Thanos Stratikopoulos
@stratika.bsky.social
π€ 64
π₯ 67
π 51
Research Fellow at The University of Manchester,
#TornadoVM
Team.
pinned post!
In this release,
#TornadoVM
brings more performance features and portability! β‘ Zero-copy NativeArray π§ Int8 support π¦ Cross-platform SDK π§΅ Compressed oops π§ Local-memory byte + fp16 support
github.com/beehive-lab/...
@aero-project.eu
#opensource
#AI
#Java
#GPU
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5 months ago
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AERO Project
1 day ago
TornadoVM is featured in the latest Java Pro Magazine special issue (βJava in the Age of AIβ, April 2026). πhttps://javapro.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/JAVAPRO_04-2026.pdf#page=42
@hipeac.bsky.social
@euprojectpulse.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
#horizoneurope
#opensource
#community
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
1 day ago
TornadoVM is featured in the April 2026 issue of Java Pro Magazine - βJava in the Age of AIβ! π
javapro.io/wp-content/u...
In this article,
@mikepapadim.bsky.social
shared our experiences on building
#GPU
accelerated
#LLM
inference libraries with
#TornadoVM
.
#Java
#community
#AI
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Foojay, the Friends Of OpenJDK
5 days ago
How did
@azulsystems.bsky.social
#Zulu
become part of Docker's Official Images for Java?
@frankdelporte.be
writes about the journey and its meaning for developers.
foojay.io/today/the-ro...
#Java
#Docker
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
5 days ago
Happening now! Meeting with the Quarkus team at
@devoxxgreece.bsky.social
!
#opensource
#Java
#cloud
#native
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Adam Bien
6 days ago
Java is really popular in Greece. Thank you for attending my Devoxx Greece session "Your Java Code Is Your LLM Prompt"
#java
#llm
#dvgr26
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Ready for the @quarkus
@langchain4j.dev
workshop at
@devoxxgreece.bsky.social
!
#Java
#AI
#LLM
5 days ago
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Adam Bien
8 days ago
Java action movies are easily filling cinemas π Thank you for attending my
#jcon
session, 'Livecoding: Creating Beautiful Java Code with LLM and Agents', as well as for your questions and conversations. π
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AERO Project
7 days ago
We are at
#OCX26
this week! Yesterday, Thanos Stratikopoulos from University of Manchester presented the
#opensource
practices used in
@tornadovm.org
project for resulting into a production ready software! Stay tuned for more!
@euprojectpulse.bsky.social
#opensource
#cloud
#GPU
#Java
#TornadoVM
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On my way to Brussels π§πͺ for
#OCX2026
βTornadoVM: From Academia to Open Source Successβ β¨π Tomorrow, 16:00β16:45 | π Studio 4 π
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/a...
Letβs connect if youβre there!
@tornadovm.org
#OpenSource
#Java
#TornadoVM
9 days ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Marit van Dijk
16 days ago
Use command completion (..) in
@intellijidea.com
to refactor and transform code. It offers all relevant actions to your context, so you can keep moving forward.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpp...
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Refactor and transform code with command completion
Join us: Website: https://jb.gg/website Blog: https://jb.gg/blog X: https://twitter.com/intellijidea Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/intellijidea.com LinkedIn:β¦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmppMIc9Lz4
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
15 days ago
Great to see external contributions driving real progress! Native
#GPU
support on Apple Silicon with Metal unlocked by
#TornadoVM
has enabled running Devstral 2 models directly on-device β a big step forward for performance and accessibility. This is exactly what makes
#opensource
so powerful!
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TornadoVM
20 days ago
Our
@cern.voxxeddays.ch
2026 talk is now live! We introduce TornadoVM, and show how itβs already used in the ESA
#GAIA
mission. Highlight:
#GPULlama3
, a
#GPU
accelerated
#LLM
inference in
#Java
, integrated with
@langchain4j.dev
+
#Quarkus
π
www.tornadovm.org/gpullama3
π½οΈ
youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?...
