Thanos Stratikopoulos
@stratika.bsky.social
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Research Fellow at The University of Manchester,
#TornadoVM
Team.
pinned post!
In this release,
#TornadoVM
brings more performance features and portability! โก Zero-copy NativeArray ๐ง Int8 support ๐ฆ Cross-platform SDK ๐งต Compressed oops ๐ง Local-memory byte + fp16 support
github.com/beehive-lab/...
@aero-project.eu
#opensource
#AI
#Java
#GPU
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7 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
2 days ago
Final month of
#AERO
- and we're not slowing down! Run GPU-accelerated LLMs in pure Java from a
@quarkus.io
#Langchain4j
apps. No Python. No CUDA. Just
#Java
with
@tornadovm.org
. A collab between
@manchester.ac.uk
& Red Hat! ๐
aero-project.eu/posts/runnin...
#Java
#LLM
#AI
#LLM
#GPU
#opensource
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Last week I was in Sofia for
@jprimeconf.bsky.social
! I presented our latest work on
@tornadovm.org
and
#GPULlama3
for seamless
#GPU
acceleration of local
#AI
inference with
@quarkus.io
and
@langchain4j.dev
. Thanks to organizers, speakers, attendees & photographers for a great event.
#opensource
7 days ago
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A well presented overview on getting faster startup, warmup, memory footprint in
#Java
along with a comparison of all existing solutions delivered by
@hansolo.eu
at
#jprime2026
16 days ago
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Really interesting talk at
#jPrime2026
from
@kevindubois.com
on
@quarkus.io
@langchain4j.dev
and how to create
#AI
infused applications. I have kept a special note on dynamic model selection and non-AI agents for more deterministic tasks.
#Java
#AI
16 days ago
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Great start in
#jPrime2026
, featuring a playful way of learning modern
#Java
by
@piotrprz.bsky.social
and
@maritvandijk.bsky.social
!
16 days ago
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Excited to attend
#jPrime2026
in Sofia this week! Looking forward to sharing our work on
#GPULlama3
,
@tornadovm.org
and their integration with
@quarkus.io
@langchain4j.dev
. Join me on Thursday (4/6) at 14:05, in Hall A:
jprime.io/agenda/275
#jPrime26
#Java
#GPUs
#AI
#TornadoVM
17 days ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months ago
This week, Mary Xekalaki
@maryxek.bsky.social
presents the latest work at
#ICPE2026
! โPulse: A Profiling & Visualization Infrastructure for Heterogeneous Managed Systemsโ ๐ Thu, May 7 ๐ 14:40โ15:00 ๐
github.com/beehive-lab/...
๐
zenodo.org/records/1895...
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#TornadoVM
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TornadoVM team at
@devoxxgreece.bsky.social
Great discussions, insightful sessions, and a fantastic community pushing the boundaries of high-performance
#Java
and
#GPUs
. ๐ธ Photo credit:
@ddoutsiopoulos.bsky.social
about 2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
about 2 months ago
Last week we gave two presentations at
#OCX26
and
@devoxxgreece.bsky.social
- and the recordings are now available, scan the QR code! From open-source evolution to running LLMs on GPUs directly from Java - thereโs a lot to explore. Stay tuned for more!
#opensource
#Java
#TornadoVM
#AI
#LLM
#GPUs
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months ago
Great to see this work from the TornadoVM team! As part of the AERO project, weโre excited to support open-source innovation that pushes the boundaries of running local LLMs on GPUs directly from
#Java
.
@euprojectpulse.bsky.social
@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
#opensource
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months ago
TornadoVM is featured in the latest Java Pro Magazine special issue (โJava in the Age of AIโ, April 2026). ๐https://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
about 2 months ago
TornadoVM is featured in the April 2026 issue of Java Pro Magazine - โJava in the Age of AIโ! ๐
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
about 2 months 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
about 2 months ago
Happening now! Meeting with the Quarkus team at
@devoxxgreece.bsky.social
!
#opensource
#Java
#cloud
#native
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Adam Bien
about 2 months 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
about 2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Adam Bien
about 2 months ago
Java action movies are easily filling cinemas ๐ Thank you for attending my
#jcon
session, 'Livecoding: Creating Beautiful Java Code with LLM and Agents', as well as for your questions and conversations. ๐
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
about 2 months 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 ๐ง๐ช for
#OCX2026
โTornadoVM: From Academia to Open Source Successโ โจ๐ Tomorrow, 16:00โ16:45 | ๐ Studio 4 ๐
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/a...
Letโs connect if youโre there!
@tornadovm.org
#OpenSource
#Java
#TornadoVM
about 2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Marit van Dijk
2 months 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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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:โฆ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmppMIc9Lz4
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
2 months 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 โ a big step forward for performance and accessibility. This is exactly what makes
#opensource
so powerful!
