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The initials “CISM” stand for “Calcul Intensif et Stockage de Masse”, or high-performance computing and mass storage. It was created in 2004 at UCLouvain by the users of the HPC facilities coming from different Departments in the University. The CISM operates the scientific computing clusters and the scientific data storage systems installed at UCLouvain, organizes and delivers training sessions about HPC targeted at researchers and offers consultancy and expertise in code porting, optimization, compilation, etc.

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Upcoming or recent events

  • 16 March 2026
    The 15th CECI users meeting : save the day
    The 15th CECI users meeting has been scheduled on Thursday, 21 May 2026, 13h-18h at UNamur.  You will receive, in the following weeks, a detailed invitation for this event. In the
  • 9 March 2026
    New 2025 CISM annual report available
    Every year, around mid-March, we publish our activity report, written in French. You must be authenticated to have access to those Activity Reports.
  • 4 February 2026
    Next CUCISM June 1st, 2026 2PM
    The next meeting of the members of the Board, CUCISM ( "Comité des Utilisateurs") is scheduled for June 1st 2026 2pm (location will be specified).Your representative can report your inquiry or provide
  • 9 February 2026
    CISM Newsletter 26.01
    The topics are : Please do not skip the acknowledgements in your publications New SMCS interactive server News from MannebackSee the details.
  • 13 December 2023
    Technology platform news: CISM welcomes Lemaitre4
    New computing cluster at CISM: twice the power CISM welcomes Lemaitre4, its new computing cluster It will offer more than 5,000 computing cores, a hyper-fast network and storage, with performance mo