HLRS at SC25: Riding the HPC Wave

SC25 – the world’s leading event for high-performance computing (HPC) – will take place from November 16–21, 2025, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA.

This year, HLRS invites you to drop anchor at our booth and discover how we’re navigating the seas of innovation in supercomputing, artificial intelligence, and data analytics.

To register, visit the official SC25 website.

Visit the HLRS Booth

You can find HLRS at Booth #726. While there, you can:

• Meet the HLRS team and learn about the latest developments in HPC, AI, high-performance data analytics (HPDA), and digital twins.
• Learn about our latest supercomputer Hunter and the sustainable supercomputing strategy that is guiding the planning for our future exascale supercomputer, Herder.
• Experience our main exhibit, a real TRUMPF Flex Cell connected to a digital twin of a TruBend bending machine, demonstrating flexible automation and real-world applications of HPC-powered simulation and control.
• Join the race! Take part in our VR cycle race challenge and test your stamina in an immersive, high-speed experience.
• Learn about our ongoing projects, including our AI Factory HammerHAI, which embodies this year’s theme of intelligent and sustainable supercomputing.
• Collect your stamp as part of the SC25 European HPC Stamp Collection, featuring 13 European HPC organizations. Complete the tour and enter the drawing on Wednesday at 11:30 AM at the ETP4HPC booth for a chance to win exciting prizes!
• For your onboard entertainment, grab a copy of the newest issue of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing’s (GCS) magazine, InSiDE

Sail in for a Drink!

Join us for a Happy Hour hosted by HLRS, HPE, and AMD.

Happy Hour at the HLRS Booth #726
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 – Starting at 3:00 PM

Relax with ocean-inspired cocktails, connect with colleagues, and enjoy good conversations about the future of HPC.

HLRS presentations and sessions

Representatives of HLRS will contribute to the following sessions during SC25:

ExaMPI25: Workshop on Extreme Scale MPI

Sunday, November 16
9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Room 260

HLRS speaker: Mike Söhner

The ExaMPI25 Workshop will bring together researchers and developers to discuss new concepts and algorithms for the Message Passing Interface (MPI), its optimization for emerging workloads, and its role in the post-exascale era.

More about this session:
https://sc25.conference-program.com/session/?sess=sess206

Ethics in HPC: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

Tuesday, November 18
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM 
Room 125

HLRS speaker: Nico Formanek

This Birds of a Feather session explores how the HPC community can ensure that powerful computing technologies are developed and applied responsibly, in ways that promote fairness, transparency, and societal benefit.

More about this session:
https://sc25.conference-program.com/presentation/?id=bof187&sess=sess417