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ASHPC26 - Registration is open, Abstract deadline 15 February
by ASHPC conference 19 Feb '26

19 Feb '26

Dear ASC users and friends, we invite you to participate in the ASHPC26 – Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026, https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26, which will take place at TUtheSky, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria https://www.google.at/maps/place/TU+the+Sky/@48.2007999,16.3635877,17z/data…, 8–10 April 2026. More information about ASHPC26 can be found on the webpage and further below. Registration for ASHPC26 and the co-located CE-NCCs-WG is now open at Registration https://ashpc.eu/event/27/page/30-registration-info. We recommend to register early to secure your spot (seats are limited and will be given on a first come – first served basis) and to take advantage of the early-bird fee. We offer a very limited number of scholarships for students who can participate in ASHPC26 free of charge. For more information please see at the Call for Abstracts or contact us. Application deadline for the scholarships (abstract, enrolment confirmation, motivation letter) is 31 January 2026 and notification about acceptance will be sent out by 6 February 2026. Participants have to take care of booking a hotel room themselves! For directions and hotel information see Venue https://ashpc.eu/event/27/page/27-venue. Call for Abstracts We are accepting abstracts for contributed talks and posters at ASHPC26. We encourage you to submit an abstract highlighting your work and expertise related to High-Performance Computing (HPC). Topics may include applications of HPC, research conducted on HPC clusters, systems engineering (software, storage, networking, etc.), and any other HPC-related subjects. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed, and accepted submissions will be published in the Booklet of Abstracts. Abstract submissions can be made at https://ashpc.eu/event/27/abstracts/ https://ashpc.eu/event/25/abstracts/until 15 February 2026. You can download the abstract template here: ashpc26_abstract_template.zip https://ashpc.eu/event/27/attachments/153/303/ashpc26_abstract_template.zip Notifications regarding the acceptance of talks or posters will be sent out by 02 March 2026. We look forward to your valuable contributions! About ASHPC26 ASHPC26 will continue the tradition of the annual Austrian HPC Meetings (2015–2020) and the Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meetings (2021–2025) bringing together users and providers of large-scale computing resources for both academic and non-academic research and development. ASHPC26 will focus on various aspects of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and provides a great opportunity to discuss HPC-related topics and present your latest results. It will also provide an overview and update on the rapidly improving AI and HPC landscape available to European researchers and serve as a platform for exchanging experiences related to the usage and operation of large-scale computing resources and the challenges encountered. The program committee is still working on setting up the invited program for ASHPC26 to prepare an exciting mix about the current state-of-the-art in HPC and future trends. The invited program will be available on the conference website as soon as the speakers are confirmed. On Tuesday, 7 April 2026, in the afternoon preceding ASHPC26, there will be a Central European NCCs Workgroup Meeting – CE-NCCs-WG (for NCC / EuroCC 3 staff only) where the National Competence Centres (NCCs) address their most challenging topics and further regional collaboration. For further updates and details, please visit: https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 We look forward to welcoming you to ASHPC26! Best regards, VSC team on behalf of the organizing and program committees of ASHPC26 Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 – ASHPC26 TUtheSky, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria | 8–10 April 2026 https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 | conference(a)ashpc.eu mailto:conference@ashpc.eu [ASHPC26 logo]

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ASHPC26 - Call for Abstracts
by ASHPC conference 05 Dec '25

