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Thanos Stratikopoulos

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Research Fellow at The University of Manchester, #TornadoVM Team.

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The latest version of #LangChain4J supports our latest #GPULlama3 version 0.4.0 for native GPU acceleration of #Java 25 AI Inference!

06.03.2026 10:02 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful news from our partners from @manchester.ac.uk!

They will present a poster regarding #TornadoVM and how it enables the development of #AI libraries in #Java targeting NVIDIA #GPUs!

➿ www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...

#horizoneurope
@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social

06.03.2026 14:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join Mary and Michalis at #NVIDIA #GTC to discover how to achieve GPU accelerated Inference for #Java enterprise!

06.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Interested in running AI workloads on NVIDIA GPUs from Java?

My colleagues from the TornadoVM team will be at NVIDIA GTC (Mar 16–19, San Jose).

πŸ‘‰ www.nvidia.com/gtc/session-...

#opensource #Java #GPU #AI #TornadoVM

06.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Final day of our 5th plenary meeting in Paris!

It’s been a great couple of days filled with insightful discussions and strong team spirit. Big thank you to SIPEARL for hosting us.πŸ‡«πŸ‡·

Safe travels to everyone!

πŸ“· Here’s our group photo to close the meeting.

#horizoneurope
#opensource #cloud

04.03.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as a speaker for the Open Community for Research at #OCX26!
🀝 Open collaboration is helping narrow the gap between research and real-world adoption.
Join me in Brussels from 21–23 April 2026: www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/r...
#OCX #opensource #community

03.03.2026 13:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see the collaboration moving forward in the @aero-project.eu - and proud to represent the University of Manchester and the @tornadovm.org team. Looking forward to productive discussions over the coming days.

03.03.2026 13:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@maryxek.bsky.social and @kotselidis.net showing us the magic of TornadoVM, bringing Java to the GPU! 🀩

Live at the Globe stage!

#VDC26 #voxxeddays

10.02.2026 08:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Java + TornadoVM, but in space πŸš€πŸŒŒ!

#VDC26

10.02.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TornadoVM v3.0.0 is out!

What a milestone! This release brings:
βœ… JDK 25 (25.0.2) compatibility
βœ… Continued JDK 21 (LTS) support

New SDKs are now available via SDKMAN! & the #TornadoVM downloads page.

Great teamwork from the community πŸ‘

#Java #JDK25 #opensource #Java #AI

25.02.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
AERO | Optimizing Cloud Software for Europe’s Emerging Processors
AERO | Optimizing Cloud Software for Europe’s Emerging Processors YouTube video by AERO Project

🎬 New video out!

AERO is optimising cloud software (compilers, runtimes, system software, orchestration & serverless) to ease migration of existing workloads to emerging EU processors from the EPI (#Rhea-class).

▢️ Watch: youtu.be/O4TlQumv8iU?...

@hipeac.bsky.social @eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social

24.02.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Write Once, Accelerate Everywhere: GPU-Ready Java with TornadoVM by Thanos Stratikopoulos
Write Once, Accelerate Everywhere: GPU-Ready Java with TornadoVM by Thanos Stratikopoulos YouTube video by Devoxx

Our #TornadoVM talk from Thanos Stratikopoulos (@stratika.bsky.social) at #VoxxedDaysTicino #VDT26 is now live on YouTube!

πŸ‘‰ youtu.be/2peFTUktkuY?...

1. From #Java to #GPUs without writing GPU code.
2. TornadoVM SDK installation via SDKMAN!
3. Featuring #GPULlama3.java + live #IntelliJ IDE demo.

13.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Last week at #VoxxedDaysTicino, I presented our work on @tornadovm.org.

Great conversations, inspiring people - and the chance to admire LuganoπŸ‡¨πŸ‡­

Big thanks to the organizers, and a special shout-out for the tour of the #Alps Supercomputer @cscsch.bsky.social πŸ™Œ

#opensource #Java #GPU #AI

09.02.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸš€ Java meets GPU acceleration - see you on the road!

Over the next two months, our team will be sharing how our #opensource #Java technologies unlock #GPU acceleration for Java #AI at conferences across Europe and beyond.

Come chat with us, attend our talks and dive into the future of Java + GPUs.

04.02.2026 10:58 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 | March 26-27, 2026 We invite you to join us for IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 and gain insights from industry leaders and experts.

Who is IntelliJ IDEA Conf 2026 for?
#Java developers.
@kotlinlang.org developers.
Anyone working across the JVM ecosystem.

πŸ—“ March 26–27, 2026
πŸ‘‰ Sign up now: jb.gg/t06fej
#IntelliJIDEAConf

04.02.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out this #TornadoVM webinar given by Thanos Stratikopoulos last week, explaining how TornadoVM is used in our project to accelerate Java algorithms for the analysis of space data from the #GAIAMission.

Well worth a watch if you’re interested in #Java, #GPU & scientific computing.

