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Join our MultiXscale experts in the following sessions at ISC25 Hamburg Germany: “Supporting cutting edge development of LAMMPS with EESSI” by MultiXscale expert Helena Vela ⏱️ Friday 13 June📌 Hall X10 – 1st floor (Workshop) Abstract:The MultiXscale CoE is an exascale-oriented application co-design and delivery for multiscale simulations. It is a collaborative project between members of the CECAM network and the EESSI community that will allow domain scientists to take advantage of the computational resources offered by EuroHPC JU. In this presentation we are going to focus on one of the lighthouse codes within #MultiXScale, LAMMPS, which is used by a large number of computational scientists. We will discuss how the developers of new plugins for LAMMPS are testing on a wide range of systems with the help of the software.eessi.io and dev.eessi.io repositories.The dev.eessi.io repository allows developers to share pre-releases of their software so they can test it on systems where EESSI is available, this includes the EuroHPC systems Vega, Karolina and Deucalion. For example, on Vega, development codes of LAMMPS are already available for using and testing through dev.eessi.io. In this talk we will show all the CI infrastructure to provide pre-released versions of your software using the plugins under development in MultiXscale, with LAMMPS as an example. More information here: https://pop-coe.eu/news/events/readiness-of-hpc-extreme-scale-applications-2nd-edition#Vela ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Exhibition: MultiXscale will be present at the EuroHPC JU booth J30. Our HPC expert Helena Vela will give a presentation on 11 June, from 12h20 to 12h40 Further details here: https://eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/media-events/events/eurohpc-ju-isc-high-performance-2025-2025-06-10_en

MultiXscale experts Alan O’Cais (University of Barcelona and CECAM) and Helena Vela (Do IT Now) will present “From zero to cloud (the EESSI way)” on 4 June at 9h10, during the HPC Annual Meeting – HPCKP25 Barcelona 3-5 June. Register here to watch the talk online!! Abstract: Discover how EESSI (European Environment for Scientific Software Installation) is transforming the way scientific software is deployed and shared across HPC systems, cloud platforms, and even laptops. In this session, we’ll introduce the motivation behind EESSI, its architecture, and how you can start using a fully pre-built, modular software environment — no matter where you compute. We will also demonstrate deployment to a cloud instance and cloud-based Slurm clusters!

“The same software on any research infrastructure, wouldn’t that be EESSI?” by our MultiXscale expert Bob Dröge (University of Groningen) on 20 May, during the SURF Research Day 2025, the national conference connecting research, IT, and innovation in Hilversum (Netherlands). Abstract: Modern research often requires cloud or supercomputing infrastructure, but setting up your software environment on such systems can be challenging and time consuming. What if you could have the same software environment everywhere? The European Environment for Scientific Software installations (EESSI) provides a large, uniform stack of scientific software, ready to use on virtually any system in the world: from personal laptop, to a cloud VM, to the largest supercomputers in Europe. In this talk, you will learn how EESSI works, what possibilities it creates, and you will see it live in action. Installing scientific software on complex systems such as cloud VMs or a supercomputer can be a time-consuming hurdle, and may even discourage you from using the infrastructure that would – in theory – be most suitable for your work. It also means that, when you are set up on a system, you are unlikely to move anywhere else, even if better infrastructures become available. The European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI) is an open-source project that provides a large stack of scientific software, which can be easily made available on any system in the world. This allows you to start experimenting on a local laptop, and then seamlessly move to a cloud VM or supercomputer as your computational needs increase. Aside from alleviating the software installation burden, having the same software environment everywhere opens up many more unique opportunities. In this session we will show some examples, but also open the floor for informal discussion: which opportunities do you see? More info about the event: https://www.surf.nl/en/agenda/surf-research-day-2025

MultiXscale expert Lara Peeters (UGent) will participate in the “Panel 1: Pathways in Digital Humanities: insights and stories from DH Alumni”, from 15:30 to 17:00 on Monday, 26 May, and will present MultiXscale poster during the event Celebrating 10 years of Digital Humanities at KU Leuven! In an ever-evolving digital age, the Digital Humanities have been shaping the future of research, bridging the gap between the technology and the way we understand, preserve and interpret the humanities. On May 26, 2025 at the KU Leuven Department of Computer Science, we will celebrate this milestone with a full-day event dedicated not only to sharing memories and reflections on the last decade of the Digital Humanities Advanced Master’s program but also to looking towards the future of Digital Humanities as a continuously evolving area of research. More information here

MultiXscale CoE coordinator, Dr. Matej Praprotnik (National Institute of Chemistry), has participated in the special ceremony held to mark the beginning of construction of the ARNES Data Center Maribor. He joined the second panel discussion focused on the relevance and importance of unified research infrastructure and included researchers from Slovenian public research organizations. The recording of the panel discussion is available on the ARNES Video portal. The contribution by Dr. Matej Praprotnik is available here (min. 1:44:10). More information: here

What if you no longer have to install a broad range of scientific software from scratch on every laptop, HPC cluster, or cloud instance you use or maintain, without compromising on performance? The European Environment for Scientific Software Installations (EESSI, https://eessi.io) comes to the rescue! In this webinar series we will provide a comprehensive overview of EESSI: why we started it, how it works, how you can use it, … You can register for the sessions listed below (either all of them, or selected ones). All sessions will be recorded. Recordings, slides, and materials used will be made publicly available shortly after each session via this page. In you have any questions regarding these webinars, please send an email to support@eessi.io. Sessions Format Registration Attendance is free of cost, but registration is required. Register via https://event.ugent.be/registration/eessi202505 Useful links More information: https://www.eessi.io/docs/training/2025/webinar-series-2025Q2/