05 Dec '25

Dear VSC users and friends, we invite you to participate in the ASHPC26 – Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026, https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26, which will take place at TUtheSky, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria https://www.google.at/maps/place/TU+the+Sky/@48.2007999,16.3635877,17z/data…, 8–10 April 2026. ASHPC26 will continue the tradition of the annual Austrian HPC Meetings (2015–2020) and the Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meetings (2021–2025) bringing together users and providers of large-scale computing resources for both academic and non-academic research and development. ASHPC26 will focus on various aspects of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and provides a great opportunity to discuss HPC-related topics and present your latest results. It will also provide an overview and update on the rapidly improving AI and HPC landscape available to European researchers and serve as a platform for exchanging experiences related to the usage and operation of large-scale computing resources and the challenges encountered. The program committee is still working on setting up the invited program for ASHPC26 to prepare an exciting mix about the current state-of-the-art in HPC and future trends. The invited program will be available on the conference website as soon as the speakers are confirmed. On Tuesday, 7 April 2026, in the afternoon preceding ASHPC26, there will be a Central European NCCs Workgroup Meeting – CE-NCCs-WG (for NCC / EuroCC 2/3 staff only) where the National Competence Centres (NCCs) address their most challenging topics and further regional collaboration. Call for Abstracts We are now accepting abstracts for contributed talks and posters at ASHPC26. We encourage you to submit an abstract highlighting your work and expertise related to High-Performance Computing (HPC). Topics may include applications of HPC, research conducted on HPC clusters, systems engineering (software, storage, networking, etc.), and any other HPC-related subjects. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed, and accepted submissions will be published in the Booklet of Abstracts. Abstract submissions can be made at https://ashpc.eu/event/27/abstracts/ https://ashpc.eu/event/25/abstracts/until 15 February 2026. You can download the abstract template here: ashpc26_abstract_template.zip https://ashpc.eu/event/27/attachments/153/303/ashpc26_abstract_template.zip Notifications regarding the acceptance of talks or posters will be sent out by 02 March 2026. We look forward to your valuable contributions! Participants have to take care of booking a hotel room themselves! For directions and hotel information see Venue https://ashpc.eu/event/27/page/27-venue. Registration for ASHPC26 and the co-located CE-NCCs-WG will start 12 January 2026. Nevertheless, we recommend to register early to secure your spot (seats are limited and will be given on a first come – first served basis) and to take advantage of the early-bird fee. We offer a very limited number of scholarships for students who can participate in ASHPC26 free of charge. For more information please see at the Call for Abstracts or contact us. Application deadline for the scholarships (abstract, enrolment confirmation, motivation letter) is 31 January 2026 and notification about acceptance will be sent out by 6 February 2026. For further updates and details, please visit: https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 We look forward to welcoming you to ASHPC26! Best regards, VSC team on behalf of the organizing and program committees of ASHPC26 Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 – ASHPC26 TUtheSky, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria | 8–10 April 2026 https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 https://ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 | conference(a)ashpc.eu mailto:conference@ashpc.eu [ASHPC26 logo]

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Invitation to MUSICA Introduction Webinar – 24 November
by Florian Goldenberg 20 Nov '25

20 Nov '25

Dear ASC users, As you may be aware, the open test phase for MUSICA began on 12 November. We are pleased to invite you to a brief introductory training session that will help you get started with the system. The introduction webinar will take place on: 24 November at 13:00 CET Duration: 1 hour presentation + (approx) 30 minutes dedicated Q&A During this session, we will walk through a general use-case scenario for MUSICA and introduce the basic concepts needed to begin working with the system effectively. Majorly inspired from documentation available here:https://docs.vsc.ac.at/musica_test/index.html Agenda * Project / Admin basics * Logging in * Filesystems * Software: Modules, Conda, Containers * Submitting SLURM jobs * Q&A Please note that this webinar will not cover building software, JupyterHub, or NoMachine access, although you are welcome to ask them in the Q&A, as we also plan to hold zoom breakout sessions for the Q&A. A separate webinar focusing on software building with EESSI/Easybuild will be announced later. We look forward to see you at the webinar. Singh, Atul is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Introduction to MUSICA Time: Nov 24, 2025 01:00 PM Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://tuwien.zoom.us/j/69780622152 Meeting ID: 697 8062 2152 One tap mobile +436703090165,,69780622152# Austria +43720115988,,69780622152# Austria Join by SIP 69780622152(a)fr.zmeu.us Join by H.323 159.124.15.191 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 159.124.47.249 (Germany) Meeting ID: 697 8062 2152 Kind regards, ASC Team

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HPC user survey
by Florian Goldenberg 01 Oct '25

