🔬 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

🚀 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

🚀 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

💻 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

🚀 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

🚀 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

📖 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...

🧠 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...

💻 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...

🔎 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...

🐧 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

🔬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

🧠 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

🚀 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

🩺 How do side branches affect blood flow in acute Type-B aortic dissections? 🔍 New 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 study shows side branches from the false lumen can raise systolic pressure & alter membrane displacement. 💻 Powered by VSC supercomputers 👉 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/how-do-...

🧩 𝚅𝚂𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 How do we make topology-optimized designs manufacturable & robust? Our new review explores methods to enhance connectivity in topology optimization — bridging theory & practice with HPC-powered insights. 📖 Read: www.vscentrum.be/post/enhanci... #Engineering #HPC

🌍🔥 Billions of children’s futures are at stake. Kids born today face unprecedented heatwaves, floods & droughts if warming hits 3.5 °C. Meeting the 1.5 °C Paris goal could protect millions. Urgent #ClimateAction is needed now! Read our latest Research Showcase: www.vscentrum.be/post/global-...

📜 From ink to insight! Ghent University & VUB researchers rescued Congo Basin climate logs (1907–1960) using human-in-the-loop AI + VSC supercomputing 💻🌍 Old handwriting, new tech, better data! 👉 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/human-i... #OCR #AI #ClimateData #HPC #VSC #DataRescue

🚀 Stay ahead with the VSC Quarterly eNewsletter! Get expert insights, HPC success stories, training invites & more – straight to your inbox. 💡 Next issue drops this month – don’t miss it! 👇 Subscribe www.vscentrum.be/subscribe #HPC #Supercomputing #VSC

🚀 Need flexible HPC resources? Check out our new demo on deploying Linux & Windows VMs on the VSC Tier-1 Cloud using Terraform! 🖥️🌐 🎥 Watch now: youtu.be/2d1kYjR4GRc 🔔 Subscribe for more: www.youtube.com/@VlaamsSuper... #HPC #CloudComputing #Terraform #VSC #Supercomputing #ResearchTech

𝚅𝚂𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 🧪 A KU Leuven team reveals how vinyl cyanide molecules behave in space! Using HPC + quantum chemistry, they computed the first PES & rate coefficients for He collisions. 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/rotatio... #Astrochemistry #HPC #QuantumChemistry

🚀 Flemish businesses: ready to innovate faster? VSC offers Tier-1 HPC, free training & expert support — plus a 4-month FREE trial worth €5,000 in VSC credits. 💡 Run AI, simulations & more — without the barriers. 👉 vscentrum.be/vsc4business #HPC #VSC4Business #AI #Innovation #FlemishIndustry

🧬 🔎 𝚅𝚂𝙲 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 New study reveals: #GeneticDiversity in wild cats 🐆 🐅 🐈‍⬛ is tied to range & density, not census size! 💡 9.5 TB of genome data across 39 species, crunched with VSC supercomputing power 💻⚡️ 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/genomic... #HPC #ConservationGenetics #Biodiversity #Felids

🧠 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 How do we generalize fear? It starts with how we perceive. New research shows that perception is dynamic & probabilistic, shaping how we transfer learned fear to new situations. 🔗 Summary: www.vscentrum.be/post/the-pro... #CognitiveScience #FearGeneralization #VSCenabledResearch

🎨🖥️ Lara Peeters (@UGent & @hpc_vsc) is featured in @insideHPC's Vanguards of HPC & AI! She fuses image analytics & art using HPC to unlock new insights in digital humanities. 👩‍💻⚡ 📖 Read more: insidehpc.com/2025/05/vang... #HPC #AI #DigitalHumanities #VSC #UGent #Supercomputing #WomenInSTEM

🔬 Research Showcase Hydrogen embrittlement threatens metal infrastructure—but new simulations reveal an inward diffusion mechanism, challenging old theories. 💡 Thanks to @VSC_HPC resources & open-source code PHIMATS, we’re rethinking hydrogen behavior! 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/hpc-sim...

🧬 Over 1,000 years of history revealed from 3,000+ burials in Sint-Truiden. Researchers from KU Leuven & global partners uncovered genetic traces of migration, ancestry & the Black Death, powered by VSC 💻 📰 Read more www.vscentrum.be/post/discove... #HPC #DNA #Paleogenomics #Supercomputing

🔭 The Einstein Telescope is coming! On June 18 in Leuven, discover how your company can contribute to this groundbreaking scientific project. From optics to AI-driven data, opportunities await! 📍 Register now 👉 www.vlaio.be/nl/events/de... #EinsteinTelescope #Innovation #FlemishTech #VLAIO

Medieval DNA meets modern supercomputing! VRT covers research revealing the first genetic evidence of the plague in Sint-Truiden. 📊 Powered by @VSC_HPC 🔗 [VRT article] www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... 🔬 [Scientific paper] genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🚀 Want to run ChatGPT-style models locally? Join our hybrid training: Deploying Large Language Models Locally 🗓️ 28 May 2025 📍 KU Leuven ICTS or online 🔗 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/deplo... #LLM #AI #HPC #Python #VSCtraining #RAG #FineTuning

🌍 New study by international scientists (via @AGU_Eos) shows: Even with sustainable land use 🌳, heat stress in vulnerable regions may persist. 🧠 Land choices cool the planet, but don’t always protect people. 🔗 Read more via @VSC_HPC: www.vscentrum.be/post/limited... #ClimateChange #LandUse

☀️ #Europe is in the grip of another brutal heatwave.🔥 #Children born in 2020 could face 6× more heatwaves in their lifetime, warns a new Nature article. 💻 Powered by VSC supercomputers, climate scientists are forecasting our future. 👉 nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01417-0 #ClimateChange #Heatwave

