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🎉 YouTube turns 20! We're celebrating by spotlighting the VSC YouTube channel – your hub for tutorials, research, and HPC insights in Flanders.
📚 Learn. 💡 Discover. 🔧 Get support.
👉 Subscribe now: youtube.com/@vschpc
#YouTubeTurns20 #HPC #Supercomputing #AI #DataScience #VSC
🧪 Join the First Symposium on Computational Chemistry in Flanders — exploring the computational design of drugs & materials!
📅 Dec 12, 2025 | 🕐 13:00–17:30 | 📍 Brussels

Organized by experts incl. Prof. Hans De Winter (UAntwerp, VSC User Committee).

🔗 Register: www.kvcv.be/en/activitei...
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
📅 Save the Date!
VSC User Day 2025 is happening on 17 Dec in Brussels 🇧🇪

This year, VSC & LUMI Belgium unite under the theme “Europe’s intelligence runs on HPC” with inspiring talks, lightning sessions & networking opportunities you won’t want to miss! ⚡🤝

🎥 Watch the invitation from Álvaro👇
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
☀️ New #ResearchShowcase:
How do solar eruptions travel from the Sun to Earth? 🌍

Using VSC supercomputing, researchers modeled magnetic energy buildup & CME propagation — improving space weather forecasts with <3 h accuracy!

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/flare-e...

#HPC #SpaceWeather #SolarPhysics
November 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
🧠 New on the VSC Connect Blog!
Lander Willem (University of Antwerp) shares his vision as the new Chair of the VSC User Committee — strengthening collaboration and shaping the future of #HPC in Flanders.

👉 Read the full story: www.vscentrum.be/post/from-us...

#Supercomputing #Research #AI
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🚀 Kickstart your HPC journey!

Join HPC Introduction @ VUB
📅 14 Nov 2025 | 09:00–15:00
📍 Campus Etterbeek, room LIC.5.14

Hands-on intro to #supercomputing with VSC, learn job submission, software modules & best practices on Hydra. No experience needed!

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/hpc-i...
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 AM
🚀 Learn how to automate your code & data workflows!
Join our GNU Make – Introduction training 👩‍💻

📅 13 Nov 2025 | 9:00–13:00
🌐 Online (via Teams)
🎓 Trainer: Mag Selwa

👉 Register now: www.vscentrum.be/events/gnu-m...

#HPC #Training #GNUmake #VSC #KULeuven #Linux #Automation
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
🧬 VLAIO Success Story: Puxano & VSC Accelerate Biotech Innovation in Flanders 🇧🇪

Ghent start-up Puxano uses AI & VSC’s HPC infrastructure to design proteins faster — driving breakthroughs in biotech with support from VLAIO.

🔗 www.vlaio.be/nl/onderneme...
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 AM
⚡ Plasma catalysis can recycle CO₂ into valuable chemicals using renewable electricity!

Researchers Björn Loenders, Roel Michiels & Annemie Bogaerts (UAntwerpen) used #VSC supercomputing to model plasma–catalyst interactions for sustainable CO₂ conversion. 🌍

👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/how-pla...
How Plasma Reaction Conditions Affect the Optimal Catalyst: A Microkinetic Study of Plasma-catalytic CO2 Splitting
Plasma catalysis offers a sustainable route to convert CO₂ into valuable chemicals using renewable electricity. Researchers used VSC’s computational resources to model plasma–catalyst interactions and...
www.vscentrum.be
October 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🖥️ New Training Alert!
Ready to dive into the world of Linux? 💡
Join our “Linux – Introduction @ KU Leuven” course, designed for researchers and VSC users who want to master the essentials of working in a Linux command-line environment.
www.vscentrum.be/events/linux...
October 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🧵 🎬 Two stories. One mission: transforming cancer diagnosis with AI & HPC.

The PIDGIN Project Hasselt University bridges oncology, pathology, biomedical science & data science to develop precise diagnostic tools for lung cancer — powered by @VlaamsSC supercomputing. 🧠

👇 Watch both stories:
October 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🔍 Steel cables are everywhere: bridges, elevators, and offshore platforms. But hidden defects = hidden risks.

Leuven start-up Raidyn uses AI + VSC HPC to make risks visible ⚡
A VLAIO success story 👇
www.vlaio.be/nl/onderneme...

#AI #HPC #Innovation #VLAIO #VSC
October 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
🔬 Researchers showed that personalized federated learning (PFL) improves predictions of disability progression in Multiple Sclerosis. Using data from 26,000+ patients, novel models like AdaptiveDualBranchNet outperformed standard FL.

👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/persona...

