Leveraging HPC in data-intensive international research – opportunities and future prospects

Science and research are by nature international: many challenges and issues modern societies face concern people across national boundaries, and thus cross-border cooperation between researchers, policymakers and organisations is essential to address them.

In order to make the most out of high-class research infrastructures like LUMI, it is important that these infrastructures are leveraged in international research collaboration.

CSC – IT Center for Science is organising a high-level event on leveraging high-performance computing (HPC) in data-intensive international research, held on 23 September and we warmly welcome you to follow this event through online streaming.

The event brings together policymakers, funders, researchers and HPC experts to address challenges and opportunities in international research and HPC via considering the following questions: What are the trends in international research collaboration? How can we strengthen these international partnerships through policies and funding instruments? What is the role of HPC in research collaboration?

The programme will feature a keynote setting the scene for the topic, showcase practical experiences from a multitude of international collaborative projects between Finnish and Coloradan and Finnish and Japanese researchers, and provide a future outlook through talks from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and the Research Council of Finland, as well as open discussion.

Registration to the free online event by 21.9.2025 via this link.

Draft programme:

(All times EEST)

9:00-9:45 Morning session: Setting the scene

9:00-9:05 Welcome
Mari Walls, Director, CSC – IT Center for Science

9:05-9:25 Keynote talk
Professor Minna Palmroth, University of Helsinki

9:25-9:45 LUMI ecosystem enabling international research collaboration
for data-intensive studies and its future development
Pekka Manninen, Director, CSC – IT Center for Science

9:45-11:30 Early afternoon session: International research collaboration
– trends and practical experiences

9:45-10:20 5-minute pitch talks from Finland-Colorado and
Finland-Japan research collaboration projects

10:20-11:20 Panel discussion: International collaboration in data-intensive research
– opportunities and challenges from practical experience

11:20-11:30 Audience Q&A & conclusions of the discussion

11:30-13:00 Break

13:00-13:45 Afternoon session: Looking forward – how to intensify international research
collaboration through funding schemes and policies

13:00-13:30 Current and future science policy landscape
Erja Heikkinen, Director, Ministry of Education and Culture

13:30-13:45 Current funding schemes for international collaboration and their future development
Floora Ruokonen, Executive Director, Research Council of Finland

13:45-14:15 Collaboration with Finnish researchers from international perspective
– experiences and views of researchers from Colorado and Japan

13:45-14:05 Partnering up with Finnish researchers to address global challenges

Professor Keiichi Maeda, Kyoto University (13:45-13:55)

Dr. Gorden Videen, Space Science Institute, Colorado (13:55-14:05)

14:05-14:20 Video greetings from Japanese and Coloradan researchers

14:20-14:50 Steps forward – open discussion with on-site participants

14:50-15:00 Wrap-up of the day

We look forward to welcoming you to this event!