HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT

In this episode, we discuss the role of the Women in HPC initiative in supporting women throughout their careers in high-performance computing. Together with Karina Pesatova ( IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre ), we explore mentoring, networking, visibility, and outreach activities that help build a stronger and more inclusive HPC community. The conversation also examines how attractin...

In the 14th episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT P2, we sit down with Dr. Bastian Koller, Managing Director of the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and Coordinator of HammerHAI, Germany’s AI Factory for Manufacturing and Engineering. We explore how artificial intelligence and high-performance computing are converging to reshape Europe’s industrial landscape. Dr. Kolle...

In the thirteenth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we welcome back Dr. Guy Lonsdale, CEO of scapos and one of the leading figures behind the Fortissimo projects. A year after our first conversation, Guy returns to discuss the progress of the FFplus project, the challenges and opportunities for SMEs adopting High-Performance Computing (HPC), and the new synergies emerging with AI F...

In this episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we talk with Dr. Matthias Meinke, Head of the Numerical Department at the Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Meinke shares insights into the role of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in advancing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for aerodynamics. The conversation covers the challenges of running simulations on Exascale...

In the latest episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we sit down with Ivan Gentile, Data Scientist at IFAB and member of the EuroCC Italy team. Ivan shares his journey from physics and complexity science to harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) for societal good. This episode delves into the transformative synergy of AI and HPC, explor...

In the tenth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we speak with Dr. Guy Lonsdale, CEO of scapos, about the FFplus project. This initiative aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing access to high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on sectors like manufacturing and engineering. Guy discusses the main challenges SMEs face in...

In the ninth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we sit down with Tomi Ilijaš, Founder and CEO of Arctur, a pioneer in bringing High-Performance Computing (HPC) to SMEs. Tomi shares insights into challenges faced by SMEs in adopting HPC and how Arctur tackles them. He discusses fostering collaborations between academia and industry, maximising HPC benefits, and promising areas for in...

In the eighth episode of our HPC podcast, the spotlight is on Craig Prunty, VP Marketing of our project partner organisation SiPearl. Craig talks about the European Processor Initiative, the impact developing low-power European processors has on extreme scale computing and high-performance applications, and how this is related to EXCELLERAT P2. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow u...

This is the seventh episode of our HPC podcast, with a spotlight on Niclas Jansson who works at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, one of our project partner institutions. Niclas was nominated as a finalist for the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize, for leading the development of Neko, a high-fidelity spectral-element code. This code is instrumental to conducting unprecedented large-scale...

This is the sixth episode of our HPC podcast, with a spotlight on our project partner SSC-Services GmbH from Böblingen, Germany. The focus is on challenges industry faces with respect to HPC usage from the data management view, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises. SSC-Services developed a data exchange and workflow portal in EXCELLERAT project phase 1, which is now being built on. Don...

This is the fifth episode of our HPC podcast and the first one produced in EXCELLERAT P2 - the second project phase of the EXCELLERAT Centre of Excellence for Engineering Applications. This time, it's all about nuclear fusion research and in particular the engineering design and digital twin of the first wall of fusion tokamak - one of our new use cases. We interviewed Matic Brank from University...

This is the fourth episode of our HPC podcast. This time, it's all about aeronautics and the use of simulations by this sector, which can help make it more environmentally friendly. How could this industry benefit from HPC and Exascale? Interview with Prof. Dr. Sabine Roller (DLR, German Aerospace Center). Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/EXCELLERAT_Co...

This is the second episode of our HPC podcast. This time, it's all about aeronautics and product development in this sector. How could this industry benefit from HPC? Interview with Tine Tomažič, Director of Research and Development of Pipistrel. Are you interested in working for Pipistrel? Send your application via the career portal: www.cloud.pipistrel.si/application/ Don't forget to subscribe t...

This is the third episode of our HPC Podcast which is about autonomous vehicles and driving. How could (Exascale) simulations support the development of autonomous vehicles? Interview with Wim Slagter, Director for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Cloud Alliances at Ansys. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/EXCELLERAT_CoE) and LinkedIn (linkedin.com/...

First episode of our HPC Podcast. This time it's all about HPC. What's HPC? Why do we need it? and more. Interview with Andreas Wierse (Sicos BW GmbH). Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and follow us on twitter (twitter.com/EXCELLERAT_CoE) & LinkedIn (linkedin.com/company/excellerat). Links: www.focus-coe.eu www.supercomputing-akademie.de www.sicos-bw.de Credits Jingle/Song by freesfx.co.uk...