1. University in Rome

CRAY X-MP 48, the first supercomputer installed in Italy (1985), used for research and development, especially the simulation of complex physical systems

CRAY X-MP 48, the first supercomputer installed in Italy (1985), used for research and development, especially the simulation of complex physical systems

From the left Barry Barish (2017 Nobel Prize winner for the discover of Einstein’s gravitational waves), Daniele Fargion, Sandro Magrì, Brunello Tirozzi.

From the left Barry Barish (2017 Nobel Prize winner for the discover of Einstein’s gravitational waves), Daniele Fargion, Sandro Magrì, Brunello Tirozzi.

Zhang Yi-Cheng, head of Theoretical Interdisciplinary Physics Group, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Zhang Yi-Cheng, head of Theoretical Interdisciplinary Physics Group, University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Sandro Magrì has been dealing with Unix and the Internet since 1987. From 1984 to 1988 he developed Fortran programs at the University of Rome and the National Institute of Nuclear Physics on Digital PDP11 minicomputer / RSX, VAX / VMS and Cray XMP supercomputers, for simulating complex systems. He partecipates in a stage in parallel programming on supercomputers, at the Cineca computer center in Bologna, with practical tests on the Cray, at the time the world’s fastest computer with a four-processor system performance over 800 MFLOPS.

A work on supercomputer simulation of an mathematical model of array of josephson-junctions between superconductors, is published by AIP (American Institute of Physics) in the prestigious international journal Physical Review, B.38.815 Download the Article . The work was developed under the guidance of Prof. Yi-Cheng Zhang, with grant of INFN (National Institute of Nuclear Physics) and GNFM-CNR (Mathematical Physics, National Research Council), and formed the basis for the degree thesis. He also follows meantime the courses of professors Giorgio Salvini, Luciano Maiani, Guido Altarelli, Carlo Bernardini, Carlo Di Castro, Francesco Guerra, Brunello Tirozzi, Massimo Scalia, Gianni Mattioli, Michele Emmer.

From 1988 to 1992 while getting the master degree in Theoretical Physics with honors, 110/110 cum laude, supervised by Prof. Yi-Chang Zhang.

During the same period he visited Geneva (CERN), Hamburg (DESY), Grenoble (ESRF), Bologna (Cineca) for short internships.

  1. S.Magrì, Yi-Cheng Zhang - Low-frequency noises of Josephson-junction arrays in transverse magnetic fields, PhysRevB.38.815 .
  2. Fribourg Theoretical Interdisciplinary Physics Group
  3. KPZ Equation
  4. PDP-11 MiniComputer
  5. VAX-11 MiniComputer
  6. SUN-3 WorkStation
  7. Cray X-MP SuperComputer
  8. CRAY Inc.
  9. SUN Microsystem
  10. SuperComputer
Celebrations for graduation in the small researcher office at the University of Rome La Sapienza, with mother and grandmother

Celebrations for graduation in the small researcher office at the University of Rome La Sapienza, with mother and grandmother