Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Moritz visited the BSC - the Barcelona Supercomputing Center last August and had the pleasure of meeting the Designers and Scientists that work there. His first interviewpartner is Fernando Cucchietti - the Head of Data Analytics and Visualization. Fernando explains how he ended up in this very special place, manages the communication between the different disciplines and what a person needs to bring to the table to be able to work in such a facility.


Chapters:
0:00 Context
0:35 Fernando introduces himself
2:06 What is a Supercomputer
6:13 What kind of work is done at the BSC
8:39 Approximation and reality
13:14 The driver for the compute power
16:40 How Fernando got into Computers
19:54 Leaving academic research and impact
23:25 What is needed to work at BSC
25:39 Designers in Science
27:28 Wishes and Plans for the Future
30:49 Fernando personal work

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