GDR C4P SCAI — Sorbonne Center for Artificial Intelligence PEPR SHARP Paris ELLIS Unit

HPC for Learning

The mission of the HPC for Learning GT (within the CNRS GDR C4P) is to build a collaborative community at the crossroads of AI and HPC, co-designing algorithms and architectures for scalable training, memory/communication-efficient learning, accelerator-optimized algorithms, and robust, reproducible inference on modern hardware.

Seminars

In-person, about once a month. Because space is limited, registration is free but required. Seminars begin in 2026. Click to unfold abstracts.

Upcoming

6 Feb 2026 · 18:00–19:00 — Ulysse Beaugnon (Google)
Title: ML for Systems: Practical Lessons from Deploying AI in Google's Production Infrastructure

Location: Seminar room of SCAI, Sorbonne Université, Paris. To attend, please register here.
Abstract

The foundational software systems that power machine learning advances—operating systems, compilers, and storage stacks—remain largely governed by sub-optimal and often outdated hand-tuned heuristics. As the complexity of modern systems grows and the pressure on compute resources intensifies, these static rules are becoming a bottleneck. In this talk, I will cover a few selected examples of how we applied ML to address system problems within Google production infrastructure. Beyond the success stories, I will also discuss the challenges, and lessons learned the hard way from applying ML in a system serving billions of users each day.

13 Mar 2026 · 16:00–17:00 — Alena Kopanicakova (Toulouse INP)
Title: TBD

Location: Seminar room of SCAI, Sorbonne Université, Paris. To attend, please register here.
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7 May 2026 · 18:00–19:00 — Hamza Benchekroun (H company)
Title: TBD

Location: Seminar room of SCAI, Sorbonne Université, Paris. Exceptionally, the seminar is being held on a Thursday. To attend, please register here.
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5 June 2026 · 18:00–19:00 — Eugene Belilovsky (MILA)
Title: TBD

Location: Seminar room of SCAI, Sorbonne Université, Paris. To attend, please register here.
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26 June 2026 · 18:00–19:00 — Onofrio Semeraro (CNRS/LISN)
Title: TBD

Location: Seminar room of SCAI, Sorbonne Université, Paris. To attend, please register here.
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Contact

To propose a talk, please send a title, short abstract, at edouard.oyallon at cnrs dot fr.

Partners

As a member of the GDR C4P, the HPC for Learning GT holds seminars under the Paris ELLIS Unit, hosted on-site in the SCAI building. We gratefully acknowledge PEPR SHARP for financial support.