What is an NCC? Supercomputing in Europe · Episode

🎙️ New podcast: What is an NCC?

Bastian Koller explains the role of National Competence Centres in Europe's HPC & AI ecosystem.

🎧 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5T5Z...

#HPC #Podcast #EuroCC

We summarized another EUROCC project year in Poznań.
✅Strategy for the coming years established
✅Collaboration with Polish AI factories: Gaia AI Factory and PIAST-AI discussed.

More details: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en...

#EUROCC #HPC #Superkomputery #NCKO #WCSS #CYFRONET #ICM #CITASK #NCBJ #PCSS

Want to design faster and more scalable HPC environments? 🚀
Join our webinar on parallel file systems and the architecture behind BeeGFS.
📅 March 5, 14:00-15:30 CET, Online in English
🔗 Register here: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en...

#EUROCC #HPC #Superkomputery #NCKO #PFS

📘 The 2025 Success Stories Booklet is here!

The 2025 NCC & CoE Success Stories Booklet is out now, showcasing how supercomputing across Europe is transforming research, industry, and innovation.
Dive in 👉 hpc-portal.eu/sites/defaul...
#EuroCC #EuroHPC #DigitalEurope #HPC

HPCSummit 2026 – Register now!
10–12 March 2026 | Paphos, Cyprus | Free participation
Dive into the world of supercomputers, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing.
Details: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en...

#EUROCC #HPC #Superkomputery #NCKO #Supercomputing

Graphic: EUROCC Austria

🚀 Startups & SMEs: Scale GenAI with HPC!

FFplus Open Call gets open for European innovators.

💰 Up to €300k per project

Starts: Feb 3, 09:00 CET.
⚠️ Limit: First 250 proposals

🌐https://cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en/news/#FFPLUS25

#HPC #GenAI #FFplus #EuroCC

This year we continued to support startups and SMEs with access to #HPC & #AI know-how and #supercomputing infrastructure, hosted 40 training events, collaborated with #EuroCC competence centres, centres of excellence & AI Factories. This was 2025 at EuroCC Austria: eurocc-austria.at/en/blog/2025...

What a day last week in Utrecht! 🇳🇱
Big thanks to #EuroCC NL & @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social for bringing the HPC community together — inspiring talks, hands-on sessions, and great conversations across borders.

Heading home energised and ready for our own VSC/LUMI User Day later this month!

🇵🇱 7 Polish supercomputers on the latest #TOP500 list!

🏆 Helios - #1 in Poland, #96 on TOP500, #8 on Green500
💡 LUMI (#9) accessible to Polish scientists
🌍 TOP10: 4 machines from USA, 5 from Europe, 1 from Japan

More: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/sz...

#HPC #supercomputers #PolishScience #EUROCC

🌎Discover exciting training opportunities 🧑‍🏫📈, success stories 📜, and expert connections 👋, as well as valuable resources ⚡in the new EuroHPC Portal.

👀Visit here 👉🔗 hpc-portal.eu

#EuroCC #EU #HPC

Advanced Computing User Day in Utrecht 🇳🇱
Great keynote by Dr. Maria Girone #CERN and inspiring discussions - collaboration across NCCs is what drives HPC forward! 💪
Looking forward to the rest of the sessions today.

@itcooperativesurf.bsky.social

#EuroCC #HPC #SURF #Collaboration

Empowering women in #HPC 💪 means giving visibility to their work and voices.
In this interview, WHPC co-founder Tina Črnigoj Marc shares how mentoring & networking help make #supercomputing more inclusive.
Read the interview👇
#HPC #WomenInTech #DiversityInTech #EuroCC

Welcoming my first colleague from #eurocc #austria #tuwien #asc successfully bridged from #bluesky #bsky! Hello @claudiablaas.bsky.social 👋

🔐 Cybersecurity meets Supercomputing! 💻
NCKO joined #CyberTrust2025 - an event connecting science, business & public institutions to discuss the future of #cybersecurity.
We discussed how 🇵🇱 supercomputers may support post-quantum cryptography & digital resilience.
#QuantumComputing #PQC #HPC #EUROCC

🚀 VSC Connect Blog is live! First post by Prof. Dr Geert Jan Bex on how collaboration across NCCs & CoEs strengthens HPC training. 💡
Read more 👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/training

@vschpc.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
@eurocc.bsky.social
#Training #HPC #EuroCC @prace-ri.bsky.social

🚀 Advancing Quantum Skills: First Odra Summer School in Wrocław
5 days of exploring qubits, gates, quantum algorithms & #QuantumML plus hackathon on Poland’s first qubit-based quantum computer Odra 5! ⚛️
Want to know more: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en...