01 Oct '25

Dear ASC users, We have been asked to help some colleagues from Germany in their PhD about computational science, and we are happy to oblige. If you find the time, please fill out the survey mentioned below: "We invite you to participate in a research survey exploring how researchers approach computational reproducibility, particularly when working with HPC and cloud infrastructure. Our goal is to better understand current practices, challenges, and needs around reproducible research workflows. Survey link: 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/computationalReproducibility2025 The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. It is anonymous and participation is entirely voluntary. The results will be published in a research paper, and the insights will help inform best practices and training efforts that promote reproducible science. Conducted by: Felix Bartusch (University of Tübingen) Christian Meesters (University of Mainz) Raül Sirvent (Barcelona Supercomputing Center) The survey is open until October 17th, 2025. We greatly appreciate your time and perspective in helping advance reproducible and reliable scientific computing. With best regards, Felix Bartusch (on behalf of the research team)" Thank you, ASC-Team -- Mag. Florian Goldenberg ASC Research Center Technical University of Vienna Operngasse 11 1040 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 (1) 58801 420811 Mobile: +43 (0) 664 60588 4208 e-mail: florian.goldenberg(a)tuwien.ac.at web: https://www.asc.ac.at Bluesky @asc.ac.at

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TUW OpenScience Labs for HPC
by ASC Newsletter 12 Sep '25

12 Sep '25

Dear ASC users and friends, ASC (through it's hosting partner TU Wien) is happy to offer the first prototypical OpenScienceLabs for HPC, where researchers may host, co-develop and publish their live tutorials in linux-based playgrounds (MicroVMs). These services do not have direct access to ASC data and are aimed at efficient and neat content-creation while allowing highly technical linux customization. We invite you to JOIN to test the offering and cast your vote by LEAVING or remaining in the offering: https://labs.iximiuz.com/trainings/datalab-a939602f This project is funded by EOSC Future INFRAEOSC-03-2020 Grant Number 101017536, as part of ASC / TU Wien. For any specific questions, feel free to write to constanze.roedig(a)tuwien.ac.at in Sept-Nov, but she might take some time to respond because of travelling. Best regards, ASC team

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Call for Projects: Access to Quantum Computing Resources
by ASC Newsletter 10 Sep '25

10 Sep '25

Dear ASC users and friends, we are excited to announce a Call for Projects to provide researchers at Austrian academic or research institutions with access to quantum computing resources. This initiative aims to support innovative research in quantum computing and its applications. Researchers are invited to submit proposals for projects that leverage the capabilities of the quantum computing system. A total of five projects will be selected, with resource allocations tailored to the size and scope of each project. For detailed information about the call, including eligibility criteria, submission guidelines, and deadlines, please visit our homepage: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/scientific-computing/activities-cooperations/qc-p… We kindly ask you to forward this email to colleagues or other interested parties who may benefit from this opportunity. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at qc-fsp-sc(a)uibk.ac.at. We look forward to receiving your proposals and supporting your research endeavors in quantum computing! Best regards, ASC team and Scientific Computing QC Team at the University of Innsbruck

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AURELEO: Test access to LEONARDO DCGP (CPU partition)
by ASC Newsletter 08 Aug '25

