In the thirteenth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we welcome back Dr. Guy Lonsdale, CEO of scapos and one of the leading figures behind the Fortissimo projects. A year after our first conversation, Guy returns to discuss the progress of the FFplus project, the challenges and opportunities for SMEs adopting High-Performance Computing (HPC), and the new synergies emerging with AI Factories and National Competence Centres (NCCs).

We dive into concrete success stories, the mechanics of cascade funding, and how these European initiatives are accelerating digital innovation for industry. Guy also shares his perspective on where HPC and AI are heading in the next decade—and what it means for small businesses.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

In this episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we talk with Dr. Matthias Meinke, Head of the Numerical Department at the Institute of Aerodynamics, RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Meinke shares insights into the role of High-Performance Computing (HPC) in advancing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for aerodynamics. The conversation covers the challenges of running simulations on Exascale platforms, the development of multiphysics simulation tools, and how these advancements influence aerodynamics and engineering as a whole.

Join us to learn more about the intersection of CFD, aerodynamics, and HPC innovation.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

In the latest episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we sit down with Ivan Gentile, Data Scientist at IFAB and member of the EuroCC Italy team. Ivan shares his journey from physics and complexity science to harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) for societal good.

This episode delves into the transformative synergy of AI and HPC, exploring applications in healthcare, environmental science, and beyond. Ivan also discusses the role of Large Language Models (LLMs), strategies for democratizing access to advanced computing, and the ethical considerations shaping the future of AI and HPC.

Join us to discover how cutting-edge technology can drive positive change and learn about EXCELLERAT's mission to make Exascale solutions accessible to all.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

In the tenth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we speak with Dr. Guy Lonsdale, CEO of scapos, about the FFplus project. This initiative aims to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by providing access to high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on sectors like manufacturing and engineering. Guy discusses the main challenges SMEs face in adopting these technologies and how FFplus works to overcome them. We also explore how the project engages new HPC users, promotes business benefits, and builds on the successes of previous Fortissimo projects. Tune in to learn about the open calls for business experiments and innovation studies, and the potential impact on European SMEs.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

In the ninth episode of the HPC Podcast powered by EXCELLERAT, we sit down with Tomi Ilijaš, Founder and CEO of Arctur, a pioneer in bringing High-Performance Computing (HPC) to SMEs. Tomi shares insights into challenges faced by SMEs in adopting HPC and how Arctur tackles them. He discusses fostering collaborations between academia and industry, maximising HPC benefits, and promising areas for innovation. Tune in to discover how HPC is transforming SMEs and the role of projects like EXCELLERAT P2 in shaping this future.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

In the eighth episode of our HPC podcast, the spotlight is on Craig Prunty, VP Marketing of our project partner organisation SiPearl. Craig talks about the European Processor Initiative, the impact developing low-power European processors has on extreme scale computing and high-performance applications, and how this is related to EXCELLERAT P2.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

This is the seventh episode of our HPC podcast, with a spotlight on Niclas Jansson who works at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, one of our project partner institutions. Niclas was nominated as a finalist for the prestigious Gordon Bell Prize, for leading the development of Neko, a high-fidelity spectral-element code. This code is instrumental to conducting unprecedented large-scale direct numerical simulations of fully developed turbulence while maintaining high-performance portability on GPU-accelerated platforms. In this episode, he explains the work undertaken and talks about the overall experience as a nominee.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

This is the sixth episode of our HPC podcast, with a spotlight on our project partner SSC-Services GmbH from Böblingen, Germany. The focus is on challenges industry faces with respect to HPC usage from the data management view, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises. SSC-Services developed a data exchange and workflow portal in EXCELLERAT project phase 1, which is now being built on.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

This is the fifth episode of our HPC podcast and the first one produced in EXCELLERAT P2 - the second project phase of the EXCELLERAT Centre of Excellence for Engineering Applications. This time, it's all about nuclear fusion research and in particular the engineering design and digital twin of the first wall of fusion tokamak - one of our new use cases. We interviewed Matic Brank from University of Ljubljana, who recently joined the project team.

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu). Funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and France under grant agreement No 101092621.

This is the fourth episode of our HPC podcast. This time, it's all about aeronautics and the use of simulations by this sector, which can help make it more environmentally friendly. How could this industry benefit from HPC and Exascale? Interview with Prof. Dr. Sabine Roller (DLR, German Aerospace Center).

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Learn more about DLR: www.dlr.de/sp

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This podcast is powered by EXCELLERAT (www.excellerat.eu).

The EXCELLERAT project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 823691.