Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC)
@asc.ac.at
Formerly known as Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC)
https://asc.ac.at
• Most powerful supercomputers in Austria
• Research, education, user support
• HPC & AI training: https://events.asc.ac.at
https://asc.ac.at
• Most powerful supercomputers in Austria
• Research, education, user support
• HPC & AI training: https://events.asc.ac.at
Austria’s new flagship #supercomputer #MUSICA has enabled the training of a Large Language Model that analyzes, groups, and labels all research fields at TU Wien.
Read more about the project: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
#AI #LLM #research @tuwien.at @eurocc-austria.at
Read more about the project: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
#AI #LLM #research @tuwien.at @eurocc-austria.at
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Austria’s new flagship #supercomputer #MUSICA has enabled the training of a Large Language Model that analyzes, groups, and labels all research fields at TU Wien.
Read more about the project: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
#AI #LLM #research @tuwien.at @eurocc-austria.at
Read more about the project: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
#AI #LLM #research @tuwien.at @eurocc-austria.at
WEBINAR 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗜 (in German) tomorrow!
#AIFactory Austria AI:AT experts offer in-depth insights into the ethical principles and core requirements of Trustworthy #AI.
🗓️ 14 October 2025
➡️ Register now: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
#AIFactory Austria AI:AT experts offer in-depth insights into the ethical principles and core requirements of Trustworthy #AI.
🗓️ 14 October 2025
➡️ Register now: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
October 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
WEBINAR 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗜 (in German) tomorrow!
#AIFactory Austria AI:AT experts offer in-depth insights into the ethical principles and core requirements of Trustworthy #AI.
🗓️ 14 October 2025
➡️ Register now: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
#AIFactory Austria AI:AT experts offer in-depth insights into the ethical principles and core requirements of Trustworthy #AI.
🗓️ 14 October 2025
➡️ Register now: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
Join our #HPC & #AI training events in October! 👩💻 👨💻
• C++ software design (registration closes on 9 Oct)
• Webinars on #TrustworthyAI w/ #AIFActoryAustria
• Intro to working on the ASC clusters
• CUDA 4 dummies
• #MATLAB: AI workflows for academia & industry
events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
• C++ software design (registration closes on 9 Oct)
• Webinars on #TrustworthyAI w/ #AIFActoryAustria
• Intro to working on the ASC clusters
• CUDA 4 dummies
• #MATLAB: AI workflows for academia & industry
events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Join our #HPC & #AI training events in October! 👩💻 👨💻
• C++ software design (registration closes on 9 Oct)
• Webinars on #TrustworthyAI w/ #AIFActoryAustria
• Intro to working on the ASC clusters
• CUDA 4 dummies
• #MATLAB: AI workflows for academia & industry
events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
• C++ software design (registration closes on 9 Oct)
• Webinars on #TrustworthyAI w/ #AIFActoryAustria
• Intro to working on the ASC clusters
• CUDA 4 dummies
• #MATLAB: AI workflows for academia & industry
events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
Heard about #AIFactoryAustria AI:AT? We're working closely with the new national #AI hub & excited to invite you to its first #webinar dedicated to Trustworthy AI.
If you're interested in the topic, join tomorrow, 7 Oc 2025. Register here: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
(Webinar is in German)
If you're interested in the topic, join tomorrow, 7 Oc 2025. Register here: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
(Webinar is in German)
October 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Heard about #AIFactoryAustria AI:AT? We're working closely with the new national #AI hub & excited to invite you to its first #webinar dedicated to Trustworthy AI.
If you're interested in the topic, join tomorrow, 7 Oc 2025. Register here: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
(Webinar is in German)
If you're interested in the topic, join tomorrow, 7 Oc 2025. Register here: events.asc.ac.at/e/AI-trustwo...
(Webinar is in German)
Today at the ACO-TEC conference at @tuwien.at, #MathWorks presented a story of a successful collaboration with ASC in helping researchers accelerate simulations with #MATLAB.
Read more about how our joint workshop helped achieve progress in #quantum many-body #research
asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
Read more about how our joint workshop helped achieve progress in #quantum many-body #research
asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Today at the ACO-TEC conference at @tuwien.at, #MathWorks presented a story of a successful collaboration with ASC in helping researchers accelerate simulations with #MATLAB.
Read more about how our joint workshop helped achieve progress in #quantum many-body #research
asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
Read more about how our joint workshop helped achieve progress in #quantum many-body #research
asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
University of Innsbruck has opened Austria’s first nationwide call for early access to #QuantumComputing resources!
Application open to researchers affiliated with Austrian academic or research institutions.
System: IBEX from AQT
Deadline: 13 October 2025
Learn more: www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientifi...
Application open to researchers affiliated with Austrian academic or research institutions.
System: IBEX from AQT
Deadline: 13 October 2025
Learn more: www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientifi...
