Prof. Dr. Thomas Schulthess is a renowned expert in high-performance computing, recognized for his groundbreaking contributions to computational physics and energy-efficient supercomputing. Since 2008, he has served as the Director of the Swiss National Supercomputing Center (CSCS) and as Professor of Computational Physics at ETH Zurich. Under his leadership, CSCS has become a global leader in high-performance computing, driving transformative research across disciplines such as materials science and climate modelling. At CSCS, Prof. Schulthess spearheaded innovations including Europe’s first GPU-accelerated supercomputing system and co-developed MeteoSwiss’ cutting-edge weather forecasting model optimized for GPU architectures, an achievement that earned the prestigious Swiss ICT Award in 2016.
A two-time ACM Gordon Bell Prize recipient (2008 and 2009), Prof. Schulthess previously held research positions at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, where he made significant contributions to materials science, magnetoelectronics, and energy-efficient computing.
As a Supervisory Board member at ParTec, Prof. Schulthess applies his extensive expertise and leadership in supercomputing to further the company’s mission of delivering innovative and world-class high-performance computing solutions.
