The HPC Research Group at DMI

The High Performance Computing (HPC) research group at the University of Basel comprises the following professor, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral, master and bachelor students specializing in parallel and distributed (super)computing. Our team of researchers and support staff is dedicated to advancing and democratizing high performance computing.

Head of Group

Prof. Dr. Florina M. Ciorba
    Office: Sixth floor, Room 06.007, Spiegelgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel.

Secretary

Yvonne Walser
    Office: Fifth Floor, Room 05.011, Spiegelgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Osman Seckin Şimșek
    Office: Fourth floor, Room 04.006, Spiegelgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel.
Dr. Rubén M. Cabezón (external)
    Office: sciCORE – Office 1111, Klingelbergstrasse 61, CH-4056, Basel.

Doctoral Students

Thomas Jakobsche
    Office: Second floor, Spiegelgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel.
Reto Krummenacher
    Office: Second floor, Spiegelgasse 1, CH-4051, Basel.
Alexander Stiemer (e-mail)
   co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Heiko Schuldt, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Simon Dold (e-mail)
  co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Malte Helmert, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Valentyna Pavliv (e-mail)
  co-supervised with Prof. Dr. Isabel Wagner, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

Master Students

Sylvain Rousselle (e-mail) – Master project (will graduate Spring semester 2025)

Bachelor Students

Alexander Lutsch (e-mail) – Bachelor thesis (will graduate Spring semester 2025)
Tom Rodewald (e-mail) – Bachelor thesis (will graduate Spring semester 2025)
Corinne Wyss (e-mail) – Bachelor thesis (will begin in summer 2025)

Student workers

Lukas Schmidt (e-mail), Bachelor student Computational Sciences

Alumni

See the former HPC group members here.

Prospective Members

See the dedicated page for prospective members. 

Our philosophy: dedication and collaboration are key to success.