News

On December 17th, 2025, the third edition of the LUMI-BE User Day will take place in the Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire Building, Bd Simon Bolivar 17, Brussels.

It is jointly organised with the VSC (the Flemish Supercomputer Center) Users Day.

The LUMI-BE parallel session contains experiences and inspiring stories from LUMI users. 

In the latest 𝙑𝙎𝘾 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜, Lander Willem from the Universiteit Antwerpen shares his vision as the new Chair of the VSC User Committee.
He reflects on the committee’s vital role as the bridge between researchers and VSC’s operational teams — fostering collaboration, improving services, and ensuring that HPC resources continue to empower innovation across Flanders and beyond.

My goal is to ensure that the voice of VSC users remains strong, visible, and unified.”

VSC proudly presents the first VSC Connect Blog, sharing insights, stories and expert perspectives on HP, AI & innovation from the VSC Team. 
 

👉 Prof. Dr. Geert Jan Bex, Docent in Supercomputing & Data Sciences (UHasselt & KU Leuven), and Training & Awareness Manager at EuroCC Belgium kicked of the series. 

Prof. dr. Geert Jan Bex shares how international collaboration in EuroCC boosts training opportunities: 

We’re excited to share that the second FFplus Open Call for Business Experiments is now open! This is a unique opportunity for SMEs and startups across Europe to explore the benefits of high-performance computing (HPC) — with funding of up to €200,000 per project available.

HPC, a strategic development tool, is available to the Belgian industry! 
 

As part of the EuroCC project, Cenaero leads the Belgian Competence Center in HPC, High-Performance Data Analytics (HPDA), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), called EuroCC@Belgium.

Join us on Wednesday, 2 April, for an exclusive information session on how numerical simulation and HPC can accelerate innovation and competitiveness in industry. 

Quantum is coming… bringing a range of new promises and perils. Join us for a webinar exploring the emerging threat quantum computing poses to encryption, and its potential impact on data security. This event, co-hosted by Beltug, EuroCC, Quantum Circle and the Flemish Supercomputer Centrum (VSC), will bring together experts and professionals to deliver insights on the path to safe communications and data in the quantum computing age.

On November 7th, 2024, LUMI-BE User Day has taken place in Charleroi! 

This event contained visionary talks, experiences and inspiring stories from other LUMI users. 

➡️ More Information here

The procurement contract for the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) quantum computer of the LUMI-Q consortium, has been signed between EuroHPC JU and IQM Quantum Computers! ??? The LUMI-Q consortium represents a pan-European collaboration built on the successful LUMI concept involving 9 countries.

Description

The EuroHPC JU AI and Data-Intensive Applications A

ccess call aims to support ethical artificial intelligence, machine learning, and in general, data-intensive applications, with a particular focus on foundation models and generative AI (e.g. large language models).

29/09/2024

Benoît Dompierre, head of EuroCC Belgium's National Competences Centre.