On 7 May 2025 Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister, Stephan Weil paid a visit to PSNC’s headquarters during his short stay in Poznań. His arrival to the Capital of Wielkopolska was connected with the cooperation between this region and Lower Saxony.
Diplomatic relations between both regions started in 1979. Now Lower Saxony has an official partnership with Wielkopolska concerning multiple projects and initiatives. Their cooperation includes: social policy, environmental protection, agriculture, sport and education, economy, residents’ safety, scientific centers and cultural institutions.
During the meeting at PSNC both parties discussed quantum technology, supercomputers, artificial intelligence and most importantly cybersecurity. The Prime Minister took a tour of the Center visiting laboratories and server room, where he admired the ORCA quantum system.
Support Cultural Heritage – Take Part in a Short 3D-4CH Survey 🙂
2025-04-30
3D-4CH is a European project the goal of which is to revolutionize the way cultural heritage is protected, digitized, and made accessible through the use of advanced 3D technologies, artificial intelligence, and extended reality. Now you can also contribute to saving the precious cultural heritage for the next generations. Just take a short survey aimed at individuals, companies, and institutions that conduct courses or workshops related to the digitization of cultural heritage. The deadline for completing this survey is 21 May 2025.
PSNC is a part of Nomios and Nokia’s Connecting Europe Tour
2025-04-24
"The Connecting Europe Tour" is a video-blog project presented by Nomios and Nokia. Nat and Fraser, two young and witty entrepreneurs are on an exciting journey across Europe to dive into the world of cutting-edge technology and innovation. Throughout the mini series the guys visit: London, Cambridge, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, Berlin and Poznań – where they explore the backbone of European research and education, the GÉANT network.
PSNC Supports Cybersecurity in Business
2025-04-18
The Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS) and Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development (WARP) signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the area of cybersecurity. In its initial phase, the cooperation will feature the dissemination and promotion of information about cybersecurity and the security of ICT systems among entrepreneurs in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) Voivodeship.
AI Factories: European Commission Announces the AI Continent Action Plan
2025-04-16
Commission sets course for Europe’s AI leadership with an ambitious AI Continent Action Plan. Becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence is the objective of the AI Continent Action Plan, which has been launched today.
Parallel Quest: Play the Game and Become a Quantum Superhero 4 Science
2025-04-14
Would you like to experience quantum technologies? Just join our adventure and you will! PSNC specialists who participate in the Superheroes 4 Science project created a very special game which combines science and fun! The game is called “Parallel Quest” and it guides its players through the mysteries of supercomputers and parallel programming. Surprisingly enough, that quest is available both as a traditional board game and an online entity which pops up in your regular browser.
E-RIHS Becomes ERIC
2025-04-12
The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) was transformed into the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). This new status strengthens the institution’s position as one of the world’s key players in the field of heritage science.
The First Call for Papers in the ECHOES Project
2025-03-28
The aim of the ECHOES project is to create the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) – a shared platform designed to facilitate collaboration among heritage professionals and researchers, enabling them to modernise their workflows and processes. The platform is supposed to give access to cutting-edge scientific and training resources, and advanced digital tools. 25 May 2025 marks the deadline for cultural heritage institutions to answer the first call for papers in order to obtain funding in the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme.
Join the GRAPHIA newsletter!
2025-03-22
GRAPHIA project members work on creating an advanced open-source application for visual analysis, which is supposed to help in the interpretation of large and complex datasets. PSNC is a part of the European consortium, which is responsible for this project. All current updates on the progress of work in GRAPHIA can be found in a special newsletter, which you can join right now!
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister at PSNC
2025-05-08
On 7 May 2025 Lower Saxony's Prime Minister, Stephan Weil paid a visit to PSNC’s headquarters during his short stay in Poznań. His arrival to the Capital of Wielkopolska was connected with the cooperation between this region and Lower Saxony.
