Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre announced that Perth, Western Australia, has been selected to host the International High-Performance Computing Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences (IHPCSS).\u00a0This is the first time the summer school will take place in the Southern Hemisphere since its inception in 2010.<\/p>\n
Applications for the IHPCSS will open in early 2026, with further details on the program, dates, and eligibility to be announced soon.\u00a0For more information about the International HPC Summer School series, visit\u00a0ihpcss.github.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n The summer school is delivered through a collaboration of international HPC organisations, including the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) via the HPC SPECTRA<\/a>\u00a0project in Europe, the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre (Pawsey) in Australia, the\u00a0Digital Research Alliance of Canada<\/a>\u00a0(DRAC), the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS<\/a>) in Japan, the\u00a0University of Illinois<\/a>\u00a0at Urbana Champaign and the\u00a0University of Texas<\/a>\u00a0at Austin in the U.S., along with other organisations from South Africa (NICIS CHPC<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NITheCS<\/a>) and the U.K. (EPCC<\/a>). (source: ss25.ihpcss.org)<\/p>\n The International HPC Summer School has been a cornerstone event in the global computational sciences calendar, alternating between North America, Europe and Japan over the past decade and a half. Starting in Sicily, Italy, in 2010, the school has travelled to renowned locations including South Lake Tahoe, Dublin, New York City, Budapest, Toronto, Ljubljana, Boulder, Ostrava, Athens, Atlanta, Kobe and most recently, Portugal.<\/p>\n \u201cThe rapidly evolving landscape of computational science demands that we continuously invest in developing the next generation of HPC talent,\u201d said Mark Stickells AM, CEO of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre. \u201cBy bringing IHPCSS to Perth, we\u2019re providing our local researchers with world-class training opportunities right on their doorstep, and also positioning Perth as a global hub for computational excellence. It\u2019s a testament to Perth\u2019s growing reputation as a destination for cutting-edge scientific collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n The 2026 IHPCSS is expected to bring together around 100 of the world\u2019s most talented graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from more than 20 nationalities across five continents. Over an intensive week of tutorials, workshops, mentoring, and networking, participants gain deep expertise in advanced HPC technologies and computational methods, guided by leading scientists from the world\u2019s top supercomputing centres.<\/p>\n Since Australia first participated in IHPCSS in 2023, Pawsey has been an active contributor to this international initiative. The organisation has sent delegates, provided mentorship, and played a role in the school\u2019s continued success. Hosting the 2026 school is a natural next step, reflecting Pawsey\u2019s role as a strategic leader in global HPC education and Western Australia\u2019s place in this international ecosystem.<\/p>\n \u201cEach year, the International HPC Summer School brings together roughly 20 leading HPC experts and over 80 of the brightest early-career researchers from around the world,\u201d said Ludovic Capelli, Education and Training Manager at Pawsey. \u201cIn just one week, participants dive into intense knowledge exchange, forge new connections, and spark collaborations that continue long after the school ends.\u201d<\/p>\n The Perth program will feature keynote lectures, poster sessions, and hands-on training across major areas of computational science, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration. Beyond skills development, it will provide Australian researchers and institutions with direct access to global expertise, strengthening partnerships with leading HPC initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre announced that Perth, Western Australia, has been selected to host the International High-Performance Computing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[241,40802,61,40803,60,40804,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-58263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-eurohpc","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ihpc","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-pawsey-supercomputing-centre","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}