{"id":16,"date":"2022-03-31T13:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T13:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spartacus.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:05:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/spartacus.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c70b5e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c70b5e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84a575f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84a575f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8bb7dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8bb7dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fd7bb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fd7bb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hpclab-particles\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab9bd65 elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ab9bd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/spartacus.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hpc-lab-logo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spartacus.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hpc-lab-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/spartacus.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hpc-lab-logo.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b90c056 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b90c056\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Advancing research in HPC and ML at the University of Patras.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0431e5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f0431e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe41844 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fe41844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab7d21a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab7d21a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.8rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; color: #cbd5e1; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18.4px;\">Welcome to the High Performance Information Systems Laboratory (HPCLAB) at the Computer Engineering and Informatics Department (CEID), University of Patras. The laboratory was founded by Professor T. S. Papatheodorou in 1990, consolidating the first activities and R&amp;D projects in parallel computing in Greece.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 1.8rem; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; color: #cbd5e1; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 18.4px;\">Today, we continue to bridge the gap between theoretical research and practical applications in high-performance computing, ensuring our innovations reach real-world deployment across scientific computing, parallel processing, and computational engineering domains.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b71f6b e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b71f6b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764da61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764da61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; 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