#QuantumComputing #HPC #Odra5 #EUROCC

HPC in public administration? Yes! 💻 Supercomputers help analyze huge datasets, model healthcare & smart cities, and boost cybersecurity.
NCC Poland showcased Polish supercomputing centres at the 15th Państwo2.0 conference.
👉 cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/sz...

#HPC #DigitalTransformation #NCC #EUROCC

EVITA presented at the All-Hands in Tallinn! 🚀 We shared our mission, training framework, and ideas for collaboration with NCCs, sparking great discussions. Thanks to all for the active exchange — excited to build on this together!

#EuroHPC #EVITA #EuroCC #CASTIEL #HPC #Training #Collaboration

Just back from the CASTIEL 2 – EuroCC "All-Hands Meeting" in Tallinn! We talked about comm' strategies, social media trends, event planning, and campaigns. For MaX CoE, this was about alignment, learning, and building partnerships for Europe's #HPC & #AI future 🌍💡
#CASTIEL2 #EuroCC #MaXCoE

Digital in Action Brussels' digital leaders gathering on Sept 9 for expert workshops, a keynote, and cutting-edge tech demos. Free entry thanks to Innoviris and the European Commission.

Brussels’ digital pioneers gather next week at Digital in Action! 🌍 Meet us at the @vschpc.bsky.social & #EuroCC booth — let’s connect & exchange ideas 💡
www.sustain.brussels/fr_BE/event/...

Training season is coming back!

From #computationalbiology & #astrophysics to #AI and #quantumcomputing – join these September & October events.

📅 Full list in the image 👇

🔗 events.it4i.cz | 🔗 lumi-supercomputer.eu

@lumi-supercomputer.eu ‬#LUMIAIFactory
#EuroCC

🔙 Throwback Thursday: Camila Braga Vieira (Cenaero) used Belgium’s 🇧🇪 Lucia supercomputer to push CFD simulations of two-phase injectors to the limit — with her dog Lilly by her side 🐾
Read: www.enccb.be/node/154
#HPC #CFD #Aerospace #EuroCC #ThrowbackThursday

🔙 #ThrowbackThursday to our story on Belgium’s 🇧🇪 aerospace sector, with a focus on Wallonia.
Skywin shares how HPC supports digital twins, green aviation, and faster R&D.
👉 www.enccb.be/index.php/sk...
#HPC #Aerospace #Belgium #Wallonia #Innovation #EuroCC

🚀 SMEs & startups: want to scale your innovation with supercomputing?

The #FortissimoPlus Open Call is now open!

Apply by 26 Aug 2025 for a chance to get up to €200,000 in funding.

Details: cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/ak...

#HPC #AI #EuroHPC #OpenCall #innovation #startup #EUROCC

Puxano - Structure-Based Protein Design The PUXANO technology platforms aim to accelerate structure-based protein research, from sequence to structure​

Belgian biotech PUXANO will use 200,000 GPU hours from #EuroHPCJU on the Karolina cluster to boost their HARMONY model! A strong case of HPC accelerating structural biology 🚀 #HPC #CryoEM #AI #EuroCC www.puxano.com

@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social @pxn001.bsky.social

Summer catch-up in Brussels! 💬
With VSC, Cenaero & CECI we reviewed EuroCC progress, planned for Phase 3, and shared ideas over pizza.
Great talks, solid plans, and even better vibes. #EuroCC #HPC #Teamwork

Great collaboration ⬆️ with:

@eurocc.bsky.social
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
@eurocc-gcs.bsky.social
@euroccpoland.bsky.social
@enccs.bsky.social
& #EuroCC CZ, ME, SI
& their #HPC centers
#NVIDIA
#OpenACC_org
@asc.ac.at
#LEONARDO

Bootcamp season is a wrap! Over 600 joined to build hands-on skills in AI & HPC across Europe. Full story here: eurocc-austria.at/en/news/boos...

Next up: the EuroCC AI Hackathon, 14–23 Oct 2025. Apply by 5 Aug: www.openhackathons.org/s/siteevent/...

#AI #EuroCC #AIHackathon #HPC #GPUProgramming

Inspiring young minds — that’s our mission! 🚀

This time, we met the brilliant 4th graders from Primary School No. 301 in Warsaw to spark curiosity about supercomputers, science and technology.

Maybe future scientists are already among them? 🔬✨

Read more 👉:
cc.eurohpc.pl/index.php/en...

#EUROCC