UD25 | AI Factories — Ward Poelmans (VUB)

Описание: AI Factories
Recorded presentation from VSC User Day 2025

In this presentation, Ward Poelmans (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VSC) introduces the concept of AI factories and explains how VSC is evolving its infrastructure and services to support large-scale artificial intelligence workloads.

The talk provides an overview of recent VSC developments, including new AI-focused systems, GPU investments, Tier-1 and Tier-2 infrastructure updates, and how these fit into a broader AI factory approach. It also highlights how compute, data, cloud, and user services are combined to enable efficient AI research and innovation across academia and industry.

In addition, the presentation discusses:
-New and upcoming VSC AI infrastructure and GPU systems
-The role of AI-focused HPC environments in research workflows
-Operational challenges such as data management, security, and scalability
-Key insights from the VSC User Survey 2024 and resulting actions
-How VSC is preparing for future AI-driven research demands

This presentation offers a practical view on how modern supercomputing centers are transforming into AI factories that support end-to-end AI workflows.

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The Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum (VSC) is a partnership between the five Flemish universities and their university associations. VSC brings together expertise in scientific and technical computing and provides infrastructure, training, and services to support research and innovation in Flanders. It promotes the use and added value of high-performance computing across academia and industry.