How do we build a unified software stack that works on HPC systems and personal laptops? In this episode, Jothi Blontrock speaks with Kenneth Hoste and Lara Peeters from the HPC team at Ghent University about their work with the Centre of Excellence MultiXscale and the EESSI initiative. Listen now: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bLu96i1ZPPYgPhDtW4IOg?si=f907ae2afe594b07RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/f01f82a4/podcast/rss

During the HiPEAC Conference in Barcelona, MultiXscale co-organized two full-day workshops aimed at discussing the current status of HPC applications in Europe and the ongoing collaborative efforts to enhance their scalability. The organizing team focused on gathering contributions from various European Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and other relevant projects. Special attention was given to gender balance when inviting speakers, reflecting a commitment to inclusivity and diversity in the HPC community. As a result, the program featured: These sessions showcased contributions from 11 of the 12 active CoEs, as well as representatives from Destination Earth, EPICURE, ENES, CASTIEL-2, and the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking.Notably, the speaker distribution was 74% female, 22% male, and 4% non-binary. The workshops were well attended, with 25 to 30 participants per session, and they generated lively, in-depth discussions between speakers and the audience.Even more encouraging was the gender balance among attendees: 56% women and 44% men. Considering that the typical gender distribution at this event tends to be 10–20% women and 80–90% men, this shift represents a remarkable achievement. Measuring Impact: Insights from the Speakers To evaluate the impact of these efforts, we invited speakers to complete a short questionnaire. Below are some of the most meaningful insights from their responses. By proactively reaching out to women and underrepresented groups, we can help ensure a more balanced and representative set of voices in HPC discussions. We will also provide opportunities to female researchers to attend this kind of event, where they can enrich their career by listening to technical talks and networking with peers. Attendee Feedback To close, we’d like to share some quotes from attendees, which reflect the value and impact of the workshops: “Thanks for establishing safe spaces for early career researchers. It was a great opportunity and experience.” “Everything was quite welcoming, the communication with the organizers was great. It has been amazing being in a technical event with so many women, thank you!”“Very interesting workshop, nice to have women presenting about HPC. We could think about organizing a separate (i.e. separate from HiPEAC) and independant women in HPC Workshop.” *Survey conducted by POP3, ESiWACE3, MultiXScale and SPACE.Results gathered/analysed by POP3 and ESiWACE3.

In the CECAM Flagship Workshop “Modeling & Simulation of Fluid-Structure Interactions Across Scales” held at the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana (Slovenia), over four inspiring days, we welcomed 55 participants from 10 countries, to explore cutting-edge topics in multiscale modeling for biomedical applications, the transition to sustainable energy, and civil transport, AI-enhanced simulation techniques, and HPC workflows.💡 The event featured:🔹 International collaboration across academia and industry🔹 Hands-on exchanges with software developers🔹 New research ideas sparked during posters, talks, and informal networking🔹 Live demo and tech showcases from EESSIGrateful to financial support from ERC Advanced Grant MULTraSonicA (Grant No. 885155) from the European Research Council (ERC), CECAM-IT-SISSA-SNS and Jülich Supercomputing Centre, as well as all the amazing participants who made this workshop a success!

Authors: Jean-Noël Grad and the TeachingRSE working group The term Research Software Engineer (RSE) was coined a decade ago to describe individuals in academic and industrial settings who maintain and extend research software systems as their main activity, while also actively contributing to scientific research. Their role is defined by a wide range of skills and competencies that allows them to participate in the co-design of research requirements, in the publication of scientific papers, and to lead the development of scientific software. Specialised roles include bioinformatics, cheminformatics, HPC-RSEs, data-focused RSEs, and many more. This flexibility makes the definition of the RSE role challenging. The TeachingRSE working group set out to better understand and identify the foundational competencies of RSEs through multiple workshops over the span of two years, collecting feedback from practitioners from various scientific disciplines and several European countries, in collaboration with the German Informatics Society. Core competencies and transferable skills were identified and grouped into those that relate directly to software, those that are more research-related, and those that are communication-focused. The resulting paper “Foundational Competencies and Responsibilities of a Research Software Engineer” characterises the RSE role in various settings and disciplines, and describes RSEs as specialists with a high-quality software engineering knowledge, an understanding of the research environment (potentially working as a direct contributor to research itself), and the ability to communicate well and work highly effectively with researchers who may not have a computational background and IT savvy personnel who may not have a research background. A shorter version was published in IEEE Computing in Science & Engineering. The term RSE has become more widely accepted in recent years and research institutions are now hiring RSEs to provide the vitally important skills that they need to support modern research. RSEs can bridge the gap between software specialists and HPC practitioners on one side, and academic and industrial users on the other side, a synergy that is currently being leveraged by the UNIVERSE-HPC project to design a HPC-RSE curriculum. RSEs are supported by national RSE associations, the European Virtual Institute for Research Software Excellence (Horizon Europe Programme), and can receive formal training in Bachelor and Master programmes. These initiatives mirror work currently undertaken by EuroHPC JU to train the next generation of HPC experts, such as National Competence Centres, the Virtual Training Academy, and the European Master Programme for HPC. This blog post is adapted from the original at deRSE.