08 Aug '25

Dear ASC users, the AURELEO DCGP 2025 Call is open! Austria owns a small share of the LEONARDO DCGP (Data-Centric General-Purpose) partition at the LEONARDO supercomputer operated by CINECA in Bologna. The nodes of this partition are equipped with two Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs, each with 56 cores, that are known for their extremely high memory bandwidth. In addition, the DCGP partition uses Mellanox HDR 200Gb/s InfiniBand connectivity, with smart in-network computing acceleration engines that enable extremely low latency and high data throughput to provide the highest HPC application performance and scalability. The DCGP is a CPU only partition. Test access to the LEONARDO DCGP partition is possible for active ASC users in non-commercial projects and because of the limited amount of resources it is suited for testing and/or benchmarking only (we can give up to 1 million core hours per project at maximum, but it depends on the number of incoming applications). Such a test access might be especially useful if you have a memory-bandwidth bound application and in general for everyone interested to test the Intel Sapphire Rapids CPUs. If after testing the DCGP partition appears to be useful to you, we can help you to apply for a larger allocation on this partition via a standard EuroHPC Access Call. Active ASC users in non-commercial projects can get test access to the LEONARDO DCGP partition by requesting a test user in the joint "DCGP Austria 2025" project that will run 01.09.2025 - 01.09.2026 at CINECA. In order to apply, send an email to leonardo(a)vsc.ac.at telling your VSC project and VSC username, when and how long you would like to get access, the amount of core hours you would like to get, and a short description of your project and why you think that your application can benefit from using the LEONARDO DCGP partition (max half a page). We will check if your application is suitable for the LEONARDO DCGP partition as well as eligibility and grant you short-term access on a first-come first-serve basis. For this we will also ask you to register in the CINECA User DB. Please note, that resources on LEONARDO are given on a monthly basis and follow a linearization policy. You should be able to start calculations at the beginning of your requested project start date (preferably on 01.09.2025). After your test access is over, we will ask you to provide a short feedback (max half a page) about your experience with running your application on the LEONARDO DCGP partition. There is no formal deadline, we accept rolling applications until the resources in the joint "DCGP Austria 2025" project are exhausted. The application process is just via email to leonardo(a)vsc.ac.at as outlined above. If you do have some urgent demand for CPU hours on LEONARDO DCGP you can still request some resources (a few 100 k core hours) in the running "DCGP Austria 2024" project that will expire on 01.10.2025. You can find all information about the AURELEO calls at: https://asc.ac.at/access/aureleo-austrian-users-at-leonardo-supercomputer/ Best regards, ASC team and LEONARDO - high-level support team Austria

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Survey about module use on VSC-5
by Florian Goldenberg 07 Aug '25

07 Aug '25

Dear VSC-5 users, We created a survey about the modules used by our users on VSC-5. We would ask you to fill out said survey if you can make the time for it - it will provide valuable information ofr us in order to set up the software stack on MUSICA. If you plan to participate, please fill it our until 12th of September 2025. The form does not collect any private information (like email, real name,...) - the VSC username can be given voluntarily, as it gives us some information about the groups that use a particular software, but it can be left blank as well. The survey is found here: https://forms.gle/x5B9qzavF2hNCy9M9 Many thanks, ASC Team -- Mag. Florian Goldenberg ASC Research Center Technical University of Vienna Operngasse 11 1040 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 (1) 58801 420811 Mobile: +43 (0) 664 60588 4208 e-mail: florian.goldenberg(a)tuwien.ac.at web: https://www.asc.ac.at Bluesky @asc.ac.at

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[VSC News] Important news: VSC has a new name
by VSC Newsletter 09 Jul '25

09 Jul '25

Dear VSC users, we are excited to share important news about an internal change: The Vienna Scientific Cluster (VSC) has undergone a slight rebranding and will now operate under a new name: Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) This name better reflects the nationwide scope of the ASC consortium, which currently includes six universities across Austria -- and is set to grow further in the coming years. All email addresses and URLs using vsc.ac.at have been updated to asc.ac.at. Redirects from vsc.ac.at are in place, so existing links will still work for the time being. Updated links overview * Website: asc.ac.at [1] * User documentation: docs.asc.ac.at [2] * Support: support(a)asc.ac.at * Training: training(a)asc.ac.at * All contact information: asc.ac.at/contact [3] * Bluesky: @asc.ac.at, https://bsky.app/profile/asc.ac.at Acknowledgment From now on, please use the following wording to acknowledge ASC in your publications: "The computational results have been achieved using the Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) infrastructure." New logo You can download the new ASC logo here: https://asc.ac.at/presscorner/download-area-for-logos-brochures-photos/ [4] Want to know more? Read our statement on the new name here: https://asc.ac.at/news/2025/news-records/statement-on-the-new-name [5] For any questions or inquiries, reach out to us at: support(a)asc.ac.at Best regards, ASC team Links: ------ [1] https://asc.ac.at/ [2] https://docs.asc.ac.at/ [3] https://asc.ac.at/contact [4] https://asc.vsc.ac.at/presscorner/download-area-for-logos-brochures-photos/ [5] https://asc.vsc.ac.at/news/2025/news-records/statement-on-the-new-name

