About "nano"

       For the third year in a row, the international Forum on Nanotechnology, Rusnanotech2010 , has already been held for the third year in a row . As part of this event, Intel Corporation and RUSNANO summed up the results of the third All-Russian contest of projects in the field of high-performance computing.

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    Anatoly Chubais lobbies for the law, so that 1% of each sold wrench of size less than 24 is transferred to nanotechnology.

    A little interesting under the cut.

       The purpose of this competition is to identify the best works on using the capabilities of supercomputers, popularizing supercomputers and clusters, as well as to demonstrate the possibility of practical application of high-performance computing for the needs of various branches of science and industry; and, of course, the support of young scientists seeking to fulfill their potential through innovative activities. Under the motto “ Impossible became possible ” as many as 82 works were submitted (which is 2 times more than last year) for the competition, the total prize fund of which amounted to almost a million rubles. The concentration of inquiring minds turned out to be quite expected, the regional scatter of the participants is as follows:

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       Participants presented projects on the use of HPC in biology, bioinformatics, geology, three-dimensional gas and hydrodynamics, which, in general, are consistent with global trends. Also, interesting methodological and infrastructure developments related to the creation of tools for developing various applications were proposed. The names of most of the projects seem somewhat mysterious to me, despite my technical background) But even more surprising was the fact that almost half of the winning works belonged to ... girls! I won’t beat around the bush, but I’ll name the winners:

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    Intel Winners


    First place : “Numerical simulation of the interaction of seismic waves with cavernous-fractured reservoirs in three-dimensionally inhomogeneous media of realistic structure”
    Applicant : Ph.D. Reshetova Galina Vitalievna from the Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics SB RAS
    Prize : 250,000 rubles

    Second place : “Development of energy-efficient bulletproof vests using gradient structures”

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    Applicant : postgraduate student Dolganina Natalya Yuryevna from GOU VPO South Ural State University

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    Prize : 125,000 rubles

    It is worth noting that this project has existed for more than a year and has long gone beyond modeling - these rather unique body armor have already become a commercial product and are actively used by domestic intelligence agencies.

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    3rd place was shared between 2 projects:
    “UGENE - a unified HPC environment for molecular biologists”
    Applicant : engineer Okonechnikov Konstantin Vyacheslavovich
    Prize : 62,500 rubles

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    “High-performance computing in bioengineering technologies to increase thermostability of enzymes”
    Applicant : Ph.D. Teplukhin Alexander Valentinovich from the Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology RAS
    Prize : 62 500 rubles

       The author of "The Best Student Work" was Chyashchin Vladimir Sergeyevich, first-year postgraduate student at NRNU MEPhI. For the project “Virtual Design of an Optical Chemosensor Based on Dye Adsorbed on the Surface of Silica Gel Nanoparticles” he was presented with a well-deserved laptop based on the Intel Core i7 processor. Five more finalists got licenses for Intel software for high-performance computing - Intel Cluster Toolkit Compiler Edition 3.2.

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    It seems that high-performance computing is indeed becoming an important area of ​​Russian scientific specialization. The next step is to expand the use of high-performance computing in industry ”- Kamil Isaev , Intel R&D Director General in Russia.

    Winners from RUSNANO


       In the nomination “The Best Work in the Field of Nanotechnology and Nanoidustria” was the project “ Supercomputers in the Problems of Predicting the Properties of Color Proteins
    Applicant : Dr. Sc. Grigorenko Bella Ludwigovna from the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University MV Lomonosov
    Prize : 250 000 rubles

       The initiative with the competition was also supported by the Supercomputer program of the Union State of Belarus and Russia “SKIF-GRID” and the Supercomputer Consortium of Russian Universities. They presented a number of special prizes:

    “The use of high-performance computing for modeling small-scale structures in the gas subsystems of spiral galaxies”
    Applicant : undergraduate Sergey Khoperskov from Volgograd State University
    Prize : 100,000 rubles from SKIF-GRID "

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    Instrumental system for collecting, analyzing and visualizing data on the throughput of communication channels in supercomputer installations"
    Applicant : Ph.D. Salnikov Alexey Nikolaevich from the faculty of the VMK Moscow State University. MV Lomonosov
    Prize : 100,000 rubles from SKIF-GRID "

    Study of the reaction mechanism for the hydrolysis of organophosphorus compounds with modified human butyrylcholinesterase"
    Applicant : Sofya Vladimirovna Lushchekina from the Institute of Biochemical Physics named after NM Emanuel RAS
    Prize : 1 000 000 processor hours of work on the supercomputers of the Skynet consortium

    “Supercomputers in the problems of predicting the properties of colored proteins”
    Applicant : Ph.D. Grigorenko Bella Ludwigovna from the Faculty of Chemistry of Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosova
    Prize : 250,000 processor hours of work on the supercomputers of the consortium

    “High-performance computing in problems of protein engineering and biopharmaceuticals”
    Applicant : Ph.D. Oleg Stroganov
    Prize : 250,000 processor hours of work on the consortium

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       ’s supercomputers “ Holding such large-scale contests is extremely important both to support the development of fundamental and applied world-class research, and to establish a supercomputer education system, ” said the rector of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov, Academician V.A. Gardener. And here you can’t argue - who knows, all of a sudden I really happened to be at this event with the great scientists of the future, the development of which the whole world will talk about? ;)

       After the official solemn and gift part, everyone went to the exhibition itself, in particular, to the Intel stand - without exaggeration, it was the brightest, largest and most noticeable.

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       At the presented stands there were various processors (for mobile, desktop and server solutions), SSD disks, Intel Wireless Display installations for operation, various partner devices based on MeeGo - MID, tablets and netbooks.

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       The partner sections at the Intel booth also looked great - DEPO presented the face recognition system, and Aquarius (pictured) presented the classmate PC school netbooks of their own assembly and various peripheral options for them:

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       Of course, the exhibition was not limited to the Intel booth - the scale of the events at the Expocenter always give you the opportunity to find something interesting. But, unfortunately, I had neither the time nor the opportunity to look at all these powder lasers, water plates, and read about them. If you want, here’s a couple of photos that I took while walking around the exhibition at a quick pace - I can’t comment on it, so we can guess in the comments) Clickable: Although, I remember something. Here is a photograph of the surface of a 10-kopeck coin made with an expensive microscope:













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       On one of the days of the exhibition, using this device, one could look at the processor female at the processor without a heat-dissipating cover. If you believe the girl from the stand, the microscope can automatically measure and analyze electronic chips of a similar level, after which it is possible to build the appropriate circuit in a CAD application.

       I forgot to say about one important point. At the exhibition, Intel presented an interesting stand, “ From Sand to Processor, ” which will move to the Moscow Polytechnic Museum tomorrow (November 9).

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       At the opening of the stand Nikolay Suetin(Intel Project Development Manager) will talk about the technology of creating processors, the main problems in the modern semiconductor industry and what awaits it in the future; also in the program is a short film about the modern Intel factory. New square 3/4, entrance number 9 - come to 19:00, see you and talk! :)

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       Two more lectures will be held a little later - on November 16, Intel Fellow Academician Babayan will give a talk about the history of microprocessor developments, and on November 23, Oleg Semyonov, head of the Russian Intel Labs, will conduct another lecture.

    Good luck!

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