Workshop

2026 InPEx Workshop

April 22-25, 2026 – Niteroi (Brazil)

Workshop Presentation

Following the previous first InPEx meeting, the InPEx workshop held in Reims (France) in 2023, the InPEx 2024 workshop held in Sitges (Spain) and the InPEx 2025 workshop held in Kanagawa (Japan) the InPEx community will meet in April 2026 in Brazil. The workshop will gather around 120 experts in the HPC fields from Japan, the European Union, Latin America, Caribe and the United States.

Workshop topics

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The 2026 InPEx workshop builds on the results of the InPEx working groups and will address important topics of the current development of the Post-Exascale era:

  1. AI and HPC convergence
  2. Software Production and Management
  3. Digital Continuum and Data Management
  4. Quantum Computing
  5. Experimentation of large AI models for science
  6. International roadmapping

A detailed agenda of the event can be read below.

Contribution beyond the workshop

InPEx Topics continue to foster international collaboration beyond the workshop. You will find below the access to shared documents in which you can contribute beyond the event.

GenAI and Software engineering Contribute online

GitHub
HPC/AI Convergence Contribute online
Computing Continuum Contribute online (shared folder)

 

Date and place

The workshop will start on Wednesday 22d of April and will end at 1pm on Saturday 25th of April.

The workshop will be held in Brazil at the H Niteroi Hotel – Rua Dr. Paulo Alves 14, Inga, Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Practical information for participants

Practical information concerning the organisation of the InPEx 2026 workshop can be found here.

Funding support

This workshop has received financial support of the Brazilian Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI), the Advanced Computing System for Latin America and the Carribean (SCALAC) , Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) , Sociedade Brasileira de Computação (SBC) , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) ,  Universidade Federal Fluminense – Instituto de Computação

(UFF)   and for the European participation of the French program NumPEx (Numeric for Exascale) .

Agenda

The agenda of the InPEx 2026 will be updated regularly

22d April 2026

18:00-20:00. Reception and dinner

The reception and dinner will be held at the hotel premises (Piratininga Room - 3rd floor)

23rd April 2026

08:30-08:50. Welcome onsite

Inga Room (2d floor)

08:50-09:15. Introduction to the workshop

08h50-09h00 Opening André Rafael COSTA e SILVA (MCTI), Guilherme de PAULA CORREA (MCTI)
09h00-09h05 Organisation of the meeting Philippe NAVAUX (UFGRS/SCALAC)
09h05-09h15 Context and objectives of the meeting Pete BECKMAN (Northwestern University), Jean-Yves BERTHOU (INRIA) and Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)

09:15-10:30. Regional strategies around convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Computing - General roadmaps and projects

Japan
Chairman: Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)

09h15-09h45 Japanese AI for Science mission
Access to the presentation		 Masaaki KONDO (RIKEN)
09h45-10h00 Japanese Quantum Computing Strategy
Access to the presentation		 Mitsuhisa SATO (RIKEN)

 

United States
Chairman: Pete BECKMAN (Northwestern University)

10h00-10h30 US Genesis mission
Access to the presentation		 Rick STEVENS (DoE)

10:30-11:00. Coffee break

Foyer (2d floor)

11:00-12:45. Regional strategies around convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Computing - General roadmaps and projects

United States
Chairman: Pete BECKMAN (Northwestern University)

11h00-11h30 US presentation on NAIRR
Access to the presentation		 Katie ANTYPAS (NSF)
11h30-11h45 US strategy on Quantum Computing Laura SCHULZ (ANL)

 

Europe
Chairman: Jean-Yves BERTHOU (INRIA)

11h45-12h15 European AI Continent Action Plan
Access to the presentation		 Gosia NIKOWSKA (European Commission)
12h15-12h45 European AI Factories - some concrete implementations
Access to the presentation - Spain
Access to the presentation - Germany
Access to the presentation - Finland
Access to the presentation - France
  1. Spain (Rosa BADIA, BSC)
  2. Germany (Dennis HOPPE, HLRS)
  3. Finland (Janne IGNATIUS, CSC)
  4. France (Stephane REQUENA, GENCI)