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[VSC News] AURELEO: Austrian users at LEONARDO supercomputer - Call 2025 for LEONARDO Booster
by VSC Newsletter 02 Jun '25

02 Jun '25

Dear VSC users, we would like to draw your attention to the AURELEO Call that offers GPU resources on the EuroHPC system LEONARDO to Austrian users affiliated with academic and/or research institutions. AURELEO: AUSTRIAN USERS AT LEONARDO SUPERCOMPUTER In August 2023 the Italian pre-exascale HPC system LEONARDO began the regular operation of its so-called "Booster" module [1] which draws its enormous computing power from four NVIDIA Ampere GPUs per node. Currently (TOP500 November 2024 list) it is the ninth most powerful supercomputer in the world and fourth most powerful in Europe. Austria has its share of LEONARDO since it is a partner in the consortium that has built the machine and Austrian users are encouraged to take this opportunity to apply for compute time at LEONARDO's GPU-accelerated "Booster" module [1]. In terms of computational power this share is comparable to the already available GPU partition at the current VSC-5 installation. Hereby VSC announces this Call for Proposals that could benefit from Booster's multi-GPU nodes. ELIGIBILITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES * This call is intended for medium-sized projects (from 50,000 to 100,000 GPU hours). * The duration of the projects is 6 months or 12 months from resource allocation date. * Since the "Booster" module [1] comprises multi-GPU nodes your application must efficiently use at least all 4 GPUs available on the node; this includes embarrassingly parallel implementations. However, priority will be given to projects that are able to prove scalability. * Since VSC has no direct control over time allocation, granted projects need to make sure to use all the resources that have been granted to them, otherwise they are simply lost for Austrian users. DEADLINES * Unlike the usual applications for VSC projects, which are submitted in a rolling fashion, and similar to the way it is handled at EuroHPC this Call includes cut-offs: * The next application cut-off date is 2025-06-16. * Notification of acceptance will be sent by 2025-06-25. * PIs of accepted projects at LEONARDO have to sign in at the UserDB of CINECA by 2025-06-27. * The projects will start on 2025-07-01. APPLICATION FOR PROJECTS * The Call is open for applicants affiliated with academic and/or research institutions in Austria. * Applicants have to download the "AURELEO application form" [2] and fill it in. * Applications shall be done on the VSC service website https://service.vsc.ac.at [3] with requesting a new "funded project" with the project part "LEONARDO-B". You'll have to upload the filled "AURELEO application form" [2] and the proof of funding. * Applications on the VSC service website have to be done by the person who has the funding agreement with the recognised funding agency. It is possible to name another person to act as PI at LEONARDO to be in charge of the CINECA project account. * Note, in order to use LEONARDO every user will have to upload a proof of identity to the UserDB of CINECA (LEONARDO's hosting entity). * LEONARDO's technical specifications: https://leonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu/hpc-system [1] * For any questions related to this Call, access and usage of LEONARDO, please, write to: leonardo(a)vsc.ac.at REVIEW OF THE PROJECTS * The technical review is performed by VSC staff according to LEONARDO's guidelines. * No additional scientific review is required if the planned computations are carried out within a project that has already been approved by a recognised funding agency, such as FWF, FFG, ÖAW, WWTF, ERC, EU, etc. HIGH-LEVEL SUPPORT TEAM IS AVAILABLE * Every AURELEO project will have one high-level support team member assigned for assistance. * For this type of call a user can request additional assistance of specialist support. * Technical support is done via CINECA's help desk. See also: https://vsc.ac.at/access/aureleo-austrian-users-at-leonardo-supercomputer Best regards, VSC team Links: ------ [1] https://leonardo-supercomputer.cineca.eu/hpc-system/ [2] https://vsc.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/vsc/download/AURELEO/AURELEO-2025_A… [3] https://service.vsc.ac.at/

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