CSCS Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

A language model built for the public good

ETH Zurich and EPFL will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the "Alps"…

PASC25: Computing a more sustainable future

What does sustainability mean in the age of AI and growing data centres? At the PASC25 Conference in Switzerland, over…

ETH Zürich students gain AI skills using the “Alps” supercomputer

A recent course offering at ETH Zürich entitled “Large-Scale AI Engineering” helps students hone necessary skills for…

We are CSCS: Chris Gamboni

Meet Chris Gamboni, Senior Network and Security Engineer, and at CSCS since January 2011.

CSCS User Lab Day 2025

CSCS is delighted to invite you to the “2025 CSCS User Lab Day Meet the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre”, which…

Un modello linguistico creato per il bene pubblico

L'ETH di Zurigo e l'EPFL lanceranno un modello linguistico di grandi dimensioni (LLM) sviluppato su infrastrutture…

MISSION

Founded in 1991, CSCS, the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre, develops and provides the key supercomputing capabilities required to solve important problems to science and/or society. The centre enables world-class research with a scientific user lab that is available to domestic and international researchers through a transparent, peer-reviewed allocation process.

Careers

Join us, and become part of the CSCS team. We are an equal opportunity employer and provide a very international and inclusive working environment. Thanks to the small size of the operation there is strong team cohesion and employees are often granted opportunities and encouraged to develop into areas beyond their job description.

Events

19.07.2025-25.07.2025

CSCS-USI Summer University 2025 on Effective High-Performance Computing and Data Analytics

Hotel Serpiano with opportunities for digital participation

From CHF 550.00

29.08.2025

CSCS User Lab Day 2025 – Meet the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre

Hochschule Luzern

Vacancies available

Free

01.09.2025-05.09.2025

EuroHack25: High Performance Computing Applications Programming Hackathon

Hybrid

Free

Social

#CSCS is delighted to invite you to the “2025 CSCS User Lab Day Meet the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre”, which ...

@ETH_en and @EPFL_en will release a large language model (LLM) developed on public infrastructure. Trained on the #Alps ...

RT @EPFL_en: The @EPFL_AI_Center and the @ETH_AI_Center have launched a multilingual large language model (LLM) for ...

CSCS@ISC - Interview to Torsten Hoefler

CSCS@ISC - Interview to Torsten Hoefler

Torsten Hoefler (ETH Zurich & CSCS), program chair of ISC25, comments on the conference's highlights in a short ...

CSCS@ISC - Team RACKlette from ETH Zurich participating in the Student Cluster Competition of ISC25

CSCS@ISC - Team RACKlette from ETH Zurich participating in the Student Cluster Competition of ISC25

Impressions and challenges that the team RACKLette of ETH Zurich faced at the European Student Cluster Competition at ...

CSCS@ISC – Interview with Pim Witlox

CSCS@ISC – Interview with Pim Witlox

Pim Witlox (Unit Head Engineer & Senior Architect at CSCS) shares his experience at ISC25 in a short interview with ...

📢 We’re live! Our Digital Annual Report is now online. 🎉 Discover the past year's highlights, key achievements, and ...

📢 We’re live! Our Digital Annual Report is now online. 🎉 Discover the highlights, key achievements, and milestones from ...

Saturday was #SOLA day! More than 1000 teams, each consisting of 14 runners, ran the traditional relay race over 114 km ...

CSCS@ISC25—We're pleased to announce our participation in ISC High Performance 2025, Europe’s largest international ...

Exciting days at Polymesse at ETH Zürich! 🌟 We had an incredible time connecting with the next-generation #HPC and ...

Torsten Hoefler, Professor at @ethzurich and Chief Architect for AI and Machine Learning at #CSCS, wins the ACM Prize in ...