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Qubit Conference® Košice brings the TOP CYBER news of the year 2023

Qubit Conference® Košice brings the TOP CYBER news of the year 2023

In the world of cybersecurity, it is essential to stay ahead of the curve. That is why cybersecurity professionals, enthusiasts, and experts from Slovakia and the Czech Republic are eagerly awaiting Qubit Conference®, which will be held on November 8-9 in Košice.

The autumn format of the conference will bring together leading experts in cybersecurity to discuss the latest developments, share knowledge about security solutions, and gain cutting-edge insights through a platform of practical workshops.

Hub for the most important cybersecurity news

Qubit Conference® Košice offers a rich program full of panel discussions covering a wide range of topics, from innovative security approaches, to agile team security and security tools and techniques in agile environments, to the latest AI news and its unconventional use. The program will conclude with new cyber education styles and the main challenges and problems in OT security.

Expert workshops

A unique aspect of Qubit Conference® is its commitment to practical education. Workshops are an integral part of the event and allow participants to gain hands-on experience in various areas of cybersecurity. At the autumn format of the conference, participants can look forward to up to 3 full-day practical workshops..

The "From Audit to Incident Response Plan" workshop is focused on all areas of cybersecurity that organizations should not neglect. It will go through the entire process, from assessing the current state of security, through modern cyber threats, to preparing for potential attacks.

The second workshop focuses on the challenges of hardening and ways to control data collection activities. The third workshop provides a comprehensive overview of the use of artificial intelligence in various areas. After completing any workshop, participants can apply for continuing education credits in the form of CPE and ECE credits.

A special feature of the autumn format of the conference is a training course for small and medium-sized businesses.

The conference is opening its doors to small and medium-sized businesses for the first time in the form of a full-day practical cybersecurity training course Prepare for the CYBER ERA.

The training will cover the legal implications of NIS2 and the Cybersecurity Act, which are already mandatory for some sectors and will become mandatory for others after legislative changes in the National Council of the Slovak Republic (NRSR) soon. It will reveal what you really need to invest in to avoid wasting money on ineffective security solutions, as well as how to optimize the use of social media today so that you don't leave unwanted traces in the digital space and prevent unwanted hacker attacks on your business.

Networking opportunity of the year

Everyone who has experienced Qubit Conference® knows that it is the cyber networking opportunity of the year.

The conference is an excellent platform that offers a unique space to connect with experts, share experiences, and collaborate within the cybersecurity community. Building relationships with experts can open doors to exciting career opportunities and collaborations that could otherwise remain hidden.

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Protect Your Data! Tomorrow We Celebrate Safer Internet Day 10 Feb - 11. februára si pripomíname Deň bezpečnejšieho internetu (Safer Internet Day, SID), globálnu iniciatívu zameranú na zvýšenie povedomia o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane osobných údajov. Tento deň každoročne zdôrazňuje dôležitosť bezpečnosti v online priestore a podporuje aktivity, ktoré pomáhajú chrániť najmä mladých používateľov internetu.
Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 19 Jan - Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 je otvorená. Projekty je možné podávať v rámci otvorených výziev 3 krát do roka. O prístup je možné požiadať výhradne prostredníctvom používateľského portálu register.nscc.sk.
Odborná konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko v Bratislave 15 Nov - Dňa 14. novembra 2024 sa v hoteli Devín v Bratislave uskutočnila odborná konferencia s názvom Superpočítač a Slovensko, ktorú zorganizovalo Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR. Konferencia sa zameriavala na aktuálne trendy a vývoj v oblasti vysokorýchlostného počítania na Slovensku. Súčasťou podujatia bola prezentácia L. Demovičovej z Národného kompetenčného centra pre HPC.
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Get free access to the Slovak supercomputer Devana and HPC services!

Get free access to the Slovak supercomputer Devana and HPC services!

This call is for small and medium-sized businesses that need more than just regular computing power to complete research projects or routine tasks in their daily operations. The Computing Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the National Supercomputing Centre are now offering free access to the Slovak supercomputer Devana.

The latest Slovak supercomputer, Devana, has a total performance of 800 TFlop/s, making it the most powerful publicly accessible supercomputer in the country. In addition to a standard CPU section, Devana also offers an accelerated environment for AI and machine learning tasks. A professional HPC team is available to help companies transfer data and applications to Devana and train their employees on how to use it.

