Centres of Excellence (CoEs) are initiatives supported by EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, aimed at developing a robust software ecosystem for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Quantum Computing (QC) across academia and industry. These efforts are designed to deliver tangible benefits, particularly in addressing scientific and societal challenges.
HPC and quantum computing are rapidly evolving disruptive technologies. Harnessing their full potential demands significant adaptations or even complete rewrite of existing application codes. This presents a considerable challenge, as legacy algorithms must be re-engineered to perform efficiently on next-generation, heterogeneous supercomputing architectures.
This workshop builds on the success of “From petascale to exascale and beyond: the Centres of Excellence challenge” and “Tackling software exascale challenges: the Centres of Excellence in High Performance Computing perspective” held at HiPEAC 2025, continuing the dialogue among Centres of Excellence (CoEs) in HPC and the European Quantum Excellence Centres. It will bring together researchers from different CoEs to share their experiences in modernising or developing algorithms for emerging architectures. Key challenges and potential solutions in porting CoE applications to cutting-edge platforms will be discussed, fostering knowledge exchange within the community.
The event represents a remarkable opportunity to exchange best practices, explore innovative approaches, and strengthening collaboration across CoEs and the broader HPC community. To promote inclusivity, contributions from early-career researchers and scientists from underrepresented groups will be especially encouraged.
CoE organisers: ChEESE-2P, EoCoE-III, ESiWACE3, ExCELLERAT P2, MaX, MultiXscale, POP3, and SPACE
Organisers: Maria Arista (BSC, Spain), Elisabetta Boella (E4 Computer Engineering, Italy), Marina Corradini (ICN2, Spain), Maria Jose Garcia (GEO3BCN-CSIC, Spain), Marta Garcia Gasulla (BSC, Spain), Daniele Gregori (E4 Computer Engineering, Italy), Rosa Rodriguez (BSC, Spain), Nitin Shukla (Cineca, Italy), Varvara Vedia (GEO3BCN-CSIC, Spain), and Helena Vela (Do It Now, Spain)