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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Accurately predicting semiconductor band gaps is key to understanding their properties. Using CSCS’s #Alps supercomputer, EPFL researchers developed a new DFT functional that improves accuracy while remaining far faster than many-body methods. ⚛️💻 www.cscs.ch/science/chem...

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EPFL AI Center @epfl-ai-center.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Apertus 1.5 is out! 🚀 ✅ Multimodal capabilities ✅ Stronger reasoning ✅ A roadmap of regular releases Read more: apertus-ai.org/news Models: huggingface.co/swiss-ai @cscsch.bsky.social @eth-ai-center.bsky.social @icepfl.bsky.social @mjaggi.bsky.social @abosselut.bsky.social

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#Apertus is mentioned —the open large language model developed by ETH Zürich, EPFL and CSCS—which demonstrates how excellent research, cutting-edge infrastructures and international collaboration can contribute to strategically important technologies ⬇️

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Heatwaves aren't freak events anymore, they're everyday life. Parched forests, failed harvests, wildfires, deadly heat across continents. A new study now puts numbers on responsibility: how much the world's biggest CO₂ emitters have driven these extremes: bit.ly/4wilgnh

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

A collaboration that began in summer 2025 has already produced a new #AI model that predicts antibody-antigen binding with unusually high data efficiency — fewer experiments are needed. Could speed up both antibody and small-molecule drug discovery. Discover more: bit.ly/4oIqzd2

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that our latest Digital Annual Report is available online. Packed with insightful data, compelling narratives, and interactive features, this report showcases our journey, achievements, and milestones over the past year: report2025.cscs.ch #wearealps

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CSCS Annual Report 2024: Shaping Global Collaborations in High-Performance Computing

Dive into the CSCS annual report for insights into how we're overcoming challenges to maintain our global reputation in high-performance computing, despite exclusions from European research programs. ...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Cloud-native #HPC is gaining momentum. #CSCS developed a hybrid Kubernetes solution for the #Alps supercomputer, enabling faster, more scalable cloud-native HPC deployments and earning the SUSE Virtualization Visionary Award: www.cscs.ch/science/comp... @suse.com

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

We will be at the ISC High Performance Conference! Visit #CSCS at booth G-31 to talk HPC, AI, and supercomputing in Switzerland — with Swiss coffee and chocolate included ☕🍫 www.cscs.ch/publications... #ISC26 #HPC #AI #Supercomputing

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USI Faculty of Informatics @inf.usi.ch · 31/03/2026

Are you interested in learning parallel programming models and gaining hands-on experience with HPC systems? ⏱️ Register by 12 April to join us in Serpiano this summer!

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Even Antarctica is seeing stronger heatwaves due to climate change. Using #CSCS’s #Alps supercomputer, SLF researchers studied one of the continent’s most severe recent heatwaves and its impact on the Antarctic ice sheet. Discover more: www.cscs.ch/science/eart... @slfdavos.bsky.social

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Big news from Prague! #CSCS has been named a Virtualization Visionary at #SUSECON26. We unified our VM and Kubernetes operations with SUSE, giving scientists faster, more reliable access to research tools and enabling continued innovation: bit.ly/3QEJ6df. Kudos to the CSCS team!

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

➡️ Submissions for EuroHack26 are open! 📅 Deadline for team coordinators: 30 April 2026 (AoE) 📍 CSCS – EuroHack26, Lugano, Switzerland 🔗 www.cscs.ch/publications... We look forward to welcoming teams for a week of collaboration and innovation.

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

🚀 From #Alps to the cloud—and back again. SwissTwins connects supercomputing with the cloud, accelerates access to climate data, and strengthens collaboration across institutions. Discover more: www.cscs.ch/science/comp... #supercomputing #HPC #cloud

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

What happens when a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole? Lucio Mayer’s team at the University of Zurich has used simulations on #Alps to reveal a surprising pattern in how stars are torn apart — offering new insight into these extreme cosmic events. 👉 bit.ly/4dbYdUS @uzh-ch.bsky.social

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Join us at the HPC-AI Advisory Council Swiss Conference 2026!📍Locarno, Switzerland 📅 20–23 April 2026. Connect with global experts in HPC, AI, quantum computing, and digital twins through keynotes, sessions, and networking opportunities! bit.ly/4d4UEjk

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🇨🇭 In Ticino, the open Swiss model Apertus powers in-house AI translation for the Cantonal Administration — boosting multilingual services with local, transparent control. A great example of sovereign AI in action bit.ly/4rzU0Og @epfl-ai-center.bsky.social @eth-ai-center.bsky.social