What are the potential benefits for a company that takes advantage of this opportunity?

  • Get free access to a powerful supercomputer that can help you speed up and streamline even the most complex computing tasks.
  • A web-based interface for HPC using Open OnDemand makes it easy for anyone to use, even if you're not familiar with Linux or the command line.
  • Devana offers the opportunity to experiment with using multiple GPU accelerators in parallel to train large AI/ML models.
  • Interaktívne počítanie – Jupyter Notebook, Devana Desktop.
  • RStudio server for data processing.
  • The Singularity containerization platform.
  • Ansys software suite for multiphysics simulations.

By using this opportunity, companies will also provide valuable insights and feedback to our HPC service providers, NSCC and CC SAS. This information will help our national HPC center develop new tools and services that are tailored to the needs of businesses.

Getting free access to Devana is easy. Just contact the HPC team, send basic information about the company and its activities HERE Don't hesitate to take advantage of this unique opportunity to improve your products, streamline your processes, and accelerate your research and development projects.

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Protect Your Data! Tomorrow We Celebrate Safer Internet Day 10 Feb - 11. februára si pripomíname Deň bezpečnejšieho internetu (Safer Internet Day, SID), globálnu iniciatívu zameranú na zvýšenie povedomia o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane osobných údajov. Tento deň každoročne zdôrazňuje dôležitosť bezpečnosti v online priestore a podporuje aktivity, ktoré pomáhajú chrániť najmä mladých používateľov internetu.
Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 19 Jan - Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 je otvorená. Projekty je možné podávať v rámci otvorených výziev 3 krát do roka. O prístup je možné požiadať výhradne prostredníctvom používateľského portálu register.nscc.sk.
Odborná konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko v Bratislave 15 Nov - Dňa 14. novembra 2024 sa v hoteli Devín v Bratislave uskutočnila odborná konferencia s názvom Superpočítač a Slovensko, ktorú zorganizovalo Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR. Konferencia sa zameriavala na aktuálne trendy a vývoj v oblasti vysokorýchlostného počítania na Slovensku. Súčasťou podujatia bola prezentácia L. Demovičovej z Národného kompetenčného centra pre HPC.
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EuroHPC JU Call for Proposals for Extreme Scale access mode

EuroHPC JU Call for Proposals for Extreme Scale access mode

Are you interested in compute time on LUMI and Leonardo supercomputers? Thanks to the EuroHPC-JU call, you will be able to get an access to the pre-exasclae infrastructure. The EuroHPC Are you interested in compute time on LUMI and Leonardo supercomputers? Thanks to the EuroHPC-JU call, you will be able to get an access to the pre-exasclae infrastructure. The EuroHPC will be soon opening the call for the Extreme Scale access mode to applications requiring resources from the EuroHPC pre-exascale supercomputers.


This call is targeting HPC applications with high-impact and high-gain innovative research. The call will be open to all fields of science, industry and public sector justifying the need for and the capacity to use extremely large allocations in terms of compute time, data storage and support resources.

The call is open from 28. September 2022 2022 a deadline na podávanie žiadostí je 28. September tohto roka. V rámci tejto výzvy máte možnosť získať strojový čas na pre-exascale superpočítačoch LUMI and Leonardo More details including the amount of offered resources in terms of node hours and storage hours will be available on the webpage of PRACE.

Submission of applications will be done through the PRACE-calls portal.The call will be open for all categories of applications (Scientific, Industry and Public Sector) defining three distinctive tracks respectively for each category. The evaluation will be based on the technical review and scientific peer-review of all proposals. Award decisions will follow the ranking of proposals according to three criteria of:

  • Excellence.
  • Innovation and impact.
  • Quality of implementation.

The allocations will be granted for a period of one year.

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Hackers attack small and medium-sized businesses

Hackers attack small and medium-sized businesses

Small and medium-sized businesses that do not embrace the digital age will be at a competitive disadvantage to those that do. However, this move into a modern and innovative future also has its challenges. How, then, to protect your business in the digital world and ensure its continuity?

Unfortunately, small and medium-sized businesses in Slovakia and the Czech Republic often do not address the risks associated with their online presence. This opens the door to hacker attacks, which can lead not only to damage to a company's reputation, but also to problems that can ultimately lead to the collapse of the business. And that's certainly something you don't want. Fortunately, there is also someone on the home front who can lend a helping hand.