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TornadoVM: Supercharge your Java with GPU acceleration - Christos Kotselidis, Mary Xekalaki
YouTube video by Devoxx
https://youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?si=Xa-Y0L2vEAuuYv3j&t=33
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
22 days ago
Official
#Apple
Metal support just landed to
#TornadoVM
+
#CUDA
graphs π
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If you're a
#Java
developer on
#Apple
computers,
#TornadoVM
now enables native execution on Apple Silicon via Metal (MSL). Big applause to all contributors! π
#opensource
#Java
#AI
#GPUs
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22 days ago
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TornadoVM
22 days ago
TornadoVM v4.0.0 is out! β Apple Metal backend β native Apple Silicon β SIMD intrinsics for PTX β more performance β CUDA Graphs β reduced overhead β Downloads at TornadoVM β
www.tornadovm.org/downloads
Big thanks to our contributors! π
#Java
#JDK25
#JDK21
#TornadoVM
#opensource
#AI
#GPUs
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Voxxed Days CERN
29 days ago
Weβre thrilled to share that the sessions from Voxxed Days CERN 2026 have officially started shipping on the
@devoxx.com
YouTube channel! πΊ Watch the full playlist here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRsbF2sD7JVq9Y7_i6uCWlxwoEIte7S8S
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
30 days ago
ICYMI our
@cern.voxxeddays.ch
2026 talk with
@maryxek.bsky.social
on
@tornadovm.org
#Java
#GPUs
#AI
and allπ
youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?...
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TornadoVM: Supercharge your Java with GPU acceleration - Christos Kotselidis, Mary Xekalaki
YouTube video by Devoxx
https://youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?is=9fkzvzE9RwGA4XPR
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
about 1 month ago
Weβre excited to see TornadoVM featured at OCX 2026. Thanos Stratikopoulos will share how TornadoVM evolved from academic research into an open source success story. π 16:00-16:45 π Studio 4
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/a...
#OCX2026
#TornadoVM
#opensource
#Java
#HPC
#research
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 1 month ago
Join Thanos Stratikopoulos (
@stratika.bsky.social
) at
#OCX26
to learn more about
#TornadoVM
and how an
#opensource
#Java
technology is evolved from academic research into open source impact. πΉ
youtube.com/watch?si=OLK...
π
ocxconf.org/event/2026/a...
#horizoneurope
@hipeac.bsky.social
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This is a very useful tool for TornadoVM developers working on optimizing Java applications for GPUs. GitHub π
github.com/beehive-lab/...
Preprint π
zenodo.org/records/1895...
#opensource
#TornadoVM
#Java
#GPU
#ICPE2026
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about 2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
The University of Manchester
about 2 months ago
Spring is spring-ing on campus! ππ Thanks to our Instagram follower artist.amaan for capturing the Beyer Building in all its glory! Have great weekends!
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
about 2 months ago
The latest version of
#LangChain4J
supports our latest
#GPULlama3
version 0.4.0 for native GPU acceleration of
#Java
25 AI Inference!
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months ago
Wonderful news from our partners from
@manchester.ac.uk
! They will present a poster regarding
#TornadoVM
and how it enables the development of
#AI
libraries in
#Java
targeting NVIDIA
#GPUs
! βΏ
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
#horizoneurope
@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
about 2 months ago
Join Mary and Michalis at
#NVIDIA
#GTC
to discover how to achieve GPU accelerated Inference for
#Java
enterprise!
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Interested in running AI workloads on NVIDIA GPUs from Java? My colleagues from the TornadoVM team will be at NVIDIA GTC (Mar 16β19, San Jose). π
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#AI
#TornadoVM
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about 2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months ago
Final day of our 5th plenary meeting in Paris! Itβs been a great couple of days filled with insightful discussions and strong team spirit. Big thank you to SIPEARL for hosting us.π«π· Safe travels to everyone! π· Hereβs our group photo to close the meeting.
#horizoneurope
#opensource
#cloud
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Iβm excited to announce that Iβve been selected as a speaker for the Open Community for Research at
#OCX26
! π€ Open collaboration is helping narrow the gap between research and real-world adoption. Join me in Brussels from 21β23 April 2026:
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/r...
