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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.

In the latest episode of the “Time for Science” series on the Pionier.TV platform, Mariusz Owsianny, and Waldemar Jęśko from the PSNC New User Interfaces Department explain what is machine learning using the example of an automatic speech recognition system. We invite you to watch the full material.

PSNC Innovative Education Laboratory and the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute invite teachers to online educational workshops about the resources of Polish and European digital repositories and ICT tools enabling the creation of interesting lessons with puzzles. The classes will be conducted by experienced trainers from the PSNC educational laboratory.

The PIONIER-LAB project – National Platform for Integration of Research Infrastructures with Innovation Ecosystems has been notified by the European Commission. This decision marks the start of the full project work. The project will be implemented by 21 partners, and its leader is the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.

The song by Luxtorpeda band entitled “Hołd” from the latest album “Anno Domino MMXX” was created in memory of the freedom fighters from Wielkopolska Region. The accompanying music video showing many places important for the capital of Wielkopolska was produced by the team from PSNC.

The tenth season of programs popularizing Polish science has started on the scientific platform of Pionier.TV. This series covers all fields and spheres of science – from humanities to natural sciences – presenting them in a simple and accessible way.

During the meeting inaugurating the activity of the first Regional Future Industry Council in Poland, its presidium was elected. Among the members of the Wielkopolska Region Council are entrepreneurs, scientists, and local government officials. The Director of PSNC, dr Cezary Mazurek was appointed to the position of Vice-Chairman.