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Scaling Intelligence

by HPC-AI Leadership Organization

Scaling Intelligence dives deep into the world of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hosted by the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO) and Intersect360 Research, the podcast brings you interviews and conversations with the people defining the next era of computing — from scientists and industry leaders to policymakers and innovators. Together we explore how HPC and AI are transforming research, reshaping industries, and influencing national strategies. Whether it’s exascale breakthroughs, enterprise adoption, or the global race for AI leadership, Scaling Intelligence offers clear, accessible insights for professionals, researchers, and anyone curious about the future of technology. RSSVERIFY

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Episodes

  1. Beyond the Benchmark: Sagar Dolas, SURF, on Exascale Scientific Productivity

    Sagar Dolas, Program Manager at SURF — the Dutch national organization for digital infrastructure in research and higher education — joins Kevin Jackson to challenge one of HPC's most enduring assumptions: that bigger machines produce more science. Sagar argues that raw compute capacity and...

  2. From Cheyenne to Derecho: Thomas Hauser on GPUs, Data, and Global Climate Science

    Thomas Hauser is the former director of the Computational and Information Systems Lab (CISL) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and a HALO member — one of the most consequential HPC facilities in Earth system science. In this episode, he traces his career from computational...

  3. From POC to Production at 30% of Cloud Cost: Petr Bednarik on Bull’s Sovereign AI Stack

    Petr Bednarik is Enterprise AI Global Lead at Bull, the newly independent French sovereign AI company carved out of Atos and backed by the French sovereign fund. In this episode, Kevin Jackson talks with Petr about Bull's strategic transformation — from HPC hardware vendor to a full-stack AI...

  4. Cutting GPU Energy Use by 20%: Raphaël Brochard on How EAR Makes HPC and AI Data Centers Energy-Aware

    In this episode of Scaling Intelligence, Kevin Jackson speaks with Raphaël Brochard, General Manager of Energy Aware Runtime (EAR) — a spin-off from Barcelona Supercomputing Center — about why energy efficiency is becoming a hard constraint for AI and HPC data centers. EAR delivers real-time,...

  5. Inside Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center: Barr von Oehsen on AI Infrastructure, Quantum, and the Keystone Research Factory

    In this episode of Scaling Intelligence, Kevin Jackson speaks with Dr. Barr von Oehsen, Director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), about how PSC is helping shape the future of AI infrastructure, quantum computing, and advanced research computing. Barr shares his path from pure...

  6. Why Energy Leads HPC and AI Growth—A conversation with Keith Gray of TotalEnergies

    In this episode of Scaling Intelligence, Addison Snell speaks with Keith Gray, VP of Computational Science and Engineering at TotalEnergies, about why the energy sector is now the fastest-growing market for HPC and AI. They discuss how AI is being integrated into physics-based workflows, why HPC...

  7. How AI Is Reshaping HPC Software and Supercomputing | Rosa Badia (BSC)

    In this episode of Scaling Intelligence, we speak with Rosa Badia, Director of the HPC Software Research Area at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), live from SC25. Rosa discusses her new leadership role overseeing BSC’s HPC software research, how the center is organizing work across HPC,...

  8. Inside Alice Recoque: Europe’s New Exascale-Class AI Factory

    In this episode, recorded live at SC25, we talk to the CEA and GENCI team behind Alice Recoque, Europe’s newest exascale-class AI Factory. We cover why the system honors AI pioneer Alice Recoque, how AI + HPC + quantum converge in this architecture, what makes the access model so SME-friendly…

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  9. Anders Jensen on Europe’s Exascale Moment: JUPITER, Digital Sovereignty, and AI Factories

    Host Kevin Jackson talks with Anders Jensen, Executive Director of Executive Director of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), about Europe’s first exascale system JUPITER, AI factories, digital sovereignty, RISC-V innovation, and quantum ambitions—revealing how...

  10. The Sweet Side of HPC: Jay Lofstead on Mentorship, Inclusion, and Gelato

    Discover the human side of high-performance computing (HPC). In this episode of Scaling Intelligence, host Antonia Maar talks with Jay Lofstead, Principal Member of Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories, about mentorship, inclusion, and community building — with a side of gelato. 🍦 Jay...

  11. J Metz and Scott Shadley of SNIA on AI and Storage Evolution

    In this episode of the Scaling Intelligence podcast, Intersect360 Research's Addison Snell sits down with SNIA board chair Dr. J Metz and communications co-chair Scott Shadley to explore the evolving landscape of data storage and infrastructure. The conversation digs deep into SNIA’s…

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  12. Torsten Hoefler, ISC25 Program Chair, on Community, Connections, and the Vital Role of HPC and AI

    Torsten Hoefler, ISC25 Program Chair, on Community, Connections, and the Vital Role of HPC and AI by Scaling Intelligence

  13. Mark Stickells of Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre: Pushing the Frontiers of Science at ISC25

    In this special ISC25 edition, Mark Stickells, CEO of the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre, discusses the transformative impact of supercomputing on global scientific research. Recorded on the occasion of SC25, the world’s premier supercomputing conference, Mark highlights Pawsey’s...

  14. Cristin Merritt of Women in HPC: Kicking off HALO’s New Podcast

    Cristin Merritt of Women in HPC: Kicking off HALO's New Podcast by Scaling Intelligence

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Scaling Intelligence dives deep into the world of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Hosted by the HPC-AI Leadership Organization (HALO) and Intersect360 Research, the podcast brings you interviews and conversations with the people defining the next era of computing — from scientists and industry leaders to policymakers and innovators. Together we explore how HPC and AI are transforming research, reshaping industries, and influencing national strategies.

Whether it’s exascale breakthroughs, enterprise adoption, or the global race for AI leadership, Scaling Intelligence offers clear, accessible insights for professionals, researchers, and anyone curious about the future of technology.

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