Supercomputing Workshop 2025
The goal of this workshop is twofold: to foster discussion between HPC providers and AI/ML researchers on the challenges and opportunities of leveraging Europe’s supercomputing infrastructure, and to synthesize these insights into a concise report that highlights key barriers, contrasts perspectives across domains (AI, HPC, quantum, edge, neuromorphic), and outlines recommendations for a sustainable and accessible European supercomputing ecosystem.
Preliminary Program
| Time | Session | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome and Introduction | Nicki Skafte Detlefsen |
| 09:15 – 09:30 | Gefion: System Presentation | Ulrik Nicolai de Lichtenberg |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Use Case from Gefion | Frederik Warburg |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | UPPMAX (NAISS): Systems Presentation | Erik Lindahl |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Use Case from UPPMAX HPCs | Magnus Sahlgren |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | SIGMA2 (NRIS): Systems Presentation | Abdulrahman Azab Mohamed |
| 10:30 – 10:45 | Use Case from SIGMA2 HPCs | Abdulrahman Azab Mohamed |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | LUMI (EuroHPC): System Presentation and Use Case | Iacopo Colonnelli |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Hendrix and LUMI: System Presentation and Use Case | Hui Zhang |
| 11:15 – 11:30 | NGC: System Presentation and Use Case | Jakob Ambsdorf |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | AAU HPC and LUMI: Use Case | Zheng-Hua Tan |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Lunch Break | — |
| 12:45 – 14:00 | Group Discussions (in breakout groups) | All participants |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Plenum: Collection of Feedback | Moderator |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Panel Discussion: Future of Supercomputing in Europe | Panelists + Moderator |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Closing Remarks | Workshop Chair |
Organizers
Nicki Skafte Detlefsen
Technical University of Denmark
Ulrik Nicolai de Lichtenberg
Danish Centre for AI Innovation
Benjamin Starostka Jakobsen
Technical University of Denmark and AI Pioneer Centre
Abdulrahman Azab Mohamed
Norwegian Research Infrastructure Services
Erik Lindahl
National Academic Infrastructure for Supercomputing in Sweden
Collaborations
Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence
The Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence (PCAI) is a research center focused on advancing artificial intelligence technologies.
Conducting cutting-edge research in machine learning, computer vision, and AI ethics. At PCAI, researchers are presented with opportunities to collaborate on innovative projects.
Technical University of Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) includes the DTU Computing Center (DCC),
located within the Department of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (DTU Compute).
DCC provides centralized high-performance computing (HPC) services such as cluster hosting,
software stacks, storage, support, training, and consulting to students and researchers across the university.
DTU's HPC curriculum, including the Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) course
taught by Associate Professor Nicki Skafte Detlefsen, focuses on scalable, reproducible, and automated ML workflows
and practical deployment practices.
Danish Centre for AI Innovation
DCAI is home to Gefion, Denmark's first supercomputer optimised for large-scale projects using AI.
Gefion is a large-scale NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. It comprises 191 NVIDIA DGX H100 systems for a total of 1,528 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs.