Date:  16 December 2024, 10:00 - 13:00 CET  Price:  Free (for eligible participants)  
Location:  Online (Zoom)  Target audience:  Industry, academia, public sector
Language: English Organisers:  EuroCC AT, ES, FR, NL, RO

We are delighted to invite you to an exciting online event, Harnessing HPC and AI:     
Open Source Innovations and Real-World Applications, where leading experts and practitioners will share insights into the transformative potential of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

This event will focus on using open-source tools, including Scikit-learn, in the HPC ecosystem and showcase practical AI and HPC applications through a series of compelling case studies presented by experts from multiple European National Competence Centres (NCCs).

What to Expect

  • Gain insights into the machine learning open-source ecosystem and its integration with HPC. 
     
  • Discover real-world AI and HPC use cases from Romania, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain, highlighting how these technologies are driving innovation across various sectors. 
     
  • Participate in an interactive Q&A session with the speakers. 
     

Please find the detailed agenda below.

Agenda:

Harnessing HPC and AI: Open Source Innovations and Real-World Applications 

16 December 2024  
10:00am CET (Austria – UTC+1)  
11:00am EET (Romania – UTC+2)
   
09:50 – 10:00 (UTC+1)  
10:50 – 11:00 (UTC+2)
 Welcoming Speakers and Participants  
PhD. Carmen-Elena Cîrnu, Project Director, National Competence Centres in the framework of EuroHPC – Phase 2 
Bogdan Stroe, Senior Project Manager, NCC Romania
   
10:00 – 11h30 (UTC+1)  
11:00 – 12:30 (UTC+2)
 Machine learning Open Source Ecosystem a focus on Scikit-learn and HPC  
PhD. Laure Bourgois, INRIA Academy, NCC France
   
11:30 – 12:45 (UTC+1)         
12:30 – 13:45 (UTC+2)
 

AI & HPC Use Cases: Driving Innovation

Case Study 1: Sebastian Muraru, Software Developer, AI department, ICI Bucharest, NCC Romania: Tumour microenvironments: an initial sneak-peek by making use of SOTA AI Tools         

Case Study 2: Monica Rotulo, Machine Learning Advisor, SURF, NCC Netherlands: Using pre-trained LLMs to assist cancer diagnosis in digital pathology        
         
Case Study 3: Laura Martínez Calvo, PhD., Project officer | Services to and Interaction with Industry CESGA, NCC Spain: Use of AI for Satellite-Based Surface Wind Correction         

Case Study 4: Endri Deliu, AI Fellow, EuroCC Austria: Inception to Excellence - The AI Infrastructure and Product Journey

   
12:45 – 13:00 (UTC+1)         
13:45 – 14:00 (UTC+2)
 

Q&A session and Closing remarks 

Dragoș Cătălin Barbu, RoNCC Coordinator, NCC Romania

   

Webinar format

This webinar will be delivered as a LIVE ONLINE WEBINAR (using Zoom).

Prices and eligibility

This webinar is funded by the EuroCC 2 project. Therefore, the webinar is open and free of charge for participants from industry, academia and public administration from the Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU) and Associated/Other Countries to the Horizon 2020 programme.

Registration

Register here

We look forward to welcoming you to what promises to be an insightful and inspiring session, bringing together the latest in HPC, AI, and open-source innovations.


Organisers

This webinar is jointly organised by the European National Competence Centres of Austria, France, Netherlands, Romania, and Spain.


Acknowledgements

This webinar is funded by the EuroCC 2 project.

The project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 101101903. The JU receives support from the Digital Europe Programme and Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Türkiye.

Additional funding for the project comes from the Austrian federal ministries BMBWF and BMK.


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