MHPC - Master in High Performance Computing at Sissa-ICTP

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📅 Standard Application Deadline: April 14, 2026
📍 Apply now: https://mhpc.it/how-apply

On March 27th, the ICTP in Trieste hosted the final thesis defense session for the Master in High Performance Computing (MHPC).

The candidates presented the results of their research projects, which focused on code optimization, scalability, and the application of advanced computing techniques to complex scientific problems.

The presented works covered a wide range of HPC applications:

📍Nicola Aladrah: Design and evaluation of radiative open boundary schemes for the Oceananigans.jl ocean model.
📍Jenny Lynn A.: Performance and energy efficiency analysis of RISC-V architecture for direct N-body simulations.
📍Christian Tica: GPU porting and optimization of the RegCM5 regional climate model.
📍Ludwing Osmar Asturias Alquijay: Performance analysis of scientific applications on multiple RISC-V platforms.
📍Neeraj Kulhari: Machine Learning-accelerated approach for predicting lattice thermal conductivity.
📍Gustavo Paredes Torres: Band parallelization strategies and optimization of real-space projectors in Quantum ESPRESSO.
📍Ken Tanaka Hernandez: Machine Learning pipeline for earthquake detection and phase association using HPC infrastructures.
📍: GPU-optimized strategies for small-size jobs in Quantum ESPRESSO using OpenMP and OpenACC.
📍Mohammad Enayati: Parallelization and optimization of pre-stack depth migration (PSDM) codes.
📍André Feitosa Benevides: Performance analysis and GPU scalability of the biogeochemical model OGSTM-BFM.
📍Jhon Sebastian Moreno Triana: GInX: A GPU-accelerated geodesics integrator for particles in GRMHD using Adaptive Mesh Refinement.

We would like to thank the supervisors and partner institutions for their essential support throughout these research activities.

ICTP: International Centre for Theoretical Physics
SISSA - Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati

Choose Your Research Project! 🚀
👉🏻 OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale Project Proposals:

Project 1: Engineering ISTRICI for Seismic Depth Imaging

🌊 Seismic Unix is a powerful but complex tool for processing seismic data. OGS developed ISTRICI to simplify this, but it currently lacks a user-friendly, interactive interface.
You will engineer and update the ISTRICI codes for modern HPC environments. The goal is to create a practical interface that allows researchers to handle massive datasets and perform interactive velocity analysis with ease.

🧑‍💻 PI: Ivan De La Cruz Vargas-Cordero

READY TO APPLY?
It’s easy:

📍Submit your Standard Application.
https://www.mhpc.it/how-apply

📍Email us at [email protected] and tell us which project(s) you’re excited about!

Check the link for the full project list
https://www.mhpc.it/external-scholarships