Cybersecurity without stress – FREE webinar

Qubit Conference® is organizing a FREE webinar called Cybersecurity without stressin cooperation with Edenred Slovakia. The webinar will take place on September 13, 2023 at 2:00 PM. This online webinar is intended for small and medium-sized businesses that want to improve their cybersecurity standards, protect their businesses, and ensure their continuity in the years to come.

The webinar Cybersecurity without stress will provide up-to-date insights from the world of cybersecurity and present effective strategies that can protect businesses from hacker attacks, password breaches, and data leaks. Their subsequent implementation will lead to more efficient and secure business operations, as well as a significant improvement in the company's reputation.

The number of places is limited. So don't hesitate to register for the FREE webinar Cybersecurity without stress todays!

Small and medium-sized businesses are at risk

Až 43% of all cyberattacks are targeted at small and medium-sized businesses. Why are these businesses so vulnerable?

There are several reasons. Hackers target them primarily because they are vulnerable and exploit their cybersecurity ignorance. Such companies often do not have the resources – both financial and human – to pay enough attention to cybersecurity.

Many business owners, especially in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, do not even perceive the threats of cyberattacks. They do not see it as a problem and therefore carelessly neglect cybersecurity. Unfortunately, if a risk does occur, it is usually too late.

Cyberattacks on small and medium-sized businesses often have a fatal impact on their operations and in many cases such companies end up. The result is financial losses, laid-off employees, and in the worst cases even legal problems. However, this can be prevented when you invest time and energy into cybersecurity awareness.

Viruses, stolen passwords, and leaks of sensitive data

Neglecting cybersecurity opens the door to viruses, trojans, stolen passwords, and leaks of sensitive data. In many cases, there is nothing that can be done about it. For example, with ransomware, hackers will encrypt all of your files on your storage device and demand a ransom that often does not even help. This is how many companies have lost all of their data, especially if they did not back it up.

Stolen passwords and leaks of customer data are especially sensitive. These increase customer outrage, damage the company's reputation, and can even lead to legal consequences.

The truth is that the best defense is prevention. And the first step can be the online webinar . Cybersecurity without stressSo don't hesitate, register for FREE and protect your business.

Registration

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Protect Your Data! Tomorrow We Celebrate Safer Internet Day 10 Feb - 11. februára si pripomíname Deň bezpečnejšieho internetu (Safer Internet Day, SID), globálnu iniciatívu zameranú na zvýšenie povedomia o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane osobných údajov. Tento deň každoročne zdôrazňuje dôležitosť bezpečnosti v online priestore a podporuje aktivity, ktoré pomáhajú chrániť najmä mladých používateľov internetu.
Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 19 Jan - Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 je otvorená. Projekty je možné podávať v rámci otvorených výziev 3 krát do roka. O prístup je možné požiadať výhradne prostredníctvom používateľského portálu register.nscc.sk.
Odborná konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko v Bratislave 15 Nov - Dňa 14. novembra 2024 sa v hoteli Devín v Bratislave uskutočnila odborná konferencia s názvom Superpočítač a Slovensko, ktorú zorganizovalo Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR. Konferencia sa zameriavala na aktuálne trendy a vývoj v oblasti vysokorýchlostného počítania na Slovensku. Súčasťou podujatia bola prezentácia L. Demovičovej z Národného kompetenčného centra pre HPC.
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Inno4scale: Innovative Algorithms For Applications On European Exascale Supercomputers

Inno4scale: Innovative Algorithms For Applications On European Exascale Supercomputers

Inno4scale is a European initiative, which was started to support the development of innovative algorithms for exascale supercomputers, so their efficient use can be fully exploited. Currently existing codes for high-performance computing will not be able to function efficiently on upcoming exascale systems in the future. Therefore, the project will identify and support the development of applications that have the potential to fully exploit the new upcoming EuroHPC exascale systems. The most successful application will be taken up by science and industry after the project.

The objective of Inno4scale is to support the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking, whose goal it is to achieve the deployment of Exascale supercomputers in Europe. As part of the project, the development of novel algorithms for applications on upcoming European Exascale supercomputers will be efficiently exploited. Used in public administration or industry these supercomputers will be able to solve previously unaffordable computational challenges. Industry, science, as well as public administration will then be able to reduce their time-to-solution for computational simulations and approach larger problems with novel solutions.

