The works are carried out under Agreement No. 579/PCSS/2022 of October 25, 2022 by the consortium of companies “FRIZO Sp. z o.o.” and “GS KLIMA Sp. z o.o.” for the implementation of the projects:
- PRACE-LAB2 – “Collaboration in Advanced Computing in Europe”. Project number: POIR.04.02.00-00-C003/19,
- NEBI – “National Centre for Imaging Research in Biological and Biomedical Sciences”. Project No: POIR.04.02.00-00-C004/19,
- 5G-PL – “National Laboratory for 5G networks and services with environment”. Project No: POIR.04.02.00-00-D008/20,
- MOSAIC ECBiG -“European Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics-MOSAIC”. Project No: POIR.04.02.00-00-D017/20,
- DARIAH – “Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities DARIAH-PL”. Project number: POIR.04.02.00-00-D006/20,
- NATIONAL DATA STORAGE (NDS) – “National Data Storage. Universal infrastructure for sharing, storage and effective processing of large data volumes in HPC, Big Data and artificial intelligence models”. Project number: POIR.04.02.00-00-D010/20.
These projects are carried out under Measure 4.2, Operational Programme “Smart Development 2014-2020” co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
Polish PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 HPC installations in the TOP500
2024-11-22
A brand new TOP500 list revealing the fastest supercomputers in the world was released during this year’s Supercomputing in Atlanta (17–22.11.2024). The list includes computing systems from PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 projects, which are key Polish high efficiency computing infrastructures. These two TOP500 entries confirm Poland’s strong position on the global arena of computing development.
PSNC’s Lustre System in the Top 10 of IO500 at SC24
2024-11-21
During the Supercomputing 2024 conference in Atlanta (USA), the new annual IO500 list has been announced – ranking the current world’s fastest data storage systems. The PSNC data storage system for the Proxima HPC cluster is ranked at #10 on the 10 Node Production List.
Quantum Use Case Demonstration
2024-11-20
During the SC Conference had a demonstration uses two quantum-classical testbeds in PSNC, Poznan, Poland and the SC24 venue in Atlanta, USA.
Distributed Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing in a post-Quantum Cryptography World
2024-11-20
Quantum computing offers huge opportunities to the research and education (R&E) community as well as to commercial enterprise. Quantum computers have the power to tackle problems far beyond the current reach of classical computing, from simulating complex protein folding and predicting meteorological phenomena to modelling financial systems.
Meeting of the EuroHPC HEs Communication Network at SC24 in Atlanta
2024-11-19
These informal meetings between EuroHPC JU and the communications teams of the 6 hosting entities from Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain aim to facilitate information exchange, share best practices, and strengthen communication synergies. Last session, which we had the pleasure of participating in, focused on presenting the common EuroHPC communication strategy and preparing for the implementation of milestones and upcoming events.
There’s a lot going on during SC24
2024-11-19
On Monday, our colleague and expert in quantum technologies, Piotr Rydlichowski, took part in a workshop on Innovating the Network for Data Intensive Science (#INDIS) and highlighted the advancements in high-speed networking of this year SC24' Network Research Exhibition (#NRE - Network Research Exhibitions) powered by SCinet.
World’s First Multi-QPU, Multi-GPU, Multi-CPU Quantum Use Case Demonstration
2024-11-18
In a groundbreaking project, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poland has worked with NVIDIA and ORCA Computing to demonstrate the world's first hybrid computing architecture at PSNC involving a multi-user HPC environment supporting multiple quantum processing units (QPUs), alongside multi-GPU and multi-CPU job execution. PSNC researchers have also trained a hybrid classical-quantum machine learning algorithm within this environment. This work is a first step toward demonstrating the importance of integrating QPUs into hybrid classical-quantum supercomputing environments.
PSNC team on SC24
2024-11-18
During the SC24 - The International Conference for High Performance Computing, our experts will be happy to tell you about the projects that we have been implementing for over 30 years, both for research institutions, scientific communities and business. Visit our booth number 1149 to learn more about our research and development center. Maybe this will be the first step to start cooperation with us? See, who you can meet and talk to during SC24.
EOSC EU NODE Presentation at SC24
2024-11-22
PSNC premiered its own original data access system EOSC EU NODE (European Open Science Cloud EU NODE) during the SC24 conference in Atlanta. The conference is well-known for HPC, cloud, computing and data access solutions galore presented there on a yearly basis. The PSNC system constitutes the very first node dedicated entirely to the European Commission's open scientific data project (EOSC).
