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17.3.2023Call for Grand Challenge projects in LUMI for Finnish researchers now open
The call for Grand Challenge Projects to be run in LUMI is now open. The… -
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9.3.2023LUMI data center receives the Green Data Centre of the Year award
The LUMI data center has been recognized in the 2023 Data Centre World Awards… -
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6.3.2023Call for resources open for Belgian researchers
LUMI’s Belgian national track to get access to LUMI is now open! The next… -
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1.3.2023Experiences of Czech scientists pilot testing the GPU partition of LUMI
The world’s third most powerful supercomputer and Europe’s number one is fully operational. The… -
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17.2.2023Workshop collaboration with TREX CoE
The workshop ”Targeting chemical accuracy with quantum Monte Carlo on LUMI” was jointly… -
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15.2.2023Award for LUMI at the HPCwire Superlative Awards 2023
LUMI was awarded at the HPCwire Superlative Awards 2023 in the category for Favourite… -
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14.2.2023LUMI user coffee breaks
The LUMI User Support team is organizing a virtual coffee break for the users… -
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8.2.2023Call for resources open for Czech researchers
If you are a researcher affiliated with academic or research institute in Czechia, you… -
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1.2.2023LUMI is officially here!
The second pilot phase of LUMI, using the system’s GPU capacity, is complete, system’s… -
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25.1.2023Call for resources open for Norwegian researchers
Sigma2 has announced a new call for national HPC resources, including the Norwegian… -
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19.1.2023Continuous Benchmark & Development Access Call open
Researchers from academia, research institutes, public authorities, and industry established or located in an… -
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17.1.2023Successful pilot phase for Norwegian LUMI projects
Norwegian researchers have just completed the GPU pilot phase of the LUMI supercomputer,… -
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11.1.2023HyperQueue facilitates better utilization of LUMI’s computational resources
Development is moving forward inevitably, and supercomputers that ruled the Top500 list ten years… -
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10.1.2023Call for resources open for Danish researchers
DeiC has announced a new call for national HPC resources, including the Danish part… -
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9.1.2023More Finnish LUMI projects chosen: advancing speech model for Finnish, advancing cosmic string studies
The second batch of Finnish research projects to utilize LUMI, Europe’s fastest supercomputer, have… -
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3.1.2023Global advantage through high-performance quantum computing
Quantum computers have the potential to provide a game-changing boost for science. For maximum… -
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19.12.2022Extended beta testing starts on LUMI-G
An extended beta testing period starts on the GPU partition (LUMI-G) today, 19 December 2022. -
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30.11.2022Now language models will be trained in European languages on one of the world’s largest text collections
Translation services such as Google Translate and Apple’s virtual assistant Siri are technologies many… -
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25.11.2022A successful SC22 week for LUMI
The first full-scale Supercomputing conference after the Covid-19 pandemic took place in Dallas, Texas,… -
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16.11.2022LUMI’s second pilot phase in full swing
The second pilot phase projects of LUMI, running on the system’s GPU partition, are… -
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15.11.2022LUMI Receives Honors in 2022 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
20th Annual HPCwire Awards Presented to Leaders in the Global HPC Community LUMI has… -
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14.11.2022LUMI again among the fastest and greenest supercomputers in the world
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s LUMI supercomputer reached the third spot on the new Top500 list… -
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7.11.2022Call for resources open for Czech researchers
