News archive 2024
The Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC) is featured on the list of key players in Austria’s AI ecosystem. [more...]
20.12.2024
Austria’s new supercomputer ranks among the fastest in the world. [more...]
19.11.2024
Supercomputing in research and industry: Austria’s master plan
Interview with a member of the VSC consortium Christoph Dellago (University of Vienna) about the role of supercomputing and artificial intelligence for academia and industry. [more...]
21.10.2024
Training at VSC – Interview with Simeon Harrison
HPC and AI Trainer Simeon Harrison talks about courses provided at the Vienna Scientific Cluster for academia, industry, and the public sector. [more...]
17.10.2024
From Mainframe to Exascale – Interview with Claudia Blaas-Schenner
Head of training at VSC Claudia Blaas-Schenner talks about 30 years of supercomputing at TU Wien, training at the Vienna Scientific Cluster, and offers some tips for a career in HPC. [more...]
25.09.2024
From Supercomputing to AI – Interview with Markus Stoehr
VSC team member Markus Stoehr on supercomputing in Austria, rising demand for AI and GPUs, and how the national HPC competence center EuroCC Austria helps companies adopt High-Performance Computing. [more...]
10.09.2024
EUMaster4HPC Summer School 2024
The Summer School welcomed students from around Europe to facilitate cutting-edge knowledge in HPC and Data Science. [more...]
30.08.2024
MUSICA: Austria’s next supercomputer
Co-located in Innsbruck, Linz, and Vienna, MUSICA promises enhanced performance for AI applications; construction has now begun at Science Center Arsenal in Vienna. [more...]
22.08.2024
Meteorology students from the University of Vienna worked with the ICON global climate model at the Vienna Scientific Cluster to study geoengineering options. [more...]
20.08.2024
This year, the EuroMPI conference takes place on 25–27 September 2024 in Perth, Australia and is chaired by Claudia Blaas-Schenner, head of training at the VSC Research Center. [more...]
07.05.2024
Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2024 – ASHPC24
ASHPC24 will take place June 10-13, 2024 at Seeblickhotel Grundlsee (Austria). [more...]
15.02.2024
VSC at the Lange Nacht der Forschung
Save the date for a visit to the Vienna Scientific Cluster! On 24 May 2024 starting at 17:00, the VSC team will offer the visitors a tour behind the scenes of Austria's most powerful supercomputers. [more...]
07.05.2024
Female scientists in spotlight: astrophysicist Sylvia Ploeckinger
To mark International Women's Day 2024, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) spotlights female scientists who are making significant contributions to research. Among them is Sylvia Ploeckinger, an astrophysicist and a VSC user. [more...]
08.03.2024
Climate modeling on VSC – access for students
Students at the University of Vienna receive access to the VSC supercomputer to run the global climate model ICON. [more...]
29.02.2024
Research highlight: Protein SATB2 influences intelligence
Researchers at the Medical University of Innsbruck offer new insight into the properties of a protein that determines intelligence and neurological diseases. [more...]
15.02.2024
International HPC Summer School 2024
Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars are invited to apply for the annual International High Performance Computing (HPC) Summer School, to be held on 7-12 July, 2024 in Kobe, Japan. [more...]
25.01.2024