DARIAH-HUB Poland Presentation at the Time Machine Synergy Summit 2024
2024-11-20
On 19 November 2024 École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne hosted the Time Machine Synergy Summit 2024. Time Machine Organisation, which is responsible for this event, focuses its interest and activities on projects concerning technology, science and, most importantly, cultural heritage. PSNC’s Tomasz Parkoła – Head of Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department was representing our Center at this year’s Summit with his presentation on DARIAH-HUB Poland project.
PSNC’s “Proste pismo” at the Congress of Effective Communication
2024-11-09
On 29 October 2024, Warsaw hosted the Congress of Effective Communication, organized by the Polish Language Foundation. During the expert panel Jarosław Liberek, PhD (Adam Mickiewicz University) and Tomasz Hoffman, PhD (Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center) presented "Proste pismo" (Simple Writing) – a universal tool for simplifying complex written texts, which had been created as a result of cooperation between the Poznań City Hall, Adam Mickiewicz University and Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
PSNC and the PIONIER Consortium at the Supercomputing 24 Conference
2024-11-07
This year's SC24 - The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis will take place in Atlanta, USA from 17-22 November 2024. The Georgia World Congress Center, one of the largest convention centres in the world, will be the venue for meetings, talks and inspiring presentations at the conference and the accompanying exhibition.
Synergy Days 2024
2024-10-24
On 14 and 15 October 2024, Barcelona hosted the Synergy Days conference, considered to be the most important gathering of digital innovators in the European agri-food industry. The international community centered around the Smart Agri Hubs project came together to share knowledge and experience. Raul Palma, PhD – Head of Data Analytics and Semantics Department at PSNC, and Marcin Płóciennik – Head of the Internet of Things Technology Department at PSNC were the attendees representing our Center.
ATRIUM Researchers Forum
2024-10-23
On Thursday 17 October, an international Researchers Forum was held as part of the ATRIUM (Advancing Frontier Research in the Arts and Humanities) project. PSNC, as one of the partners included in the consortium, was the host of the first meeting of this kind, intended to exchange experiences of various researchers focused in the areas of digital humanities. The meeting was organised by the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN).
Large-scale environmental simulations as a step towards digital twins
2024-10-21
“Becoming a zettabytes economy. Advanced data centres impact & what’s Beyond?” was a one-day Poznań meeting aimed at connecting business, science and public sector in Wielkopolska. One of the speakers of this event was Dr. Engr. Marcin Lawenda from the HPC New Architectures Department at PSNC.
INSENSION project at VOICE4PIMD workshop
2024-10-20
American University of Notre Dame and PSNC invite you for a two-day long workshop (24-25 October 2024) as a part of the Voice4PIMD initiative, focused on the use of artificial intelligence in communication with people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD).
Nobel Prizes 2024: AI in Physics and Chemistry
2024-10-17
This year's Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry highlight the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in those fields. To get insights into this significant development, we reached out to Dr Mikołaj Buchwald – an expert from the PSNC Internet Services Department, whose research interests include cognitive neuroscience, machine learning methodology, as well as using AI plus advanced data analysis to explain human physiology and psychology.
PSNC Leaps into the future of computing
2024-09-04
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
International Media on PSNC
2024-09-03
Here is a short sellection of recent articles on PSNC that have appeared in some international media.
Dariah.lab: cultural heritage documentation
2024-04-19
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
Experiments using the largest IBM Q quantum computers
2024-04-14
The Polish Quantum Computing Node established at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center - IBM Quantum Innovation Center - focused its activities in 2023 on expanding partnerships with leading centers and teams dealing with the development of quantum algorithms and their potential applications.
Aviation investment in Kąkolewo
2024-04-12
The construction of the hangar with laboratory and research facilities and its equipment is carried out as part of the "AEROSFERA" project. “The airport of things”. The main objective of the project is to provide Kąkolewo Airport with scientific and research infrastructure for conducting research and development work in the fields of air transport, utility operations, logistics, monitoring, surveillance and neutralisation of incidents and disasters.
“Knowledge-based technologies can be good for health” – an interview with Professor Michał Nowicki
2024-04-07
We invite you to read an interview with Prof. Dr. Michał Nowicki, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, in which he discusses issues related to the use of modern ICT technologies in a variety of health and medical contexts.