If you are a researcher affiliated with academic or research institute in Czechia, you can… -
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3.11.2022Cross-border collaboration on high-performance computing
Year 2022 marks the 10-year anniversary for NeIC. To celebrate this milestone, NeIC… -
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1.11.2022Finland opens quantum computer for research purposes – the fusion of quantum computing and supercomputing enables completely new science
VTT’s quantum computer HELMI (“Pearl”) has been connected with the pan-European supercomputer LUMI (“Snow”), hosted… -
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17.10.2022LUMI selected as a platform for Destination Earth’s Climate Change Adaptation Digital Twin
CSC – IT Center for Science will lead an international partnership to deliver the… -
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4.10.2022Czechia will host the European LUMI-Q quantum computer
The European Joint Undertaking EuroHPC has selected sites to host new European quantum computers. -
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28.9.2022Call for resources open for European researchers
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) launched a call to access its… -
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28.9.2022Call for resources open for Belgian researchers
LUMI’s Belgian national track to get access to LUMI is now open. The next cut-off… -
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26.9.2022Call for resources open for Finnish researchers
The second Finnish call for proposals for LUMI Extreme Scale Access projects is open. The… -
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15.9.2022Call for resources open for Swedish researchers
Calls for LUMI Sweden allocations are issued annually by SNIC. The LUMI Sweden Fall… -
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19.8.2022Towards safer navigation and fully automated vessels with AI technologies
Groke Technologies is a Finnish company that focuses on developing intelligent methods for autonomous… -
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9.8.2022Call for resources open for Polish researchers
The competition for access to LUMI resources for Polish researchers is open until 5 September… -
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19.7.2022First Finnish LUMI projects chosen: advancing cancer research, developing digital twins of the Earth, and more
The first Finnish research projects to utilize LUMI have been chosen. The projects will research,… -
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23.6.2022LUMI User Support Team coffee break
The LUMI User Support Team is organizing a coffee break on Wednesday 29 June at… -
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22.6.2022Report from the LUMI Inauguration
This article was originally published on the SDU eScience Center’s website. On the 13th… -
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13.6.2022LUMI, Europe’s most powerful supercomputer, is solving global challenges and promoting a green transformation
LUMI is the first pre-exascale supercomputer of the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and is now… -
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10.6.2022LUMI Inauguration on 13 June
LUMI Inauguration on 13 June 2022 EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s first pre-exascale supercomputer, LUMI, was inaugurated… -
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10.6.2022Experience LUMI virtually
Welcome to experience LUMI virtually! In this virtual visit, you can walk around the… -
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31.5.2022LUMI one of the greenest supercomputers in the world
LUMI supercomputer reached the third spot on the new Green500 list which ranks supercomputers… -
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30.5.2022LUMI ranked third on Top500 list of world’s fastest supercomputers – the fastest supercomputer in Europe
EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s LUMI supercomputer reached the third spot on the latest Top500… -
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23.5.2022Language technology is essential for the survival of small languages – researchers using supercomputers to develop Finnish language models
Assistant Professors Sampo Pyysalo and Filip Ginter from the University of Turku’s Department of Information… -
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20.5.2022Award for LUMI at the Electrical Review and Data Centre Review Excellence Awards 2022
CSC’s LUMI EuroHPC data center project won the Innovative… -
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16.5.2022How did LUMI end up in Finland?
