How do you scale AI in genomics without rising costs?
Researchers from the VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology and KU Leuven show that larger single-cell datasets can boost deep learning models—even with lower per-cell coverage.
Powered by VSC supercomputing
🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/evaluat...

VSC Success Story | UGent Racing Team YouTube video by Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum

🏎️ What does it take to build a race car as a student?

UGent Racing uses supercomputing to push aerodynamics, test ideas faster, and gain a competitive edge.

🎬 Watch the VSC Success Story:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtKk...

#VSC #UGentRacing #HPC #Supercomputing #Engineering #CFD

🧠 Can AI help detect dementia?

Using EEG brain activity + machine learning, researchers show how Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia can be identified—and even distinguished.

Powered by VSC supercomputing ⚡

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/eeg-bas...

#AI #Neuroscience #Dementia #HPC

🚀 Unlocking CFD Performance at Scale

Join VSC and Infinite Simulation Systems for webinar exploring how Ansys Fluent’s native multi-GPU solver accelerates simulation performance and enables large-scale CFD workflows on HPC infrastructure.

26 March | 12:00–13:30

www.vscentrum.be/events/unloc...

🌸 Research Showcase: Magnetic nanoflowers have a hyperthermia “sweet spot.”

Using VSC Tier-1 GPU clusters, researchers found that iron-oxide nanoflowers around 100–150 nm maximize heat release for cancer therapy.

www.vscentrum.be/post/finding...

Registration now open
KU Leuven & UHasselt researchers are invited to the HPC User Day 2026 and the inauguration of the new Tier-2 supercomputer.

Discover the new hardware through trainings, user testimonials, datacenter visits, and networking with HPC experts.

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/ku-le...

Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator: an efficient algorithm for simulating partially coherent light Researchers developed the Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator, a new algorithm for simulating partially coherent light with unprecedented efficiency. The method achieves up to 100× faste...

New VSC Research Showcase: Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator—an efficient algorithm for simulating partially coherent light.

✔️ Up to 100× faster computation
✔️ Up to 1000× higher accuracy
✔️ Enables advanced holography and optical simulation

Read → www.vscentrum.be/post/general...

Hasselt University is organizing the summer school “A First Introduction to Quantum Computing” (June 22–25, 2026).

Explore the mathematical foundations of quantum computing:

Designed for PhD students in mathematics and related fields

Info: www.vscentrum.be/events/summe...

Training Alert

Join the HPC@UAntwerp Introduction and get started with the CalcUA infrastructure at the University of Antwerp.

Feb 25–26 | 9:30–13:30
Campus Middelheim

Register: www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-...

More trainings via VSC training sessions at:
www.vscentrum.be/vsctraining

🚀 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 🔬
STREAM-PRS is a multi-tool pipeline that computes and compares polygenic risk scores using five widely used methods.
It standardizes scores, corrects for population structure, and selects the best-performing approach.

Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/stream-...

🚀 VSC Connect Blog

Meet the people behind VSC through our latest blog interviews:
👥 Training & learning
🤝 User community
⚛️ Quantum computing

👉 Explore all stories: www.vscentrum.be/news

More insights coming soon.

#VSCConnect #HPC #Supercomputing #Research #Innovation

🔬 Research Showcase
Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations on VSC Tier-1 supercomputers, researchers quantified boron diffusivity in high-temperature molten slag, supporting more accurate silicon recycling processes.

www.vscentrum.be/post/the-app...

Users Day 2025 | Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum VSC Users Day 2025 brought together the Belgian and European HPC community in Brussels. Watch recorded presentations, access slides, lightning talks, highlights, and interviews focused on HPC and AI.

🎥 The VSC User Day 2025 event page is now live!

Watch the event report video, explore recorded presentations, download slides, and revisit lightning talks—all in one place.
👉 www.vscentrum.be/ud25

#VSCUserDay #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #ResearchCommunity

VSC Research Showcase:
Standard fluconazole dosing often fails in critically ill patients. Population PK modeling identified body weight and CRRT as key drivers, leading to an optimized dosing strategy with ≥90% target attainment.
🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/a-fluco...

🚀 Machine Learning with Python | VSC Training

Learn the fundamentals of ML and AI, build pipelines with scikit-learn, and explore neural networks with Keras — all in one half-day, hands-on session.

📅 Jan 12, 2026 | 9–1
📍 Hybrid (KU Leuven / online)
🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/machi...

🧬 How do cancer cells evolve, and become drug resistant during therapy?
Researchers at VIB–KU Leuven developed SPLONGGET, a new single-cell method combining long-read sequencing with multi-omics to reveal tumor evolution and CAR-T therapy resistance.

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/new-met...

As the year comes to a close, we celebrate the passion, resilience, and creativity of our HPC community. Your drive to explore, innovate, and solve real-world challenges makes the VSC mission truly meaningful—here in Flanders and beyond.

