UM organiza Fórum de Usuários de Computação de Alto Desempenho

The University of Macau (UM) Information and Communication Technology Office recently held the High Performance Computing User Forum 2019. Guest speakers at the event were Prof Tam Kam Weng, chair of the Information and Education Technology Committee at UM; Mr Kwan Wing Keung, assistant IT director at the University of Hong Kong; Prof Wang San Ming from the Faculty of Health Sciences at UM; and Prof Su Yan and Dr Siu Weng In from the Faculty of Science and Technology at UM. Prof Wang, Prof Su and Dr Siu gave keynote speeches, titled ‘GT and IT: Two Melons Growing on the Same Vine’, ‘High Performance Simulations by the Non-dimensional Lattice Boltzmann Method with a Controllable Structure Generation Scheme and Applications’, and ‘Exploring Biological Processes by Molecular Dynamics Simulations’, respectively. Prof Tam believes the establishment of a new generation of High Performance Computing Cluster is very meaningful, saying that it occupies a leading position among high performance computers at higher education institutions in Macao. According to Prof Tam, the system will be able to effectively support research development at UM.