LUMI supercomputer’s second installation phase is currently ongoing at CSC’s data center in Kajaani,… -
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14.4.2022At the racing track of quantum computers
In a sense, quantum computers are already much more powerful than traditional supercomputers. In… -
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7.4.2022LUMI GPU early access platform available
As of today, we are making the LUMI GPU early access platform (EAP) available to… -
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5.4.2022Call for resources open for Belgian researchers
The first call for the Belgian allocation of the LUMI compute time is open till… -
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1.4.2022Solving intricate research challenges with LUMI
The goal of the EU Commission and Member States’ EuroHPC Joint Undertaking is to… -
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29.3.2022LUMI pilots: modelling weather and space environment
When fully operational, the LUMI supercomputer with a computing power of 552 petaflops will be… -
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28.3.2022EuroHPC Summit Week 2022 video recap
For many, the EuroHPC Summit Week 2022 in Paris was the first face-to-face conference after… -
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16.3.2022Call for resources open for Czech researchers
If you are a researcher affiliated with academic or research institute in Czech Republic, you… -
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14.3.2022LUMI pilots: High-fidelity turbulence
Researchers Philipp Schlatter, Fermin Mallor, Daniele Massaro, Adam Peplinski, Timofey Mukha and Ronith Stanly from… -
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8.3.2022LUMI pilots: Physics of galaxy collisions
Dr. Oscar Agertz from the Lund Observatory, Sweden, was one of LUMI’s pilot users in… -
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2.3.2022Call for resources open for Danish researchers
If you are a researcher or PhD student at a Danish university, you can now… -
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28.2.2022Second pilot phase projects selected
The projects for the second pilot phase of LUMI have been selected and the pilot… -
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15.2.2022Access to LUMI-C open via continuous calls
Access to LUMI-C is now open, and EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) offers continuous calls to… -
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15.2.2022LUMI-C resources for Danish researchers
Danish researchers can now apply for CPU resources on LUMI-C through DeiC. Six (6) projects… -
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14.2.2022Open call for help with porting software to LUMI-G and AMD GPUs
Apply for help to port your software to LUMI-G with AMD GPUs! You can apply… -
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11.2.2022Successful LUMI access for the climate community in EOSC-Nordic
This article was originally published on the EOSC-Nordic website EOSC-Nordic does calculations on the… -
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9.2.2022Continuous LUMI-C calls open for Finnish researchers
Academic users affiliated with a Finnish university, higher education or research institute may apply for… -
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7.2.2022EasyBuild – LUMI’s primary software installation tool introduced
LUMI was part of the 7th EasyBuild User Meeting, arranged online on 24-28 January… -
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28.1.2022LUMI’s first pilot phase successfully concluded
LUMI’s first pilot phase was concluded by the end of 2021. 30 projects from… -
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21.1.2022Explore port paths to LUMI
EuroCC National Competence Center Sweden (ENCCS) has created a not-your-average code porting guide to… -
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14.12.2021PRACE Autumn School familiarised international students and postdoctoral researchers with modern GPU-accelerated supercomputers
Autumn School participants on their visit to the LUMI data center. Image: Fredrik Robertsén,… -
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9.12.2021LUMI receives honors in global DCD Awards 2021
LUMI has received honors in the global DCD Awards presented in London on 8… -
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3.12.2021Materials from the SYCL workshop
EuroCC National Competence Center Sweden (ENCCS) held its first workshop on heterogeneous programming with… -
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25.11.2021Offloading code with compiler directives
In our last blog we discussed how to convert CUDA applications to HIP. -
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22.11.2021LUMI’s full system architecture revealed
We are excited to reveal the full specs of LUMI now after AMD… -
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18.11.2021LUMI-C ranked on several benchmark lists
The first installation phase of EuroHPC Joint Undertaking’s LUMI supercomputer, the CPU partition called LUMI-C,… -
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16.11.2021LUMI receives honors in 2021 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
19th Annual HPCwire Awards Given to Leaders in the Global HPC Community… -
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15.11.2021LUMI at SC21!
The SC21 conference is here, and LUMI is excited to be part of the conference!… -
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15.11.2021Destination Earth and digital twins – a European opportunity for HPC
Heatwaves, deadly floods, and wildfires are some examples of extreme weather climate change is affecting. -
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11.11.2021Access to LUMI-C is now open via EuroHPC
The first call for proposals for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) regular access mode… -
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29.10.2021Swedish HPC Business Day
In the beginning of this month, on the 5th of October, EuroCC National Competence Center… -
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21.10.2021Danish project will explore the boundaries of quantum chemistry with LUMI
This article was originally published on DeiC website One of the very first projects… -
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4.10.2021From future wheat to speech recognition, HPC continues to enable innovations across a wide range of sectors
Facilitating and enhancing access of industrial actors to large-scale, high-performance computational (HPC) resources is one… -
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29.9.2021Finnish LUMI Extreme Scale Access call open
The first Finnish call for proposals for LUMI Extreme Scale Access projects has been extended… -
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28.9.2021LUMI User Support Team offers comprehensive support
The LUMI User Support Team (LUST) has launched web pages to provide comprehensive support… -
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15.9.2021LUMI nominated in HPCwire’s Readers’ Choice Awards – vote now!
