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Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center has been granted membership in the European Platform for Sport Innovation (EPSI). Headquartered in Brussels, EPSI is a membership-based, non-profit organization focusing its activities on innovation in the field of sport, as well as physical activity and healthy lifestyle.

We invite you to a series of popular science podcasts in which we explain engineering secrets, talking about how science and technology translate into everyday life. The podcasts are conducted in the form of conversations between PSNC specialists and journalists, who together will try to explain scientific complexities in an accessible way.

Delivery and installation of technological cooling system equipment took place at the Technology Building of the Polish Optical Internet Research Center (CBPIO). Thanks to the expansion of the cooling capacity, the building will be equipped with two cooling circuits with a capacity of 1.2 MW each, so that it will be possible to ensure a high level of availability of equipment classically cooled with air using a refrigerant.

As a result of the recertification, the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center has extended the provision of its services in accordance with ISO27001 and ISO9001 for the next three years. The audit was conducted on April 12-14 by TUV NORD. In addition to the existing services, the scope has been extended to include the provision of services in the area of data centers for both information security and quality control.

The Regional Covid-Hub project, jointly implemented by the Local Government of the Wielkopolska Region, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, has been qualified for the final round of the DT4REGIONS Award competition and has a chance to win the grand prize. The winner will be selected by online voting.

The GÉANT Community Award has been awarded since 2012 for an outstanding contribution to the joint activities of the community focused around national research and education networks and for the development of services and new technologies. Among this year’s nominees there are two representatives of PSNC – Ivana Golub (Data Engineering and Analytical Platforms Department) and Damian Niemir (Head of Cooperation and Contacts Department).

At this year’s Supercomputing Asia (27.02.-2.03.2023, Singapore), the largest HPC conference held in Asia, the global cooperation within the Alliance of Supercomputing Centres (ASC) was inaugurated. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center is among the nine members of supercomputing centres from around the world.

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) is pleased to announce that the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences has joined the PSNC’s IBM Quantum Innovation Center.

The illuMINEation project has just passed the halfway point and entered an advanced stage of development of digital services for the mining industry. This modern platform has developed interesting use cases, such as smart sensors and the use of drones inside mine galleries. The results of the work are presented in the latest issue of the project newsletter.

As part of the EU’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program, the DATAMITE project – “Data Monetization, Interoperability, Trading & Exchange” – has been launched. The initiative is implemented by the consortium of 26 partners from 12 countries. Among the institutions implementing the project is the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

After a break, the publication of the series “POZcast – let’s talk about Poznań” was resumed. The guests of POZcast, initiated by the Foundation for the Development of the City of Poznań, are representatives of business, art, science and social activists important to our city. The technological partner of the project, responsible for the production of audio-video recordings and broadcasting, is PSNC.

We are proud to announce that the Center for Theoretical Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences joins the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center’s IBM Quantum Innovation Center.