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DataSpace, a website for Europe’s cultural heritage, has been launched with the aim of stimulating interest in Europe’s cultural heritage and promoting digital culture as a public good. The site provides access to high quality data, with an emphasis on 3D, and encourages users to re-use and find new value in it.

The procurement contract of EuroQCS-Poland, the EuroHPC quantum computer to be located in Poland, has been signed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the company AQT, the selected vendor.

Under the signed agreement, the project entitled “Digital Research Infrastructure for the Humanities and Arts DARIAH-PL” has been supported by the development plan under Investment: A2.4.1 Investments in Research Capacity Development of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan. The project is being implemented as part of a multi-year plan to deepen cooperation in building digital infrastructure for the humanities and arts in Poland.

ROHub is a research object management platform that supports the preservation and lifecycle management of scientific research, research campaigns and operational processes. It has been developed by a team led by Raul Palma, Manager of Data Analytics and Semantics Department at PSNC.

The project entitled: “Simple language in Poznań City Hall” (Polish: “Prosty język w Urzędzie Miasta Poznania”) was awarded a prize in the fifth edition of the “Innovative Local Government” competition organised by the PAP Local Government Service. The project is the result of cooperation between Poznań City Hall, Adam Mickiewicz University and the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.

This year Poland is celebrating 20 years of its membership in the European Union. To mark the occasion, an open-air exhibition entitled ‘Colours of Science’was presented in four cities: Warsaw, Krakow, Szczecin and Poznań. In the capital of Wielkopolska region, the exhibition can be seen in the courtyard of the headquarters of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center at Jana Pawla II Street. You are cordially invited!

The HPC data storage system at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center has again been highly ranked in the prestigious IO500 competition held during the ISC High Performance 2024 conference. The system took 8th place in the ’10 Node Production List’ category, in which it was listed for the first time, and 14th place in the ‘Production List’ category, in which the PSNC system has been present since 2023.

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) and ORCA Computing announced a collaboration with NVIDIA, to accelerate the development of hybrid quantum-classical approaches. Recognizing the necessity of hybrid computing to unlock the full potential of quantum computing, by utilizing real-world, hands-on use cases, this collaboration represents a milestone in revolutionizing various fields such as biology, chemistry, and key industry applications.

During this year’s ISC High Performance 2024, the largest HPC conference in Europe, which takes place from 13 to 16 May in Hamburg, Germany, the latest TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers was announced. The list includes the fastest computing systems from the PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 projects. Two of them are systems from the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

How to adapt technology to human health needs is one of the most important questions researchers and IT professionals are asking themselves. The answer was also sought by the creators of the latest episode of the PSNC Digital Future Talks, who took a close look at projects and initiatives carried out at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

AI4Youth and SUCCESS – two international educational initiatives involving the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center – have been included in the UNESCO-UNEVOC list of Innovative and Promising Practices in TVET. TVET is a centre for technical and vocational education and training designated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

What is a digital airport and will unmanned aerial vehicles soon serve as air taxis? What is their role in industry, defence and humanitarian aid? And will anyone be able to get a licence to fly a drone? Find the answers to these questions and more in the latest episode of the PSNC Digital Future Talks.