12:45-14:15. Group photo and lunch

14:15-15:00. Regional strategies around convergence of HPC, AI and Quantum Computing - General roadmaps and projects

Europe
Chairman: Jean-Yves BERTHOU (INRIA)

14h15-14h30 European plans on Quantum Computing
Access to the presentation		 Martin SCHULZ (TUM)

 

Latin America and Caribbean
Chairman: Carlos Jaime BARRIOS HERNANDEZ (INRIA)

14h30-15h00 Brazilian program in AI
Access to the presentation		 Carla OSTHOFF (LNCC)

15:00-16:00. Presentation and discussion on the parallel sessions

Chairwoman: Rosa BADIA (BSC)

15h00-15h10 HPC/AI Convergence
Access to the presentation		 Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)
15h10-15h20 Experimenting large AI models for science "1000 scientists AI jam"
Access to the presentation		 Franck CAPPELLO (ANL)
15h20-15h30 Computing continuum
Access to the presentation		 Gabriel ANTONIU (INRIA)
15h30-15h40 International roadmapping effort
Access to the presentation		 Raymond NAMYST (INRIA)
15h40-15h50 GenAI and software engineering
Access to the presentation		 Anshu DUBEY (ANL)
15h50-16h00 Q&A

16:00-16:30. Coffee break

Foyer (2d floor)

16:30-18:30. Subgroup session A1

Each subgroup works in parallel for 120 minutes.

  1. Experimenting Large AI models for science (session 1/1)

Room 1 (2d floor)

Chair: Franck Cappello (ANL)

Co-chairs: Fabricio Carraro (BSC), Alvaro Coutinho (UFRJ), Wagner Meira (UFMG), Esteban Meneses (CENAT-CNCA), Stéphane Requena (GENCI), Mohamed Wahib (RIKEN), Nicolas Wolowick (UDC)

Scientists AI Jams
Access to the presentation		 Franck CAPPELLO (ANL) and Rio ROKOTA (RIKEN)
Towards a European 1000 scientists AI Jam session
Access to the presentation		 Fabricio CARRARO (BSC), Gabriel HAUTREUX (CINES), Stéphane REQUENA (GENCI)
  1. GenAI and software engineering (session 1/2)

Room 2 (2d floor)

Chair: Anshu DUBEY (ANL)

Co-chairs : Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA), Jens Domke (RIKEN), Alfredo Goldman (USP), Antonio Tadeu Gomes (LNCC), Christophe Prudhomme (UNISTRA)

19:00-20:30. Reception and dinner

Group departure at 18:45 at the Hotel reception

The reception will be held at the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum Mirante da Boa Viagem

24th April 2026

08:30-09:00. Welcome onsite

Inga Room (2d floor)

09:00-11:00. Subgroup session A2

Each subgroup works in parallel for 120 minutes.

**Few participants will join remotely**

  1. HPC/AI convergence (session 1/2)

Room 1 (2d floor)

Chair: Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)

Co-chairs: Emmanuel Jeannot (INRIA), Artur Lorenzon (UFRGS), Philippe Navaux (UFRGS/SCALAC), Brian Spears (LLNL)

AI for Science: Sovereignty
Access to the presentation		 Emmanuel JEANNOT (INRIA)
Scalability in HPC/AI
Access to the presentation		 Arthur LORENZON (UFRGS)
The Convergence and Divergence of HPC and AI
Access to the presentation		 Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)
  1. Computing continuum (session 1/2)

Room 2 (2d floor)

Chair: Gabriel ANTONIU (INRIA)

Co-chairs: Mario ACOSTA (BSC), Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernandez (UIS/INRIA), Marcio Castro (UFSC), Nicola Ferrier (Northwestern University), Maria Girone (CERN), Kento Sato (RIKEN), Hiroyuki Takizawa (Tohoku University)

HEP Use Cases for HPC
Access to the presentation		 Maria GIRONE (CERN)
ODISSEE
Access to the presentation		 Damien GRATADOUR (CNRS)
ESiWACE 3 and Destination Earth
Access to the presentation		 Mario ACOSTA (BSC)
In-House AI Pipeline Infrastructure towards the FugakuNEXT Era
Access to the presentation		 Kento SATO (RIKEN)
Harnessing the Digital Continuum for Science using the National Data Platform (NDP)
Access to the presentation		 Manish PARASHAR (U. Utah)