About PSNC anniversary in GÉANT CONNECT
2024-04-03
The latest issue of "CONNECT" magazine, which focuses on the GÉANT network and community, published an article on three decades of activity of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. The publication describes the most important events in the history of the PSNC, which is an important international node of the European Research Area in the field of information technology infrastructure for science and an important research and development center for information and communication technologies.
Polish PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 HPC installations in the TOP500
2024-11-22
A brand new TOP500 list revealing the fastest supercomputers in the world was released during this year’s Supercomputing in Atlanta (17–22.11.2024). The list includes computing systems from PRACE-LAB and PRACE-LAB2 projects, which are key Polish high efficiency computing infrastructures. These two TOP500 entries confirm Poland’s strong position on the global arena of computing development.
EOSC EU NODE Presentation at SC24
2024-11-22
PSNC premiered its own original data access system EOSC EU NODE (European Open Science Cloud EU NODE) during the SC24 conference in Atlanta. The conference is well-known for HPC, cloud, computing and data access solutions galore presented there on a yearly basis. The PSNC system constitutes the very first node dedicated entirely to the European Commission's open scientific data project (EOSC).
Nobel Prizes 2024: AI in Physics and Chemistry
2024-10-17
This year's Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry highlight the groundbreaking role of artificial intelligence in those fields. To get insights into this significant development, we reached out to Dr Mikołaj Buchwald – an expert from the PSNC Internet Services Department, whose research interests include cognitive neuroscience, machine learning methodology, as well as using AI plus advanced data analysis to explain human physiology and psychology.
PSNC’s Lustre System in the Top 10 of IO500 at SC24
2024-11-21
During the Supercomputing 2024 conference in Atlanta (USA), the new annual IO500 list has been announced – ranking the current world’s fastest data storage systems. The PSNC data storage system for the Proxima HPC cluster is ranked at #10 on the 10 Node Production List.
DARIAH-HUB Poland Presentation at the Time Machine Synergy Summit 2024
2024-11-20
On 19 November 2024 École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne hosted the Time Machine Synergy Summit 2024. Time Machine Organisation, which is responsible for this event, focuses its interest and activities on projects concerning technology, science and, most importantly, cultural heritage. PSNC’s Tomasz Parkoła – Head of Digital Libraries and Knowledge Platforms Department was representing our Center at this year’s Summit with his presentation on DARIAH-HUB Poland project.
PSNC Leaps into the future of computing
2024-09-04
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
Quantum Use Case Demonstration
2024-11-20
During the SC Conference had a demonstration uses two quantum-classical testbeds in PSNC, Poznan, Poland and the SC24 venue in Atlanta, USA.
PSNC’s “Proste pismo” at the Congress of Effective Communication
2024-11-09
On 29 October 2024, Warsaw hosted the Congress of Effective Communication, organized by the Polish Language Foundation. During the expert panel Jarosław Liberek, PhD (Adam Mickiewicz University) and Tomasz Hoffman, PhD (Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center) presented "Proste pismo" (Simple Writing) – a universal tool for simplifying complex written texts, which had been created as a result of cooperation between the Poznań City Hall, Adam Mickiewicz University and Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center.
International Media on PSNC
2024-09-03
Here is a short sellection of recent articles on PSNC that have appeared in some international media.
Distributed Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computing in a post-Quantum Cryptography World
2024-11-20
Quantum computing offers huge opportunities to the research and education (R&E) community as well as to commercial enterprise. Quantum computers have the power to tackle problems far beyond the current reach of classical computing, from simulating complex protein folding and predicting meteorological phenomena to modelling financial systems.
PSNC and the PIONIER Consortium at the Supercomputing 24 Conference
2024-11-07
This year's SC24 - The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis will take place in Atlanta, USA from 17-22 November 2024. The Georgia World Congress Center, one of the largest convention centres in the world, will be the venue for meetings, talks and inspiring presentations at the conference and the accompanying exhibition.
Dariah.lab: cultural heritage documentation
2024-04-19
Thanks to the Dariah.lab infrastructure, the first pilot projects for the preservation and dissemination of cultural heritage resources have been implemented in 2023. Dariah.lab is a research infrastructure for the humanities and arts, built as part of the DARIAH-PL project. It serves to acquire, store and integrate cultural data from the humanities and social sciences, and to process, visualise and share digital resources.