WEDROWNIQ, ŚWIATOWID, Q-CHRONOS and PLAI4SCIENCE Unveiled at the Blue Economy Baltic Forum
2025-04-28
The Blue Economy Baltic Forum (28 and 29 April 2025) organized in a popular Polish seaside resort called Sopot features a presentation of four projects coordinated or led by PSNC / IBCH PAS, namely WEDROWNIQ, ŚWIATOWID, Q-CHRONOS i PLAI4SCIENCE. The projects are introduced by dr inż. Cezary Mazurek during workshops concerning security and resilience of maritime infrastructure, which are a part of Mission Arena 4.
PSNC Takes Part in the 17th European Economic Congress
2025-04-23
The European Economic Congress is considered to be one of the most important business events in Central Europe. This year’s edition takes place in Katowice (Upper Silesia in the southern part of Poland) from 23 to 25 April 2025. “Poland in the Digital Transformation” panel is going to feature Robert Pękal – the Director of our Center.
PSNC at the Regional IT Competition
2025-04-15
On 10 April 2025 over 50 high school students from the southern part of Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) took part in the 17th edition of the Regional IT Competition. PSNC was there in the city of Jarocin where it all took place, to offer its partnership and support.
Europeana Aggregators’ Forum at PSNC
2025-04-14
On 9 and 10 April 2025 PSNC was hosting the spring edition of Europeana Aggregators’ Forum – an event that brings together representatives of institutions which aggregate and share cultural heritage data through cooperation with Europeana. The meeting created a platform for sharing experience, recent achievements, and discussing future challenges.
Join the first webinar about EOSC EU Node
2025-03-24
The PSNC team (Norbert Meyer, Maciej Brzeźniak, Mikołaj Dobski, Michał Zimniewicz) represents the EOSC EU Node and taking part in the “EOSC Node Candidates Kick-off Workshop” organized by the EOSC Tripartite Governance along with European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), in Brussels, Belgium.
EOSC National Tripartite Event Poland 2025
2025-03-23
The third edition of the EOSC National Tripartite Event Poland (or simply NTE Poland 2025) takes place at the Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 25 March. The event is organized by the National Science Centre and among guests there will be representatives of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
EOSC European meeting and initiation of the process of building EOSC national nodes
2025-03-20
The PSNC team (Norbert Meyer, Maciej Brzeźniak, Mikołaj Dobski, Michał Zimniewicz) represents the EOSC EU Node and taking part in the “EOSC Node Candidates Kick-off Workshop” organized by the EOSC Tripartite Governance along with European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), in Brussels, Belgium.
“Long-Distance Coherent Quantum Communications in Deployed Telcom Networks” – Piotr Rydlichowski in Nature Magazine
2025-04-24
The newest issue of Nature magazine (04/2025) features an article titled “Long-Distance Coherent Quantum Communications in Deployed Telcom Networks” and one of its coauthors is Piotr Rydlichowski – a PSNC’s researcher from the Centre’s Network Technologies Division.
GÉANT’s “Foresight 2030: Navigating Change” Report
2025-01-08
At the end of 2024, GÉANT released a report identifying the key opportunities and challenges facing the NREN community (National Research and Education Network) in the coming decade. One of the authors of this document is Raimundas Tuminauskas – Head of the Network Infrastructure and Services Department at PSNC.
Nobel Prizes 2024: AI in Physics and Chemistry
2024-10-17
This year's Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry highlight the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in those fields. To get insights into this significant development, we reached out to Dr Mikołaj Buchwald – an expert from the PSNC Internet Services Department, whose research interests include cognitive neuroscience, machine learning methodology, as well as using AI plus advanced data analysis to explain human physiology and psychology.
PSNC Leaps into the future of computing
2024-09-04
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
International Media on PSNC
2024-09-03
Here is a short sellection of recent articles on PSNC that have appeared in some international media.
Dariah.lab: cultural heritage documentation
2024-04-19
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
Experiments using the largest IBM Q quantum computers
2024-04-14
The Polish Quantum Computing Node established at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center - IBM Quantum Innovation Center - focused its activities in 2023 on expanding partnerships with leading centers and teams dealing with the development of quantum algorithms and their potential applications.
