The latest issue of the journal “Biodiversity: Research and Conservation” is devoted entirely to the AMUNATCOLL project. The project “Nature Collections of the Adam Mickiewicz University on the Internet: digitization and making available the resources of biodiversity of the Faculty of Biology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan”, was implemented in 2018-2021 by a consortium consisting of the Adam Mickiewicz University – Faculty of Biology (project coordinator) and PSNC (technological partner).
The result of the work carried out under the project is more than 2.2 million digitized specimens and hundreds of terabytes of scans and images. The data can be viewed through the developed portal or in the GBIF international database, where they have been exported, representing about one per mille of all information from around the world. In addition, a mobile application has been developed, available for Android and iOS systems, which allows to conduct research in the field and upload the results to the portal, where they can be further processed using advanced BioGIS tools.
In terms of publication, the project resulted in a number of articles, including a special issue 65/2022 of the journal ”Biodiversity: Research and Conservation”, fully dedicated to the AMUNATCOLL project. A total of four articles are published, addressing issues in different areas of the project implementation. The first article deals with the basis of the need for the project, at the heart of which lies the scientific value of the natural history collections gathered at the Faculty of Biology of the Adam Mickiewicz University. These collections are widely used in taxonomic, biogeographical, phylogenetic, ecological and genetic research. In addition, they have significant educational value and serve to disseminate knowledge about biodiversity. The next article focuses on selected aspects of the “life cycle” of a project with particular emphasis on the preparatory phase. The third paper discusses procedures and operational aspects related to the proper storage and handling of taxonomic, biogeographic and ecological data of digitized biological specimens. The last paper deals with interfaces (graphical, programming) for access, exploration and manipulation of the data available in the database.
PSNC Podcast: How to talk to a machine, or the interface: human-computer. Part 1
2023-08-03
Welcome to the fourth episode of the PSNC Podcast series. In the first part of the conversation with Dr Mikołaj Buchwald from the Future Internet Services Department, we take a closer look at the history and development of human-machine interfaces. We also present the emerging scientific and research projects in this field carried out at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.
European Citizens’ Prize for ambisonic audio dramas
2023-07-18
Ambisonic audio dramas for blind and partially sighted children, created in cooperation with the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Special School and Education Center for Blind Children in Owińska, Radio Meteor and the Festival of Radio Plays, were honoured with the European Citizen's Prize 2023.
PSNC Podcast: Why do we need an artificial sun on Earth?
2023-07-06
Welcome to the third episode of the PSNC Podcast series, in which we present the FAIR4Fusion project, which is being carried out in collaboration with the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. In a conversation with Agata Filipczak, a programmer from PSNC's Internet of Things Department, we find out what are the main goals of the projects are and why nuclear fusion plays such an important role.
One step closer to European quantum computing: The EuroHPC JU signs hosting agreements for six quantum computers
2023-06-27
The EuroHPC JU has signed hosting agreements with six sites across Europe to host & operate EuroHPC quantum computers. These quantum computers will allow European users to explore a variety of quantum technologies coupled to leading supercomputers.
PSNC Podcast: Heritage Park in 12K – ultra-modern digital humanities
2023-06-12
Welcome to the second episode of PSNC Podcast. This time, specialists from the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center will introduce the Dariah.Lab project - implemented to build a research infrastructure for digital humanities. This infrastructure has been placed on the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures in the area of social sciences and humanities.
Prof. Andrzej B. Legocki received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Adam Mickiewicz University
2023-05-31
Biochemist and former President of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Prof. Andrzej Bogusław Legocki received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. From 1988 to 2003, Professor Legocki was the Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. During his tenure, the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center affiliated with the Institute was established in 1993.
The second edition of the DataComp conference is behind us
2023-09-21
The two-day event (19 and 20 September 2023), organised by the TASK Centre of Informatics Tricity Academic Supercomputer and networK in Gdansk, was aimed at presenting the results of scientific work carried out using IT services developed in the National Data Storage, PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 projects, coordinated by PSNC with the participation of 8 other units - members of the PIONIER Consortium. The programme organiser of the conference was the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.
Welcome to the DataComp2023 Conference
2023-08-04
We would like to invite you to participate in the second edition of the national scientific conference DataComp for users of PRACE-LAB, PRACE-LAB2 and the National Data Storage (KMD) research infrastructure. DataComp2023 - AI, HPC and Big Data Analysis for Grand Challenges is the largest event in Poland bringing together both users and providers of advanced computing services.
Neighbourhood Inspirations 2023: come and see our backyard
2023-07-05
This Saturday, 8 July, we invite you to the PSNC Future Labs at Zwierzyniecka 20 in Poznań for the third edition of Neighbourhood Inspirations. The theme of this year's meeting will focus on neighbourhood backyards. The event is organised in cooperation with the Faculty of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Old Zoo in Poznań.
