This hackathon is a way for you to get free help to optimize your software for the AMD GPUs available on LUMI-G!
You can apply if you are a researcher or a company located in either one of the LUMI consortium countries or a member of the EuroHPC country. Ph.D. students and holders of postdoctoral fellowships are also eligible to apply.
The selected projects will receive help from HPE and AMD staff of the HPE Center of Excellence for LUMI and from members of the LUMI User Support Team. The hackathon will be on-site only at the University of Antwerp, Belgium from Monday, 18. May, till Friday, 22. May 2026.
In advance, we will provide online preparation, which includes an introduction for those who are unfamiliar to profiling CPU and GPU code on LUMI. Each selected team will also have a preparatory meeting with its mentors to discuss the goals of the hackathon and the state of the project.
The deadline for applications is 1st April 2026.
Who can apply
This is an open call. Anyone who is a member of an organization eligible to receive an allocation for LUMI compute resources is also welcome to apply to this program. In brief, this means that a research software developer affiliated with a research organization in countries part of the LUMI consortium and/or the EuroHPC countries can apply. This includes associated countries to H2020. A company, which has its headquarters in such countries, is also eligible.
By partnering with European research groups and/or companies, a non-European applicant can also participate, but please note that the principal investigator of any projects that apply will need to be based in the EU or an associated country. Ph.D. students and holders of postdoctoral fellowships are also eligible to apply, but we may ask for further letters of support in such cases.
Venue
The event will be held in Antwerp, Belgium from Monday, 18. May, to Friday, 22 May. It will start around lunchtime on the 18. and end at lunchtime on the 22. to allow for travel. The location is city campus of the University of Antwerp, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium.