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From digital hype to analogue reality: Universal simulation beyond the quantum and exascale eras

Coveney, PV; Highfield, RR; (2020) From digital hype to analogue reality: Universal simulation beyond the quantum and exascale eras. Journal of Computational Science , Article 101093. 10.1016/j.jocs.2020.101093. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Many believe that the future of innovation lies in simulation. However, as computers are becoming ever more powerful, so does the hyperbole used to discuss their potential in modelling across a vast range of domains, from subatomic physics to chemistry, climate science, epidemiology, economics and cosmology. As we are about to enter the era of quantum and exascale computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence have entered the field in a significant way. In this article we give a brief history of simulation, discuss how machine learning can be more powerful if underpinned by deeper mechanistic understanding, outline the potential of exascale and quantum computing, highlight the limits of digital computing – classical and quantum – and distinguish rhetoric from reality in assessing the future of modelling and simulation, when we believe analogue computing will play an increasingly important role.

Type: Article
Title: From digital hype to analogue reality: Universal simulation beyond the quantum and exascale eras
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2020.101093
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocs.2020.101093
Language: English
Additional information: © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Computer simulation, Digital computing, Analogue computing, Quantum computing, Exascale computing, Machine learning, Artificial intelligence
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095457
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