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Latest News

Welcome to the latest news and events page for the Flemish Supercomputer Center. This page serves as the go-to source for all announcements, updates, and news related to the center. Whether you are a researcher, a student, or simply interested in the latest developments in high-performance computing, you will find valuable information here.

From Training to Innovation: How VSC Supports Learning & Development

How VSC’s hands-on training empowers researchers to innovate, backed by insights from Geert Jan Bex.

Connect Blog

Oct 15 min read

PIDGIN Project: Harnessing AI and HPC to Advance Lung Cancer Diagnosis

The PIDGIN Project at Hasselt University combines pathology, biomedical sciences, oncology, and data science to improve lung cancer diagnosis through AI and high-performance computing. By digitizing tissue slides and analyzing them at the pixel level, researchers can detect patterns invisible to the human eye. With VSC’s Tier-1 infrastructure, the team achieves faster, more accurate, and reproducible diagnoses, paving the way for personalized treatments.

Events

Aug 113 min read

Human-in-the-loop tabular data extraction methods for historical climate data rescue

Researchers from Ghent University and VUB are digitizing Congo Basin weather records (1907–1960) using human-in-the-loop AI. By combining OCR models, vision-language tools, and expert corrections—with the help of VSC supercomputing—they’ve achieved high accuracy in transcribing complex handwritten climate tables. The study highlights the power of AI-human collaboration in preserving historical data.

Research Showcase

Jul 23 min read