September 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
University of Innsbruck has opened Austria’s first nationwide call for early access to #QuantumComputing resources!
Application open to researchers affiliated with Austrian academic or research institutions.
System: IBEX from AQT
Deadline: 13 October 2025
Learn more: www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientifi...
Application open to researchers affiliated with Austrian academic or research institutions.
System: IBEX from AQT
Deadline: 13 October 2025
Learn more: www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientifi...
80% of glaciers in the Himalayas may melt away by 2100. With #hpc playing a vital role in glaciological & #climate #research, we're happy to have supported Leh Indian Glaciology Summer School 2025 that helped train the next generation of researchers in India. More ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
August 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
80% of glaciers in the Himalayas may melt away by 2100. With #hpc playing a vital role in glaciological & #climate #research, we're happy to have supported Leh Indian Glaciology Summer School 2025 that helped train the next generation of researchers in India. More ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
Our online #LLM training series is back!
Join the 3,5-hour intensive courses to master essentials such as #PromtEngineering #RAG and fine-tuning - powered by #HPC. See more & apply: events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
Organized with @eurocc-austria.at
Join the 3,5-hour intensive courses to master essentials such as #PromtEngineering #RAG and fine-tuning - powered by #HPC. See more & apply: events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
Organized with @eurocc-austria.at
July 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Our online #LLM training series is back!
Join the 3,5-hour intensive courses to master essentials such as #PromtEngineering #RAG and fine-tuning - powered by #HPC. See more & apply: events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
Organized with @eurocc-austria.at
Join the 3,5-hour intensive courses to master essentials such as #PromtEngineering #RAG and fine-tuning - powered by #HPC. See more & apply: events.asc.ac.at/category/4/
Organized with @eurocc-austria.at
Earlier this month we attended the kick-off meeting of the EVITA project aimed to strengthen #HPC training landscape in Europe. Read about the launch and the goals we're working toward: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@evitahpc.bsky.social
@bsc-cns.bsky.social
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
@tuwien.at
@evitahpc.bsky.social
@bsc-cns.bsky.social
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
@tuwien.at
July 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Earlier this month we attended the kick-off meeting of the EVITA project aimed to strengthen #HPC training landscape in Europe. Read about the launch and the goals we're working toward: asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@evitahpc.bsky.social
@bsc-cns.bsky.social
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
@tuwien.at
@evitahpc.bsky.social
@bsc-cns.bsky.social
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
@tuwien.at
On Friday we got delivery of 2200 disks for the new #supercomputer #MUSICA — the IBM Storage Scale System 6000 (formerly GPFS), with a 35PB of usable capacity.
Spread across 4 racks, the storage system will serve the Vienna part of MUSICA & VSC-5. The team is already busy putting it all together 💪
Spread across 4 racks, the storage system will serve the Vienna part of MUSICA & VSC-5. The team is already busy putting it all together 💪
July 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
On Friday we got delivery of 2200 disks for the new #supercomputer #MUSICA — the IBM Storage Scale System 6000 (formerly GPFS), with a 35PB of usable capacity.
Spread across 4 racks, the storage system will serve the Vienna part of MUSICA & VSC-5. The team is already busy putting it all together 💪
Spread across 4 racks, the storage system will serve the Vienna part of MUSICA & VSC-5. The team is already busy putting it all together 💪
📢 WE HAVE A NEW NAME
We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖).
The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official
statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖).
The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official
statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
July 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📢 WE HAVE A NEW NAME
We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖).
The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official
statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
We are excited to share that VSC has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗔𝗦𝗖).
The name was chosen to reflect the nationwide scope of the consortium - read the official
statement here ➡️ asc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
Join the first European NVIDIA #AI Hackathon to accelerate, optimize, and scale real-world projects leveraging the latest #HPC technologies!
Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/
Registration deadline: 5 August
#NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/
Registration deadline: 5 August
#NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
June 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Join the first European NVIDIA #AI Hackathon to accelerate, optimize, and scale real-world projects leveraging the latest #HPC technologies!
Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/
Registration deadline: 5 August
#NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
Details & registration: events.asc.ac.at/event/195/
Registration deadline: 5 August
#NVIDIA #hackathon #coding
Today, 24 June, representatives of #AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) are officially introducing the new national AIF hub and its goals - join the livestream at 09:30 (CEST)
➡️ events.streaming.at/ait-20250624
*Presentations will be given in German
➡️ events.streaming.at/ait-20250624
*Presentations will be given in German
June 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Today, 24 June, representatives of #AI Factory Austria (AI:AT) are officially introducing the new national AIF hub and its goals - join the livestream at 09:30 (CEST)
➡️ events.streaming.at/ait-20250624
*Presentations will be given in German
➡️ events.streaming.at/ait-20250624
*Presentations will be given in German
The booklet of abstracts from #ASHPC25 is online! Find the short recap of the conference with links to the slides & gallery (for registered participants) and the booklet (with public access) here: vsc.ac.at/research/con...