The Inno4scale project started in the beginning of July 2023 and will run for 21 months. Financial support is guaranteed to the project by the use of cascade funding. The project is coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Project partners: SCAPOS, the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart and the PRACE network. A total budget of EUR 4.5 Mio. is available to the project.

You can apply for the Inno4scale Open Call and submit your proposals for the upcoming innovation studies!

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Qubit Conference® Košice 2023

Qubit Conference® Košice 2023

After last year's successful event, you can already look forward to the Qubit Conference® Košice 2023

On November 8-9, 2023 in Košice, interesting speakers and panel discussions, sharing of practical experience of professionals in the field of information and cyber security, interactive training and popular networking await you. Come and share valuable knowledge and experience in the area of development, current regulations and trends in IT security and digital transformation, taking into account the key ways of managing organizations.

Do not miss:

  • Inspirational panel discussions and presentations by leading speakers.
  • Training for small and medium enterprises.
  • Networking events.

Tak part at the Qubit Conference® Košice 2023 and don't miss a unique opportunity for education, presentation of your company and establishing new partnership and professional relationships on the Slovak and Czech cybersec market.

Register your participation in the event today!

The mission of Qubit Conference is to build a professional community of experts in the cybersecurity industry through networking and partnerships through highly professional educational events characterized by a professional approach and a friendly atmosphere.

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Protect Your Data! Tomorrow We Celebrate Safer Internet Day 10 Feb - 11. februára si pripomíname Deň bezpečnejšieho internetu (Safer Internet Day, SID), globálnu iniciatívu zameranú na zvýšenie povedomia o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane osobných údajov. Tento deň každoročne zdôrazňuje dôležitosť bezpečnosti v online priestore a podporuje aktivity, ktoré pomáhajú chrániť najmä mladých používateľov internetu.
Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 19 Jan - Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 je otvorená. Projekty je možné podávať v rámci otvorených výziev 3 krát do roka. O prístup je možné požiadať výhradne prostredníctvom používateľského portálu register.nscc.sk.
Odborná konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko v Bratislave 15 Nov - Dňa 14. novembra 2024 sa v hoteli Devín v Bratislave uskutočnila odborná konferencia s názvom Superpočítač a Slovensko, ktorú zorganizovalo Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR. Konferencia sa zameriavala na aktuálne trendy a vývoj v oblasti vysokorýchlostného počítania na Slovensku. Súčasťou podujatia bola prezentácia L. Demovičovej z Národného kompetenčného centra pre HPC.
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Devana Supercomputer is now available for users

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Devana Supercomputer is now available for users

We are pleased to announce that the Devana supercomputer is now available for your computations and projects. The Computing Centre of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the National Supercomputing Center have opened the first call for proposals for testing and benchmarking The call is continuously open, the project is possible repeatedly during the year and can be used through the register.nscc.sk  .

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A comprehensible website with practical instructions and documentation is also available at userdocs.nscc.sk, where you can find information about logging in, projects, SSH keys, software and development equipment, and running computing tasks. Access to Devana is possible through a terminal with a command line, but also through a web interface with the possibility of interactive calculation.

Currently, it is possible to apply for access for testing and benchmarking within a continuously open call s možnosťou využitia získaných údajov (vhodnosť aplikácie, paralelizácia, škálovanie, potrebná veľkosť dátového úložiska a pod.) na podanie žiadosti v pripravovanej výzve pre štandardné projekty.

Scientists and researchers from Slovak public universities and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, as well as from public and state administration organizations and private enterprises registered in the Slovak Republic, can apply for access for testing and benchmarking. Access is provided exclusively for civil and non-commercial open-science research and development. Interested parties from private companies are advised to contact the National Competence Centre for HPC.

We believe that with our professional support, working with Devana will be a benefit for your research and that the new system will allow the realization of many high-quality projects.

