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The Foundation for the Development of the City of Poznan has launched a new project consisting of interviews with interesting people related to the capital of Wielkopolska Region. POZcast – let’s talk about Poznań is an initiative that brings the functioning and development of Poznań to a wider audience. PSNC is the technological partner of this project.

The European mining industry is increasingly looking for solutions to redesign traditional mining processes through the adoption of pioneering innovations, accompanied by the extensive use of data analytics and new types of technology use, in particular the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The EU-funded illuMINEation project will create a multi-level distributed IIoT platform, which will be developed by a consortium created together with PSNC.

Merry Christmas

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Many Blessings
bringing you happiness and hope
in the New Year

on behalf of

the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center employees

At the beginning of 2021, a new parallel processing system (HPC supercomputer), purchased under the PRACE-LAB project, will be put into operation. This system, included in the TOP500 list of the fastest computers in the world, is the result of building a national, distributed HPC system for parallel computing, financed under the OP IR structural funds, measure 4.2 in the field of research infrastructure of particular importance for Poland.

​Traditionally, at the beginning of December, the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, distinguished personalities with the most outstanding scientific achievements in the past year. Among the winners is Prof. Jan Węglarz, co-founder and long-time Director of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

Verification and evaluation of project applications submitted under the Operational Programme Intelligent Development 2014-2020 Action 4.2 4/4.2/2020 has been completed. Out of 8 applications selected for funding, three projects will be co-implemented by PSNC.

Every year, the citizens of the capital of Wielkopolska Region vote for the projects of their choice under the Poznan Civic Budget. During this year’s edition, thanks to the support of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, it was possible to detect invalid votes and efficiently conduct the verification stage.

The Registered Service Provider program is run within the DataCite consortium and associates institutions that enable other members to create and modify information about registered DOI numbers in an automated way, i.e. through dedicated DataCite API. PSNC has been included in this program.

Raimundas Tuminauskas – Head of the PSNC Network and Service Infrastructure Department is among the four members of the Board appointed for the next year.

Traditionally, at the largest Supercomputing (SC20) conference devoted to supercomputing technologies (HPC, High Performance Computing), another TOP500 list was announced – the fastest supercomputers in the world. This list includes a new PSNC supercomputing system – Eagle II (position 85), the successor of Eagle supercomputer purchased in 2015.

PSNC, Poznan University of Technology and Veolia Energia Poznan S.A. will take part in the international project RENergetic (Community-empowered Sustainable Multi-Vector Energy Islands) implemented under the Horizon 2020 program. The aim of the project is to develop and demonstrate innovative tools to manage energy islands.

The results of the 10th competition entitled “Local Government of Equal Opportunities” for the best projects for people with disabilities, implemented by Polish local governments, have been announced. The WINS Incubator for Social Innovation, implemented by the Regional Center of Social Policy in Poznan, the Marshall Office of the Wielkopolska Region, the City of Poznan and PSNC won in the “District/Region” category.