Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC)
Formerly known as Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC)
https://asc.ac.at
• Most powerful supercomputers in Austria
• Research, education, user support
• HPC & AI training: https://events.asc.ac.at
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for #ASHPC26 is open! Share your work related to #supercomputing with the community: • applications of #HPC • research done on HPC clusters • systems engineering Submissions are due before 15 Feb. More info ➡️ ashpc.eu/event/27/abs... ASHPC26 takes place 7-10 April in📍Vienna
- For graduate students and postdoctoral scholars working in #HPC, computational science and data-driven research. Application for the 16th International High Performance Computing Summer School is open 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟯𝟭 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆: ss26.ihpcss.org #HPCCS26 will take place on 12-17 July in Perth, Australia 🇦🇺
- 𝗛𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗣𝗖 – 𝗠𝗣𝗜+𝗫 Join us on 10-12 February to learn how to use #HPC systems efficiently - basic command of MPI & OpenMP is a must. 📍Stuttgart & online ➡️ www.hlrs.de/training/202... @sc-in-de.bsky.social @hlrs-hpc.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.at
- Registration for Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting #ASHPC26 is open. Be the first to secure your spot with an early bird fee! ASHPC26 in 📍 Vienna, Austria Public part on 🗓️ 8-10 April 2026 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼, 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: ashpc.eu/event/27/
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- Back in October we co-organized an #AI #Hackathon – an intensive, multi-day training event with ten participating teams from nine countries, twenty mentors and assistants, and access to five #HPC systems. See the participants' project highlights in our recap: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for #ASHPC26 is open! Share your work related to #supercomputing with the community: • applications of #HPC • research done on HPC clusters • systems engineering • other topic related to HPC More info & submission: ashpc.eu/event/27/abs...
- ⚡Lightning is usually triggered inside a cloud and strikes downward, but there is a lesser-known opposite phenomenon. At the University of Innsbruck, Isabell Stucke is one of a few researchers worldwide investigating how it works – with #HPC an #AI ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne... @eurocc-austria.at
- Austria’s new flagship #supercomputer #MUSICA has enabled the training of a Large Language Model that analyzes, groups, and labels all research fields at TU Wien. Read more about the project: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne... #AI #LLM #research @tuwien.at @eurocc-austria.at
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- @claudiablaas.bsky.social is not only head of #HPC training at ASC but also in many European projects. In EVITA, Claudia develops a Competence & Qualification Framework that will standardize HPC skills & qualifications across Europe 💪 @evitahpc.bsky.social
- WEBINAR 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗜 (in German) tomorrow! #AIFactory Austria AI:AT experts offer in-depth insights into the ethical principles and core requirements of Trustworthy #AI. 🗓️ 14 October 2025 ➡️ Register now: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
- Join our #HPC & #AI training events in October! 👩💻 👨💻 • C++ software design (registration closes on 9 Oct) • Webinars on #TrustworthyAI w/ #AIFActoryAustria • Intro to working on the ASC clusters • CUDA 4 dummies • #MATLAB: AI workflows for academia & industry events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
- Heard about #AIFactoryAustria AI:AT? We're working closely with the new national #AI hub & excited to invite you to its first #webinar dedicated to Trustworthy AI. If you're interested in the topic, join tomorrow, 7 Oc 2025. Register here: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo... (Webinar is in German)
- #HPC is a promising tool to revolutionize healthcare - with data, simulations, digital twins, and #supercomputing power. This year's EuroMPI Conference started with an amazing joint keynote by Amanda Randles (Duke University) @profamandarandles.bsky.social @eurompiconf.bsky.social
- Claudia Blaas-Schenner - Head of Training at ASC & a long-time #HPC expert shared in an interview with @eurocc-austria.at why diversity matters in #supercomputing – and how the initiative 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝗣𝗖 supports the gender balance eurocc-austria.at/en/blog/be-b... @claudiablaas.bsky.social
- Today at the ACO-TEC conference at @tuwien.at, #MathWorks presented a story of a successful collaboration with ASC in helping researchers accelerate simulations with #MATLAB. Read more about how our joint workshop helped achieve progress in #quantum many-body #research asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- University of Innsbruck has opened Austria’s first nationwide call for early access to #QuantumComputing resources! Application open to researchers affiliated with Austrian academic or research institutions. System: IBEX from AQT Deadline: 13 October 2025 Learn more: www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientifi...
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- 80% of glaciers in the Himalayas may melt away by 2100. With #hpc playing a vital role in glaciological & #climate #research, we're happy to have supported Leh Indian Glaciology Summer School 2025 that helped train the next generation of researchers in India. More ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- Registration deadline for #AI #Hackathon has been extended to August, 19! • For teams of 3+ • Bring your open-source licensed project • Get access to A100, H100, GH200, DGX • Get personalized support from mentors
- Join the first European NVIDIA #AI Hackathon to accelerate, optimize, and scale real-world projects leveraging the latest #HPC technologies! Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/ Registration deadline: 5 August #NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
- Between May-July 2025, we co-organized four #HPC & #AI bootcamps. With 600+ participants and a successful collaboration in the pan-European network, this training season set a new attendance record. Read the recap: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- Where does the Moon’s exosphere come from? A TU Wien study using real lunar rock reveals that the erosive effect of solar wind ions on the Moon has been vastly overestimated. Large-scale 3D computer simulations were conducted on the ASC infrastructure. www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/n... @tuwien.at
- Hurry up: registration for the #AI #Hackathon closes on 5 August! • Open to teams of 3+ • For those based in the EU & EuroCC countries • Bring your open-source licensed project • Get access to A100, H100, GH200, DGX • Get personalised support from mentors events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-hackath...