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Protect Your Data! Tomorrow We Celebrate Safer Internet Day 10 Feb - 11. februára si pripomíname Deň bezpečnejšieho internetu (Safer Internet Day, SID), globálnu iniciatívu zameranú na zvýšenie povedomia o kybernetickej bezpečnosti a ochrane osobných údajov. Tento deň každoročne zdôrazňuje dôležitosť bezpečnosti v online priestore a podporuje aktivity, ktoré pomáhajú chrániť najmä mladých používateľov internetu.
Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 19 Jan - Výzva na podávanie projektov pre štandardný prístup k HPC 1/25 je otvorená. Projekty je možné podávať v rámci otvorených výziev 3 krát do roka. O prístup je možné požiadať výhradne prostredníctvom používateľského portálu register.nscc.sk.
Odborná konferencia Superpočítač a Slovensko v Bratislave 15 Nov - Dňa 14. novembra 2024 sa v hoteli Devín v Bratislave uskutočnila odborná konferencia s názvom Superpočítač a Slovensko, ktorú zorganizovalo Ministerstvo investícií, regionálneho rozvoja a informatizácie SR. Konferencia sa zameriavala na aktuálne trendy a vývoj v oblasti vysokorýchlostného počítania na Slovensku. Súčasťou podujatia bola prezentácia L. Demovičovej z Národného kompetenčného centra pre HPC.
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Devana: Call for Projects for Testing and Benchmarking

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Devana: Výzva na podávanie projektov pre testovanie a benchmarking

The Computing Center of the SAS and the National Supercomputing Centre are opening the first call for proposals for testing and benchmarking The call is continuously open, the project is possible repeatedly during the year and can be used through the register.nscc.sk  user portal. The testing and benchmarking approach serves primarily to obtain data on application performance parameters, parallelization, utilization, and scaling of data storage size requirements for subsequent standard access requests. However, it can be used for less time- and computationally intensive projects.

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Superpočítač Devana

Access is free of charge, provided that all requirements defined in the Terms of reference  The application must clearly define the need for use and testing in an HPC environment. Submitted projects are evaluated by the internal team of VS SAV and NSCC.

Call opening date: 19.7.2023

Call closing date: The call is open continuously

Termín pre notifikácie o schválení projektu: Within 2 weeks of project submission.

Eligible Researchers Scientists and researchers from Slovak public universities and the Slovak Academy of Sciences, as well as from public and state administration organizations and private enterprises registered in the Slovak Republic, can apply for access for testing and benchmarking. Access is provided exclusively for civil and non-commercial open-science research and development. Interested parties from private companies are advised to contact the National Competence Centre for HPC.

Allocation period: 4 months

Allocation available per project: 50,000 CPU core-hours and 12,500 GPU core-hours

Available systems: Devana supercomputer  

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Measurement of microcapsule structural parameters using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)

Measurement of microcapsule structural parameters using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)

The main aim of collaboration between the National Competence Centre for HPC (NCC HPC) and the Institute of Polymers of SAV (IP SAV) was design and implementation of a pilot software solution for automatic processing of polymer microcapsules images using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) approach. The microcapsules consist of semi-permeable polymeric membrane which was developed at the IP SAV.

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Automatic image processing has several benefits for IP SAV. It will save time since manual measurement of microcapsule structural parameters is time-consuming due to a huge number of images produced during the process. In addition, the automatic image processing will minimize the errors which are inevitably connected with manual measurements. The images from optical microscope obtained with 4.0 zoom usually contain one or more microcapsules, and they represent an input for AI/ML process. On the other hand, the images from optical microscope obtained with 2.5 zoom usually contain (three to seven) microcapsules. Herein, a detection of the particular microcapsule is essential.

The images from optical microscope are processed in two steps. The first one is a localization and detection of the microcapsule, the second one consists of a series of operations leading to obtaining structural parameters of the microcapsules.

Microcapsule detection

YOLOv5 model with pre-trained weights from COCO128 dataset was employed for microcapsule detection. Training set consisted of 96 images, which were manually annotated using graphical image annotation tool LabelImg [3]. Training unit consisted of 300 epochs, images were subdivided into 6 batches per 16 images and the image size was set to 640 pixels. Computational time of one training unit on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU was approximately 3.5 hours.

The detection using the trained YOLOv5 model is presented in Figure 1. The reliability of the trained model, verified on 12 images, was 96%, with the throughput on the same graphics card being approximately 40 frames per second.

Figure 1: (a) microcapsule image from optical microscope (b) detected microcapsule (c) cropped detected microcapsule for 4.0 zoom, (d) microcapsule image from optical microscope (e) detected microcapsule (f) cropped detected microcapsule for 2.5 zoom.

