Barcelona Supercomputing Center: Science accelerator and producer of innovation Authors Josep M. Martorell Associate director, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, UPC-Barcelona Tech, Barcelona, Catalonia Keywords: supercomputing, Big Data, modellization Abstract Supercomputing has become an accelerator; its use is now essential in almost all scientific disciplines. Established a little more than ten years ago, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) provides computing services for the European scientific community, carries out in-depth research in different fields, collaborates with multiple research centers and develops technologies for different sectors of society. Based on its capabilities and the skills of the responsible team, the BSC is planning to enlarge both its facilities and its penetration into the scientific and industrial communities as one of the most powerful tools to develop complex research. [Contrib Sci 12(1):5-11 (2016)]Keywords: supercomputing · Big Data · modellization Downloads PDF Issue Vol. 12 No. 1 (2016) Section Feature articles/Research centres in Catalonia License This work is subject, unless the contrary is indicated in the text, the photographs or in other illustrations, to an Attribution —Non-Commercial— No Derivative Works 3.0 Creative Commons License, the full text of which can be consulted at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/. You are free to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work provided that the author is credited and reuse of the material is restricted to non-commercial purposes only and that no derivative works are created from the original material.
