Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

research institute in high-performance computing

Organization academic_institution Q581684

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of: academic institution
Official website: www.cscs.ch^[5]

Status and dates

Inception: 1992^[4]

Location

Headquarters location: Lugano^[3]
Country: Switzerland^[2]
Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lugano^[1]
Location of formation: Manno

Financials

Employees: +120^[6]

More facts +1

Social media followers: +1729, +1544^[7]^[8]

🏷️ Also known as

en Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico en CSCS en Swiss National Supercomputing Center en Swiss National Supercomputing Centre cs CSCS cs Švýcarské centrum výpočetní vědy de CSCS es CSCS es Centro Suizo de Computacion Cientifica es Centro Suizo de Computación Científica fr Centre suisse de calcul scientifique fr CSCS it Centro Svizzero di Calcolo Scientifico ja スイス国立スーパーコンピューティングセンター nl CSCS ru Швейцарский национальный суперкомпьютерный центр zh 瑞士国家超级计算中心 zh-hant 瑞士國家超級計算中心

🔖 Identifiers · 11

ROR ID: 04rzmms09
ISNI: 0000000092587902
VIAF cluster ID: 135813097
GND ID: 16036411-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons): CSCS Office Building outside view.jpg ↗
Facebook username: CSCS-1486988184942005
Freebase ID: /m/0cc7pyn
KISTI ID: K000209565
Ringgold ID: 28489
Scilit organization ID: 106744
X (Twitter) username: cscsch

📚 Sources · 2

OpenAlex as of 2026-09-27 · 1 statement · CC0 1.0 CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
ROR as of 2026-09-26 · 1 statement · cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0 ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.

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OpenAlex IDP10283

I4391767926 2026-09-27 OpenAlex (CC0 1.0) as of 2026-09-27

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Source: OpenAlex
Edition: 20260927 · as of 2026-09-27
Licence: CC0 1.0
Credit: CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.
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Transform: 4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded

Short nameP1813

CSCS 2026-09-26 ROR (cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0) as of 2026-09-26

where from?

Source: ROR
Edition: 20260926 · as of 2026-09-26 · newer edition 20261021 landed
Licence: cc0-1.0+geonames-cc-by-4.0
Credit: ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.
Bronze: 476988542f1bdd18… v2.13-2026-09-22-ror-data.zip
Transform: 4ort-mint · lake · version not recorded

CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex snapshot, openalex.org). Values as shipped.

ROR data dump: CC0 1.0 (ror.org). locations.* comes from GeoNames under CC BY 4.0 — credit GeoNames (geonames.org) when those columns are used. Organizations only; no personal fields.

🔗 Connections

← Developer 2

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Country 1

Switzerland

Headquarters location 1

Lugano

Located in the administrative territorial entity 1

Lugano

Located in this place 1

Piz Daint

Location of formation 1

Manno

← Contributor to the creative work or subject 1

Swiss AI

← FactGrid item ID 1

Krzyżowa Dolina

← Operator 1

Piz Daint

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4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Swiss National Supercomputing Centre. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-national-supercomputing-centre

MLA

“Swiss National Supercomputing Centre.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-national-supercomputing-centre.

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@misc{4ortxyz_swiss-national-supercomputing-centre_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Swiss National Supercomputing Centre}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/swiss-national-supercomputing-centre}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}}

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3d ago · Kolja21 · 2026-11-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Inception → +1992-00-00T00:00:00Z

Sitelink count → 10

Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru']

GND ID → 16036411-5

+ 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ GND ID: 16036411-5"
5w ago · Hadi · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Country → Switzerland

Location of formation → Manno

Instance of → academic institution

Social media followers → {'amount': '+1729'}, {'amount': '+1544'}

+ 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)

"/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Image: CSCS Office Building outside view.jpg"

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