Kurt Lust
LUMI User Support Specialist at Universiteit Antwerpen
Holsbeek, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolKurt Lust is an experienced HPC specialist with 11+ years building and supporting high-performance computing infrastructure for universities and industry, currently splitting his time between the University of Antwerp and the LUMI User Support Team. He leads the Computational Environments team for LUMI, designing and implementing Lmod module trees and LUMI-specific EasyBuild configurations while providing user support, training and software optimization on a EuroHPC pre-exascale system. His background bridges deep numerical-methods research (PhD in Applied Sciences) and hands-on systems engineering, making him fluent in both applied scientific computing and procurement/technical planning. Comfortable mentoring researchers and liaising with industrial partners, he also contributes to community-facing documentation and training programs. A detail that sets him apart is his long track record of turning research-grade numerical methods into production-ready HPC workflows and tooling.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D., Applied Sciences, Ph.D., Applied Sciences at KU LeuvenMiddelbaar onderwijs, Latijn-Wiskunde, Middelbaar onderwijs, Latijn-Wiskunde at Sint-Lodewijkscollege Brugge
English, Dutch, French
Github Skills (30)
describe10
modular10
python10
linux10
hpc10
lmod10
ieee10
theia10
cpp10
vscode-extension9
vscode9
serve8
deep-learning8
compiler-construction8
gpu8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hpcuantwerpen/UAntwerpen-easyblocks
Nov 2017 - Feb 2022
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch, 1 tag in 4 years 3 months
klust/LUMI-SoftwareStack
Jan 2022 - Mar 2025
LUMI software stack: LMOD-based module setup and EasyBuild setup.
Contributions:1062 pushes, 209 branches, 100 tags in 3 years 2 months
lumisoftware-stackeasybuildlmod
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