June 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The booklet of abstracts from #ASHPC25 is online! Find the short recap of the conference with links to the slides & gallery (for registered participants) and the booklet (with public access) here: vsc.ac.at/research/con...
The latest #top500 is out!
• El Capitan remains the most powerful system in the world
• JUPITER is now Europe’s fastest #supercomputer
• Its JEDI module tops the Green500 as the most energy-efficient
• LUMI & LEONARDO continue to lead in the global top 10
image by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
• El Capitan remains the most powerful system in the world
• JUPITER is now Europe’s fastest #supercomputer
• Its JEDI module tops the Green500 as the most energy-efficient
• LUMI & LEONARDO continue to lead in the global top 10
image by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The latest #top500 is out!
• El Capitan remains the most powerful system in the world
• JUPITER is now Europe’s fastest #supercomputer
• Its JEDI module tops the Green500 as the most energy-efficient
• LUMI & LEONARDO continue to lead in the global top 10
image by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
• El Capitan remains the most powerful system in the world
• JUPITER is now Europe’s fastest #supercomputer
• Its JEDI module tops the Green500 as the most energy-efficient
• LUMI & LEONARDO continue to lead in the global top 10
image by @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
Profiling AI #Software Bootcamp
Join us on July 10 to learn how to profile and optimize #AI workloads using #NVIDIA Nsight Systems. Dive into multi #GPU architectures, identify performance bottlenecks, and boost scalability across CPUs and GPUs.
Apply by❗June 16 events.vsc.ac.at/e/AIprofilin...
Join us on July 10 to learn how to profile and optimize #AI workloads using #NVIDIA Nsight Systems. Dive into multi #GPU architectures, identify performance bottlenecks, and boost scalability across CPUs and GPUs.
Apply by❗June 16 events.vsc.ac.at/e/AIprofilin...
June 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Profiling AI #Software Bootcamp
Join us on July 10 to learn how to profile and optimize #AI workloads using #NVIDIA Nsight Systems. Dive into multi #GPU architectures, identify performance bottlenecks, and boost scalability across CPUs and GPUs.
Apply by❗June 16 events.vsc.ac.at/e/AIprofilin...
Join us on July 10 to learn how to profile and optimize #AI workloads using #NVIDIA Nsight Systems. Dive into multi #GPU architectures, identify performance bottlenecks, and boost scalability across CPUs and GPUs.
Apply by❗June 16 events.vsc.ac.at/e/AIprofilin...
AI Factory Austria is setting up a hub in #Vienna, Austria, and hiring!
Open positions include AI experts, #ML engineers, #software developers, and more. It's a great opportunity to work in #HPC & #AI field and help shape the future of technology & innovation!
All jobs: ai-at.eu/en/jobs/
Open positions include AI experts, #ML engineers, #software developers, and more. It's a great opportunity to work in #HPC & #AI field and help shape the future of technology & innovation!
All jobs: ai-at.eu/en/jobs/
June 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
OPEN CALL FOR #HPC USERS 🇦🇹
Austrian researchers are invited to apply for access to LEONARDO #supercomputer 🇮🇹
• Call intended for projects of 50,000 - 100,000 #GPU hours
• Cut-off date: 16 June 2025
Learn more: vsc.ac.at/access/aurel...
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Austrian researchers are invited to apply for access to LEONARDO #supercomputer 🇮🇹
• Call intended for projects of 50,000 - 100,000 #GPU hours
• Cut-off date: 16 June 2025
Learn more: vsc.ac.at/access/aurel...
@cineca.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
OPEN CALL FOR #HPC USERS 🇦🇹
Austrian researchers are invited to apply for access to LEONARDO #supercomputer 🇮🇹
• Call intended for projects of 50,000 - 100,000 #GPU hours
• Cut-off date: 16 June 2025
Learn more: vsc.ac.at/access/aurel...
@cineca.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
Austrian researchers are invited to apply for access to LEONARDO #supercomputer 🇮🇹
• Call intended for projects of 50,000 - 100,000 #GPU hours
• Cut-off date: 16 June 2025
Learn more: vsc.ac.at/access/aurel...
@cineca.bsky.social @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social
Vienna-based startup Beat Shaper has developed an #AI tool that generates music from text prompts.
Trained from scratch on 500 models using the VSC-5 #supercomputer, it's based on fully licensed data & offers versatile use: vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Trained from scratch on 500 models using the VSC-5 #supercomputer, it's based on fully licensed data & offers versatile use: vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Vienna-based startup Beat Shaper has developed an #AI tool that generates music from text prompts.
