The Sling consortium partners and the Sling National Competence Centre (NCC), in cooperation with NCC Austria, have again this year co-developed the conference programme. ASHPC26organised by the ASC Research Center (TU Wien, Austria) with the financial support of the Austrian HPC Association, and held from 8 to 10 April 2026 at the Technical University of Vienna, with a pre-conference day on 7 April dedicated to the meeting of Central European NCCs.
The event continues the tradition of the Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meetings (2021-2025) and brings together users and providers of high-performance computing resources from both academic and non-academic backgrounds.
The conference started with a joint meeting of Central European NCCs and AI factories, where participants discussed the upcoming EuroCC Phase 3 project and how to strengthen future cooperation. The event also included a meeting of Slovenian representatives of the National Competence Centre and the AI Factory.
The programme offered a variety of topics in the field of high-performance computing, focusing on the latest developments in HPC hardware and architectures, the integration of HPC with cloud services and artificial intelligence, and presentations of concrete research cases. Particular emphasis was given to the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, European HPC infrastructure and quantum computing. The conference also included a technical session focusing on the architecture, configuration and operation of HPC systems and AI-optimised supercomputers, where challenges and best practices were discussed.
ASHPC26 has reaffirmed its role as an important platform for knowledge sharing, networking and fostering innovation between research and industry, while consolidating its position as an increasingly recognised pan-European event.
The next edition of the conference has already been announced: the ASHPC27 will take place from 5 to 8 April 2027 in the Thermal Baths of Rome, Slovenia.
ASHPC26 Conference Committees
Steering Committee
Claudia Blaas-Schenner, ASC Research Center, TU Wien, Austria
Eduard Reiter, Research Area Scientific Computing, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Programme Committee
Janez Povh (chair), Rudolfovo – Science and Technology Centre Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Jure Borišek, National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
Martin Žnidaršič, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
Philipp Gschwandtner, Research Center HPC, Department of Computer Science, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Alois Schlögl, Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria
Organizing Committee
Malgorzata Goiser (chair), ASC Research Center, TU Wien, Austria
Christina Müllner, ASC Research Center, TU Wien, Austria
Ivan Vialov, ASC Research Center, TU Wien, Austria
Florian Klauser, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