Aviation investment in Kąkolewo
2024-04-12
The construction of the hangar with laboratory and research facilities and its equipment is carried out as part of the "AEROSFERA" project. “The airport of things”. The main objective of the project is to provide Kąkolewo Airport with scientific and research infrastructure for conducting research and development work in the fields of air transport, utility operations, logistics, monitoring, surveillance and neutralisation of incidents and disasters.
Support Cultural Heritage – Take Part in a Short 3D-4CH Survey 🙂
2025-04-30
3D-4CH is a European project the goal of which is to revolutionize the way cultural heritage is protected, digitized, and made accessible through the use of advanced 3D technologies, artificial intelligence, and extended reality. Now you can also contribute to saving the precious cultural heritage for the next generations. Just take a short survey aimed at individuals, companies, and institutions that conduct courses or workshops related to the digitization of cultural heritage. The deadline for completing this survey is 21 May 2025.
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister at PSNC
2025-05-08
On 7 May 2025 Lower Saxony's Prime Minister, Stephan Weil paid a visit to PSNC’s headquarters during his short stay in Poznań. His arrival to the Capital of Wielkopolska was connected with the cooperation between this region and Lower Saxony.
“Long-Distance Coherent Quantum Communications in Deployed Telcom Networks” – Piotr Rydlichowski in Nature Magazine
2025-04-24
The newest issue of Nature magazine (04/2025) features an article titled “Long-Distance Coherent Quantum Communications in Deployed Telcom Networks” and one of its coauthors is Piotr Rydlichowski – a PSNC’s researcher from the Centre’s Network Technologies Division.
PSNC is a part of Nomios and Nokia’s Connecting Europe Tour
2025-04-24
"The Connecting Europe Tour" is a video-blog project presented by Nomios and Nokia. Nat and Fraser, two young and witty entrepreneurs are on an exciting journey across Europe to dive into the world of cutting-edge technology and innovation. Throughout the mini series the guys visit: London, Cambridge, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, Berlin and Poznań – where they explore the backbone of European research and education, the GÉANT network.
WEDROWNIQ, ŚWIATOWID, Q-CHRONOS and PLAI4SCIENCE Unveiled at the Blue Economy Baltic Forum
2025-04-28
The Blue Economy Baltic Forum (28 and 29 April 2025) organized in a popular Polish seaside resort called Sopot features a presentation of four projects coordinated or led by PSNC / IBCH PAS, namely WEDROWNIQ, ŚWIATOWID, Q-CHRONOS i PLAI4SCIENCE. The projects are introduced by dr inż. Cezary Mazurek during workshops concerning security and resilience of maritime infrastructure, which are a part of Mission Arena 4.
GÉANT’s “Foresight 2030: Navigating Change” Report
2025-01-08
At the end of 2024, GÉANT released a report identifying the key opportunities and challenges facing the NREN community (National Research and Education Network) in the coming decade. One of the authors of this document is Raimundas Tuminauskas – Head of the Network Infrastructure and Services Department at PSNC.
PSNC Supports Cybersecurity in Business
2025-04-18
The Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PCSS) and Wielkopolska Agency for Enterprise Development (WARP) signed a letter of intent regarding cooperation in the area of cybersecurity. In its initial phase, the cooperation will feature the dissemination and promotion of information about cybersecurity and the security of ICT systems among entrepreneurs in Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) Voivodeship.
PSNC Takes Part in the 17th European Economic Congress
2025-04-23
The European Economic Congress is considered to be one of the most important business events in Central Europe. This year’s edition takes place in Katowice (Upper Silesia in the southern part of Poland) from 23 to 25 April 2025. “Poland in the Digital Transformation” panel is going to feature Robert Pękal – the Director of our Center.
Nobel Prizes 2024: AI in Physics and Chemistry
2024-10-17
This year's Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry highlight the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in those fields. To get insights into this significant development, we reached out to Dr Mikołaj Buchwald – an expert from the PSNC Internet Services Department, whose research interests include cognitive neuroscience, machine learning methodology, as well as using AI plus advanced data analysis to explain human physiology and psychology.