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

📢 #CSCS and the Università della Svizzera italiana are pleased to announce this year’s Summer School on Effective High‑Performance Computing and Data Analytics, taking place 25–31 July 2026. Don’t miss the chance to learn cutting-edge GPU tech bit.ly/3NwLbH0

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Weather forecasts guide daily life, business & disaster response — but they’re not equally accurate worldwide. New CSCS analyses show AI forecast models perform worse for Africa than for Europe. The study is part of ICAIN, expanding global access to supercomputing and AI expertise: bit.ly/4tXjWWj

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Thanos Stratikopoulos @stratika.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Last week at #VoxxedDaysTicino, I presented our work on @tornadovm.org. Great conversations, inspiring people - and the chance to admire Lugano🇨🇭 Big thanks to the organizers, and a special shout-out for the tour of the #Alps Supercomputer @cscsch.bsky.social 🙌 #opensource #Java #GPU #AI

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

#CSCS submissions for EuroHack26 in Lugano are now open! EuroHack26 brings together #AI and #HPC on cutting-edge hardware. 📍 Sept 7–11, 2026 | Lugano, Switzerland ⏳ Deadline for submission: April 30, 2026 (AoE) 👉 Details & apply: www.cscs.ch/events/upcom...

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EuroHack26 - High-performance computing applications programming hackathon | Home

Background High Performance Computing utilizes more and more parallelism provided by modern supercomputers. One development is General-Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs), which offers exceptio...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Il #CSCS, insieme all'Ufficio dell'Orientamento Scolastico e Professionale, organizza delle giornate dedicate alle ragazze e ai ragazzi di terza e quarta media interessate/i alle professioni del settore dell'informatica. Non perdetevele: www.cscs.ch/publications...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

🚀 Don’t miss it! Join us for the public open visit of CSCS in English on Wednesday, the 14th! This is a unique opportunity to discover our spaces, activities, and vision firsthand. 📅 Date: Wednesday, January 14 📝 Registration deadline: Monday, January 12 bit.ly/45MciUj

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Public Visit at CSCS | Home

The Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) is organizing a guided tour open to the public, allowing anyone interested to visit the facility. The tour will take place on Wednesday, January 14, 20...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Malaria still kills ~600,000 people each year. Using simulations at #CSCS, scientists identified antibodies that disable key malaria proteins, mapped how they evolve to hit their targets, and showed where AI antibody predictions fall short. Discover more: www.cscs.ch/science/life... #hpc

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

🎄✨ Season’s Greetings from CSCS ✨🎄#CSCS would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May 2026 be a peaceful, joyful, and successful year for you all: www.cscs.ch/publications...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Missed our webinar on the HPC Containers on Alps? The recording is now online! Catch up on building HPC container images, running workloads with Slurm, and best-practice tips.▶️ Watch the video! youtu.be/XQZJv1eDG1Q?... #HPC #containers #webinar

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HPC Containers on ALPS

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LUMIhpc @lumi-supercomputer.eu · 11/12/2025

Thanks to @cscsch.bsky.social for hosting a fantastic hackathon in Lugano!👏 Great to see Porting & Optimization Program teams making strong progress: Runko, HILA, MadGraph4GPU, PEPPER, CMSSW, IPPL, DFTK Julia & ML Apertus. ⚡Excellent teamwork & strong momentum as we prepare applications for LUMI.

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

CSCS@SC2525 — PASC26 Co-Chair Elaine M. Raybourn (Sandia) discusses with Maria-Grazia Giuffreda how ethical awareness is becoming central in #HPC. Join us in Bern next June to exchange ideas on Building Trust in Science through HPC Co-Design: youtu.be/Zqn77NKVKtI?...

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CSCS@SC25 – Interview with Elaine M. Raybourn (Sandia National Laboratories) on PASC26 Conference

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Amazing few days at the LUMI Hackathon in Lugano! 🚀💻Huge creativity, collaboration, and high-performance energy at CSCS. Thanks to everyone who joined and made it a success. Until next time🔥 Follow us on Instagram to see more pics: www.instagram.com/cscs.ch/ @lumi-supercomputer.eu

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

👉 Students, have a look at the available internship positions and apply! It could be the first step toward an inspiring career in computational science: jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP... #internship #students #hpc

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

CSCS@SC25 - Alex Upton (#CSCS) on his experience at the SC25 conference in St. Louis, in a short interview with Maria-Grazia Giuffreda (CSCS): youtu.be/TSRQc9kDqWU?...