#OCX
#opensource
#community
about 2 months ago
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Great to see the collaboration moving forward in the
@aero-project.eu
- and proud to represent the University of Manchester and the
@tornadovm.org
team. Looking forward to productive discussions over the coming days.
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about 2 months ago
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Voxxed Days CERN
3 months ago
@maryxek.bsky.social
and
@kotselidis.net
showing us the magic of TornadoVM, bringing Java to the GPU! π€© Live at the Globe stage!
#VDC26
#voxxeddays
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Cristian Schuszter
3 months ago
Java + TornadoVM, but in space ππ!
#VDC26
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TornadoVM v3.0.0 is out! What a milestone! This release brings: β JDK 25 (25.0.2) compatibility β Continued JDK 21 (LTS) support New SDKs are now available via SDKMAN! & the
#TornadoVM
downloads page. Great teamwork from the community π
#Java
#JDK25
#opensource
#Java
#AI
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2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
2 months ago
π¬ New video out! AERO is optimising cloud software (compilers, runtimes, system software, orchestration & serverless) to ease migration of existing workloads to emerging EU processors from the EPI (#Rhea-class). βΆοΈ Watch:
youtu.be/O4TlQumv8iU?...
@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
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YouTube video by AERO Project
https://youtu.be/O4TlQumv8iU?si=iN2RKSdrMZf2Rh9i
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TornadoVM
3 months ago
Our
#TornadoVM
talk from Thanos Stratikopoulos (
@stratika.bsky.social
) at
#VoxxedDaysTicino
#VDT26
is now live on YouTube! π
youtu.be/2peFTUktkuY?...
1. From
#Java
to
#GPUs
without writing GPU code. 2. TornadoVM SDK installation via SDKMAN! 3. Featuring
#GPULlama3.java
+ live
#IntelliJ
IDE demo.
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Write Once, Accelerate Everywhere: GPU-Ready Java with TornadoVM by Thanos Stratikopoulos
YouTube video by Devoxx
https://youtu.be/2peFTUktkuY?si=N_qiqHHYPJ7hXfA8
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Last week at
#VoxxedDaysTicino
, I presented our work on
@tornadovm.org
. Great conversations, inspiring people - and the chance to admire Luganoπ¨π Big thanks to the organizers, and a special shout-out for the tour of the
#Alps
Supercomputer
@cscsch.bsky.social
π
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#AI
3 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
3 months ago
π Java meets GPU acceleration - see you on the road! Over the next two months, our team will be sharing how our
#opensource
#Java
technologies unlock
#GPU
acceleration for Java
#AI
at conferences across Europe and beyond. Come chat with us, attend our talks and dive into the future of Java + GPUs.
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
IntelliJ IDEA, a JetBrains IDE
3 months ago
Who is IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 for?
#Java
developers.
@kotlinlang.org
developers. Anyone working across the JVM ecosystem. π March 26β27, 2026 π Sign up now:
jb.gg/t06fej
#IntelliJIDEAConf
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IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 | March 26-27, 2026
We invite you to join us for IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 and gain insights from industry leaders and experts.
https://jb.gg/5vx31c
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
3 months ago
Check out this
#TornadoVM
webinar given by Thanos Stratikopoulos last week, explaining how TornadoVM is used in our project to accelerate Java algorithms for the analysis of space data from the
#GAIAMission
. Well worth a watch if youβre interested in
#Java
,
#GPU
& scientific computing.
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In this
@adoptium.net
webinar, we showed how
#TornadoVM
runs seamlessly with Eclipse Temurin JDK 21, enabling the offloading of
#Java
compute-intensive workloads (e.g.
#LLM
inference) to
#GPUs
- without writing low-level GPU code. π
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyh...
@aero-project.eu
#opensource
#AI
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Adoptium Webinar GPU Accelerated Java with TornadoVM and Temurin JDK 21
YouTube video by Eclipse Adoptium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyhviGHX6Q
3 months ago
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New Blog Post How to configure TornadoInsight v1.4.2 and use it with TornadoVM SDK v2.0+ β Setup steps β Runtime + performance insights β Tested on Linux/macOS/Windows π
www.tornadovm.org/post/tornado...
