Supercomputer Santos Dumont you may be visited at the event … – Portal Brasil

National Laboratory of Scientific Computing will centralise the activities in Petrópolis (RJ)

by Brazil Portal published: 06/10/2016 13h04 last modified: 06/10/2016 13h57

During the 13th National Week of Science and Technology (SNCT), which will take place between 17 and 22 October, the public can learn about the interior of the supercomputer Santos Dumont. The visitation was opened by the National Laboratory of Scientific Computation (LNCC), which will centralise the activities of the event in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, with exhibitions, workshops, lectures, plays and sports tournaments.

With the capacity of performing more than 1 quadrillion mathematical operations per second, the supercomputer is formed by two containers unified, whose roof refers to the hat-panama aviator. Inside, on a wall, reads the phrase “The man’s fly”, assigned to the inventor. The visits are intended to students, who must register by phone: (24) 2233 6025.

Activities

in Addition to the visitation, the research unit of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communication (MCTIC) will offer, every day from 9h to 17h, a workshop of the Tracking System, Holistic Athletes (Saha), the tool responsible for cross data from several fields of knowledge in quest to improve performances in sports, present at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. On the occasion, the public will be able to carry out test of heart rate and compare your performance to that of professional sportsmen.

A series of exhibitions will also be made throughout the week. Among the topics are: the abandonment of dogs and cats, healthy food, metarreciclagem (reuse of parts, electro-electronics) and medicinal plants, with the donation of seedlings by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). The itinerant museum of Science Mobile, installed on a truck, will be parked all day at the headquarters of the research unit.

SNCT

Since 2004, National Week of Science and Technology occurs throughout Brazil in the month of October, under the coordination of the MCTIC. The Week seeks to mobilize the scientific community and the student, in particular children and young people, around topics and activities of science and technology. Another goal is to draw society’s attention to the relevance of the theme to the life of each, as well as to the development of the Country.

the theme of The National Week – “Science feeding the Brazil” – aligns itself to the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 2016 as international year of the pulses. Faced with the choice, the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing organizes presentations of projects and talks on healthy eating and quality of life, basic health care, food culture, gastronomy and sustainable recycling of the bark of the green coconut. The theater group Cochicho on behind the scenes he stages the play, “Alice in the country of the calories”.

There is forecast of other activities on the campus of the Federal Center of Technological Education (Cefet), in the Centre of Professional Education in Information Technology (CPTI), in Fiocruz, in the Faculty of Medicine of Petrópolis (FMP), and in the Crafts Museum of the State of Rio de Janeiro – Casa de Cultura Cocco Barçante.

Check out the schedule on the portal of the LNCC.

Source: Portal Brasil, with information from the MCTIC