11:00-11:30. Coffee break

Foyer (2d floor)

11:30-12:30. Presentation of subgroups A1 and A2 wrap-up and discussion

Inga Room and Online

Chairman: Jack DONGARRA (U. Tennessee)

15 minutes per subgroup

Experimenting Large AI models for science
Access to the presentation		 Gabriel HAUTREUX (CINES)
GenAI and software engineering
Access to the presentation		 Anshu DUBEY (ANL)
HPC/AI Convergence
Access to the presentation		 Emmanuel JEANNOT (INRIA)

12:30-14:00. Lunch

Hotel Restaurant (1st floor)

14:00-16:00. Subgroup session B1

Each subgroup works in parallel for 120 minutes.

  1. Computing continuum (2/2)

Room 1 (2d floor)

Chair: Gabriel Antoniu (INRIA)

Co-chairs: Mario ACOSTA (BSC), Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernandez (UIS/INRIA), Marcio Castro (UFSC), Nicola Ferrier (Northwestern University), Maria Girone (CERN), Kento Sato (RIKEN), Hiroyuki Takizawa (Tohoku University)

Example SDSC AI Services and Applications
Access to the presentation		 Ilkay ALTINTAS (USCD)
High Performance Computing in Clouds: Challenges and Solutions
Access to the presentation		 Lucia DRUMMOND (UFF)
Advanced Computing Research Ecosystem in LAC
Access to the presentation		 Carlos Jaime BARRIOS HERNANDEZ (SCALAC/INRIA)
  1. GenAI and software engineering (session 2/2)

Room 2 (2d floor)

Participants are invited to contribute online to this session.

Chair: Anshu DUBEY (ANL)

Co-chairs : Roberto Di Cosmo (INRIA), Jens Domke (RIKEN), Alfredo Goldman (USP), Antonio Tadeu Gomes (LNCC), Christophe Prudhomme (UNISTRA)

16:00-16:30. Coffee break

Foyer (2d floor)

16:30-18:30. Subgroup session B2

Each subgroup works in parallel for 120 minutes.

  1. HPC/AI convergence (session 2/2)

Room 1 (2d floor)

Chair: Mohamed Wahib (RIKEN)

Co-chairs: Emmanuel Jeannot (INRIA), Artur Lorenzon (UFRGS), Philippe Navaux (UFRGS/SCALAC), Brian Spears (LLNL)

  1. International roadmapping effort (1/1)

Room 2 (2d floor)

Chair: Raymond Namyst (INRIA)

Co-chairs : Carlos Jaime Barrios Hernandez (UIS/INRIA), Franck Cappello (ANL), Isidoro Gilter (ABACUS-CINVESTAV-IPN), Masaaki Kondo (RIKEN), Jeff Vetter (ORNL)

AI-based Scientific Hypothesis Generation
Access to the presentation		 Franck CAPPELLO (ANL)
Navigating the Post-Exascale Computing Era: Roadmap, Energy Efficiency, Heterogeneous Computing
Access to the presentation		 Jeffrey VETTER (ORNL)
AI, HPC and Quantum in Latin America: the Chilean Case
Access to the presentation		 Nayat SANCHEZ-PI (INRIA Chile)
FugakuNEXT Project
Access to the presentation		 Masaaki KONDO (RIKEN)
Advanced Computing R+D+i Statement in LAC
Access to the presentation		 Carlos Jaime BARRIOS HERNANDEZ (SCALAC/UIS/INRIA) and Philippe NAVAUX (UFRGS/SCALAC)
Strategy for Post-Exascale: a European Coordination Support Action
Access to the presentation		 Raymond NAMYST (INRIA)

19:30-21:30. Reception and dinner

The reception and dinner will be held at the hotel premises

25th April 2026

08:30-09:00. Welcome onsite

Inga Room (2d floor)

09:00-10:45. Presentation of subgroups B1 and B2 wrap-up and discussion

Chairman: Jens DOMKE (RIKEN)

 