Happy Holidays! 🎄✨

🚀 We’re hiring!
Join the HPC team at Ghent University as HPC System Administrator (Linux & Storage) and help support cutting-edge research and supercomputing in Flanders.
📍 Ghent University
⏱️ Full-time, permanent
💻 Hybrid work possible
🗓️ Apply by 31 Jan 2026

🔗 jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Sys...

Schistosome species, parasite development, and co-infection combinations determine microbiome dynamics in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease affecting over 200 million people worldwide. This study examines how schistosome species, parasite development, and co-infection influence the microb...

🧬 Research Showcase
🦠 New open-access research shows how parasite species, development, and co-infections shape the microbiome of the schistosomiasis snail Biomphalaria glabrata, using 16S rRNA sequencing powered by VSC supercomputing.

🔗 Read more → www.vscentrum.be/post/schisto...

🚀 VSC + LUMI-BE Users Day starts next week

A full day of high-performance computing, research impact, and user experiences.

📍 Brussels | 17 December
🔗 See the full event agenda: www.vscentrum.be/ud25

VSC Success Story | Discoveries from Sint-Truiden YouTube video by Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum

🚨 New VSC Success Story!
Ancient DNA from Sint-Truiden reveals 1,000 years of ancestry, migration & community life — including evidence of 14th-century plague unseen in historical records.

Powered by VSC supercomputing.
🎥 Watch: youtu.be/cciqwPZMkfk

#VSC #HPC #AncientDNA #Genomics #History

Why Subscribe to the VSC eNewsletter?
Stay up to date with the latest in HPC, AI, and research across Flanders and beyond.
Get news, insights, tips, and event updates — delivered quarterly.

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#HPC #Supercomputing #Research #AI #Flanders #VSC

Metro 3 in Brussels under uncertainty: scenario-based accessibility analysis Metro 3, a proposed north–south automated metro line in Brussels, has faced major delays and cost increases, rising from €0.85 billion in 2009 to €5–7 billion today. This study provides the first repr...

🚀 Research Showcase 🔬
VUB researchers present the first reproducible accessibility analysis of Metro 3 in Brussels. Their study reveals how the project impacts travel times, reliability, and equity across the city — powered by VSC

Read here www.vscentrum.be/post/metro-3...

Boost your Python skills for high-performance computing! 🚀

📌 Python for HPC
Dec 9–10, 2025 • Hybrid
Performance tuning, Cython, mpi4py, PySpark.

📌 Python-on-GPUs
Dec 11, 2025 • Online
GPU architecture, kernels, Numba, RAPIDS, ML on GPUs.

Register at www.vscentrum.be/vsctraining

🚀 New VSC training alert!
Boost your scientific programming skills and learn how to write efficient, reliable code for modern HPC environments.
Hybrid sessions on Dec 1 & 2, 2025.

🔗 Register now www.vscentrum.be/events/fortr...
#HPC #ScientificComputing #KULeuven #ResearchComputing

🚀 Research Showcase 🔬
🧬 New research shows that cells can boost activity from the intact X-chromosome region when the other copy is deleted — ensuring balanced gene expression at RNA and protein levels.

Read the study 👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/x-chrom...

🚀 Sharpen your skills in high-performance scientific software!
Join the VSC & KU Leuven training Scientific C for Programmers

📍 Hybrid (online or ICTS Heverlee)

Learn to write efficient C code and work with scientific libraries in an HPC environment.
👉 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/scien...

Users Day 2025 | VSC This year’s theme — “Europe’s intelligence runs on HPC” — brings together experts from VSC and LUMI to explore how AI is transforming the world of supercomputing.

🚀 Registration is OPEN for #VSCUserDay 2025!
Join us on 17 Dec in Brussels for a day of #AI, #HPC & innovation under the theme:
“Europe’s Intelligence Runs on HPC.” 💡

🎤 Talks by VSC & LUMI experts
🤝 Networking & Awards
🎯 Limited seats – secure yours now!

👉 vscentrum.be/events/users-day-2025

🧪 Join the First Symposium on Computational Chemistry in Flanders — exploring the computational design of drugs & materials!
📅 Dec 12, 2025 | 🕐 13:00–17:30 | 📍 Brussels

Organized by experts incl. Prof. Hans De Winter (UAntwerp, VSC User Committee).

🔗 Register: www.kvcv.be/en/activitei...

📅 Save the Date!
VSC User Day 2025 is happening on 17 Dec in Brussels 🇧🇪

This year, VSC & LUMI Belgium unite under the theme “Europe’s intelligence runs on HPC” with inspiring talks, lightning sessions & networking opportunities you won’t want to miss! ⚡🤝

🎥 Watch the invitation from Álvaro👇