Modulai uses supercomputing access to develop efficient AI models
Summary Developing and testing new AI methods often requires large-scale computing resources. Therefore, with support from ENCCS, Modulai uses free access to European supercomputers to investigate how smaller AI models can be trained more efficiently. Challenge: making smaller AI models more practical Modulai develops AI solutions for real business use. In particular, the company focuses […]
Cheatsheet for EuroHPC machines
Starring:. Slurm, Lmod and friends Learn Slurm in Y minutes Inspired by https://learnxinyminutes.com Slurm is the de-facto job scheduler tool widely used in most supercomputers across the world. It does two important things: Let’s dive into how to use Slurm as a user. Assume here that the project “account” is named project_042 and the compute […]
NordicHPC Summit 2025 in Retrospect
On October 22, researchers, industry experts, policymakers and innovators gathered in Stockholm for the NordicHPC Summit 2025! The Summit is the leading event to strengthening collaboration & securing innovation across the nordics and EU. We at ENCCS, together with the Nordic EuroCC National Competence Centres and Hyperight, hosted the Summit. It brought together participants from […]
Lesson Highlight: Julia for High-Performance Computing
Write high-performance, parallel, and GPU-accelerated code — all in one elegant language. Why this lesson matters What if you could combine the performance of C or Fortran with the simplicity of Python? Julia for High-Performance Computing makes that possible — a modern language for scientific computing that’s fast, open-source, and easy to write. 💡 Perfect […]
KTH Uses LUMI HPC for Aircraft Damage Detection
Summary KTH Royal Institute of Technology used LUMI HPC resources within the GENEX project to develop multiphysics simulations and Machine Learning models for aircraft damage detection. The project demonstrates how high-performance computing can accelerate sustainable aviation research and improve the safety and efficiency of future aircraft structures. Organisations involved In July 2025, KTH Royal Institute […]
SICS AI: HPC Access to LUMI Supercomputer for AI and Robotics
Summary SICS AI leverages the LUMI supercomputer to accelerate development of its proprietary AI model for advanced robot control. By accessing HPC resources through the AI Factory Playground, the team shortened development cycles by a factor of 100 and optimized workflows for large-scale GPU training. This hands-on experience prepares SICS AI for future robotics research […]
Why JUPITER Matters for European HPC
On September 5th 2025, ENCCS Director Thor Wikfeldt and Hanifeh Khayyeri, Vice President Computer Science at RISE, joined the inauguration of JUPITER, Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany. The event was highly symbolic of Europe’s digital ambitions and was attended by senior leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, highlighting the political and scientific importance […]
From supercomputer to cloud
Written by ENCCS HPC Specialist, Daniel Medeiros. You are a startup. A small or medium company. Maybe a sole entrepreneur with a big dream. You deployed your workload into the available EuroHPC systems. It could be an AI-related workload, or even a more classical use case that deals with molecular or material dynamics. You got […]
Get funding for solving a business challenge using HPC!
Did you know that your company can get funding for using HPC for solving a business or innovation challenge? FFplus offers a maximum of €200 000 per project to small companies, startups, or consortia. Are you planning on solving a specific business or innovation challenge using HPC? The open calls During the project’s lifetime, SMEs […]
Handwritten text recognition with Dawsonia
In 2023, SMHI was awarded development access to use the GPU partition of LUMI supercomputer. The purpose was to develop its own handwritten text recognition (HTR) models, integrated into an application known as Dawsonia. Dawsonia combines computer vision algorithms and machine learning HTR models to digitize tabular data. Throughout its development period and after the compute allocation […]