150 scientists from 22 countries participated in the international scientific conference “Large-Scale Scientific Computations” (LSSC’23) which was held from 5 to 9 June in Sozopol. The forum was organised by the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of BAS (IICT-BAS) in cooperation with the “Centre of Excellence in Informatics and ICT” and the Municipality of Sozopol.

The conference was opened by the Director of IICT-BAS, Corr. Mem. Svetozar Margenov. Scientists from Europe, the Americas and Asia presented their papers in 11 special sessions. The first special session was held in memory of Prof. Ove Axelsson, the founder and long-time editor of Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications, one of the most prestigious international journals in the field of numerical methods and scientific computation for problems of high computational complexity. Prof. Axelsson is a recipient of the honorary medal of BAS “Marin Drinov on ribbon”.

The scientific programme also included 6 plenary talks. Among the main topics presented was the synergy between scientific computing and supercomputing applications in big data environments. The scientific programme included papers presenting results obtained in the implementation of the scientific programme of the “Center of Excellence in Informatics and ICT”.

More information about the event at: https://parallel.bas.bg/Conferences/SciCom23/