🚀 Learn how to build & deploy interactive dashboards with Python! 📅 14 May 2025 | 12:30–14:00 📍 ICTS KU Leuven, Classroom A 🎯 For Python users in data analysis & HPC 🔗 Register now: www.vscentrum.be/events/pytho... #Python #DataViz #Dashboards #Streamlit #VSCtraining

💧 Water in nanopores = supercharged catalysis! Researchers from UGent, KU Leuven & UAntwerp show how confined water boosts biomass conversion. 🔬 Powered by @VSC_HPC simulations 🧪 Published in Nature Catalysis 👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/the-pec... #HPC #GreenChemistry #Catalysis #Supercomputing

🚀 Want to write better C++ for scientific computing? Join our hybrid training on C++ Software Engineering! 🔧 Build with CMake, test with Catch2, use design patterns & more. 📍 KU Leuven & Online 🔗 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/c-sof... #Cplusplus #HPC #VSCtraining #SoftwareEngineering

🔬 Meet VSC at #KnowledgeForGrowth 2025 in Antwerp! 📍 Booth 80 | 📅 May 7–8 Explore how #HPC accelerates breakthroughs in biotech, pharma & more. Let’s power your research together! 💡 👉 knowledgeforgrowth.be #VSC #KFG2025 #LifeSciences #Supercomputing #Innovation

🚀 New VSC training: Intro to Globus 📍 KU Leuven | ICTS (Classroom C) 🔹 Transfer & share research data securely 🔹 Automate workflows & sync storage systems 💻 Hands-on session! 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/globu... #HPC #Globus #ResearchData #VSCtraining #KULeuven

🚀 We're hiring: HPC Support Engineer at VSC! Help researchers & companies run cutting-edge science on Flanders’ next supercomputer. 🖥️⚙️ 🔧 Linux, Python, automation 📍 VUB Brussels | 🏠 Remote-friendly 📅 Apply by May 16 → jobs.vub.be #HPC #Supercomputing #TechJobs #VSC #Linux #Python #NowHiring

🎉 Congratulations to Walter Lioen, Chair of VSC’s High-End Computing Board Flanders and Domain Manager Research Services at SURF, on being awarded 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐞-𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐮 🇳🇱 🏅 A true HPC leader with national and international impact! 👏 #HPC #RoyalHonors #VSC #SURF #holland #Netherlands

🔬 New on the VSC Research Showcase! Parasites adapt too! 🧬 Our latest study reveals how stress response genes in parasites evolve alongside their fish hosts' ecological diversity. Powered by #HPC at VSC! 🚀 👉 www.vscentrum.be/post/adaptiv... #ParasiteEvolution #Genomics #ResearchShowcase

𝚅𝚂𝙲 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚝 Want to run your AI or HPC workloads on any GPU – AMD, Intel, or NVIDIA? Join our hybrid training on OpenMP GPU Offloading and learn portable GPU acceleration! 🧠⚡ 🗓 08/05/2025 | 🕘 9–12 📍 ICTS KU Leuven + Online 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/openm... #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #VSC

🎉 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

🚀 Boost your #HPC skills! Join our 2-day hybrid training on Parallel Programming with MPI 🧠💻 📅 May 6–7, 2025 | 📍 KU Leuven & Online 🔧 Hands-on labs, full MPI-3 coverage, expert tips! 🔗 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/paral... #MPI #ParallelComputing #ScientificComputing #CProgramming #VSC

🌍 Happy #EarthDay! At VSC, we power climate and energy research with supercomputing. From extreme weather to clean energy, HPC helps shape a sustainable future. 🌱⚡ Discover how: www.vscentrum.be/blog/tags/cl... #ClimateAction #Sustainability #HPC #EarthDay2025

🚀 Boost your HPC skills! Join our hybrid training on Parallel Programming with OpenMP 🖥️🧠 Learn to write efficient multicore code in C/C++/Fortran using OpenMP 3.1 & 4.0. 🗓️ 2 half days · April 29–30 🔗 Register: www.vscentrum.be/events/paral... #OpenMP #HPC #VSCtraining #Supercomputing

💻🔬 Research Showcase Using HPC power, researchers unraveled how bulky ligands bend platinum/palladium nitrosyl complexes 🧪 🔑 Key finding: M(0)/NO⁺ bonding—not NO⁻ as expected! 💬 "VSC’s supercomputers let us reveal these unique electronic structures." 🔗 read more www.vscentrum.be/post/the-ele...

🚀 Researchers at Flemish universities, SOCs & public institutes— Need Tier-1 compute time? 💻⚡ 🗓️ Next cut-off dates: June 2 • Oct 6, 2025 Apply now 👉 www.vscentrum.be/compute No deadlines for Cloud/Data: ☁️ www.vscentrum.be/cloud 📊 www.vscentrum.be/data Questions? 🤝 www.vscentrum.be/getintouch

🧠 Writing Python code? Make it clean, tested, and ready to scale. Join our hybrid VSC training on Python Software Engineering Learn: 🔹 argparse, configparser 🔹 docstring, mkdocs 🔹 flake8, pylint 🔹 pytest, OOP & design patterns 📍 Info & registration: www.vscentrum.be/events/pytho...

🐍 Learn how to make #Python talk to your system like a pro! Join our #hybrid training on Python Systems #Programming — perfect for automation, file ops, remote commands, and more. 🗓️ Apr 23, 2025 🕘 9:00–13:00 🌍 ICTS KU Leuven & online 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/pytho...

🌍 On #WorldHealthDay, we spotlight how #HPC enables life-saving research. From virus tracking to drug discovery, VSC’s supercomputing power drives innovation in health. 💻 Explore more: www.vscentrum.be/rs #Supercomputing #VSC #HealthResearch #DataForGood