If you sign-up for a lab tour, you will meet these persons at EECS. They will show you around a lab and tell you all about it.
KTH's supercomputer - Luca Manzari
How long have you worked at KTH?
“I started 2014 as a teaching assistant, making it nine years.”
What is your favourite part of the lab?
“It is difficult to choose, maybe the diesel-generators!”
How can your research impact society in the long term?
“I don’t do much research directly now, but by working at a supercomputing centre, I enable many people to do a lot of research, which is the most rewarding part of my job. I don’t know what will come out, but eventually, something impactful does come out.”
What can you expect from your tour of the lab?
“You will be surprised by how much computational power can fit (and how much energy can be consumed!) in such a little space.”
What should the visitor expect to learn more about during this tour?
“That behind a lot of things that we take for granted, especially when it comes to computers or the internet or services that we interact with daily but don’t physically see, there is lots of work constantly going on. When you visit a website, you expect it to work all the time! As a service provider, we also put much effort into being reliable and available for our users no matter what happens. Power outage in Stockholm? Problems with district cooling? We work hard to be still up and online.”
"I passed my master's degree in 2011 and have been constantly working here since then."
What is your favourite part of the lab?
"I enjoy all of the labs since I am responsible for them, but my origin is in high voltage engineering, so I have a weakened spot to watch that.
What does your job as a lab manager entitle you to?
"As a lab manager, I facilitate research for other researchers. So I make sure that they have the infrastructure, meaning the instruments and stuff they need to perform their science. I feel that it is quite important."
What can you expect from your tour of the lab?
"Well, learn something about the power supply system in Sweden and what we are doing to change it to make it more modern, more efficient."
What should the visitor expect to learn more about during this tour?
"Well, the problems and challenges we face in the energy system. Very shortly, actually. So we see a large change and shifts in the way that we distribute power. So that will be the main topic here."
How can your research impact society in the long term?
“Well, I am researching fusion energy, so we hope to develop a new energy source that can be valuable in the long term.”
What can you expect from your tour of the lab?
“They will see an interesting experimental apparatus used to create a hot plasma necessary for researching fusion energy.”
What should the visitor expect to learn more about during this tour?
“They will learn more about energy sources, plasmas, and experimental devices. The visitors will also get an introduction to fusion energy. They will learn about the potential of fusion as a sustainable energy source , current status of the fusion energy research field, recent milestones achieved in leading fusion research facilities world-wide, large ongoing international projects such as the ITER device in France, and the challenges that lie ahead on the way to a working fusion reactor”.
