Arrhenius in stable production Fall allocation calls to open soon, Mimer becomes Sweden AI Factory  Welcome to a new academic year Welcome to the first issue of our new monthly newsletter for NAISS users. Previously, most updates went to university representatives, but we want those of you using the infrastructure every day to hear directly about new systems, strategic developments, training and events. We’ll also rotate updates between our associate directors so you regularly hear from across the organisation. News NAISS Large Fall 2026 and LUMI Sweden Fall 2026 calls opening soon The two calls open mid-September and close 16 Oct at 15:00 CEST. They will be published in the NAISS User Area. To encourage our largest users to apply for EuroHPC resources, there are upper limits on the capacity one can request in NAISS Large application rounds. The limits are both on individual compute resources an as a whole. Other news introduced this spring is that users must register publications resulting from the projects (and acknowledging the use of NAISS resources) via DOIs in SUPR, financial support is entered in a table with a row for each grant or similar instead of being a free-text field, NAISS has changed from the NAISS User Agreement to the NAISS General Terms of Use, and that users now have to acknowledge that NAISS storage resources are to be used for active data only. Read more about allocations › Mimer AI Factory becomes Sweden AI Factory Following a strategic review of its brand positioning, Mimer AI Factory will now operate under the name Sweden AI Factory. “The new name confirms both what we do and our national mandate: to provide access and expert guidance to companies, researchers, and the public sector as they advance their AI projects,” says Sweden AI Factory Director Rossen Apostolov. Read more ›Events Training 7, 14 and 21 Sep 2026 Mondays with MATLAB 2026 - Nordic HPC workshops This is a collaboration with MathWorks, IHPC in Iceland, CSC in Finland and RTU HPC in Latvia. Mondays with MATLAB is a workshop series for researchers, educators, and students across the Nordic and Baltic region who are interested in parallel computing, AI, and large-scale computing workflows. Online Event page ›Training 14 — 18 Sep 2026 NAISS Introduction Training Week Aimed at new users. Topics covered include Linux, connecting, file transfer, software use, batch systems, running AI/ML workloads, and sensitive data handling. Participants can choose their topics of interest. Online Event page ›Training 22 Sep 2026 VASP best practices on Arrhenius This NAISS seminar presents how to run the Vienna Ab-initio Simulation Package (VASP) efficiently on the new Arrhenius system, using CPU as well as GPU nodes. A focus will be on performance for both CPU and GPU. Online Event page ›Training 22 — 24 Sep 2026 & 29 Sep — 1 Oct 2026 Teaches the essential tools to make full use of software, computing, and data. Covers git, reproducible research, social coding, AI-assisted development, documentation, testing, and modular code development. NAISS is a funding partner of CodeRefinery. Online CodeRefinery website ›Training 2 Oct 2026 Transferring files to and from NAISS systems, with a focus on practical, hands-on use of terminal-based tools. Builds on the NAISS Introduction Training Week or Introduction Training Days. Online Event page ›Conference Lunch 6 Oct - Lunch 7 Oct 2026 The annual user forum, to be held at the World Trade Center in Stockholm. Jeff Hammond, Software Engineer from NVIDIA, will offer the keynote address. Hear updates on Arrhenius, developments in user support and allocations, and mingle with representatives from different user groups. Stockholm Event page ›Training 12 — 13 Oct 2026 Basic Singularity/Apptainer Workshop Introduction to the basic concepts of containerised software environment solutions within the Singularity/Apptainer framework. Online Event page ›Conference 13 Oct 2026 Sweden AI Factory co-organises the Nordic AI Factory Summit at Hotel Birger Jarl in Stockholm. The one-day event brings together researchers, engineers, startups, and policymakers to discuss AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, and digital sovereignty across the Nordic and European landscape. Topics include large language models, agentic AI, sovereign computing, and the EuroHPC AI Factory initiative — with a focus on real-world deployment and European AI competitiveness. Stockholm Event page ›Training 19 — 22 Oct 2026 Introduction to R, MATLAB, and Julia in HPC Introduction to the basic concepts of containerised software environment solutions within the Singularity/Apptainer framework. Online Event page ›Of interest
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