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Supercomputing for Business, Oulu

Thursday 6th February 2025 on 12:00-17:00

Do you want to develop your business faster and more efficiently? Do you think that massive computing capacity with huge GPU resources could help your development work? Have you heard that EuroHPC LUMI, one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers and artificial intelligence platforms, is available for RDI work of Finnish companies. The size of the company does not matter – LUMI also helps startups and SMEs.

Supercomputing for Business seminar is for companies in the Oulu region interested in to boost their RDI with high-performance computing! In seminar you will hear enlightening talks by supercomputing specialists and inspiring industrial speakers showcasing the benefits of supercomputing. Among other things demanding simulations and large-scale AI, like GenAI with LLMs, are typical use cases of supercomputing.

This seminar you will

  • discover how world-class LUMI supercomputer can boost your RDI efforts with demanding simulations, large-scale Al, and high-performance data analytics
  • learn from industrial use cases and the benefits of supercomputing in RDI
  • get practical guidance on utilizing LUMI supercomputer for industrial use
  • find out financial support options for your company
  • get to know the European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) operating in Finland as service centers accelerating the digitalization of SMEs.

The main language of the seminar is English, but the discussion can also be held in Finnish.

Agenda

Time Contents
12:00Lunch at Restaurant MIN
13:00Welcome
Jussi Leponiemi, Director, Business Oulu
13:15LUMI supercomputer ready for industrial use 
• Introduction to LUMI, the fastest supercomputer in Europe
• How to become a LUMI business user
Mikko Kerttula, Customer manager, CSC
13:45Business Finland Funding opportunities
Outi Keski-Äijö, Ecosystem Manager & Head of Quantum Computing Campaign, Business Finland
14:15Break
14:45Success story: Candour Identity Oy
Harri Koskimäki, COO 
15:15Working with LUMI – practical guidance on utilizing LUMI effectively
Jyrki Savolainen, Application specialist, CSC
• How to get started with LUMI
• Working procedure & available tools 
• CSC’s expert support 
15:45Finnish European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) supporting companies digitalization
Intro to EDIHs; Finnish AI Region (FAIR), Location Innovation Hub (LIH), Robocoast and HealthHub Finland
16:30Networking
17:00End of day

The seminar is organised in collaboration with all Finnish EDIHs – Finnish AI Region, Location Innovation Hub, HealthHub Finland, Robocoast – together with Business Oulu and CSC – IT Center for Science.

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