Highlights the use of supercomputers in science and business at the 4th Baltic HPC and Cloud Conference

The future of three Baltic supercomputers has been raised as the conference’s main topic this year. Expert reports and discussions reveal the current situation and potential scenarios for development. Experts from different European countries share their experiences with the biggest challenges and perspectives of the HPC area. Participants will also be able to learn more about Europe’s most powerful supercomputer, LUMI, which is based in Finland and ranks fifth among the world’s TOP 500 most powerful supercomputers.

Given that the development of HPC in Latvia depends on projects and donations at the European level, the conference’s partners also shared their experience of HPC policy-making at the national level in other countries. The experience was shared by the developers of the HPC policy direction of Finland and Estonia, as well as representatives from the responsible institutions of Latvia.

The conference also had the opportunity to hear the stories of business experience, the scale of supercomputer capabilities in the industry and the potential for European support for entrepreneurs in taking up HPC infrastructure. Meanwhile, the future dimension of the conference will be marked by a session discussing whether quantum computing will replace supercomputers in the future. Quantum computing experts Andris Ambainis from the University of Latvia and Mikail Johansson from Finland spoke at this session.

HPC professionals – scientists, IT specialists, policy makers, SME’s from the Baltic States, Nordic countries and other European Union (EU) countries – meet at the 4^th Baltic HPC and Cloud Conference.

Anders dam Jensen, from the European HPC Joint Undertaking /European HPC (EuroHPC), presented the situation in the area of HPC in Europe and the way forward.