Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Science

The Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Science (LISC) is a research center established in 2010, as a joint venture of the FBK Institute and of the University of Trento, Italy.

The mission of the Laboratory is to investigate a wide range complex physical systems, by combining different approaches and backgrounds in theoretical and computational physics. In particular, we address fundamental problems in material sciences, soft-condensed matter, nuclear physics, and hadron physics,with the perspective of further extending the research towards other topics and disciplines.

Along with the activity in fundamental research, the LISC is also involved in the development and testing of novel architectures and algorithms for high- performance scientific computing.

In such a context, LISC scientists play a leading role in the development of the AURORA project, aiming to the design and realization of a super- computing facility for scientific applications in the peta-flop range.

The LISC sets a high priority on ensuring that its computational advances are speedily exploited in technological applications. It places a major emphasis on computational techniques and software development as an integral part of its activity.

Research Groups at the LISC are organized in four main research areas:

Biophysics and Statistical Physics

Solid State and Materials Science

High Energy Physics

Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics

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