About the talk: 

EPICURE brings together the Application Support Teams of EuroHPC’s hosting organisations to deliver deep technical expertise to researchers across Europe. This webinar offers a comprehensive overview of EPICURE’s Level 2 and Level 3 support services — covering code enabling, scalability, performance profiling, and optimisation — all provided at no cost to EuroHPC allocation holders. We will share success stories illustrating how EPICURE’s support has accelerated breakthroughs in domains ranging from quantum chemistry to computational fluid dynamics. Attendees will also discover the growing knowledge base on the European HPC Application Support Portal, including how-to guides, best practice documents, code snippets, and on-demand training materials. Join us to learn how to apply for support, what to expect from the process, and how EPICURE’s community of experts can help take your application to the next level.

About the speaker: 

João Barbosa is the Technical Lead for EPICURE and heads the High-Level Support Team at IT4Innovations. With deep expertise in modern HPC architectures — from GPU-accelerated and heterogeneous systems to emerging computing platforms — he specialises in hands-on user support, code optimisation, and parallel computing, working directly with researchers to overcome performance bottlenecks and scale their applications on Europe’s most powerful supercomputers. Previously at the Texas Advanced Computing Center and the University of Minho, he built a strong track record in scalable computing and application support. An active contributor to scientific communities and open-source projects, João is driven by a single goal: making advanced HPC truly work for the people who need it most.