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The Researchers’ Night project, in which the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center has been an active participant for many years, was awarded 14 out of 15 points in the European Commission’s Horizon competition. The evaluation of the project highlighted, among other things, a comprehensive and interesting programme, interesting promotional activities, as well as the diversity of scientific fields represented by the consortium partners.

Representatives of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center took part in a meeting organised at the headquarters of the ITER Organisation (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor), prepared by the management of the TSVV11 (Theory, Simulation, Validation and Verification) EUROfusion and the Dutch eScience Centre. During the meeting, participants had the opportunity to take a closer look at the world’s largest fusion reactor.

In early 2024, the LOFAR ERIC consortium was officially established, which includes Poland, includes Bulgaria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. The consortium will work on the European Low Frequency Array European Research Infrastructure.

The explosion of Big Data, Data Science and AI applications means that IT systems need ever faster access to data, using ever larger data collections and ever more files. The efficiency of data access is the key to the efficiency of computing, and thus to progress in research, education or business. In the sixth episode of the PSNC Podcast, we talk about the fastest data storage systems.

The Black Pearl Award is presented by EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe. This year’s award in the Medical Technologies category was awarded to the INSENSION project, implemented by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. The award recognises innovative, research-based work supporting people with profound and/or multiple learning disabilities.

In January 2024, the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBCH PAS) joined EBRAINS as a full member, thus gaining the opportunity to co-design research infrastructure and contribute to the development of digital tools to support brain research. The M. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences has also joined the association as an Associated Member as of 2024.

Digital transformation era makes companies recognize more of their needs, which often are very specific for a given market. AIM2ASSIST strive to be an answer to one of these specific needs.

MASTA, MCH and PSNC joint project picked up the pace and only a few steps are needed to finish the experiment. We’ll use this occasion to share a few details about the aim of the project and solution the consortium have been working on.

As a result of the competition proceedings, the Competition Committee has selected the candidacy of Dr hab. Luiza Handschuh, Professor of IBCH PAS for the position of Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS. Luiza Handschuh has been appointed for a four-year term, which will begin on 1 December 2023.

At the November GÉANT General Assembly (GA) meeting, its members voted for four open GÉANT Board Member positions. Cezary Mazurek, Ph.D., Director of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center has been elected to this prestigious group.

HPC data storage system built and operated by PSNC has been ranked on the prestigious IO500 list (https://io500.org/), that compares the fastest HPC data storage systems in the World. PSNC reached #10 within the IO500’s Production category and #161 on the Full list.

The European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) HPC4Poland, led by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, has received the BDVA i-Space Gold award for the quality and high level of advancement of available research and innovation in hubs across Europe.