The annual HPCwire Readers’ Choice Awards are here again. These awards recognize the most… -
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3.9.2021The first phase of LUMI has been installed
Despite the challenging times in the world, the LUMI system deployment has progressed mostly as… -
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1.6.2021LUMI pilot projects selected
The projects for the first pilot phase of LUMI have been selected and the pilots… -
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4.5.2021Deep dive into the building of the LUMI data center
The data center for LUMI at Renforsin Ranta business park in Kajaani, Finland, has undergone… -
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15.4.2021Preparing codes for LUMI: converting CUDA applications to HIP
Image: Adobe Stock In the first blog post “May we introduce:… -
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25.3.2021Getting familiar with LUMI: roadshows and kick-off events throughout Europe
To prepare LUMI’s potential future users for the new supercomputer, the LUMI consortium countries have… -
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10.3.2021HPC continues to be a demonstrated enabler of innovation across a wide range of sectors, can drive significant returns on investments
Did you know that up to 20% of LUMI’s computing resources are available for… -
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1.2.2021LUMI pilot user projects
The pan-European flagship supercomputer LUMI will be opened for customer use in two phases: In… -
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25.1.2021Making of LUMI data center
We are all patiently waiting for LUMI to start operations in 2021! See how… -
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16.12.2020Exploring machine learning frameworks for cloud and supercomputing
In the first blog post of this series we discussed the need for combining… -
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10.12.2020Combined machine learning framework for supercomputing
In our previous blog post we discussed the need for combining modern cloud-based machine… -
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17.11.2020Modern machine learning with supercomputers
What does it take to provide the most powerful AI system possible? For us working… -
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3.11.2020May we introduce: LUMI
This blog post will give a general introduction to the LUMI system, the software system,… -
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28.10.2020High-Performance Quantum Computing — The Convergence Forthcoming
Last week saw a much-anticipated announcement, the specs for the LUMI supercomputer: LUMI will be… -
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21.10.2020One of the world’s mightiest supercomputers, LUMI, will lift European research and competitiveness to a new level and promotes green transition
One of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, LUMI, will start its operations in… -
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20.10.2020LUMI press conference live stream
We welcome you to follow the online LUMI press conference held on Wednesday, October 21st,… -
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9.10.2020LUMI data center will be powered with hydroelectricity supplied by Vattenfall
Vattenfall and CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd have concluded an agreement on the… -
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9.7.2020Scientist: Software development is the foundation of supercomputer success
The supercomputer LUMI can help lift research to a higher level, but it requires a… -
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25.6.2020Iceland joined the LUMI consortium
We are very pleased to announce that the LUMI Strategic Committee has approved Iceland as… -
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29.5.2020The aftermath of the LUMI end user webinar
Over 250 participants joined the LUMI end user webinar on 19 May 2020. The… -
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20.5.2020The waste energy of LUMI supercomputer produces 20 percent of the district heat of the city of Kajaani
The waste heat from the data center to be built for the LUMI supercomputer in… -
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6.5.2020LUMI provides new opportunities for artificial intelligence research
The supercomputer LUMI is scheduled to begin its operation at CSC’s data center in Kajaani,… -
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19.4.2020Get ready: LUMI supercomputer will be here next year!
The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) is pooling European resources to develop… -
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4.4.2020LUMI brings new possibilities for social sciences
When talking about computational sciences, we often think of mathematics, statistics, physics and chemistry. However,… -
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26.11.2019CSC signed the Hosting Agreement with EuroHPC
European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking, EuroHPC JU, and CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd… -
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7.6.2019One of the most competitive supercomputers in the world to be placed in Kajaani, Finland
CSC data center in Kajaani will host a pan-European high-performance supercomputer. The machine will be…