the State represented by
the ministère de l'Éducation nationale de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la
recherche, 20% by the CEA, 20% by the CNRS, 10% by the Universities represented
by the Conférence des Présidents d'Université and 1% by Inria. www.genci.fr
About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with pro forma
annual revenue of circa EUR 12 billion and 100,000 employees in 72 countries.
Serving a global client base, the Group provides Consulting & Systems
Integration services, Managed Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data &
Cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline,
the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry. With
its deep technology expertise and industry knowledge, the Group works with
clients across different business sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health,
Manufacturing, Media, Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and
Transportation. Atos is focused on business technology that powers progress and
helps organizations to create their firm of the future. The Group is the
Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and
is listed on the Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos,
Atos Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline.
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For more information, please contact
GENCI: Laetitia BAUDIN / (33) 6 16 27 68 73 / laetitia.baudin(at)genci.fr
Atos: Anne de BEAUMONT - +33 1 73 26 01 00 - anne.debeaumont(at)atos.net
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