AI Factories: European Commission Announces the AI Continent Action Plan
2025-04-16
Commission sets course for Europe’s AI leadership with an ambitious AI Continent Action Plan. Becoming a global leader in artificial intelligence is the objective of the AI Continent Action Plan, which has been launched today.
PSNC at the Regional IT Competition
2025-04-15
On 10 April 2025 over 50 high school students from the southern part of Wielkopolska (Greater Poland) took part in the 17th edition of the Regional IT Competition. PSNC was there in the city of Jarocin where it all took place, to offer its partnership and support.
PSNC Leaps into the future of computing
2024-09-04
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
Parallel Quest: Play the Game and Become a Quantum Superhero 4 Science
2025-04-14
Would you like to experience quantum technologies? Just join our adventure and you will! PSNC specialists who participate in the Superheroes 4 Science project created a very special game which combines science and fun! The game is called “Parallel Quest” and it guides its players through the mysteries of supercomputers and parallel programming. Surprisingly enough, that quest is available both as a traditional board game and an online entity which pops up in your regular browser.
Europeana Aggregators’ Forum at PSNC
2025-04-14
On 9 and 10 April 2025 PSNC was hosting the spring edition of Europeana Aggregators’ Forum – an event that brings together representatives of institutions which aggregate and share cultural heritage data through cooperation with Europeana. The meeting created a platform for sharing experience, recent achievements, and discussing future challenges.
International Media on PSNC
2024-09-03
Here is a short sellection of recent articles on PSNC that have appeared in some international media.
E-RIHS Becomes ERIC
2025-04-12
The European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) was transformed into the European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). This new status strengthens the institution’s position as one of the world’s key players in the field of heritage science.
Join the first webinar about EOSC EU Node
2025-03-24
The PSNC team (Norbert Meyer, Maciej Brzeźniak, Mikołaj Dobski, Michał Zimniewicz) represents the EOSC EU Node and taking part in the “EOSC Node Candidates Kick-off Workshop” organized by the EOSC Tripartite Governance along with European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), in Brussels, Belgium.
Dariah.lab: cultural heritage documentation
2024-04-19
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
The First Call for Papers in the ECHOES Project
2025-03-28
The aim of the ECHOES project is to create the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH) – a shared platform designed to facilitate collaboration among heritage professionals and researchers, enabling them to modernise their workflows and processes. The platform is supposed to give access to cutting-edge scientific and training resources, and advanced digital tools. 25 May 2025 marks the deadline for cultural heritage institutions to answer the first call for papers in order to obtain funding in the ECHOES Cascading Grants Programme.
EOSC National Tripartite Event Poland 2025
2025-03-23
The third edition of the EOSC National Tripartite Event Poland (or simply NTE Poland 2025) takes place at the Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 25 March. The event is organized by the National Science Centre and among guests there will be representatives of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
Experiments using the largest IBM Q quantum computers
2024-04-14
The Polish Quantum Computing Node established at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center - IBM Quantum Innovation Center - focused its activities in 2023 on expanding partnerships with leading centers and teams dealing with the development of quantum algorithms and their potential applications.
Join the GRAPHIA newsletter!
2025-03-22
GRAPHIA project members work on creating an advanced open-source application for visual analysis, which is supposed to help in the interpretation of large and complex datasets. PSNC is a part of the European consortium, which is responsible for this project. All current updates on the progress of work in GRAPHIA can be found in a special newsletter, which you can join right now!
EOSC European meeting and initiation of the process of building EOSC national nodes
2025-03-20
The PSNC team (Norbert Meyer, Maciej Brzeźniak, Mikołaj Dobski, Michał Zimniewicz) represents the EOSC EU Node and taking part in the “EOSC Node Candidates Kick-off Workshop” organized by the EOSC Tripartite Governance along with European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), in Brussels, Belgium.
Aviation investment in Kąkolewo
2024-04-12
The construction of the hangar with laboratory and research facilities and its equipment is carried out as part of the "AEROSFERA" project. “The airport of things”. The main objective of the project is to provide Kąkolewo Airport with scientific and research infrastructure for conducting research and development work in the fields of air transport, utility operations, logistics, monitoring, surveillance and neutralisation of incidents and disasters.