National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) Singapore

The March 2026 edition of NewsBytes is here! 📖 Read the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/gRGW5hVN From leveraging AI for peptide drug discovery to celebrating a decade of supercomputing excellence, this issue highlights how NSCC Singapore is strengthening the nation's capabilities in AI-driven discovery and emerging hybrid workloads. Inside this month’s edition: 🔹Advancing Peptide Drug Discovery with AI – Learn how NSCC Singapore's ASPIRE 2A+ supercomputer enabled researchers from A*STAR Bioinformatics Institute (A*STAR BII) to power large-scale molecular dynamics simulations and advanced AI models, capturing complex molecular behaviors to target complex diseases. 🔹Charting the Road Ahead – Read a special message from our Chief Executive Terence Hung, PhD on what we have achieved in 2025 and what’s to come in 2026. 🔹HPC Resource Planning Workshop at NTU – Ahead of our 7th Call for Projects on 1 April, we held engagement sessions at Nanyang Technological University Singapore to equip researchers with practical strategies for effective HPC utilization. 🔹Empowering the HPC Journey – Read about our March Introductory Workshops for ASPIRE 2A and ASPIRE 2A+ that helped a new group of researchers bridge the gap between massive computational power and real-world breakthroughs. #HPC #Supercomputing #AI #DrugDiscovery #Innovation #NSCCSingapore #ASPIRE2A #QuantumTech

NSCC Singapore’s 7th Call for Projects is now open! Researchers can apply for NSCC Singapore’s HPC resources from 1 April 2026 onwards. 📅 Application deadline: 29 April 2026 🔗 More details: https://lnkd.in/gDcMPVEr #HPC #Supercomputing #CallForProjects #Research #Innovation

NSCC Singapore's 7th Call for Projects officially launches this Wednesday, 1 April 2026! 🚀 Ahead of NSCC Singapore’s upcoming 7th Call for Projects (launching 1 April 2026), a two-part engagement session was held at Nanyang Technological University Singapore to equip researchers with practical strategies for effective HPC utilisation and resource planning. Bringing together Principal Investigators (PIs), researchers, and PhD students, the session focused on enabling participants to better optimise compute usage, benchmark workloads, and accurately estimate resource requirements for upcoming project applications. If you are keen to use NSCC Singapore's supercomputing resources, click here for more details on our regular Calls for Projects: https://lnkd.in/gDcMPVEr

ASPIRE 2A+ delivers compute performance equivalent to thousands of high-end laptops combined — enabling researchers to tackle problems that would otherwise take years to solve. But how does one actually make use of it? Last Thursday, we tackled exactly that at our hands-on ASPIRE 2A+ Introductory Workshop which equipping participants with active accounts, system knowledge, and the confidence to manage their workloads independently. The session delivered a comprehensive breakdown of the ASPIRE 2A+ architecture, focusing on login node configurations and storage frameworks. Participants actively engaged in essential HPC operations, including managing service unit allocations, navigating the software environment, executing file transfers, and deploying workloads via the PBS Professional job scheduler in alignment with system best practices. A big thank you to everyone who participated! We run these ASPIRE 2A+ sessions every month, so keep an eye out for the next schedule to kickstart your own HPC journey. View our upcoming workshop schedule here: 🔗 ASPIRE 2A: https://lnkd.in/gV_Yr7m9 🔗 ASPIRE 2A+: https://lnkd.in/gXsSqCB7 #NSCCSingapore #ASPIRE2A+ #HPC #Supercomputing #TalentEnablement

Next-generation research demands next-generation compute power—but unlocking that potential takes more than just a login ID. ⚡ Yesterday afternoon, we hosted our hands-on ASPIRE 2A Introductory Workshop at the National University of Singapore, to give participants a clear overview of the new system setup. Experts from our Managed Services Team guided participants through an introduction to core systems and tools, including the NSCC HPC cluster, the PBS Pro scheduler, and various developer tools. They also covered basic operations such as file transfer, compiling C program, and creating MPI job script. Thank you for your active participation. Our ASPIRE 2A Workshop runs monthly—stay tuned for the next session and join us to get started on your HPC journey. View our upcoming workshop schedule here: 🔗 ASPIRE 2A: https://lnkd.in/gV_Yr7m9 🔗 ASPIRE 2A+: https://lnkd.in/gsQ_fec7 #NSCCSingapore #ASPIRE2A #HPC #Supercomputing #TalentEnablement

Good to see interns become a regular feature in NSCC. Clearest sign that there is strong interest in HPC in Singapore. Just need a nudge in the right direction and the right mentors.

Every HPC journey starts somewhere. Last month, a new group of researchers took their first step into the ASPIRE 2A supercomputing environment, moving from system onboarding to their first successful PBS Pro job submissions. Through our series of regular introductory and advanced workshops, we continue to empower users to maximize the capabilities of Singapore’s national supercomputers for high-impact research. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gUaYCqQ3 #HPC #Supercomputing #ASPIRE2A #NSCC #SingaporeTech #ResearchComputing #STEM

Coming into his internship at NSCC Singapore with a background in student cluster competitions, Nattapol Chanpaisit gained a deeper understanding of HPC, realising that for a national supercomputer operating at such massive scale, reliability and scalability matter just as much as raw throughput. Diving into performance monitoring and benchmarking, Nattapol acquired firsthand experience with the operational aspects of HPC. Under the mentorship of Wang Yi, Nattapol was given the freedom to explore his own ideas and the guidance to shape them into meaningful insights. By leveraging massive compute power to run large-scale experiments—and taking in valuable perspectives on emerging HPC trends from the broader team—this journey has ultimately solidified his passion for building the next generation of HPC. 💡 Swipe through the cards below to read Nattapol’s full story and his advice for future interns. Follow us to stay updated on more internship and career opportunities with NSCC Singapore! #LifeAtNSCCSingapore #InternDiaries #HPCInternship #TechCareers #Supercomputing #HighPerformanceComputing #NSCCSingapore

The February 2026 edition of NewsBytes is here! 📖 Read the full issue here: https://lnkd.in/gGzdZkCK From nurturing regional talent at the ACM Asian School in Japan to empowering researchers through our hands-on ASPIRE 2A workshops, this issue highlights our commitment to building a future-ready HPC community. Inside this month’s edition: 🔹 Nurturing Regional HPC Talent – Sponsored by the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery and RIKEN R-CCS, the 2nd ACM Asian School was held in Kobe, Japan, and provided researchers with a rigorous entry point into advanced computing and AI methodologies. 🔹 From First Login to First Job Submission – This month’s workshop guided a new cohort from their first system login to successfully executing scientific workloads on the national platform. #HighPerformanceComputing #Supercomputing #AI #TalentDevelopment #NSCCSingapore #ASPIRE2A  #ResearchEnablement

Earlier this month, the 2nd ACM Asian School on HPC and AI successfully concluded in Kobe, Japan, earlier this month. Building on the foundation of our inaugural Singapore edition in 2025, this year’s program—sponsored by the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery, ACM SIGHPC, and RIKEN R-CCS—empowered a new cohort of researchers to bridge the gap between domain science and supercomputing. The momentum will continue to build, as the Asian School returns to Singapore in 2027 alongside SupercomputingAsia 2027. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/greE_rNu #HighPerformanceComputing #ArtificialIntelligence #Supercomputing #NSCCSingapore