#opensource
#TornadoVM
#Java
#GPU
@intellijidea.com
@aero-project.eu
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TornadoInsight - Compatibility with TornadoVM SDK 2.0+ & Configuration Guide
This blog updates the previously published TornadoInsight configuration guidelines and explains how to configure the required environment variable to ensure that TornadoInsight correctly detects the T...
https://www.tornadovm.org/post/tornadoinsight-compatibility-with-tornadovm-sdk-2-0-configuration-guide
4 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
4 months ago
π Seasonβs greetings from TornadoVM! Thank you to our contributors and community for another year of collaboration - and for helping us reach 10k commits along the way. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year β¨
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Christos Kotselidis
4 months ago
Running
#AI
workloads in
#Java
is now easier than ever! Checkout out
#TornadoVM
on
#SDKMAN
! and start running GPU-powered Inference in Java today!
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New blog post: TornadoVM SDK Quick Start (2.0+) Learn: β’ How to install TornadoVM SDK on Linux, macOS & Windows β’ How to run tornado --devices β’ How to use TornadoVM with Maven π
www.tornadovm.org/post/getting...
#opensource
#Java
#TornadoVM
#GPUs
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Getting Started with TornadoVM 2.0 for Accelerating Java Applications
Starting with TornadoVM 2.0, installing and using TornadoVM is easier than ever. The project now provides prebuilt SDKs for multiple operating systems, architectures, and accelerator backends, and is ...
https://www.tornadovm.org/post/getting-started-with-tornadovm-2-0-for-accelerating-java-applications
4 months ago
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My talk at
#OCX2026
is accepted! Iβll share the journey of
@tornadovm.org
- from PhD research to a production-ready
#OpenSource
framework enabling
#GPU
acceleration and
#AI
in
#Java
, with impact in
#EUResearch
and
@aero-project.eu
.
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/
#horizoneurope
#UKRI
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OCX 2026
https://www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/
5 months ago
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AERO Project
5 months ago
The new
#GPULlama3.java
release showcases results from our EU-funded project, integrating
@quarkus.io
+
@tornadovm.org
to enable
#GPU-accelerated
#LLM
inference in
#Java
! π
gpullama3.dev
π
github.com/beehive-lab/...
#horizoneurope
#opensource
#AI
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New release of
#GPULlama3.java
v0.3.0 π Faster NVIDIA inference & pure Java GPU demo (
@quarkus.io
+
@langchain4j.dev
, no native dependencies). Learn more:
gpullama3.dev
GitHub:
github.com/beehive-lab/...
A great achievement from our team!
#opensource
#Java
#AI
#LLM
#GPU
#TornadoVM
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5 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
5 months ago
Congratulations to the
#TornadoVM
team for this major release! We are looking forward to trying it in our project π» πhttps://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/tag/v2.0.0 @hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#EPI
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
The University of Manchester
5 months ago
Incredibly proud of our research community π Ten academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as some of the world's most influential, according to rankings released by Clarivate - from social sciences, to clinical medicine, to astronomy!
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
5 months ago
Another major release for
#TornadoVM
focused on developer productivity for
#AI
execution in
#Java
Congratulations to the whole team!
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TornadoVM
5 months ago
Docker images now available for TornadoVM v2.0.0! See here how to run: πhttps://github.com/beehive-lab/docker-tornadovm These images support
#NVIDIA
#GPUs
or
#Intel
#GPUs
, making it easier than ever to get started with heterogeneous computing using
#TornadoVM
.
#containers
#Java
#acceleration
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
In this release,
#TornadoVM
brings more performance features and portability! β‘ Zero-copy NativeArray π§ Int8 support π¦ Cross-platform SDK π§΅ Compressed oops π§ Local-memory byte + fp16 support
github.com/beehive-lab/...
@aero-project.eu
#opensource
#AI
#Java
#GPU
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5 months ago
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