- Join the first European NVIDIA #AI Hackathon to accelerate, optimize, and scale real-world projects leveraging the latest #HPC technologies! Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/ Registration deadline: 5 August #NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
- Our online #LLM training series is back! Join the 3,5-hour intensive courses to master essentials such as #PromtEngineering #RAG and fine-tuning - powered by #HPC. See more & apply: events.asc.ac.at/category/4/ Organized with @eurocc-austria.at
- Earlier this month we attended the kick-off meeting of the EVITA project aimed to strengthen #HPC training landscape in Europe. Read about the launch and the goals we're working toward: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne... @evitahpc.bsky.social @bsc-cns.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social @tuwien.at
- On Friday we got delivery of 2200 disks for the new #supercomputer #MUSICA — the IBM Storage Scale System 6000 (formerly GPFS), with a 35PB of usable capacity. Spread across 4 racks, the storage system will serve the Vienna part of MUSICA & VSC-5. The team is already busy putting it all together 💪
- 📢 WE HAVE A NEW NAME We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖). The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
- @vschpc.bsky.social heard the news? You're the only VSC supercomputing center now! 😁
- At the end of every semester, we take the attendees of the VSC School training program to see the #HPC infrastructure they've been using remotely. As always, it was pleasure to spend some time with the next generation of HPC users!
- Join the first European NVIDIA #AI Hackathon to accelerate, optimize, and scale real-world projects leveraging the latest #HPC technologies! Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/ Registration deadline: 5 August #NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
- Today, 24 June, representatives of #AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) are officially introducing the new national AIF hub and its goals - join the livestream at 09:30 (CEST) ➡️ events.streaming.at/ait-20250624 *Presentations will be given in German
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- The booklet of abstracts from #ASHPC25 is online! Find the short recap of the conference with links to the slides & gallery (for registered participants) and the booklet (with public access) here: vsc.ac.at/research/con...
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- Happy to be part of the EVITA project! More about the role of the VSC team based at TU Wien vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne... @evitahpc.bsky.social @tuwien.at
- The latest #top500 is out! • El Capitan remains the most powerful system in the world • JUPITER is now Europe’s fastest #supercomputer • Its JEDI module tops the Green500 as the most energy-efficient • LUMI & LEONARDO continue to lead in the global top 10 image by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
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- Profiling AI #Software Bootcamp Join us on July 10 to learn how to profile and optimize #AI workloads using #NVIDIA Nsight Systems. Dive into multi #GPU architectures, identify performance bottlenecks, and boost scalability across CPUs and GPUs. Apply by❗June 16 events.vsc.ac.at/e/AIprofilin...
- AI Factory Austria is setting up a hub in #Vienna, Austria, and hiring! Open positions include AI experts, #ML engineers, #software developers, and more. It's a great opportunity to work in #HPC & #AI field and help shape the future of technology & innovation! All jobs: ai-at.eu/en/jobs/
- OPEN CALL FOR #HPC USERS 🇦🇹 Austrian researchers are invited to apply for access to LEONARDO #supercomputer 🇮🇹 • Call intended for projects of 50,000 - 100,000 #GPU hours • Cut-off date: 16 June 2025 Learn more: vsc.ac.at/access/aurel... @cineca.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
- In #chemistry, understanding the interaction of a solute with the surrounding solvent molecules is essential to control reactivity. VSC users at @univie.ac.at offer a new perspective, published in @rsc.org -> pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a... @letigonzalez.bsky.social @sebastian-mai.bsky.social #HPC
- Vienna-based startup Beat Shaper has developed an #AI tool that generates music from text prompts. Trained from scratch on 500 models using the VSC-5 #supercomputer, it's based on fully licensed data & offers versatile use: vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne... @eurocc-austria.bsky.social
- Save the date! Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 will take place on 7-10 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria ashpc.eu #HPC #supercompuitng #ASHPC #ASHPC26
- Yesterday at #ASHPC25 we shared the latest update on the state of MUSICA #supercomputer ⤵️
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- It's that time of the year again: Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting #ASHPC25 has started! From 19 to 22 May we're in Slovenia with #HPC users and providers discussing latest projects, developments, trends, problems & solutions in #supercomputing. ashpc.eu
- Join upcoming courses in #HPC, #AI & #GPU programming! 👩💻 👨💻 • Fine-tuning #LLMs on one GPU • Fine-tuning LLMs on multi GPUs • Multi-GPU #programming bootcamp ❗ Application deadline: 19 May Info & registration: events.vsc.ac.at/category/4/ @eurocc-austria.bsky.social
- Delighted to see Georg Kresse - professor at @univie.ac.at and a VSC user - among the authors of the most cited scientific papers of all time 🎉
- AI-based forecasting for safer, greener shipping🚢 🌊 Greek startup AlongRoute developed an #AI model to predict wave heights in seas and oceans with high precision — powered by VSC #supercomputer. Read the news ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n... @eurocc-austria.bsky.social
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- Happy to report that our #MATLAB training on the Vienna Scientific Cluster helped a researcher at @univie.ac.at achieve progress in quantum many-body simulations ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n... @mathworks.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.bsky.social #hpc #quantum
- MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the backbone of parallel programming on #hpc clusters and supercomputers. It lets your code run across many machines at once unlocking performance gains and making huge problems solvable. Join our beginners course on MPI in April: events.vsc.ac.at/e/MPI-2025-04
- Overview of all #AIFactories is now online on the @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social website ➡️ eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/ai-factories...
