r/HPC

Hi everyone,

I hold an M.Sc. in Computer Engineering and have been working as a Cybersecurity Infrastructure Engineer for the past 4.5 years.

Recently, I started exploring HPC through hands-on practice, and I’m enjoying it so much that I’m seriously considering a career transition. In particular, I’m really drawn to the networking side of HPC.

In my current role, I focus on infrastructure security,designing and configuring networks with IPS/NDR, deploying EDR across servers and clients, reviewing backup processes, and auditing overall infrastructure. I’m a very hands-on engineer; I run a small homelab where I experiment with self-hosted services, home networking, and technologies like Python, CI/CD, and Kubernetes to gain practical experience outside of production environments.

Given my background, do you think a profile like mine stands a good chance of landing a job in HPC or HPC networking within the EU?

I’d love to hear your feedback, advice, or any insights on how best to bridge the gap. Thanks!

Hi, I am a PhD student in Finland who HPC clusters for modeling biological phenomena. After my PhD, I am thinking to apply for jobs in industry. What kind of skillset that I need to have, in addition to HIP/CUDA C++ GPU optimization?

Hello there.

I've done a student membership subscription for ACM + SIGHPC to apply for a SC26 travel grant, started to look into the benefits and websites and a question popped in my head: How do you guys keep updated and study? Which platforms, books, journals, podcasts, websites and other media do you consume for study and for news and updates?

(I'm including here not "just HPC" but also other areas such as computer architectures, compilers, ISAs like RISC-V, runtime libraries, networks and cloud).

PS.: Although AI is very relevant nowadays, I'm not that keen on working mainly with it, so I'd like to know just the necessary of it.