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2025
2025
CNRS highlights strategic partnership with USP at international event on global challenges
November 2025
The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) recently held an inter-institutional event in Paris (October 29) that brought together leaders from its International Research Centers (IRCs) across the globe, including the IRC Transitions, which was established in partnership with USP. The meeting, which focused on how these centers address major planetary challenges such as the climate crisis and the energy transition, resulted in the dissemination of various communication materials by the CNRS. Among these materials are an institutional article and video coverage, reinforcing the importance of multidisciplinary and international collaboration – such as the one promoted between Brazil and France – for the advancement of science in strategic and globally impactful themes. Links to access the materials are provided below.
Institutional paper: International Research Centres tackle planetary issues | CNRS.
LinkedIn's post.
Support for the development of European projects
November 2025
The CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research) recently decided to strengthen its support for European project initiatives in South and Central America, by appointing a European Project Engineer (Ingénieure Projets Européens – IPE), Giulia Galluccio, for the region. Giulia's role is to identify relevant European funding calls for the active research teams and networks, acting as the main point of contact for European programs, assisting in mapping opportunities, providing guidance on the eligibility of CNRS-affiliated or partner teams, and connecting researchers to the appropriate European channels for project preparation and submission. This initiative reflects the CNRS's growing commitment to increasing the participation of its international partners in European structures, and strongly encourages considering the European level as a strategic lever for the development of ambitious and multidisciplinary projects.
More information about CNRS, access the Sourth America CNRS Office page.
THUS The Future Workshop 2025
October 2025
The THUS The Future 2025 Workshop, held from October 15 to 17 at the Maison du CNRS, on the USP campus, was a success and included the participation of researchers from Brazil, France, and Singapore, as well as partners such as FAPESP and the companies Dassault Systèmes and SiDi.
The four project teams, UNBIAS, SYNERGY, CHAINS, and MEGALÓPOLIS, had the opportunity to work in person to advance their research. The event included detailed group work sessions and progress reports, focusing on their "Past, Present, and Future" trajectories, culminating in the definition of Action Points.
More info in the THUS The Future page.
Workshop THUS The Future 2025 participants. Image credits: Liviu Nicu (2025).
2024
2024
Workshop 2024 THUS The Future
September 2024
From September 26 to 28, 2024, the THUS The Future Workshop took place at the CNRS, in Paris, France.
Workshop THUS The Future 2024 participants. Image credit: Organizing Committee (2024).
Tech Day: HPC and AI for a Better World
July 2024
Professors Alfredo Goldman (IME USP) and Hermes Senger (UFSCar) participated on July 17, 2024, in the event "Tech Day: HPC and AI for a Better World", organized by Versatus HPC, Nvidia, and IME USP. The event took place at the INOVA USP building and featured presentations by researchers and professionals in the High-Performance Computing field, including presentations from the two professors of the thematic project.
Tech Day participants. Image credits: Organizing Committee (2024).
Professor Alfredo Goldman is elected Chair of TCPP
January 2024
Professor Alfredo Goldman (IME USP) has been elected Chair of the "Technical Community on Parallel Processing" (TCPP). In this role, he will seek to promote collaboration, drive innovation, and, along with his peers, launch the TCPP to new heights. This Community is part of the IEEE Computer Society and serves as an international forum for disseminating research on parallel processing.
2024 Technology Predictions - IEEE Computer Society
January 2024
Prof. Alfredo Goldman participated in the "2024 Technology Predictions" coordinated by the IEEE Computer Society (CS). The IEEE CS is the largest global community of computer engineers and scientists, comprising over 375,000 members from 157 countries.
Members of the "Technology Predictions" Committee met to discuss the advancement and impact of technology in different areas, including accessible quantum computing, cybersecurity, and next-generation AI.
More info here.
"2024 Technology Predictions" Team. Image credi: 2024 Technology Predictions' Report.
2023
2023
Workshop THUS The Future - Collaboration between the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and the University of São Paulo (USP)
October 2023
The THUS The Future Workshop took place from October 23rd to 25th, 2023, at Inova USP, São Paulo. The Workshop is part of the USP - CNRS cooperation agreement in the area of Computer Science research. Its objective is to promote scientific cooperation between French and USP peers, with the goal of proposing medium-term projects within the USP - CNRS center.
Researchers, professors, and representatives from FAPESP, the CNRS, and the Consulate General of France in São Paulo participated in the event.
More info here.
Workshop participants. Image credit: organizing committee (2023).
FAU and IME represented in a meeting with the Pro-Rectory of Research and Innovation
September 2023
On September 25, 2023, the first meeting of the USP Academic Research Project Management Training Program (FGA) took place at the USP Innovation Center (InovaUSP), promoted by the Pro-Rectory of Research and Innovation (PRPI USP).
The opening lecture of the meeting featured the President of the Brazilian Association of Research Managers, Juliana Juk Susnik, who addressed the challenges of the research manager profession, especially in university environments.
The Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU USP) and the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics (IME USP) were represented by Dr. Camila Silva, an FGA fellow who works at both units, and one of her supervisors, Professor Dr. Alfredo Goldman from IME USP, coordinator of the Thematic Project “Trends in high-performance computing: from resource management to new computer architectures” funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Professor Artur Rozestraten from FAU USP coordinates the FAPESP Thematic Project “Arquigrafia Experience 4.0,” which also involves the collaboration of the FGA fellow.
