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Welcome to PASC21
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Words from the Conference Chairs

Welcome to (virtual) Geneva
TimeMonday, 5 July 202111:00 - 11:30 CEST
LocationElla Maillart
Event Type
Welcome
Moderators
Sinéad Ryan is Chair of Theoretical High Energy Physics at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focus is the numerical simulation of quantum chromodynamics, the theory of the strong nuclear force, in an approach known as lattice QCD. A particular interest of hers is understanding strong exotic matter and the physics of the early universe. Sinéad's research is supported by grants from the EU and national funding agencies and enabled at leadership HPC resources through the US INCITE and European PRACE programmes. She has served as Chair of the PRACE Scientific Steering Committee and is currently vice-Chair of the EuroHPC Infrastructure Advisory Group.
Bastien Chopard received a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Geneva before undertaking postdoctoral studies at MIT and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. He is now full professor in the computer science department at the University of Geneva, and a member of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. His research interests are the modeling and simulation of complex systems, cellular automata and lattice Boltzmann methods, multiscale applications, as well as parallel computing and HPC. He has published over 200 articles, and has received research grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation, FP6-FP7-H2020 European projects, private and industry sources.
Panelist
Debra Kinson is originally British, from Manchester, UK. After obtaining a BA Classical Studies degree in Latin, Greek and Ancient History from Durham University, UK, she worked in language schools in Spain before starting a career in tourism. She worked as an Air Stewardess for British Airways before moving to Geneva with her family in 1998. During her time in Switzerland, she has worked in language education and obtained a Diploma in Culture and Tourism from Geneva University in 2018. As well as creating her own private tours Debra works with Geneva Tourism and other international travel and tourist agencies. Debra is a member of the Geneva & Swiss Guiding Associations. https://www.allaroundgeneva.com/