Welcome to AI4HPC
By researchers for researchers (who code)
Welcome to the official hub for AI4HPC—a community-driven space advancing the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing. Whether you're a researcher, practitioner, student, or just curious about AI+HPC, this is your space to connect, collaborate, and innovate.
What is AI4HPC?
AI4HPC is a neutral, open community that brings together researchers and practitioners from around the world working at the convergence of AI and HPC. We believe in:
- HPC for AI: Leveraging high-performance computing to scale AI workloads—larger models, faster training, massive datasets
- AI for HPC: Applying AI techniques to optimize HPC systems—intelligent I/O, resource scheduling, performance tuning
- Community-First: No single institution or company owns this—we're all here to advance the field together
- Open Knowledge: Sharing ideas, tools, and best practices across organizations and borders
What's Special About AI4HPC?
- Truly neutral — Community-led, no gatekeeping
- Focused mission — Dedicated specifically to the AI + HPC intersection
- Researcher-first — Built by and for the research community
- Open by default — All projects are open-source and accessible
- Cross-institutional — Collaborations across universities, labs, and organizations
- Welcoming — All experience levels are welcome
Featured Community Projects
Production & Mature
- IoWarp MCPs — Model Context Protocols for scientific AI agents
- Claudio — AI science agent for data management at scale
- Hermes — Distributed I/O buffering system for HPC
Emerging Research
- IoWarp LLMs — LLM integration for AI-powered optimization
- LibPrompt — Prompt engineering utilities for scientific agents
- Agent Skills — Reusable skill modules for AI agents
Browse all projects | View the Awesome List
How to Participate
We welcome contributions from everyone, regardless of experience level or affiliation:
Ways to Contribute
- Ask & Answer Questions — Help others, learn from colleagues
- Share Your Work — Tell us about your research, tools, papers, or findings
- Propose Ideas — Suggest new projects, features, or collaborations
- Contribute Code — Submit PRs to community projects on GitHub
- Improve Documentation — Help make resources more accessible
- Spread the Word — Invite colleagues, cite projects in papers, share on social media
- Create Tutorials — Write guides, benchmarks, or case studies
Getting Your Project Featured
If you have an AI+HPC project you'd like to showcase:
- Open an Ideas discussion describing your project
- Add the
ai4hpctopic to your GitHub repository - Share the link and tell us what makes it special
- Our community will discuss and potentially feature it!
Getting Started
Step 1: Introduce Yourself
Join our Discussions in the General category and tell us:
- Who you are and your affiliation
- What you're working on (AI, HPC, or both!)
- What brings you to AI4HPC
Step 2: Explore
- Browse existing discussions to see what the community is talking about
- Check out featured projects and their repositories
- Visit the navbar to explore resources
Step 3: Participate
- Ask questions if you're curious
- Share insights from your research
- Propose ideas for collaboration
- Help others when you have expertise to offer
Popular Discussion Topics
Not sure where to start? Here are topics the community is passionate about:
- Performance optimization for ML training on HPC clusters
- I/O bottlenecks and intelligent buffering in scientific deep learning
- AI agents for automating scientific discovery and workflows
- Benchmarking methodologies for AI+HPC systems
- Distributed computing frameworks for heterogeneous environments
- Novel applications of AI in scientific discovery
- Tool recommendations for specific research challenges
- Best practices for reproducible AI+HPC research
Community Resources
Official Hubs
- Awesome AI4HPC List — Curated directory of tools and resources
- GitHub Organization — All community repositories
- Community Discussions — Join the conversation
Featured Organizations
All projects are contributed by researchers from leading institutions and organizations:
- Gnosis Research Center (GRC) — Illinois Tech
- IoWarp — Cross-institutional collaboration
- Global community of AI+HPC researchers
How to Use This Community
Discussion Categories
| Category | Purpose |
|---|---|
| General | Broad discussions about AI+HPC trends, methodologies, and emerging ideas |
| Ideas | Feature requests, project proposals, and suggestions for the community |
| Q&A | Ask technical questions, get help, share solutions |
| Announcements | Official updates, new projects, events, and releases |
| Show & Tell | Share your work, papers, tools, success stories, and research |
Best Practices
- Search first — Someone might have already asked your question
- Be specific — Include context, code snippets, error messages, or examples
- Be respectful — We're all learning and contributing together
- Give back — Answer questions when you can, share your expertise
- Tag appropriately — Use labels to help others find relevant discussions
- Link to resources — Share papers, blogs, and documentation
Quick FAQ
How do I propose a project? Start a discussion in Ideas
Where do I report bugs? Open an issue in the specific project repository
How do I get featured? Share your work in Show & Tell
Something else? Ask in General
Code of Conduct
All community members are expected to follow our Code of Conduct. We are committed to providing a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful environment for everyone.
TL;DR: Be respectful, be constructive, and assume good intent.
Welcome Aboard!
Thank you for joining the AI4HPC community. Together, we're advancing the frontier of AI and HPC—solving the world's most challenging computational problems through open collaboration, shared innovation, and collective knowledge.
This is YOUR community. Let's build something amazing together!
Supported by the Gnosis Research Center at Illinois Tech and committed to advancing open science.