🌞 Looking ahead to the total solar eclipse on 12 August 2026. Prof. Stefaan Poedts’ research group at @KU_Leuven is using VSC infrastructure and the COCONUT model to produce daily predictions of the Sun’s corona. Follow the predictions: homes.esat.kuleuven.be/~tinatinb/ec...

🧵1/2 🧪 How can we predict the stability of crystalline materials more accurately? Researchers from @UGent's Center for Molecular Modeling developed a rigorous new thermodynamic integration method, powered by over 10,000 GPU hours on VSC infrastructure. 📖 Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/a-rigor...

A Rigorous and Direct Route to Gibbs Free Energies of Solids

Predicting the stability of crystalline materials is essential for developing advanced materials and pharmaceuticals. Researchers developed a new thermodynamic integration framework that calculates Gi...

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🧵1/3 How do immune cells behave inside a lung tumour? Researchers at VUB combined SEPARATE-Seq and spatial transcriptomics to create a multiomics map of the lung tumour immune landscape. Their findings provide new insights into cancer biology and support the development of future immunotherapies. ⬇️

1/2 🚀 The VSC Annual Report 2025 is now available! This year marked an important milestone with the inauguration of sofia, VSC's next-generation Tier-1 supercomputer, while researchers, companies, and public organizations continued to rely on VSC infrastructure to drive innovation and discovery. ⬇️

🏆 Francqui-Collen Prize 2026 for Prof. Diether Lambrechts (KU Leuven & VIB)! From genomic data to precision medicine, his pioneering cancer research highlights the power of advanced computing in driving scientific breakthroughs. Proud to support researchers making a real-world impact. 👏

Research Showcase Researchers from Ghent University used VSC Tier-1 resources to uncover how atomic-scale surface defects influence III-V quantum dots, helping identify promising materials for next-generation infrared sensors and optoelectronic devices. 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/impact-...

Looking for cancer in the bloodstream — one patient at a time Researchers at Ghent University and CRIG explored how cell-free RNA (cfRNA) in blood plasma can reveal personalized cancer signals using large-scale computational analysis powered by VSC supercomputing. www.vscentrum.be/post/looking...

𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙴𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷 𝚂𝙷𝙾𝚆𝙲𝙰𝚂𝙴 Less testing, better models ⚙️ Adaptive design of experiments selects the most informative tests to improve parameter identifiability while reducing total testing time. Demonstrated on gearbox power-loss modeling and enabled by VSC supercomputing. www.vscentrum.be/post/less-te...

🧠 1st place at #NeurIPS2025 EEG Challenge KU Leuven ranks #1 in NeurIPS 2025 Challenge 1 among 1000+ teams—powered by VSC Tier-1 supercomputing. Their EEG foundation model, trained on 8M+ segments, enables robust brain signal decoding across tasks and subjects. 📖 www.vscentrum.be/post/scaling...

Scaling EEG foundation models on VSC: an ICLR 2026 benchmark and a NeurIPS 2025 EEG Challenge win

Researchers at KU Leuven leveraged VSC Tier-1 supercomputing to train a large EEG foundation model on over 8 million segments, enabling robust brain signal decoding across tasks and subjects. The work...

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How do you scale AI in genomics without rising costs? Researchers from the VIB Center for AI & Computational Biology and KU Leuven show that larger single-cell datasets can boost deep learning models—even with lower per-cell coverage. Powered by VSC supercomputing 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/evaluat...

🏎️ What does it take to build a race car as a student? UGent Racing uses supercomputing to push aerodynamics, test ideas faster, and gain a competitive edge. 🎬 Watch the VSC Success Story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtKk... #VSC #UGentRacing #HPC #Supercomputing #Engineering #CFD

VSC Success Story | UGent Racing Team

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🧠 Can AI help detect dementia? Using EEG brain activity + machine learning, researchers show how Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia can be identified—and even distinguished. Powered by VSC supercomputing ⚡ 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/eeg-bas... #AI #Neuroscience #Dementia #HPC

🚀 Unlocking CFD Performance at Scale Join VSC and Infinite Simulation Systems for webinar exploring how Ansys Fluent’s native multi-GPU solver accelerates simulation performance and enables large-scale CFD workflows on HPC infrastructure. 26 March | 12:00–13:30 www.vscentrum.be/events/unloc...

🌸 Research Showcase: Magnetic nanoflowers have a hyperthermia “sweet spot.” Using VSC Tier-1 GPU clusters, researchers found that iron-oxide nanoflowers around 100–150 nm maximize heat release for cancer therapy. www.vscentrum.be/post/finding...

Registration now open KU Leuven & UHasselt researchers are invited to the HPC User Day 2026 and the inauguration of the new Tier-2 supercomputer. Discover the new hardware through trainings, user testimonials, datacenter visits, and networking with HPC experts. 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/ku-le...