Trained from scratch on 500 models using the VSC-5 #supercomputer, it's based on fully licensed data & offers versatile use: vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Trained from scratch on 500 models using the VSC-5 #supercomputer, it's based on fully licensed data & offers versatile use: vsc.ac.at/news/2025/ne...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Save the date!
Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 will take place on 7-10 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria ashpc.eu
#HPC #supercompuitng #ASHPC #ASHPC26
Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 will take place on 7-10 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria ashpc.eu
#HPC #supercompuitng #ASHPC #ASHPC26
May 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Save the date!
Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 will take place on 7-10 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria ashpc.eu
#HPC #supercompuitng #ASHPC #ASHPC26
Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 will take place on 7-10 April 2026 in Vienna, Austria ashpc.eu
#HPC #supercompuitng #ASHPC #ASHPC26
It's that time of the year again: Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting #ASHPC25 has started!
From 19 to 22 May we're in Slovenia with #HPC users and providers discussing latest projects, developments, trends, problems & solutions in #supercomputing.
ashpc.eu
From 19 to 22 May we're in Slovenia with #HPC users and providers discussing latest projects, developments, trends, problems & solutions in #supercomputing.
ashpc.eu
May 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's that time of the year again: Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting #ASHPC25 has started!
From 19 to 22 May we're in Slovenia with #HPC users and providers discussing latest projects, developments, trends, problems & solutions in #supercomputing.
ashpc.eu
From 19 to 22 May we're in Slovenia with #HPC users and providers discussing latest projects, developments, trends, problems & solutions in #supercomputing.
ashpc.eu
Join upcoming courses in #HPC, #AI & #GPU programming!
👩💻 👨💻
• Fine-tuning #LLMs on one GPU
• Fine-tuning LLMs on multi GPUs
• Multi-GPU #programming bootcamp ❗ Application deadline: 19 May
Info & registration: events.vsc.ac.at/category/4/
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
👩💻 👨💻
• Fine-tuning #LLMs on one GPU
• Fine-tuning LLMs on multi GPUs
• Multi-GPU #programming bootcamp ❗ Application deadline: 19 May
Info & registration: events.vsc.ac.at/category/4/
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Join upcoming courses in #HPC, #AI & #GPU programming!
👩💻 👨💻
• Fine-tuning #LLMs on one GPU
• Fine-tuning LLMs on multi GPUs
• Multi-GPU #programming bootcamp ❗ Application deadline: 19 May
Info & registration: events.vsc.ac.at/category/4/
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
👩💻 👨💻
• Fine-tuning #LLMs on one GPU
• Fine-tuning LLMs on multi GPUs
• Multi-GPU #programming bootcamp ❗ Application deadline: 19 May
Info & registration: events.vsc.ac.at/category/4/
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
AI-based forecasting for safer, greener shipping🚢 🌊
Greek startup AlongRoute developed an #AI model to predict wave heights in seas and oceans with high precision — powered by VSC #supercomputer. Read the news ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Greek startup AlongRoute developed an #AI model to predict wave heights in seas and oceans with high precision — powered by VSC #supercomputer. Read the news ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
AI-based forecasting for safer, greener shipping🚢 🌊
Greek startup AlongRoute developed an #AI model to predict wave heights in seas and oceans with high precision — powered by VSC #supercomputer. Read the news ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Greek startup AlongRoute developed an #AI model to predict wave heights in seas and oceans with high precision — powered by VSC #supercomputer. Read the news ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@eurocc-austria.bsky.social
Happy to report that our #MATLAB training on the Vienna Scientific Cluster helped a researcher at @univie.ac.at achieve progress in quantum many-body simulations ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@mathworks.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.bsky.social #hpc #quantum
@mathworks.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.bsky.social #hpc #quantum
April 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Happy to report that our #MATLAB training on the Vienna Scientific Cluster helped a researcher at @univie.ac.at achieve progress in quantum many-body simulations ➡️ vsc.ac.at//news/2025/n...
@mathworks.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.bsky.social #hpc #quantum
@mathworks.bsky.social @eurocc-austria.bsky.social #hpc #quantum
MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the backbone of parallel programming on #hpc clusters and supercomputers. It lets your code run across many machines at once unlocking performance gains and making huge problems solvable.
Join our beginners course on MPI in April: events.vsc.ac.at/e/MPI-2025-04
Join our beginners course on MPI in April: events.vsc.ac.at/e/MPI-2025-04
April 8, 2025 at 9:17 AM
MPI (Message Passing Interface) is the backbone of parallel programming on #hpc clusters and supercomputers. It lets your code run across many machines at once unlocking performance gains and making huge problems solvable.
Join our beginners course on MPI in April: events.vsc.ac.at/e/MPI-2025-04
Join our beginners course on MPI in April: events.vsc.ac.at/e/MPI-2025-04