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CSCS@SC25 – Interview with Alex Upton (CSCS)

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

👀 Unlock faster, deeper insight into your simulations by registering for our course on cutting-edge in-situ visualization with Ascent, ParaView Catalyst, and Conduit! Registration ends on Friday, 5 December: www.cscs.ch/publications...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

CSCS@SC25 - Alberto Madonna (#CSCS) on his experience at the SC25 conference in St. Louis, in a short interview with Maria-Grazia Giuffreda (CSCS): youtu.be/-otfdenD1Y4

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CSCS@SC25 – Interview with Alberto Madonna (CSCS)

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

🔥The buzz is real! A team of 26 scientists from ETH Zürich, #CSCS and international partners has won the 2025 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling for running global simulations at 1.25 km resolution on the CSCS #Alps supercomputer: www.cscs.ch/publications... #hpc #gordonbell

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

CSCS@SC - Juan Pablo Dorsch (#CSCS) on his experience at the SC25 conference in St. Louis, in a short interview with Maria-Grazia Giuffreda (CSCS): youtu.be/400zPJ7OVaE

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CSCS@SC – Interview with Juan Pablo Dorsch (CSCS)

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Last day at #SC25, do not miss director of #CSCS, Thomas Schulthess, in the panel "Trust, but Verify in HPC: Uncertainty for AI and Computing" today at 10:30 am: sc25.conference-program.com/presentation... #AI #HPC

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#SC25 kicked off Sunday with our colleague John Biddiscombe presenting at ExaMPI25. He showcased our paper on integrating lightweight tasks with MPI using the upcoming C++26 std::execution Senders API — a true team effort by many at CSCS. Well done!

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

#CSCS is contributing in a big way at #SC25 in St. Louis! Our colleague Alberto Madonna is co-chairing the 7th CANOPIE-HPC Workshop and will also take part in sessions on “Containers and New Orchestration Paradigms for HPC” and “Evolving Sarus to Augment Podman for HPC.”

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

We’ve heard the rumors… 🍫👀 Will there be chocolate at our booth at #SC25 this year? Let’s just say… some traditions are too sweet to let go of... Join us at the booth #498 — we’ve found a sweet way to keep the tradition alive! #StayTuned #SweetSurprises #hpc

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🚀 #CSCS is heading to #SC25 in St. Louis! Come meet our team at Booth #498 (November 17–20) and discover the latest in Swiss supercomputing and HPC innovation: www.cscs.ch/publications... #hpc

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Scientists from EPFL & CHUV used supercomputing to map the brain regions behind walking recovery after spinal cord injury. Their work led to the development of a deep-brain stimulation therapy that helped patients walk again in a pilot study. Amazing, right? Read more: www.cscs.ch/science/life...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🗓️ 📢 Deadline Alert: Proposals for the CSCS National Call (allocation period starting 1 April 2026) must be submitted no later than Monday, 27 October 2025, at 17:00 CET! Don't miss out! www.cscs.ch/publications... #callforproposals #alps

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

🎉 15 Years Since the First Stone of CSCS in Lugano! 🏗️15 years ago, we laid the first stone of #CSCS in Lugano — a bold new chapter after our beginnings in Manno. Since then, we’ve built the future of supercomputing in Switzerland: innovation, sustainability & discovery youtu.be/qExgRHS_7KI?...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

#CSCS is pleased to announce that the "GPU Acceleration of HPC Applications with ISO C++ and CUDA C++" course will be held from November 4 to 5, 2025, at CSCS in Lugano, Switzerland. Register now! www.cscs.ch/publications... #course #cuda #gpu #hpc

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

For the first time, researchers at @ethz.ch have simulated a 42,000-atom silicon nanoribbon transistor with unprecedented accuracy using the Frontier and #Alps supercomputers — the largest of their kind. Their work has earned a Gordon Bell Prize 2025 nomination: bit.ly/3KR9E8c #hpc #wearealps

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Powered by Switzerland’s Piz Daint supercomputer at #CSCS, researchers created the largest-ever simulation of the Universe — mapping 3.4 billion virtual galaxies for ESA’s Euclid mission. Discover more: www.cscs.ch/science/phys...

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#CSCS ran a massive HPC and Kubernetes infrastructure with just two engineers. With SUSE Rancher Prime + Virtualization they achieved: ✅ 80% less management time ⚡ 70% faster deployments 🔒 Rock-solid reliability Lean team - Enterprise-scale impact. Discover more: 👉 okt.to/AHI4Yf @suse.com

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

A world-first: global climate simulations now run at 1.25 km resolution 🌍 A major step for climate science + a nomination for the Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling: 👉 www.cscs.ch/science/comp... #climate #gordonbell #prize

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CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing Centre @cscsch.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Training #Apertus—Switzerland’s first open, multilingual LLM—requires massive computing power. The #Alps supercomputer at CSCS enables sovereign AI with GPUs at its core. ETH Zurich’s Ana Klimovic and CSCS’s Joost VandeVondele explain how: youtu.be/GuanQmIzg68?... @ethz.ch @icepfl.bsky.social

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