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
2 months ago
Our
@cern.voxxeddays.ch
2026 talk is now live! We introduce TornadoVM, and show how itโs already used in the ESA
#GAIA
mission. Highlight:
#GPULlama3
, a
#GPU
accelerated
#LLM
inference in
#Java
, integrated with
@langchain4j.dev
+
#Quarkus
๐
www.tornadovm.org/gpullama3
๐ฝ๏ธ
youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?...
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YouTube video by Devoxx
https://youtu.be/oRVtTEbtt_Y?si=Xa-Y0L2vEAuuYv3j&t=33
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
2 months ago
Official
#Apple
Metal support just landed to
#TornadoVM
+
#CUDA
graphs ๐
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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! ๐
#opensource
#Java
#AI
#GPUs
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2 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
2 months ago
TornadoVM v4.0.0 is out! โ Apple Metal backend โ native Apple Silicon โ SIMD intrinsics for PTX โ more performance โ CUDA Graphs โ reduced overhead โ Downloads at TornadoVM โ
www.tornadovm.org/downloads
Big thanks to our contributors! ๐
#Java
#JDK25
#JDK21
#TornadoVM
#opensource
#AI
#GPUs
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Voxxed Days CERN
3 months ago
Weโre thrilled to share that the sessions from Voxxed Days CERN 2026 have officially started shipping on the
@devoxx.com
YouTube channel! ๐บ Watch the full playlist here:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
3 months ago
ICYMI our
@cern.voxxeddays.ch
2026 talk with
@maryxek.bsky.social
on
@tornadovm.org
#Java
#GPUs
#AI
and all๐
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
3 months ago
Weโre excited to see TornadoVM featured at OCX 2026. Thanos Stratikopoulos will share how TornadoVM evolved from academic research into an open source success story. ๐ 16:00-16:45 ๐ Studio 4
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/a...
#OCX2026
#TornadoVM
#opensource
#Java
#HPC
#research
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
3 months 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. ๐น
youtube.com/watch?si=OLK...
๐
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 ๐
github.com/beehive-lab/...
Preprint ๐
zenodo.org/records/1895...
#opensource
#TornadoVM
#Java
#GPU
#ICPE2026
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3 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
The University of Manchester
3 months ago
Spring is spring-ing on campus! ๐๐ 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
4 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
3 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
! โฟ
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
#horizoneurope
@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Christos Kotselidis
3 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 16โ19, San Jose). ๐
www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#AI
#TornadoVM
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3 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
4 months ago
Final day of our 5th plenary meeting in Paris! Itโs been a great couple of days filled with insightful discussions and strong team spirit. Big thank you to SIPEARL for hosting us.๐ซ๐ท Safe travels to everyone! ๐ท Hereโs our group photo to close the meeting.
#horizoneurope
#opensource
#cloud
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Iโm excited to announce that Iโve been selected as a speaker for the Open Community for Research at
#OCX26
! ๐ค Open collaboration is helping narrow the gap between research and real-world adoption. Join me in Brussels from 21โ23 April 2026:
www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/r...
#OCX
#opensource
#community
4 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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4 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Voxxed Days CERN
4 months ago
@maryxek.bsky.social
and
@kotselidis.net
showing us the magic of TornadoVM, bringing Java to the GPU! ๐คฉ Live at the Globe stage!
#VDC26
#voxxeddays
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
Cristian Schuszter
4 months ago
Java + TornadoVM, but in space ๐๐!
#VDC26
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TornadoVM v3.0.0 is out! What a milestone! This release brings: โ JDK 25 (25.0.2) compatibility โ Continued JDK 21 (LTS) support New SDKs are now available via SDKMAN! & the
#TornadoVM
downloads page. Great teamwork from the community ๐
#Java
#JDK25
#opensource
#Java
#AI
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4 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
AERO Project
4 months ago
๐ฌ 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). โถ๏ธ 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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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
4 months ago
Our
#TornadoVM
talk from Thanos Stratikopoulos (
@stratika.bsky.social
) at
#VoxxedDaysTicino
#VDT26
is now live on YouTube! ๐
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 Lugano๐จ๐ญ Big thanks to the organizers, and a special shout-out for the tour of the
#Alps
Supercomputer
@cscsch.bsky.social
๐
#opensource
#Java
#GPU
#AI
4 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
5 months ago
๐ 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
5 months ago
Who is IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 for?
#Java
developers.
@kotlinlang.org
developers. Anyone working across the JVM ecosystem. ๐ March 26โ27, 2026 ๐ 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
5 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 youโre 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. ๐
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
5 months ago
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New Blog Post How to configure TornadoInsight v1.4.2 and use it with TornadoVM SDK v2.0+ โ Setup steps โ Runtime + performance insights โ Tested on Linux/macOS/Windows ๐
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
6 months ago
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Thanos Stratikopoulos
TornadoVM
6 months ago
๐ Seasonโs 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 โจ
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