#AI #HPC #MultipleSclerosis
Personalized federated learning for predicting disability progression in multiple sclerosis using real-world routine clinical data
Researchers from KU Leuven and UHasselt demonstrated that personalized federated learning (PFL) can significantly improve predictions of disability progression in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Using data f...
www.vscentrum.be
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚀 The EPICURE Portal is live!
A one-stop hub for EuroHPC users to:
✅ Request support
✅ Access training & best practices
✅ Optimise applications on JU supercomputers

👉 eurohpcsupport.eu

#HPC #EuroHPC #EPICURE #Supercomputing
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🚀 We’re launching the VSC Connect Blog!
A new space to share insights on #HPC, #AI & innovation from the VSC team.

🔹 First post: Interview with Prof. dr. Geert Jan Bex, HPC analyst/consultant at Hasselt University/KU Leuven & EuroCC Belgium.

👉 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/training
October 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💻 Boost your Linux skills!
Join our Linux Scripting – Infosession (online) with hands-on training in Bash scripting, loops, variables & more.

🗓️ 07 Oct 2025 | 26 Feb 2026
⏰ 09:00–13:00 CEST

👉 Register now: www.vscentrum.be/events/linux...

#Linux #HPC #Training #VSC #KULeuven
September 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🚀 Struggling to get your research software running on a supercomputer?
Join our free VSC Training: Getting Scientific Software Installed

📅 3 Nov 2025 (Brussels + online)
📍 Hands-on sessions 6 Nov @ UGent, VUB, KU Leuven, UAntwerpen

🔗 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/getti...

#HPC #Research
September 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🚀 Exciting news!
A new Tier-2 cluster will join the KU Leuven/UHasselt environment at the end of 2025, operational in Q1 2026.

Highlights:
💻 40 thin nodes (7,680 cores)
🧠 10 large-memory nodes (1.5 TB RAM)
🎮 3 GPU nodes (8× NVIDIA B200 each)
📂 5.8 PB parallel filesystem

Info: docs.vscentrum.be
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📖 New on the VSC Research Showcase:
Dutch language models reveal how word predictability shapes reading.

🧪 Key findings:
➡️ Smaller models often outperform larger ones
➡️ Predictability follows a logarithmic effect
➡️ Dutch > multilingual models

👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/a-syste...
A systematic evaluation of Dutch large language models’ surprisal estimates in sentence, paragraph and book reading
Reading is shaped not only by word length and frequency but also by how predictable a word is in context. Using Dutch language models, researchers show that smaller models often predict reading times ...
www.vscentrum.be
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
🧠 New on the VSC 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎
🚀 A team from Ghent University developed a new computational framework combining DFT downfolding & tensor networks to model strongly correlated materials like high-T superconductors. Powered by VSC supercomputing.

🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/a-new-a...
A new approach for a quantitative description of strongly correlated materials
Researchers from Ghent University have developed a new computational method that accurately predicts the exotic properties of strongly correlated materials, such as high-temperature superconductors. B...
www.vscentrum.be
September 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
💻 New to Linux?
Join our Introduction to Linux @ KU Leuven training! 🚀

✅ Command line basics
✅ File system navigation
✅ Security & process control

📅 Multiple dates – online & hybrid
👉 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/linux...
September 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🔎 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎
How do we keep big data consistent when errors occur?
Researchers explored approximate functional dependencies (AFDs) rules that “almost hold” to detect hidden patterns in relational databases.

⚡ Enabled by VSC HPC.

👉 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/measuri...
Measuring approximate functional dependencies: a comparative study
Functional dependencies describe strong relationships in relational databases, helping ensure data consistency and integrity. When data is incomplete or contains errors, approximate functional depende...
www.vscentrum.be
August 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
🐧 Ready to dive into Linux?
Join our Introduction to Linux training @ KU Leuven!
Learn the essentials of command line, file system navigation, permissions & process control.

📅 Next session: 29 Sept (online)
👉 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/linux...

#Linux #Research #HPC #Training
August 20, 2025 at 7:25 AM
🔬𝐕𝐒𝐂 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲
The PIDGIN Project uses AI and HPC to revolutionize lung cancer diagnosis and detect tumor heterogeneity at the pixel level.

🎥 Watch the new Success Story: youtu.be/c_hJ48pYxTs?...
📌 First story (Data Entry & Retrieval): youtu.be/uyPL-TipyOY

#AI #Cancer #HPC
VSC Success Story | PIDGIN Project - Applications
YouTube video by Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum
youtu.be
August 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🧠 New on the VSC Research Showcase
How does homophily, preferring similar partners, shape criminal networks?

🔍 Study shows it:
➡️ Builds trust & stable ties
➡️ Clusters networks
➡️ Slows skill spread

💻 Powered by VSC
🔗 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/homophi...

#HPC #Criminology #ResearchShowcase
August 8, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🚀 Ready to level up your programming skills in HPC & research?

Check out VSC Training! From Python to parallel programming, our hands-on courses are perfect for beginners & pros alike.

🌐 Learn more: www.vscentrum.be/vsctraining
#HPC #Research #Supercomputing
July 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM