This week, HPC Serbia is participating in the 15th International Conference on Large-Scale Scientific Computations, organized by our colleagues at NCC Bulgaria. The event is taking place in the picturesque town of Sozopol, on the Black Sea coast. The conference addresses a variety of recent advancements in scalable numerical methods, algorithms, and their applications. It serves as a platform for scientists who develop and evaluate numerical methods and algorithms to connect with researchers using these techniques to tackle real-world challenges.

The conference covers a range of topics, including hierarchical and adaptive strategies, domain decomposition with local refinement techniques, robust preconditioning algorithms, Monte Carlo methods, numerical linear algebra, control systems, parallel algorithms with performance assessments, and significant computational challenges in environmental, biomedical, and engineering domains.

HPC Serbia conducted two presentations during a specialized session that highlighted HPC and HPDA algorithms and their applications. Specifically, Dr. Dusan Vudragovic from the Institute of Physics Belgrade discussed a parallel algorithm for addressing the dipolar Gross-Pitaevskii equation, while Dr. Marija Mitrovic Dankulov presented High-Performance Data Analytics for analyzing collective trust dynamics.

During the conference, we engaged in several productive meetings with our colleagues from NCC Bulgaria, where we exchanged insights and outlined our visions for the continued development of national competence centers. These discussions allowed us to identify key areas for enhancing bilateral cooperation, define concrete joint action items, and align our training initiatives to ensure greater synergy and impact. In addition to coordinating program content, we also explored possibilities for co-hosted events, joint dissemination efforts, and resource sharing to strengthen regional capacity building and knowledge transfer.