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Università e lavoro - Presentazione dei Rapporti STELLA 2008
No full textTwo STELLA (Statistiche in Tema di Laureati e LAvoro) Report presentation events have been held in the current year 2008. The STELLA Report was presented in Palermo (at the Steri palace) on October 20th and in Milan (at the Milan Assolombarda seat) on October 27th. In the Assolombarda seat the specific characteristics of the Lombard reality were examined and discussed. The two conference panel sessions that ended the two events respectively, provided ideas to start dialogs and discussions between industries and companies on one hand and the university world on the other, both at local and national level. The events have been supported by the Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca. In this paper the two events are shortly presented. The reader who wants to know more about the events should connect to the Web-site http://stella.cilea.it.Quest’anno gli eventi di presentazione dei Rapporti STELLA (Statistiche in Tema di Laureati e LAvoro) sono stati due. Il 20 Ottobre 2008 a Palermo sono stati presentati i Rapporti STELLA a palazzo Steri e il 27 Ottobre 2008 a Milano presso Assolombarda dove sono stati riletti i dati analizzando le peculiarità della realtà lombarda. Le titolate tavole rotonde che hanno concluso i due convegni hanno fornito spunti per avviare dialoghi e confronti a livello locale e nazionale tra imprese e mondo universitario. Gli eventi hanno avuto il patrocinio del Ministero dell’Istruzione dell’Università e della Ricerca. In questo articolo si descrivono brevemente i due eventi, rimandando al sito http://stella.cilea.it per eventuali approfondimenti
NEMO: un ambiente object-oriented per problemi di meccanica del continuo
No full textNEMO (Numerical Engine for Multiphysics Operators) is a support library designed to build applications in the field of continuum mechanics; its basic design principle is to enable an application structure that closely follows the structure of the differential equations describing the problem on hand, exploiting the availability of “objects” representing fields and equations, and the differential operators acting on them, normally assuming a finite volume discretization scheme. The library makes use of consolidated and efficient parallel computing libraries for internal subtasks, employing state of the art numerical techniques; it is also capable of interfacing with industry standard storage formats, such as CGNS and GAMBIT, and visualization tools
Un microscopio computazionale per lo studio di materiali innovativi per il fotovoltaico del futuro
No full textThe importance of using photovoltaics (PVs) to obtain clean and reliable energy hasbeen widely recognized. The scientific research on new PV materials is crucial to identifynew approaches to the concept of solar energy conversion and to increase the photonversionefficiency. Among the different approaches for PV, the quantum dot (QD) solarcell is one of the most promising. A single layer QD consists of a distribution ofnanocrystals embedded into an amorphous dielectric matrix. It is in principle possibleto affect the optoelectronic properties of QD layers by controlling the morphology ofthe nanograins. The complex atomic scale structure of such materials makes it quitedifficult to predict theoretically their optoelectronic properties. The theoretical challengeis two-fold; on the one hand, it is necessary to generate large scale atomistic models;on the other hand, the corresponding electronic properties must be computed over alarge number of atoms. While the first issue can be coped with large-scale moleculardynamics (MD) simulations, the second issue is a major computational bottleneck andit requires a class of advanced algorithms for the electronic structure calculations inwhich the computational workload scales linearly with the number of atoms. Within acollaboration among CASPUR and the SLACS (Sardinian Laboratory for Computationalmaterials science) we have implemented a new numerical method to investigate theoptoelectronic properties of silicon based QD layers. By using such a theoretical frameworkit is possible to assist the design of new efficient materials for PV
La certificazione di qualità ISO 9001:2000 come strumento per il miglioramento continuo di CASPUR
No full textIn the year 2006 a Quality Project was launched by CASPUR to further refine and improvethe management of its internal processes with the dual purpose to achieve the qualitycertification (ISO 9001:2000) and to raise its organizational structure and to guide it towardsthe philosophy of continuous improvement. In 2008 the project produced the QualityCertification ISO 9001:200 SINCERT, in conformity with relating guidelines and, inparticular, the "8 principles of quality management" and the Deming PDCA cycle, keyconcepts of Quality Management. The idea underlying the project was to recognize theorganizational and managerial strong points of CASPUR and to consolidate them byadding guidance, reference documents, best practices, monitoring systems, whereverthat could increase the satisfaction of our users and customers, and strengthening ourorganization in business practice. A Quality Plan, based on "Agile" methodology, wasdrawn up to manage complex projects in technological innovative services. Projectsmanagement has been improved, as consequence, of formalizing the various phases ofwork and, more, keeping the customer involved in product development. We have consolidatedprocedures and practices in networks and infrastructure areas as well, by implementinga plan of Platforms Management, where platform is intended as thecomputing facility part functional to specific users need and in order to define and tomeasure Service Level Agreement (SLAs) in providing internal and external clients withservices. The implementation of both “Platforms Management” and “Project Management”allowed us to representing two perspectives the services provided integrated in asingle matrix: a horizontal (or customer) vision of the service , and a vertical (or provider)vision of the infrastructure management. The work showed how the quality certificationshould not be regarded as a finishing point but as a starting point for whom, like CASPUR,wants to make the philosophy of continual improvement the engine of it’s organization
Laboratorio di Digitalizzazione CILEA: LabD
No full textA new professional “Digitalising Lab” has been created in CILEA. This is complementary to our offer of an integrated management and repository of Italian digital resources (from public and private Libraries, Museums, Music Conservatories).Il CILEA ha allestito da alcuni mesi un proprio laboratorio di digitalizzazione professionale. Si vuole così completare l’offerta, rivolta innanzitutto ai Beni Culturali, per la gestione integrata, la conservazione a lungo termine, l’accesso web e la ricerca del patrimonio culturale italiano
Lagrange si presenta al pubblico
No full textOn the last 25th June 2008 at the Sala di Rappresentanza of the State University of Milan a Press Conference was held to officially present Lagrange, the new Hewlett Packard supercomputer recently acquired by CILEA with the collaboration of University of Milan, Milan-Bicocca, Pavia, Bergamo, Brescia and Politecnico di Milano.Il 25 giugno 2008 presso la Sala di Rappresentanza dell'Università Statale di Milano in via Festa del Perdono si è tenuta la Conferenza Stampa in cui è stato ufficialmente presentato Lagrange, il nuovo supercalcolatore Hewlett Packard recentemente acquisito dal CILEA in collaborazione con le Università di Milano, Milano-Bicocca, Pavia, Bergamo, Brescia e il Politecnico di Milano
LAGRANGE: un nuovo server per il calcolo ad alte prestazioni
No full textCILEA increases its computing platforms with the acquisition of a new cluster for supercomputing applications. The cluster provided by Hewlett Packard is composed by 208 nodes Blade BL460c with 2 processors Intel quad-core 3.166GHz (1664 cores). CILEA improves its computing power and confirms itself among the most important european supercomputing centers.Il CILEA potenzia il suo parco macchine per il calcolo ad alte prestazioni con un cluster fornito da Hewlett Packard di 208 nodi Blade BL460c con 2 processori Intel quad-core.a 3.166 GHz (1664 core). Con questa acquisizione il CILEA incrementa la sua potenza di calcolo e si conferma tra le più importanti realtà del supercalcolo europeo