Meeting of the EuroHPC HEs Communication Network at SC24 in Atlanta
2024-11-19
These informal meetings between EuroHPC JU and the communications teams of the 6 hosting entities from Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain aim to facilitate information exchange, share best practices, and strengthen communication synergies. Last session, which we had the pleasure of participating in, focused on presenting the common EuroHPC communication strategy and preparing for the implementation of milestones and upcoming events.
Synergy Days 2024
2024-10-24
On 14 and 15 October 2024, Barcelona hosted the Synergy Days conference, considered to be the most important gathering of digital innovators in the European agri-food industry. The international community centered around the Smart Agri Hubs project came together to share knowledge and experience. Raul Palma, PhD – Head of Data Analytics and Semantics Department at PSNC, and Marcin Płóciennik – Head of the Internet of Things Technology Department at PSNC were the attendees representing our Center.
Experiments using the largest IBM Q quantum computers
2024-04-14
The Polish Quantum Computing Node established at the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center - IBM Quantum Innovation Center - focused its activities in 2023 on expanding partnerships with leading centers and teams dealing with the development of quantum algorithms and their potential applications.
There’s a lot going on during SC24
2024-11-19
On Monday, our colleague and expert in quantum technologies, Piotr Rydlichowski, took part in a workshop on Innovating the Network for Data Intensive Science (#INDIS) and highlighted the advancements in high-speed networking of this year SC24' Network Research Exhibition (#NRE - Network Research Exhibitions) powered by SCinet.
ATRIUM Researchers Forum
2024-10-23
On Thursday 17 October, an international Researchers Forum was held as part of the ATRIUM (Advancing Frontier Research in the Arts and Humanities) project. PSNC, as one of the partners included in the consortium, was the host of the first meeting of this kind, intended to exchange experiences of various researchers focused in the areas of digital humanities. The meeting was organised by the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBL PAN).
Aviation investment in Kąkolewo
2024-04-12
The construction of the hangar with laboratory and research facilities and its equipment is carried out as part of the "AEROSFERA" project. “The airport of things”. The main objective of the project is to provide Kąkolewo Airport with scientific and research infrastructure for conducting research and development work in the fields of air transport, utility operations, logistics, monitoring, surveillance and neutralisation of incidents and disasters.
World’s First Multi-QPU, Multi-GPU, Multi-CPU Quantum Use Case Demonstration
2024-11-18
In a groundbreaking project, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) in Poland has worked with NVIDIA and ORCA Computing to demonstrate the world's first hybrid computing architecture at PSNC involving a multi-user HPC environment supporting multiple quantum processing units (QPUs), alongside multi-GPU and multi-CPU job execution. PSNC researchers have also trained a hybrid classical-quantum machine learning algorithm within this environment. This work is a first step toward demonstrating the importance of integrating QPUs into hybrid classical-quantum supercomputing environments.
Large-scale environmental simulations as a step towards digital twins
2024-10-21
“Becoming a zettabytes economy. Advanced data centres impact & what’s Beyond?” was a one-day Poznań meeting aimed at connecting business, science and public sector in Wielkopolska. One of the speakers of this event was Dr. Engr. Marcin Lawenda from the HPC New Architectures Department at PSNC.
“Knowledge-based technologies can be good for health” – an interview with Professor Michał Nowicki
2024-04-07
We invite you to read an interview with Prof. Dr. Michał Nowicki, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, in which he discusses issues related to the use of modern ICT technologies in a variety of health and medical contexts.
PSNC team on SC24
2024-11-18
During the SC24 - The International Conference for High Performance Computing, our experts will be happy to tell you about the projects that we have been implementing for over 30 years, both for research institutions, scientific communities and business. Visit our booth number 1149 to learn more about our research and development center. Maybe this will be the first step to start cooperation with us? See, who you can meet and talk to during SC24.
INSENSION project at VOICE4PIMD workshop
2024-10-20
American University of Notre Dame and PSNC invite you for a two-day long workshop (24-25 October 2024) as a part of the Voice4PIMD initiative, focused on the use of artificial intelligence in communication with people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD).
About PSNC anniversary in GÉANT CONNECT
2024-04-03
The latest issue of "CONNECT" magazine, which focuses on the GÉANT network and community, published an article on three decades of activity of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center. The publication describes the most important events in the history of the PSNC, which is an important international node of the European Research Area in the field of information technology infrastructure for science and an important research and development center for information and communication technologies.