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Welcome to the latest news and events page for the Flemish Supercomputer Center. This page serves as the go-to source for all announcements, updates, and news related to the center. Whether you are a researcher, a student, or simply interested in the latest developments in high-performance computing, you will find valuable information here.


🔒 Quantum-Proof Your Future: Access the Webinar Recordings Now!
📢 VSC Announces Recorded Presentations from the Webinar: Safeguarding Communications and Data in the Quantum Computing Age Missed the...
Jan 201 min read

Investigating screw agitator speed ratio impact on feeding performance using DEM
By: Luz Nadiezda Naranjo Gómez, Kensaku Matsunami, Paul Van Liedekerke, Thomas De Beer & Ashish Kumar In the continuous manufacturing of...
Oct 7, 20243 min read

VSC Publishes 2023 Annual Report: Leading Flanders into a Future of High-Performance Computing
The Flemish Supercomputer Center (VSC) is proud to announce the publication of its 2023 Annual Report. As the importance of computing...
Jul 4, 20242 min read

Exploring Quantum Computing: Introduction & Perspectives from Industry and Europe
Webinar organized by VSC and EuroCC Belgium Join us on June 4th from 12:00 to 14:00 for an enlightening webinar organized by VSC and...
May 6, 20241 min read

Lower respiratory tract single-cell RNA sequencing and neutrophil extracellular trap profiling of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis: a single centre, retrospective, observational study
By: Simon Feys, Sam Vanmassenhove, Sirima Kraisin, Karen Yu, Cato Jacobs, Bram Boeckx, and others. Show all authors here...
Feb 5, 20243 min read

ForestClim—Bioclimatic variables for microclimate temperatures of European forests
By: Stef Haesen and Koenraad Van Meerbeek Bioclimatic variables play a pivotal role in various scientific disciplines, spanning from...
Dec 11, 20232 min read


Modeling the impact of COVID-19 testing policies in a primary school
By the SIMID research group (UHasselt, UAntwerp) The SIMID (Simulation Models of Infectious Diseases) team is a highly interdisciplinary...
Nov 22, 20232 min read


The Role of Plasma β in Global Coronal Models: Bringing Balance back to the Force
by Michaela Brchnelova, Błażej Kuźma, Fan Zhang, Andrea Lani and Stefaan Poedts Space weather has been increasingly more and more...
Sep 6, 20232 min read

🇧🇪 Belgian national track to access LUMI
Date for the next cut-off for the Belgian track is 22 September 2023 at 23.59 h CEST. Starting from this call, we have separate...
Aug 28, 20231 min read


Characterizing the behavior of novel superconductors in applied magnetic fields
By: Jonas Bekaert, Levie Bringmans and Milorad V Milošević Long-standing research interest The behavior of superconductors in applied...
Jun 19, 20233 min read


Tier-1 Data Launch Event
More and more VSC users have computational tasks that depend on large datasets. To support and enable data management, a central place to...
Apr 28, 20231 min read


Audio Classification with Skyrmion Reservoirs
By: Robin Msiska, Jake Love, Jeroen Mulkers, Jonathan Leliaert, Karin Everschor-Sitte Physical reservoir computing is a computational...
Apr 24, 20233 min read


The Impact of Electron Phonon Scattering
The Impact of Electron Phonon Scattering, Finite Size and Lateral Electric Field on Transport Properties of Topological Insulators: A...
Apr 17, 20232 min read


Microbiomes Associated with Surfaces of Northern Argentinian Fruits Show a Wide Species Diversity
BY: Louise Vermote, Marko Verce, Fernanda Mozzi, Luc De Vuyst and Stefan Weckx The Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food...
Mar 27, 20232 min read


From saving lives in vehicular accidents to protecting materials under stress: Crumple zones matter
By: Sven M.J. Rogge, Sander Borgmans, Veronique Van Speybroeck Crumple zones form a critical safety measure to protect passengers during...
Mar 21, 20233 min read


Solving Born-Oppenheimer using group-equivariant deep learning
By Sander Vandenhaute, Mieke De Schepper, Veronique Van Speybroeck Quantum mechanics allows us to understand and predict the properties...
Mar 9, 20233 min read


Dynamic formation of multi-threaded prominences in arcade configurations
By: V. Jerčić and R. Keppens Prominences are impressive, large-scale structures in the Sun’s corona (the uppermost layer of the Sun’s...
Feb 13, 20232 min read


A Cellular Hierarchy in Melanoma Uncouples Growth and Metastasis
By: Panagiotis Karras, Ignacio Bordeu, Joanna Pozniak, Ada Nowosad, Cecilia Pazzi, Nina Van Raemdonck, Ewout Landeloos, Yannick Van...
Sep 28, 20223 min read


Creating interlayered superconducting/insulating van der Waals heterostructures
By Dr. Jonas Bekaert Senior postdoctoral fellow of Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO) Department of Physics & NANOlab Center of...
Aug 31, 20222 min read


Resolving the solar prominence/filament paradox using the magnetic Rayleigh–Taylor instability
By Dr. Jack M. Jenkins & Prof. Dr. Rony Keppens Lab information Prof. Dr. Rony Keppens and I are a part of the Center for mathematical...
Jul 12, 20223 min read
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