New VSC Research Showcase: Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator—an efficient algorithm for simulating partially coherent light. ✔️ Up to 100× faster computation ✔️ Up to 1000× higher accuracy ✔️ Enables advanced holography and optical simulation Read → www.vscentrum.be/post/general...

Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator: an efficient algorithm for simulating partially coherent light

Researchers developed the Generalized Van Cittert-Zernike Schell propagator, a new algorithm for simulating partially coherent light with unprecedented efficiency. The method achieves up to 100× faste...

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Hasselt University is organizing the summer school “A First Introduction to Quantum Computing” (June 22–25, 2026). Explore the mathematical foundations of quantum computing: Designed for PhD students in mathematics and related fields Info: www.vscentrum.be/events/summe...

Training Alert Join the HPC@UAntwerp Introduction and get started with the CalcUA infrastructure at the University of Antwerp. Feb 25–26 | 9:30–13:30 Campus Middelheim Register: www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-... More trainings via VSC training sessions at: www.vscentrum.be/vsctraining

🚀 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 🔬 STREAM-PRS is a multi-tool pipeline that computes and compares polygenic risk scores using five widely used methods. It standardizes scores, corrects for population structure, and selects the best-performing approach. Read more: www.vscentrum.be/post/stream-...

🚀 VSC Connect Blog Meet the people behind VSC through our latest blog interviews: 👥 Training & learning 🤝 User community ⚛️ Quantum computing 👉 Explore all stories: www.vscentrum.be/news More insights coming soon. #VSCConnect #HPC #Supercomputing #Research #Innovation

🔬 Research Showcase Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulations on VSC Tier-1 supercomputers, researchers quantified boron diffusivity in high-temperature molten slag, supporting more accurate silicon recycling processes. www.vscentrum.be/post/the-app...

🎥 The VSC User Day 2025 event page is now live! Watch the event report video, explore recorded presentations, download slides, and revisit lightning talks—all in one place. 👉 www.vscentrum.be/ud25 #VSCUserDay #HPC #AI #Supercomputing #ResearchCommunity

Users Day 2025 | Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum

VSC Users Day 2025 brought together the Belgian and European HPC community in Brussels. Watch recorded presentations, access slides, lightning talks, highlights, and interviews focused on HPC and AI.

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VSC Research Showcase: Standard fluconazole dosing often fails in critically ill patients. Population PK modeling identified body weight and CRRT as key drivers, leading to an optimized dosing strategy with ≥90% target attainment. 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/a-fluco...

🚀 Machine Learning with Python | VSC Training Learn the fundamentals of ML and AI, build pipelines with scikit-learn, and explore neural networks with Keras — all in one half-day, hands-on session. 📅 Jan 12, 2026 | 9–1 📍 Hybrid (KU Leuven / online) 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/events/machi...

🧬 How do cancer cells evolve, and become drug resistant during therapy? Researchers at VIB–KU Leuven developed SPLONGGET, a new single-cell method combining long-read sequencing with multi-omics to reveal tumor evolution and CAR-T therapy resistance. 🔗 www.vscentrum.be/post/new-met...

As the year comes to a close, we celebrate the passion, resilience, and creativity of our HPC community. Your drive to explore, innovate, and solve real-world challenges makes the VSC mission truly meaningful—here in Flanders and beyond. Happy Holidays! 🎄✨

🚀 We’re hiring! Join the HPC team at Ghent University as HPC System Administrator (Linux & Storage) and help support cutting-edge research and supercomputing in Flanders. 📍 Ghent University ⏱️ Full-time, permanent 💻 Hybrid work possible 🗓️ Apply by 31 Jan 2026 🔗 jobs.ugent.be/job/Gent-Sys...

🧬 Research Showcase 🦠 New open-access research shows how parasite species, development, and co-infections shape the microbiome of the schistosomiasis snail Biomphalaria glabrata, using 16S rRNA sequencing powered by VSC supercomputing. 🔗 Read more → www.vscentrum.be/post/schisto...

Schistosome species, parasite development, and co-infection combinations determine microbiome dynamics in the snail Biomphalaria glabrata

Schistosomiasis is a snail-borne parasitic disease affecting over 200 million people worldwide. This study examines how schistosome species, parasite development, and co-infection influence the microb...

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🚀 VSC + LUMI-BE Users Day starts next week A full day of high-performance computing, research impact, and user experiences. 📍 Brussels | 17 December 🔗 See the full event agenda: www.vscentrum.be/ud25

🚨 New VSC Success Story! Ancient DNA from Sint-Truiden reveals 1,000 years of ancestry, migration & community life — including evidence of 14th-century plague unseen in historical records. Powered by VSC supercomputing. 🎥 Watch: youtu.be/cciqwPZMkfk #VSC #HPC #AncientDNA #Genomics #History

VSC Success Story | Discoveries from Sint-Truiden

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