Rossen Apostolov and Joel Hedlund join NAISS and Mimer 4 September 2025 We are excited to welcome two new colleagues who are joining us from 1 September: Rossen Apostolov has been appointed Director of the Mimer AI Factory. He has spent many years at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm working with supercomputing and … Rossen Apostolov and Joel Hedlund join NAISS and Mimer
HPE wins Arrhenius contract After a thorough procurement process, NAISS and EuroHPC JU (Joint Undertaking) have awarded HPE the contract to deliver the new Swedish supercomputer, Arrhenius. 10 July 2025 “We are very pleased with this outcome. We are getting a considerably faster and more capable system than we initially thought possible. This will greatly … HPE wins Arrhenius contract
NAISS in partnership with Nvidia and the National Library of Sweden to train LLMs NAISS will partner with Nvidia and the National Library of Sweden to support the development of Swedish state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs), with a specific focus of achieving sovereign AI capabilities and accelerate enterprise AI adoption among Swedish industries. 11 June … NAISS in partnership with Nvidia and the National Library of Sweden to train LLMs
Spring 2025 Large calls: NAISS approves 35 proposals Allocation decisions have now been made in the Spring 2025 Large round. In total, 35 compute and storage applications were approved. According to Peter Münger, Chair of the NAISS Allocation Committee working group, NAISS received 48 applications of which 35 were approved. Breakdown per resource type: The … Spring 2025 Large calls: NAISS approves 35 proposals
NAISS welcomes new Steering Committee members Linköping University has appointed four new members to the NAISS Steering Committee from 1 January 2025. 14 January 2025 The new members have been appointed for two years. They are: They are joining original members Bengt Persson and Anders Ynnerman. The Steering Committee Chairman, Jan-Eric Sundgren, has agreed to … NAISS welcomes new Steering Committee members
Sweden wins AI Factories bid Sweden, with a joint bid from NAISS and RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), has been granted by EuroHPC JU (Joint Undertaking) to establish an AI Factory. It will focus on areas of strategic importance to Sweden, such as life sciences, materials science, autonomous systems, and the gaming industry. 10 December … Sweden wins AI Factories bid
Fall 2024 Large calls: NAISS approves 57 proposals NAISS has concluded the Fall 2024 Large allocation calls. 57 proposals were granted compute and storage resources for 2025. In addition to compute resources Alvis, Tetralith, Dardel and various storage resources, GPU compute resources on the Swedish share of the Finnish LUMI supercomputer were also included. “We … Fall 2024 Large calls: NAISS approves 57 proposals
The AI Commission: Sweden is falling behind in AI – huge investments urgently required The AI Commission recommends the government to make big investments in HPC resources to meet AI demands from research, trade and industry. 27 November 2024 The Swedish government’s AI Commission issues a stark warning: Sweden is falling behind in AI, and … The AI Commission: Sweden is falling behind in AI – huge investments urgently required
Erik Lindahl appointed new Director of NAISS Linköping University has appointed Professor Erik Lindahl as new director of NAISS. He will assume his position on 1 January 2025. “I’m very much looking forward to doing this, but it was a tough decision,” he says. 12 November 2024 Erik Lindahl is Professor of Biophysics at Stockholm … Erik Lindahl appointed new Director of NAISS
Request for proposals for new supercomputer Arrhenius NAISS and EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) have launched a request for proposals (RFP) for the acquisition, delivery, installation and maintenance of the new supercomputer Arrhenius. It will be placed at Campus Valla in Linköping, Sweden. 8 November 2024 The RFP, which is the second stage of the procurement … Request for proposals for new supercomputer Arrhenius