26.01.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Adoptium Webinar  GPU Accelerated Java with TornadoVM and Temurin JDK 21
Adoptium Webinar GPU Accelerated Java with TornadoVM and Temurin JDK 21 YouTube video by Eclipse Adoptium

In this @adoptium.net webinar, we showed how #TornadoVM runs seamlessly with Eclipse Temurin JDK 21, enabling the offloading of #Java compute-intensive workloads (e.g. #LLM inference) to #GPUs - without writing low-level GPU code.

πŸ‘‰ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSyh...

@aero-project.eu
#opensource #AI

26.01.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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TornadoInsight - Compatibility with TornadoVM SDK 2.0+ & Configuration Guide This blog updates the previously published TornadoInsight configuration guidelines and explains how to configure the required environment variable to ensure that TornadoInsight correctly detects the T...

New Blog Post

How to configure TornadoInsight v1.4.2 and use it with TornadoVM SDK v2.0+
βœ… Setup steps
βœ… Runtime + performance insights
βœ… Tested on Linux/macOS/Windows

πŸ‘‰ www.tornadovm.org/post/tornado...

#opensource #TornadoVM #Java #GPU @intellijidea.com

@aero-project.eu

23.12.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ„ Season’s greetings from TornadoVM!

Thank you to our contributors and community for another year of collaboration - and for helping us reach 10k commits along the way.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ✨

22.12.2025 11:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Running #AI workloads in #Java is now easier than ever!
Checkout out #TornadoVM on #SDKMAN! and start running GPU-powered Inference in Java today!

18.12.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting Started with TornadoVM 2.0 for Accelerating Java Applications Starting with TornadoVM 2.0, installing and using TornadoVM is easier than ever. The project now provides prebuilt SDKs for multiple operating systems, architectures, and accelerator backends, and is ...

New blog post: TornadoVM SDK Quick Start (2.0+)

Learn:
β€’ How to install TornadoVM SDK on Linux, macOS & Windows
β€’ How to run tornado --devices
β€’ How to use TornadoVM with Maven

πŸ‘‰ www.tornadovm.org/post/getting...

#opensource #Java #TornadoVM #GPUs

16.12.2025 09:58 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OCX 2026

My talk at #OCX2026 is accepted!

I’ll share the journey of @tornadovm.org - from PhD research to a production-ready #OpenSource framework enabling #GPU acceleration and #AI in #Java, with impact in #EUResearch and @aero-project.eu.

www.ocxconf.org/event/2026/

#horizoneurope
#UKRI

15.12.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The new #GPULlama3.java release showcases results from our EU-funded project, integrating @quarkus.io + @tornadovm.org to enable #GPU-accelerated #LLM inference in #Java!

🌐 gpullama3.dev
πŸ”— github.com/beehive-lab/...

#horizoneurope #opensource #AI

12.12.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

New release of #GPULlama3.java v0.3.0 πŸš€

Faster NVIDIA inference & pure Java GPU demo (@quarkus.io + @langchain4j.dev, no native dependencies).

Learn more: gpullama3.dev
GitHub: github.com/beehive-lab/...

A great achievement from our team!

#opensource #Java #AI #LLM #GPU #TornadoVM

12.12.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to the #TornadoVM team for this major release!

We are looking forward to trying it in our project πŸ’»

πŸ‘‰https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/tag/v2.0.0

@hipeac.bsky.social
@eucloudedgeiot.bsky.social
@ec.europa.eu

#opensource #Java #GPU #EPI

03.12.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Text reads: Ten Manchester academics named among top one percent of global influential researchers. Image background is the Whitworth Arch, with a purple filter

Incredibly proud of our research community πŸ’œ

Ten academics from The University of Manchester have been recognised as some of the world's most influential, according to rankings released by Clarivate - from social sciences, to clinical medicine, to astronomy!

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...

04.12.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another major release for #TornadoVM focused on developer productivity for #AI execution in #Java
Congratulations to the whole team!

03.12.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Docker images now available for TornadoVM v2.0.0!

See here how to run:
πŸ‘‰https://github.com/beehive-lab/docker-tornadovm

These images support #NVIDIA #GPUs or #Intel #GPUs, making it easier than ever to get started with heterogeneous computing using #TornadoVM.

#containers #Java #acceleration

03.12.2025 11:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this release, #TornadoVM brings more performance features and portability!

⚑ Zero-copy NativeArray
🧠 Int8 support
πŸ“¦ Cross-platform SDK
🧡 Compressed oops
πŸ”§ Local-memory byte + fp16 support

github.com/beehive-lab/...

@aero-project.eu

#opensource #AI #Java #GPU

03.12.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this release, #TornadoVM brings more performance features and portability!

⚑ Zero-copy NativeArray
🧠 Int8 support
πŸ“¦ Cross-platform SDK
🧡 Compressed oops
πŸ”§ Local-memory byte + fp16 support

github.com/beehive-lab/...

@aero-project.eu

#opensource #AI #Java #GPU

03.12.2025 10:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0