In total, the event was attended by ten FGA Program fellows from different University campuses, in addition to several of their supervisors who are also coordinators of FAPESP Thematic Projects benefiting from the FGA Program. Also participating in the event were Professor Susana Inés Cordoba de Torresi, Associate Pro-Rector of Research, and Professor Raul Gonzalez Lima, Associate Pro-Rector of Innovation, both representing Professor Paulo Alberto Nussenzveig, USP's Pro-Rector of Research and Innovation.
The FGA Program was created in August 2022 by the PRPI USP and implemented starting in 2023 with the purpose of designating researchers with doctoral degrees to meet the need for training qualified professionals for the academic management of large research projects. The Program aims to optimize the time of principal investigators, increasing the international competitiveness of research and promoting the advancement of various areas of knowledge and innovation within the University.
Professor Susana Torresi with FGA fellows during the meeting. Image: Joseline Manfroi (2023). From left to right: Mayara Mendonça (ICB), Caroline Lino (ICB), Ariana Fernandes (FM), Professor Susana Torresi, Marcelo Mota (IGc), Karina Salomão (FFCLRP), Joseline Manfroi (FFCLRP), Ana Borges (IQ), and Camila Silva (IME and FAU).
INFIERI 2023: two of the event's laboratories received support from the FAPESP Thematic Project "Trends in High-Performance Computing"
September 2023
The event took place at USP between August 28 and September 9, 2023. Two laboratories received support from the FAPESP Thematic Project "Trends in High-Performance Computing":
Lab 5.1: Hermes Senger (Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar), Roussian Gaioso (University of São Paulo), with support from Alfredo Goldman (IME-USP) and Rogerio Iope (NCC-UNESP);
Lab 5.2: Sandro Rigo, Hervé Yviquel, Márcio Pereira (University of Campinas, UNICAMP), Pedro Rosso (Cluster operation and support from University of Campinas, UNICAMP), with support from Alfredo Goldman (IME-USP) and Rogerio Iope (NCC-UNESP).
More info here.
Papers presented:
Prof. Alfredo Goldman (IME USP) participated as a member of the local Organizing Committee and delivered a lecture titled "HPC and hardware heterogeneity, how to navigate in this environment?", available at: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1221962/contributions/5446738/attachments/2715893/4717254/Infieri%202023%20-%20Goldman.pdf.
Prof. Sandro Rigo (UNICAMP), a member of the Laboratory of Computing Systems (LSC), had the paper "FPGA-based acceleration of scientific applications using OpenMP cluster" presented at the event, along with other LSC members. Check out the presentation via the link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1221962/contributions/5542894/attachments/2715084/4715621/INFIERI23-Short-OMPC+FPGA%20(1).pdf.
Prof. Hermes Senger (UFSCar), a member of the "Trends in High-Performance Computing" project, had the paper "GPU Programming with OpenMP" presented at the event, along with Dr. Roussian R.A. Gaioso. Check out the presentation via the link: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1221962/contributions/5542891/attachments/2716730/4718759/Hermes%20Senger%20-%20Brief-OpenMP-GPU.pdf.
Event page.
Project coordinated by Professor Hermes Senger has funding approved by FINEP
July 2023
The project "Next-Generation Seismic Inversion Acceleration," coordinated by Professor Hermes Senger (UFSCar), was approved in a public call from FINEP for the development of technologies for offshore oil and gas exploration and production. The proposal's objective is to develop techniques in two main areas: high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to accelerate and improve the quality of computational seismic imaging applications. The budget is approximately R$ 5 million for 4 years. The resources should be applied to hiring human resources (scholarships and software developers), purchasing equipment, and cloud HPC services. The project is expected to start in the second half of 2023.
Invited paper with participation from Professor Luiz F. Bittencourt will be presented at ICCCN 2023
June 2023
The paper "A Self-distributing System Framework for the Computing Continuum" by Roberto Rodrigues Filho and collaborators, including Professor Luiz F. Bittencourt, will be presented at ICCCN 2023, which has technical support from the IEEE and the IEEE Communication Society. The event will take place from July 24 to 26, 2023, in Hawaii, USA.
Prof. Alfredo Goldman will be co-chair of a Workshop in the SC23
May 2023
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis will take place in Denver, Colorado, USA, between November 12 and 17, 2023. Professor Alfredo Goldman will be the co-chair of a Workshop within the conference.
Paper Accepted for Presentation at the JSSPP 2023 Workshop
March 2023
The accepted paper is authored by Lucas Rosa (undergraduate research student at IME), Dr. Danilo Carastan-Santos (postdoctoral researcher in Grenoble) and Professor Alfredo Goldman. The work, titled "An experimental analysis of regression-obtained HPC scheduling heuristics," will be presented at the 26th Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP 2023), to be held from May 15 to 19, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Fellowship from the Academic Research Project Management Training Program II
2022
2022
Fellowship from the Academic Research Project Management Training Program I
November 2022
The project was awarded a fellowship from the Academic Research Project Management Training Program (FGA) of the Pro-Rectory of Research and Innovation at USP. The fellowship is intended for hiring an experienced scientist to help us manage the project.
More info here.
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