EOSC Day Poland: Making Open Science a reality!
2023-06-16
On June 22 2023, EOSC Day Poland will be held in Poznań, organized by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Poznań University of Technology together with the National Science Centre and the PIONIER - Polish Optical Internet. The event is addressed to scientists, researchers and representatives of the R&E sector. The aim of the event is to The goal of the event is to introduce the best practices and an EOSC-based toolset for the management of research products.
EGI 2023: welcome to Poznan
2023-06-16
For five days, from June 19th to 23rd 2023, the EGI Conference (Enabling Grids for E-Science) - an international meeting of scientists, IT experts as well as computing and service providers - will be held in Poznan, Poland. The aim of the event, co-organized by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, will be to summarise the current activities within the EGI - Advanced Computing Services for Research.
Digital Horizon 2023 Conference
2023-06-14
We kindly invite you to a conference organised by the Department of the National Contact Point for EU Research Programmes and the National Centre for Research and Development. The event will take place on June 15, 2023 in the Warsaw Marriott Hotel. The main objective of the meeting is to summarise the NCP's (KPK) information campaign - "Digital Horizon".
PSNC and AMU research: How has COVID-19 affected outdoor activities?
2023-07-27
As part of the cooperation between the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, a study was carried out to present models of amateur sport participation during the COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor activities. The results of the research have been published in the latest issue of the university journal "Man and Society".
PSNC and the INSENSION project in Psychology Today
2023-07-24
The latest issue of the American bimonthly magazine "Psychology Today" features an interview with Ed Fennell, with whom Michał Kosiedowski - Head of the Future Internet Services Department at PSNC - is working to prepare the next stages of work in projects developing technology to support interaction with the environment for people with profound multiple intellectual disabilities.
Interview with Bartosz Belter on research infrastructures and the role of SLICES in Europe
2023-06-03
SLICES is a new research infrastructure on the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) roadmap, bringing together 21 partners from 14 countries. The aim of the current work in the consortium is to secure support from member states and the European Commission in the process of building a modern research infrastructure for research on a European scale. Bartosz Belter, Head of the PSNC's New Generation Networks Department, gave an interview opresenting the specifics of the project.
Quantum Computing ’22 Report
2023-01-03
We invite you to learn about the results of the Polish IBM Quantum Innovation Center within the framework of the first stage of activity in 2022. The document is the result of cooperation between many scientific and research teams in Poland and was created on the basis of the analytical, programming and experimental tasks performed with access to the resource infrastructure of IBM Quantum computers.
POIR projects appreciated around the world
2022-12-01
The 49/2022 issue of "Polityka" weekly featured an article prepared by the National Information Processing Institute (OPI) on several projects from the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures: PRACE-LAB, NLPQT, DARIAH. Two of these projects - PRACE-LAB and DARIAH - are coordinated by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. PSNC is also a partner in the NLPQT project.
The illuMINEation project: a modern platform for the mining industry
2022-10-28
illuMINEation is a multi-level distributed IIoT platform dedicated to the European mining industry, based on the use of data analytics and new types of technology, in particular the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). A consortium including the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center will work on the platform.
PSNC Podcast: How to talk to a machine, or the interface: human-computer. Part 1
2023-08-03
Welcome to the fourth episode of the PSNC Podcast series. In the first part of the conversation with Dr Mikołaj Buchwald from the Future Internet Services Department, we take a closer look at the history and development of human-machine interfaces. We also present the emerging scientific and research projects in this field carried out at the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.
The second edition of the DataComp conference is behind us
2023-09-21
The two-day event (19 and 20 September 2023), organised by the TASK Centre of Informatics Tricity Academic Supercomputer and networK in Gdansk, was aimed at presenting the results of scientific work carried out using IT services developed in the National Data Storage, PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 projects, coordinated by PSNC with the participation of 8 other units - members of the PIONIER Consortium. The programme organiser of the conference was the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.
PSNC and AMU research: How has COVID-19 affected outdoor activities?
2023-07-27
As part of the cooperation between the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Faculty of Sociology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, a study was carried out to present models of amateur sport participation during the COVID-19 restrictions on outdoor activities. The results of the research have been published in the latest issue of the university journal "Man and Society".
European Citizens’ Prize for ambisonic audio dramas
2023-07-18
Ambisonic audio dramas for blind and partially sighted children, created in cooperation with the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center and the Special School and Education Center for Blind Children in Owińska, Radio Meteor and the Festival of Radio Plays, were honoured with the European Citizen's Prize 2023.
Welcome to the DataComp2023 Conference
2023-08-04
We would like to invite you to participate in the second edition of the national scientific conference DataComp for users of PRACE-LAB, PRACE-LAB2 and the National Data Storage (KMD) research infrastructure. DataComp2023 - AI, HPC and Big Data Analysis for Grand Challenges is the largest event in Poland bringing together both users and providers of advanced computing services.
