Strengthening EuroCC ties: NCC Slovakia visits FCCN in Lisbon
On June 24th, representative of NCC Slovakia, Božidara Pellegrini, met with colleagues from NCC Portugal at the headquarters of FCCN – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in Lisbon. FCT is Portugal’s national funding agency for science and research. It supports the advancement of knowledge, promotes innovation, and manages national and international scientific programs and infrastructures. Within FCT, FCCNis the dedicated unit for advanced digital services and infrastructures, offering the Portuguese research and education community tools for connectivity, computing, collaboration, and digital security.
FCCN also coordinates the Portuguese National Competence Centre in High Performance Computing (NCC Portugal) and plays a key role in promoting HPC, HPDA, and AI technologies among academia, industry, and public administration.
The visit was an opportunity to deepen the collaboration between the two centres in the context of the EuroCC 2 project and explore shared challenges and strategic priorities. The conversation focused on sharing internal practices, identifying areas for joint activities, and reinforcing cooperation.
A central topic was the development of collaborative training activities and webinarsThe teams explored a joint webinar format that will typically include one speaker from each country, presenting either a research use case or a success story from a local SME that leveraged HPC to achieve a game-changing proof of concept.
This exchange underscores the value of bilateral collaboration within the EuroCC network, especially in aligning national initiatives and fostering knowledge transfer across borders.
The NCC Slovakia would like to thank Susana Caetano, Elana Araujo, and Ana Afonso z tímu FCCN/NCC Portugal za ich srdečné prijatie a inšpiratívnu výmenu. Tešíme sa na pokračovanie tejto spolupráce a skorú realizáciu prvého spoločného webinára!
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