Supercomputing in Europe
by HPC in Europe network
The importance of scientific software development - Patrick Norman
About this podcast
Thanks for listening! We're taking a summer break and will return this autumn with new episodes.
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In each episode, we invite experts from across Europe to discuss a wide range of topics—life sciences, machine learning, engineering, data science, quantum computing, and more.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 48 episodes
- The importance of scientific software development - Patrick Norman · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 4In this episode we dive into the work that people at the newly rebranded KCSC in KTH are doing in Sweden (previously PDC). We talk with Patrick Norman, its director discussing…
- AI and the EU - Grazyna Piesiewicz · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 3Grazyna Piesiewicz leads the EU's HPC strategy, including supercomputing, infrastructure, AI Factories and the Destination Earth initiative. We are discussing the EU's compute…
- AI trading bots - Marc Pötter · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 2This episode's guest is Marc Pötter, managing director of Smart Markets GmbH. We are discussing how high-performance computing is revolutionising AI driven trading bots for…
- What is Europe doing with chip design? · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 1This episode's guest is Maria Huffman from SCCC, the Swedish Chips Competence Centre. We dive into the world of chip research and manufacturing and the work done by the European…
- When Data meets Ethics: The human side of Artificial Intelligence · 37 minThis episode marks our season finale, and we’ll be back this autumn with new fresh episodes! In this episode, Àtia Cortés Martínez from the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre…
- AI for football - David Sumpter (Twelve football) · 1 h 22 min · Season 2 Episode 18This episode's guest is David Sumpter, Professor at Department of Mathematics; Statistics, AI and Data Science at Uppsala University in Sweden. He's also the co-founder of Twelve…
- Strengthening engineering through gender inclusion · 13 min · Season 2 Episode 17In this episode, we discuss the role of the Women in HPC initiative in supporting women throughout their careers in high-performance computing. Together with Karina Pesatova…
- AI, synthetic data and the future of manufacturing · 27 min · Season 2 Episode 16This episode features Roberto Guadenzi from Bitbang. He focuses on the project they developed within the Fortissimo Plus programme: GenAIAdd. The conversation explores how the…
- Exploring the future of Materials with AI and Supercomputing · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 15In this episode, Andrés Henao and Francisco Molina share their work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced scientific computing to help…
- AI and gaming - Björn Flintberg · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 14In this episode we dive into AI and the gaming industry. We are discussing with Björn Flintberg (Mimer AI Factory, RISE) about the vast gaming ecosystem in Sweden, the…
- Building Europe's high-end infrastructure - Anders Jensen · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 13This episode's guest is Anders Jensen, the executive director of EuroHPC JU. He talks about the new Exascale HPC systems, quantum computing, the 19 new AI Factories, the…
- EESSI - Simplifying software installation in HPC systems · 20 min · Season 2 Episode 12This episode's guests are Caspar van Leeuwen, Machine Learning Consultant at SURF and Helena Vela Beltran, Computational Scientist at HPCNow and Do IT Now Spain. They are both…
- What is an NCC? · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 11This episode’s guest is Bastian Koller who is the Managing Director at the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) as well as the coordinator of the EuroCC 2 project…
- Developing quantum solutions with IonQ · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 10Today's guest is Panagiotis Barkoutsos, Senior Staff Quantum solutions at IonQ. He works with developing quantum algorithms for quantum computing systems. The interview is…
- Simulating a 40-qubit quantum computer · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 9In this episode, we speak with Matthias Christandl, Professor and Center Leader in Quantum Computing at Copenhagen University.He leads research on how quantum mechanics shapes…
- Digitising farming - A conversation with Digifarm · 21 min · Season 2 Episode 8In this episode, Roger Kvam from EuroCC Norway discusses with Digifarm's CEO Nils Helset about the use of new technologies like AI and using satellite data to help farmers…
- Gefion – Denmark’s Gigafactory · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 7Host Marta Schulze from EuroCC Denmark speaks with Ulrik de Lichtenberg, Director of Scientific Projects at the DCAI, the Danish Centre for AI Innovation, about his path into…
- The AI–HPC Revolution in Engineering: How Europe is Building the Digital Factories of the Future · 12 min · Season 2 Episode 6In this episode, host Sophia Honisch from EXCELLERAT P2 speaks with Bastian Koller, Managing Director of the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and coordinator of…
- Building quantum computers in Europe - A conversation with IQM's Stefan Seegerer · 24 min · Season 2 Episode 5This episode's guest is Stefan Seegerer, Head of Product, Quantum Platform at IQM Quantum Computers. He works with shaping how the next generation of developers and organizations…
- Digital resilience and democracy - Carl Heath · 42 min · Season 2 Episode 4Today's guest is Carl Heath, Senior Researcher at RISE Research institutes of Sweden. He talks about digital resilience in Europe, as well as democracy in the digital age…







