CERN openlab at ISC 2025: Driving Dialogue on Digital Twins, HPC, and Future Research Infrastructure

CERN openlab participated in the ISC High Performance 2025 conference in Hamburg, contributing to key discussions on the future of scientific computing. This premier event brought together experts from across academia and industry to explore the latest developments in high-performance computing (HPC), AI, and advanced infrastructure.

As part of the programme, CERN openlab co-organised a Birds of a Feather (BoF) session titled “Shaping the Future of Scientific Digital Twins: Tales from Physics, Climate Research, and Data Centre Operations.” The session was led by Maria Girone, Head of CERN openlab, and Matteo Bunino, computing engineer at CERN openlab. It featured perspectives from multiple disciplines and aimed to spark dialogue and build community around digital twin technologies in science.

Maria Girone also presented in the BoF session “HPC & Cloud Convergence,” contributing CERN’s experience in combining high-performance on-premises resources with cloud services to support large-scale scientific workloads. In addition, Maria took part in the session “Towards a Strategy for Future Research Infrastructures,” contributing with CERN’s insight into the evolving needs of large-scale scientific research facilities.

Beyond the sessions, ISC 2025 provided many valuable moments to connect with CERN openlab’s current collaborators, including  E4 Computer Engineering, Pure Storage, Intel and Micron, and to explore potential new partnerships with industry and research institutes. These discussions reaffirmed the shared mission of accelerating computing for science through innovation, collaboration, and strategic alignment.