15 minutes of presentation/15 minutes of open discussion
09h00-09h30 GenAI and software engineering
Access to the presentation		 Anshu DUBEY (ANL) and Alfredo GOLDMAN (USP)
09h30-10h00 HPC/AI convergence
Access to the presentation		 Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)
10h00-10h30 Computing continuum
Access to the presentation		 Gabriel ANTONIU (INRIA)
15 minutes of presentation
10h30-10h45 International roadmapping effort
Access to the presentation		 Raymond NAMYST (INRIA)

10:45-11:45. Next steps of the InPEx initiative and conclusion of the workshop

10h45-11h25 Presentation of upcoming perspectives Next Step EU
Access to the presentation		 Jean-Yves BERTHOU (INRIA) FS3.0: Feasibility Study on the future HPCI
Access to the presentation		 Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)
11h25-11h35 Preparation of the next InPEx workshop Bernd MOHR (FZJ), Martin SCHULZ (TUM)
11h35-11h45 Conclusion of the workshop Pete BECKMAN (Northwestern University), Jean-Yves BERTHOU (INRIA), Philippe NAVAUX (UFRGS/SCALAC) and Mohamed WAHIB (RIKEN)

11:45-12:00. InPEx 2026 concluding remarks

Workshop concluding remarks (Jack DONGARRA)
Access to the presentation

12:00-13:30. Break and lunch

Hotel Restaurant (1st floor)

Presentation of the topics

Parallel sessions

International roadmapping effort

This session is dedicated to exchange regional roadmapping effort in AI/HPC/Quantum convergence.

GenAI and software engineering

Several questions will be adressed under this topic:

  1. Software heritage: an opportunity for digital resilience, sovereignty and reference data set for advance AI model training
  2. AI acceleration of development cycles
  3. Profiling oracles: AI-driven analysis to identify bottlenecks
  4. Trace-based learnings: collect structured traces to optimise partitioning and scheduling
  5. Trust and benchmarking: audit and validation of AI-generated HPC code / GenAI impact on training young generation

Experimenting large AI models for science, "1000 scientists AI Jam"

This session will be dedicated to share experiences from the US and Japan, initiate a European AI Jam and work on possible plans for international collaborations (for instance: Tri-Million Parameter Consortium – TPC)

HPC/AI convergence

This session will adress the following subjects:

  1. Model updates
  2. Training/inference at scale
  3. Data generation
  4. Drift monitoring
  5. Co-design

The following questions will be addressed:

  1. Co-design: Algorithms and architectures for transformers / foundation models
  2. Scalability: Memory limits, heterogeneous architecture, slow interconnects and low-precision
  3. Distributed learning: Train on inherently distributed data (simulation traces)
  4. Sovereignty: Build-vs-buy for European AI-HPC stack
  5. Data: Access, open models vs open data, PB-scale science datasets

Computing continuum

This session aims to continue the work started at InPEx 2025 aiming to build a representative picture of relevant active regional and international use cases of interest to explore expectations, design and effective implementation of computing continuum components.

During the previous sessions, each use case proposed challenges/roadblockers and initial approaches to tackle them. To help identifying commonalities, all use-case representatives have been requested to comment on the criteria identified and potentially propose new criteria if relevant.

Among the studied use cases we can mention:

  1. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a workflow-intensive project that would benefit significantly from operating across multiple infrastructures;
  2. High-energy physics (HEP) use cases;
  3. EsiWACE – a high-performance climate and weather benchmark;
  4. Urgent computing: facilitating trade-off management on the Edge – Cloud Computing Continuum for Urgent Science;
  5. Micro-meteorology control;
  6. Disaster digital twins.

This new session aims to complete the picture with other relevant use cases and additional challenges, to build an updated view on major existing projects addressing these challenges and to discuss on concrete operational steps to enable international collaborations in this area. The ideal outcome of the session is a solid updated vision on the aforementioned topics at an international level, which can serve as a basis for upcoming roadmapping documents and funding strategies.

Practical information for participants
 

Location

The InPEx 2026 conference will take place at:

H Niteroi Hotel

Rua Dr. Paulo Alves 14, Inga, Niteroi – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

https://hniteroi.com.br/

Workshop photo gallery