NimbusQA application was created by the PSNC Media Solutions Lab for Phase One, which is one of the leading digital photography companies in the world. The application is actually a cloud-based service designed to simplify the calibration and verification of digital reproduction systems, specifically tailored for photographers and cultural heritage professionals. NimbusQA offers a simple and enhanced experience for its users. By providing free access to comprehensive reproduction target analysis, this app empowers operators to realize the highest standards of accuracy and quality in digital preservation, ensuring the highest possible image quality even for the most demanding heritage digitization and preservation projects.
With NimbusQA it is easy to upload files from their preferred capture software or camera to receive detailed analysis against industry standards and guidelines such as FADGI, ISO 19264, and Metamorfoze. The platform currently supports various test targets including Golden Thread Device Level Target, QA-62, Digital ColorChecker SG, FADGI ISO 19264, and Universal Test Target TE262 A3/A4.
Phase One manufactures high quality cameras designed for demanding professionals. Such cameras can be used for digitalization of cultural goods and aerial or industrial photography, among others.The collaboration between PSNC and Phase One started during the realization of DARIAH-Lab project, as PSNC acquired Phase One cameras with Schneider-Kreuznach and Rodenstock lenses for the highest possible quality digitalization.
NimbusQA application and the experience gained during its creation will be a valuable contribution to a project initiated by PSNC which goes by the name of DIAG (Digital Imaging Accuracy Guidelines). This groundbreaking project is destined to redefine standards of picture quality management and that is going to take the process of heritage digitalization in Poland to a whole new level.
The application was created by the PSNC Media Solutions Lab team, featuring: Marcin Dąbrowski, PhD (algorithms, formulas, standardization), Adama Skorupa (full stack developer), Mariusz Plichta (full stack developer), Łukasz Staszak (architect and back-end developer) and Magdalena Ryszewska (models, graphics, vectorization of patterns). The process was also supported by Piotr Kaźmierski and Olga Ormańczyk from the PNSC New Media Department. NimbusQA utilizes code prepared by Michał Ladziński and Piotr Surowiec – students of the Poznań University of Technology. As an additional result, there were also two excellent M.Sc. theses written.
Phase One official press release:
Phase One Launches NimbusQA: Confidence in achieving precision image quality
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Here is a short sellection of recent articles on PSNC that have appeared in some international media.
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Researchers’ Night
2024-09-04
For the last 18 years, on every last Friday of September, Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center as well as the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, has been inviting everyone who is interested in computer science and all possibilities it gives us. Along with our eight partners we mix knowledge with entertainment to make the Researcher's Night a special and unforgettable experience for all the science lovers who, for a day – or rather night, can become scientists during a variety of workshops, tours and presentations.
Autumn in Poznań with Géant and SIG-MSP
2024-10-14
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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.
Inauguration of the IBCH PAS Center for Innovation and Education
2024-09-03
The Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBCH PAS) has launched its Center for Innovation and Education, which is located in a beautifully restored Art Nouveau villa at 21/23 Wieniawskiego St.
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2024-10-02
“Contemporary trends and perspectives in computer science and management" is the motto of the 1st National Conference for Young Scientists, which will take place on 17 and 18 October, 2024. The event is organised by the Poznan University of Technology under the auspices of the Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center.
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.
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Researchers’ Night 2024 in Pictures
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During this year's edition of Researcher's Night PSNC gave their guests access to the state-of-the-art technology in the shape of HPC's and a quantum machine. Aspiring researchers could also learn how to professionally record a podcast, act as a journalist in front of a TV camera or even try to handle the camera itself. There were robots, drones and fun galore – everything just to let all the visitors get as close as possible to the beauty of engineering in as many aspects as possible. One of the highlights of the evening was a cutting edge board game that lets you understand what actually is this quantum technology everybody's talking so much about.
“Knowledge-based technologies can be good for health” – an interview with Professor Michał Nowicki
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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.
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2024-09-30
For three days, from 25 to 27 September 2024, the Romanian city of Timișoara hosted the LivingLabs community meeting as part of the OpenLivingLab Days 2024 (OLLD24). Ewelina Moszyk from PSNC Future Labs was one of the speakers at the event, taking part in the panel discussion ‘Business value of Living labs acting for Zero Emissions and Pollution'.
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