The 2024 ACM Europe Summer School on “HPC Computer Architectures for AI and Dedicated Applications” took place in Barcelona from the 2nd to the 6th of September 2024. Distinguished scientists in the HPC field gave lectures and tutorials addressing architecture, software and applications for HPC and AI.
On Wednesday, June 12, 2024, HPC team participated in FER's PhD Day by hosting the WORK @ FER booth. At the booth, HPC researchers presented doctoral study and employment programmes to FER's bachelor and master students, encouraging students to consider these opportunities.
Daniel Hofman, member of the HPCAARC team, was awarded "Rikard Podhorsky" award, that is given annually by the Croatian Academy of Engineering to members with significant contribution in engineering in technical and biotechnical sciences, as well as for achieving goals and contributing to the programme of the Academy. As part of the award ceremony, awarded memebrs participated in a mini conference organized by the Academy - cohesive factor of technical and biotechnical sciences and Croatian economy. The conference was held on June 3, 2024.
This year's ISC24 team was “Reinventing HPC into ISC 2024” and it was attended by more than 3,400 people in the Exhibition part, with more than 160 exhibitors at their respective booths. HPC Team went as part of the European Processor Initiative, together with colleagues from EUPEX and EUPILOT porjects, to hold the booth at the fair and participate in the Brids of Feather Session organized by all three projects.
On May 15-16, 2024, Šibenik, Croatia was the host of the 9th EUSAIR Forum – part of the EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, which was presided over by Croatia in the last months. The Forum offered a distinctive chance to explore final results of the revision of the EUSAIR, its Action Plan and governance architecture.
The Faculty of Electrical Engineering at University of Zagreb (FER) is proud to announce that it has provided a significant contribution to European sovereignty, with valuable business impacts. European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) finalized the 273-M€ procurement contract for JUPITER, the first EuroHPC exascale supercomputer granted to the consortium of Eviden and ParTec. JUPITER will be hosted at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany, where the brain of the system will be based on the brand new general-purpose Rhea processors by SiPearl that have been designed in Europe with FER being one of the key partners of SiPearl in design and verification of those processors [1].
Prof. Mario Kovač, our Director, visited the Instituto Politécnico Nacional "La Técnica al Servicio de la Patria" in Mexico City on April 9, 2024. He presented the latest research news and activities from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, including the latest project activities from our HPC research group.
EuroHPC Summit 24, a conference gathering European key stakeholders and users in the high-performance computing field, was held from March 18 to March 21, 2024, in Antwerp, Belgium.
Researchers from the HPC Architecture and Application Research Center visited the largest Slovenian institution of higher education in computer science, Faculty of Computer and Information Science at the University of Ljubljana.
We are thrilled to be at the launch event of the Chips Joint Undertaking, a groundbreaking initiative in the field of microelectronics and semiconductor technologies. In a pivotal moment for innovation, prof. dr. sc. Mario Kovač - director of the HPC Architecture and Application Research Center proudly participated in the launch event of the Chips Joint Undertaking. The event, held on 30th November - 1st December 2023 at Brussels, Belgium, brought together key stakeholders to shape the future of chip technology. The Chips Joint Undertaking is a collaborative effort aimed at bolstering Europe's position as a global leader in the semiconductor industry. It has been formed in response to the increasing demand for advanced chip technologies and the recognition of their strategic importance across various sectors. Check out the KDT JU website for details https://portal.chips-ju.europa.eu/Events/
European Processor Initiative CCO Mario Kovač presented EPI in a keynote on the #ASHPC23 – Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting on the June 15, 2023 at the Institute of Information Science in Maribor (IZUM), Slovenia https://ashpc.eu/ @eurocc_austria @VSCluster @uniinnsbruck @EuroCC_SLING @COBISSNET
Mario Kovač, Director of the HPC Architecture and Application Research Centre and Chief Communications Officer of the European Processor Initiative, delivered a course as part of HPC, Data & Architecture Week. The summer school took place from 13 to 17 March, 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Eric Monchalin, Chairman of the EPI Board, gave a lecture titled "European Sovereignty for Cloud continuum and HPC" at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing on October 11th at 10 am.
Mario Kovač, Director of the HPC Architecture and Application Research Center and Chief Communications Officer of the European Processor Initiative, held a presentation at the University of Buenos Aires on March 21, 2022.
The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched 3 new research and innovation projects . The projects aim to bring the EU and its partners closer to developing independent microprocessor and HPC technology. The European Processor Initiative ( EPI SGA2 ), The European PILOT and the European Pilot for Exascale ( EUPEX ) are interlinked projects and an important milestone towards a more autonomous European supply chain for digital technologies.