Measurement of microcapsule structural parameters using AI/ML

The binary masks of inner and outer membrane of the microcapsules are created individually, as an output from the deep-learning neural network of the U-Net architecture [4]. This neural network was developed for image processing in biomedicine applications. The first training set for the U-Net neural network consisted of 140 images obtained from 4.0 zoom with the corresponding masks and the second set consisted of 140 images obtained from 2.5 zoom with the corresponding masks. The training unit consisted of 200 epochs, images were subdivided into 7 batches per 20 images and the image size was set to 1280 pixels (4.0 zoom) or 640 pixels (2.5 zoom). The 10% of the images were used for validation. Reliability of the trained model, verified on 20 images, exceeded 96%. Training process lasted less than 2 hours on the HPC system with IBM Power 7 type nodes, and it had to be repeated several times. Obtained binary masks were subsequently post-processed using fill-holes [5] and watershed [6] operations, to get rid of the unwanted residues. Subsequently, the binary masks were fitted with an ellipse using scikit-image measure library [7]. First and second principal axis of the fitted ellipse are used for the calculation of the microcapsule structural parameters. An example of inner and outer binary masks, and the fitted ellipses is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: (a) input image from optical microscope (b) inner binary mask (c) outer binary mask (d) output image with fitted ellipses.

Structural parameters obtained by our AI/ML approach (denoted as “U-Net“) were compared to the ones obtained by manual measurements performed at the IP SAV. A different model (denoted as “Retinex”) was used as another independent source of reference data. The Retinex approach was implemented by RNDR. Andrej Lúčny, PhD. from the Department of Applied Informatics of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics in Bratislava. This approach is not based on the AI/ML, the ellipse fitting is performed by the aggregation of line elements with low curvature using so-called retinex filler [8]. The Retinex approach is a good reference due to its relatively high precision, but it is not fully automatic, especially for the inner membrane of the microcapsule.

Figure 3 summarizes a comparison between the three approaches (U-Net, Retinex, UP SAV) to obtain the 4.0 zoom microcapsule structural parameters.

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Figure 3: (a) microcapsule diameter for different batches (b) difference between the diameters of the fitted ellipse (first principal axis) and microcapsule (c) difference between the diameters of the fitted ellipse (second principal axis) and microcapsule. Red lines in (b) and (c) represents the threshold given by IP SAV. The images were obtained using 4.0 zoom.

All obtained results, except 4 images of batch 194 (ca 1.5%), are within the threshold defined by the IP SAV. As can be seen from Figure 3(a), the microcapsule diameters calculated using U-net and Retinex are in a good agreement to each other. The U-Net model performance can be significantly improved in future, either by the training set expansion or by additional post-processing. The agreement between the manual measurement and the U-Net/Retinex may be further improved by unifying the method of obtaining microcapsule structural parameters from binary masks.

The AI/ML model will be available as a cloud solution on the HPC systems of CSČ SAV. Additional investment into the HPC infrastructure of IP SAV will not be necessary. Production phase, which goes beyond the scope of the pilot solution, accounts for an integration of this approach into the desktop application.

References::

[1] https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5

[2] https://www.kaggle.com/ultralytics/coco128

[3] https://github.com/heartexlabs/labelImg

[4] https://lmb.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/people/ronneber/u-net/

[5] https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.ndimage.binary_fill_holes.html

[6] https://scikit-image.org/docs/stable/auto_examples/segmentation/plot_watershed.html

[7] https://scikit-image.org/docs/stable/api/skimage.measure.html

[8] D.J. Jobson, Z. Rahman, G.A. Woodell, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 6 (7) 965-976, 1997.


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NCC for HPC at CHEMSHOW

NCC for HPC at CHEMSHOW

On June 27, 2023 an event "CHEMSHOW" took place in the premises of the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology (FCHPT) of the Slovak Technical University (STU). During the event, they also had the opportunity to learn more about the National Competence Centre for HPC and its activities. Experts presented services NCC for HPC. Through an interactive demonstration of simulations of potential drugs against the Covid-19 disease, we brought the participants closer to what calculations supercomputers can be used for. Participants could watch the simulations on a screen and through 3D glasses. 

At the chemshow, we presented the results of calculations of the interaction of potential drugs with the active part of the spike-protein unit, which forms tetramers present on the surface of the SARS-CoV2 virus, which causes the disease COVID19. Calculations were carried out using molecular mechanics methods using the GROMACS software. Six potential drugs were tested in the study. In this presentation, we mainly showed the trajectory of one of them. High school students had the opportunity to view the results on a projection with 3D glasses, where they could interactively change their view and protein display settings.

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