ISC High Performance 2026

^{Photograph shows TeamEPCC in front of the McEwan Hall, Edinburgh. From left to right: Lewis Coates, Saad Tariq, Abdallah Kharouf, Iris Xu, Akeel Ather Medina and Raul Costa.}

EPCC at ISC26

ISC26 connects users from academia, government, and the private sector with technology developers and providers, fostering a global exchange of knowledge, innovation, and collaboration. We will contribute across the programme and you can also meet us at Booth H02. Details will be posted here as they are confirmed.

TeamEPCC at the ISC26 Student Cluster Competition

TeamEPCC, comprising five students from EPCC’s MSc in High Performance Computing and one EPCC apprentice from Edinburgh Napier University, has been selected to compete in the in-person ISC26 Student Cluster Competition (SCC). 

The in-person competition teams each design and run their own HPC cluster. During ISC26 SCC, the teams will compete to achieve the best performance across a range of benchmarks and applications within the 6KW power limit on their clusters.

Follow Team EPCC's progress
LinkedIn: @TeamEPCC UoE
X: @TeamEPCC

Birds of a Feather

Lustre in HPC, AI and the Cloud: Community, Scope, Accomplishments, Challenges and Roadmap

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall G1 - 2nd Floor
Adrian Jackson is a speaker.
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HPC Next: Reflections and Progress on the RISC-V Ecosystem

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 5:15 PM to 6:15 PM. Hall G1 - 2nd Floor
Speakers include Nick Brown.
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A European HPC Ecosystem for AI: Challenges and Opportunities

Thursday, June 25, 2026 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM. Hall G1 - 2nd Floor
Speakers include Mark Parsons.
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Community Meet-up

Sustainable Collaborations and Knowledge Exchange Across the UK and Europe

Thursday, June 25, 2026 9:15 AM to 10:00 AM. Hall H, Community Stage - Ground floor
Speaker: Darren White.
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First-time Exhibitor Pitch

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 12:45 PM to 1:15 PM. Hall 4 - Ground Floor
Speakers include Mark Parsons.
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Panel

Optimizing the Lifecycle: Performance, Efficiency, and Sustainability in HPC

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Hall 4 - Ground Floor
Speakers include Michèle Weiland.

Project Posters

CAKE: Better Connecting and Coordinating Global Digital Research Infrastructure

Wednesday, June 24, 3:45 PM to 5:15 PM. Foyer D-G - 2nd Floor
Speakers include Nick Brown and Darren White.
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Vendor Showdown 2

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 11:15 AM to 12:45 PM. Hall 4 - Ground Floor
Speakers include Mark Parsons.
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Women in HPC at ISC26

Co-organised by Eleanor Broadway.

Finding Your People in HPC: A WHPC Community Meet-Up

Tuesday, June 23, 2:15 PM to 3:00 PM. Hall H, Community Stage (Ground floor)
Speakers include Eleanor Broadway.
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Women in HPC Poster Pitch.

A case study in sustainable AI: Applying carbon-reducing techniques in weather forecasting frameworks

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 2:15 PM to 2:45 PM. Hall F - 2nd Floor
Speaker: Kara Moraw.
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See the Women in HPC website for details of all activities. 

Workshops

2nd International Workshop on Energy Efficiency with Sustainable Performance: Techniques, Tools, and Best Practices

Friday, June 26, 2026, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Hall X2 - 1st Floor
Speakers include Daniyal Arshad. 
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International Workshop on RISC-V for HPC at ISC

Friday, June 26, 2026, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Hall X10 - 1st Floor
Speakers include Nick Brown and Daniyal Arshad. 
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5th International Workshop on Sustainable Supercomputing

Friday, June 26, 2026, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Hall X8 - 1st Floor
Speakers include Adrian Jackson, Andy Turner,  Michèle Weiland.
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