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The PRACE-LAB project under the watchful eye of the leader – Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center – presents itself as an exhibitor at this year’s ISC HIGH PERFORMANCE 2021 DIGITAL. This year, the virtual formula of the conference allows everyone to visit the stand and learn about the latest HPC news.

After a year full of challenges, Intel, together with the Orange Foundation and PSNC, completed the next edition of the Intel® AI for Youth program in Poland, celebrating the achievements of students and teachers during the virtual finals. The partners involved in the training are the Polish National Educational Network, the Information Society Development Foundation, the PIONIER Research & Classroom Consortium Educators Network and the Zwolnieni z Teorii Foundation.

The Altair supercomputer was fully commissioned in May this year. Implementation and integration works began in December 2020, while in January 2021 a part of the system was made available to the most active users. Altair has been physically and logically connected to the Eagle system, which has been operating in PSNC since 2016.

The EUHubs4Data launched an open call to identify, evaluate and select new DIHs to be part of the federation of data-driven innovation hubs. The project is allocating 1 million EUR financial support to the new DIHs in the different activities!

“AI for Youth” is a new project of Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and SDA sp. z o.o. The aim of the initiative is to disseminate basic knowledge and skills in using artificial intelligence algorithms among young people.

The Demeter project involves the large-scale implementation of interoperable platforms based on smart agriculture and the Internet of Things. The assumptions are implemented through a series of 20 pilot projects in 18 countries (15 European Union countries). DEMETER integrates multiple systems and data sources, taking into account not only the Internet of Things, but also existing systems, open data, geographic and satellite information, and provides an open and interoperable data integration model.

The EOSC DIH is one of the key exploitable results of the EOSC-hub project, it has been initiated in 2019 and supported so far 18 pilots. It is coordinated by EGI.eu, with PSNC as deputy coordinator and the leader of the Business Pilots Support. Other partners involved are CINECA, F6S, UCL.

In the Quantum Technologies Laboratory, operating within the NLPQT Consortium, two systems for the quantum distribution of the cryptographic key were launched and tested: Cerberis, which will serve operationally in the telecommunications network, and Clavis – intended for further development of quantum cryptography methods. The first tests of QKD systems were conducted in the PSNC headquarters.

As a consequence of the “Memorandum of Understanding for Collaboration in the Deployment and Exploitation of the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG)”, the Cyfronet AGH Academic Computer Center (Cyfronet), the National Center for Nuclear Research (NCBJ) and the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center have concluded agreement regarding to share the data processing resources for the purposes of Poland’s obligations in the WLCG.

Construction of a multifunctional hybrid 3D printer with a real-time quality control system is the main objective of the SYGPAST project. The project, co-financed by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR), is carried out in collaboration between PSNC and Sygnis New Technologies Sp. z o.o.

The EnrichEuropeana+ project, which started in early April this year, is an initiative to combine citizen science and artificial intelligence to discover manuscripts from the 19th century and make them available to researchers, students or amateur historians. Apart from PSNC, this initiative was joined by partner institutions from Poland, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Austria and, Croatia.

At the beginning of April, work began on the EOSC-FUTURE project, which aims to combine various initiatives and projects in the field of EOSC (European Open Science Cloud) development. The initiative of the European Commission assumes the development of infrastructure providing users with services that promote open science practices. The project consortium consists of 36 partners, including PSNC.