Senegal’s UVS uses Atos’ BullSequana Intel-based supercomputer to evaluate impact of COVID-19 containment measures
26 November 2020 - 8:00PM
Senegal’s UVS uses Atos’ BullSequana Intel-based supercomputer to
evaluate impact of COVID-19 containment measures
Senegal’s UVS
uses Atos’
BullSequana Intel-based
supercomputer to
evaluate impact of
COVID-19
containment measures
Paris, November 26, 2020 – Atos announces that the
Virtual University of Senegal (UVS) is testing a
mathematical algorithm which models the spread of COVID-19, to
evaluate the impact of containment measures such as social
distancing and wearing masks, using Atos’ BullSequana X800
supercomputer. This supercomputer, based on 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon®
Platinum processors is accessible through Atos’ new HPC,
AI, and Quantum Life Sciences Centre of Excellence
(LSCoE). Intel Corporation, among others, has provided
funding for this project.
“We have already made an important step forward in modelling the
spread of the virus for the Senegalese territory. With the compute
capabilities and expertise provided by Atos’ BullSequana HPC
platform, we hope to accelerate the simulation of a combination of
different containment measures and identify those that are more
convenient.” said Abdou Sene, Professor of Applied
Mathematics, Head of the Pole of Innovation and Expertise for
Development (PIED) at the Virtual University of
Senegal “In particular, we have applied the model at a
regional scale for Senegal and therefore in order to carry out
simulations we aggregated the different systems used by each region
into one. Moreover, the model has been age-structured, which
multiplies the size of the system by the number of age groups
considered. Simulating such a model with accurate data might give
evidence of the reason why the pandemic does not have the same
evolution in the different regions of the world.”
The Virtual University of Senegal is one of the first users of this
platform. In line with the Senegalese health authorities’ strategy,
renowned researchers at the Pole of Innovation and
Expertise for Development (PIED) of UVS have created a
theoretical mathematical model able to simulate different scenarios
in the spread of COVID-19 and needed advanced computer resources to
run multiple simulations.
“Advanced computing platforms like Atos’ BullSequana have played a
critical role in studying SARS-CoV-2,” said Trish
Damkroger, Vice President and General Manager of High Performance
Computing at Intel. “Providing Atos and the UVS with the
latest Intel-based compute technologies is allowing researchers to
harness tremendous amounts of data to simulate the spread of
COVID-19 and evaluate the best approaches to limit its
transmission.”
By accessing Atos’ leading-edge technologies, such as Quantum, High
Performance Computing and AI, supported by Atos’ services and
expertise, together with this Atos-Intel HPC platform, researchers
at UVS are now able to test their model by using different
scenarios to measure the impact of containment measures. The model
includes a quarantined population variable and looks at the
survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces.
“This new HPC platform, which has been made accessible through
Atos’ HPC, AI, and Quantum Life Sciences Centre of Excellence,
represents a very good opportunity for those like the UVS working
on projects that require high in-memory capabilities.” said
Alpha Barry, CEO of Atos in Africa “We’re proud to
be able to support researchers in Senegal to help advance research
to find out more about how the COVID-19 virus behaves and support
the fight against this global pandemic.”
This platform is available to all universities and laboratories
worldwide working in SARS-Cov-2 related projects and it illustrates
the first milestone in the new Atos-Intel partnership in Life
Sciences in which Intel provides funding for a platform that is
fully managed and operated by Atos experts.
Intel is committed to accelerating access to technology that can
combat the current pandemic and enable scientific discovery that
better prepares our world for future crises. This solution was
funded in part by Intel’s Pandemic Response Technology Initiative.
For more information about healthcare solutions from Intel, visit
intel.com/healthcare. For more information about Intel’s COVID-19
response, visit intel.com/COVID-19.
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Technical specifications
BullSequana X800 supercomputer
8 sockets 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors (Platinum 8280)
with a total of 224 cores)
6 TB of shared memory
About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with 110,000
employees in 73 countries and annual revenue of € 12 billion.
European number one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance
Computing, the Group provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud,
Big Data, Business Applications and Digital Workplace solutions.
The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the
Olympic & Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos,
Atos|Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on
the CAC40 Paris stock index.
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space. Its expertise and services support the development of
knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and
contribute to the development of scientific and technological
excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and
employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and
develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.
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