LeCAD Laboratory at the ASHPC 2026 Conference in Vienna
Between 7. and 10. April 2026, the Austrian‑Slovenian HPC Conference (ASHPC 2026), organised by Austrian Scientific Computing (ASC) took place in Vienna. The conference represents one of the key European events in the fields of advanced simulations, high‑performance computing (HPC), and quantum computing. The research work of the LeCAD Laboratory was strongly represented at the conference, with its members contributing numerous scientific presentations and participating in strategic discussions at the European level.
Researchers from the LeCAD Laboratory presented five posters, covering topics from quantum computing and exascale simulations to AI methods and open‑source tools.
Leon Kos presented two posters on quantum computing and the VIVID‑DTE digital twin environment. David Lajevec presented work on Heterogeneous Exascale Particle‑in‑Cell, while Aleksander Grm introduced an open‑source framework for hydrofoil studies combined with Physics‑Informed Neural Networks (PINN).
The LeCAD Laboratory also contributed two invited talks.
Ivona Vasileska presented Performance‑Portable Particle‑in‑Cell with Multigrid Solvers on Heterogeneous CPU–GPU Nodes, focusing on performance portability and the efficient use of modern heterogeneous computing systems. The second invited talk was delivered by Janez Povh, entitled Quantum and Simulated Annealing‑Based Iterative Algorithms for QUBO Relaxations of the Sparsest k‑Subgraph Problem.
In addition, Pavel Tomšič chaired a dedicated National Competence Centres (NCC) working session, organised by EuroCC Austria and EuroCC SLING, bringing together representatives from Austria, Slovenia, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia to align activities and discuss the third phase of EuroCC project.
Participation in ASHPC 2026 once again confirmed the strength and relevance of the LeCAD Laboratory, highlighting its active scientific role and strong position within the European HPC and quantum computing community.
