HAMBURG, Germany, April 29 – We are very pleased to announce the ISC Research Poster Award finalists for the 41st ISC High Performance series. The finalists were selected from a total of 30 accepted posters for their scientific excellence, clarity, and significance in advancing high performance computing, artificial intelligence, and related fields.
Here are the nominated posters. The final ranking will be announced during the ISC Research Poster Award Session.
“SpMV for the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine,” by Daniel Renschler and Jonathan Schäfer of the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart, Germany. The poster explores a Sparse Matrix-Vector Multiplication (SpMV) implementation tailored for the Cerebras Wafer-Scale Engine, demonstrating how traditional HPC workloads can be adapted to AI-specialized architectures while identifying key communication bottlenecks and opportunities for future development.
“HADEER: Hybrid AI Driven Engine for Enhanced Reservoirs,” by Youssef Ghazal, Aly Abdelhalim, Amr Nasr, Marwan Elsafty, and Mohamed Nabil of Brightskies Inc., Egypt. The work presents a hybrid AI-driven framework designed to overcome challenges in reservoir modeling and production optimization, enabling more efficient scenario evaluation and scalable, closed-loop optimization for complex subsurface systems.
“NIMBLE: Node-Interconnect Multi-Path Balancing with On-the-fly Orchestration for High Bandwidth GPU Clusters,” by Dhabaleswar Panda and Jinghan Yao of The Ohio State University, USA. The work introduces a runtime system that addresses inefficiencies in modern GPU clusters caused by imbalanced network traffic. By dynamically redistributing communication across multiple paths, NIMBLE improves bandwidth utilization and scalability, achieving up to 5.2× performance gains for imbalanced workloads and delivering notable speedups in large-scale AI training scenarios.
The ISC Research Poster Awards carry cash prizes of €500 for first place, €300 for second place, and €200 for third place, sponsored by Springer, an international publisher in science, technology, and medicine.
This year’s Research Poster Committee is chaired by Tanzima Islam from Texas State University, USA, and co-chaired by Fernanda Foertter of the University of Alabama, USA.
The ISC Research Poster Award session will take place on Tuesday, June 23, during which the finalists will present their work in short talks, followed by the official announcement of the winners. This year, written summaries of the presentations will be published on the event platform using an AI-based transcription tool.
The program continues with the Research Poster Pitch and a Research Poster Reception the following afternoon. Attendees with an Exhibition Pass are welcome to join the reception.
Women in HPC Poster Session
In parallel, ISC will also host the Women in HPC (WHPC) poster session, featuring 13 accepted posters. The WHPC posters provide ISC attendees the opportunity to engage with research and perspectives from across the global WHPC community.
Topics span AI-driven scientific discovery, climate and weather modeling, HPC system optimization, software engineering, and energy-efficient computing. Additional contributions explore agentic AI for HPC management, data provenance, biomedical applications, and education pathways into HPC.
All posters will be on display from Tuesday, June 23, 2:15 pm through Thursday, June 25, 4:00 pm, in Foyer D-G on the 2nd Floor.
About ISC 2026
ISC High Performance, held from June 22 – 26 in Hamburg, Germany, is the leading global event for high performance computing, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and quantum computing. It brings together 3,500 researchers, technology providers, and industry leaders to explore the latest advancements and practical applications shaping the future of supercomputing.
Nages Sieslack
nages.sieslack@isc-group.com