PSNC and the INSENSION project in Psychology Today
2023-07-24
The latest issue of the American bimonthly magazine "Psychology Today" features an interview with Ed Fennell, with whom Michał Kosiedowski - Head of the Future Internet Services Department at PSNC - is working to prepare the next stages of work in projects developing technology to support interaction with the environment for people with profound multiple intellectual disabilities.
PSNC Podcast: Why do we need an artificial sun on Earth?
2023-07-06
Welcome to the third episode of the PSNC Podcast series, in which we present the FAIR4Fusion project, which is being carried out in collaboration with the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. In a conversation with Agata Filipczak, a programmer from PSNC's Internet of Things Department, we find out what are the main goals of the projects are and why nuclear fusion plays such an important role.
Neighbourhood Inspirations 2023: come and see our backyard
2023-07-05
This Saturday, 8 July, we invite you to the PSNC Future Labs at Zwierzyniecka 20 in Poznań for the third edition of Neighbourhood Inspirations. The theme of this year's meeting will focus on neighbourhood backyards. The event is organised in cooperation with the Faculty of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the Old Zoo in Poznań.
Interview with Bartosz Belter on research infrastructures and the role of SLICES in Europe
2023-06-03
SLICES is a new research infrastructure on the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) roadmap, bringing together 21 partners from 14 countries. The aim of the current work in the consortium is to secure support from member states and the European Commission in the process of building a modern research infrastructure for research on a European scale. Bartosz Belter, Head of the PSNC's New Generation Networks Department, gave an interview opresenting the specifics of the project.
One step closer to European quantum computing: The EuroHPC JU signs hosting agreements for six quantum computers
2023-06-27
The EuroHPC JU has signed hosting agreements with six sites across Europe to host & operate EuroHPC quantum computers. These quantum computers will allow European users to explore a variety of quantum technologies coupled to leading supercomputers.
EOSC Day Poland: Making Open Science a reality!
2023-06-16
On June 22 2023, EOSC Day Poland will be held in Poznań, organized by the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Poznań University of Technology together with the National Science Centre and the PIONIER - Polish Optical Internet. The event is addressed to scientists, researchers and representatives of the R&E sector. The aim of the event is to The goal of the event is to introduce the best practices and an EOSC-based toolset for the management of research products.
Quantum Computing ’22 Report
2023-01-03
We invite you to learn about the results of the Polish IBM Quantum Innovation Center within the framework of the first stage of activity in 2022. The document is the result of cooperation between many scientific and research teams in Poland and was created on the basis of the analytical, programming and experimental tasks performed with access to the resource infrastructure of IBM Quantum computers.
PSNC Podcast: Heritage Park in 12K – ultra-modern digital humanities
2023-06-12
Welcome to the second episode of PSNC Podcast. This time, specialists from the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center will introduce the Dariah.Lab project - implemented to build a research infrastructure for digital humanities. This infrastructure has been placed on the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures in the area of social sciences and humanities.
EGI 2023: welcome to Poznan
2023-06-16
For five days, from June 19th to 23rd 2023, the EGI Conference (Enabling Grids for E-Science) - an international meeting of scientists, IT experts as well as computing and service providers - will be held in Poznan, Poland. The aim of the event, co-organized by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, will be to summarise the current activities within the EGI - Advanced Computing Services for Research.
POIR projects appreciated around the world
2022-12-01
The 49/2022 issue of "Polityka" weekly featured an article prepared by the National Information Processing Institute (OPI) on several projects from the Polish Roadmap for Research Infrastructures: PRACE-LAB, NLPQT, DARIAH. Two of these projects - PRACE-LAB and DARIAH - are coordinated by the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. PSNC is also a partner in the NLPQT project.
Prof. Andrzej B. Legocki received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Adam Mickiewicz University
2023-05-31
Biochemist and former President of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Prof. Andrzej Bogusław Legocki received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. From 1988 to 2003, Professor Legocki was the Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences. During his tenure, the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center affiliated with the Institute was established in 1993.
Digital Horizon 2023 Conference
2023-06-14
We kindly invite you to a conference organised by the Department of the National Contact Point for EU Research Programmes and the National Centre for Research and Development. The event will take place on June 15, 2023 in the Warsaw Marriott Hotel. The main objective of the meeting is to summarise the NCP's (KPK) information campaign - "Digital Horizon".
The illuMINEation project: a modern platform for the mining industry
2022-10-28
illuMINEation is a multi-level distributed IIoT platform dedicated to the European mining industry, based on the use of data analytics and new types of technology, in particular the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). A consortium including the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center will work on the platform.