Twinning collaboration between the Slovenian and Slovak NCCs
Based on a recommendation by Castiel CSA, which coordinates the activities of national competence centers within the EuroCC project, Slovakia started a collaboration with its Slovenian partner. The main topic is training activities and both countries will provide a series of courses for attendees from both countries. The partnership will also promote the exchange of ideas and experiences and further joint activities.
Twinning je typ spolupráce, pri ktorej dvaja alebo viac rovnocenných partnerov poskytuje svoju expertízu pre vzájomné obohatenie. Každý z partnerov pri tom vyniká inými kompetenciami a navzájom sa tak dopĺňajú. Slovinsko a Slovensko majú na medzinárodnom poli dlhodobo veľmi dobré vzťahy a sme radi že ich v rámci projektu EuroCC môžeme začať budovať aj v oblasti vysokovýkonného počítania.
Spolupráca začala výmenou skúseností s organizovaním vzdelávacích aktivít a prácou s malými a strednými podnikmi. Pokračovať bude výmenou online kurzov, z ktorých prvé sa uskutočnia už v máji a v júni 2022 a budú k dispozícii účastníkom z oboch krajín. Kurz “Neurónové siete s knižnicou TensorFlow” poskytnú školitelia zo slovenského NCC a uskutoční sa 25. – 26. 5. 2022. Kurz “GPU programovanie s CUDA” poskytnú slovinský lektori 20. – 21. 6. 2021. Spolupráca bude pokračovať na jeseň kurzami o paralelnom programovaní vo Fortran-e a o veľkých dátach v prostredí Spark-Hadoop (detaily zverejníme neskôr). Viac informácií a registráciu na kurzy nájdete tu:
Course Neural Networks with TensorFlow
Course GPU programming in CUDA
Building International Cooperation in HPC: Visit to ITER Tenerife and Teide HPC 17 Jul - At the beginning of July 2025, Lucia Malíčková, representative of the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) and the National Competence Centre for High-Performance Computing (NCC for HPC), had the opportunity to visit the renowned technological and research institution ITER – Instituto Tecnológico y de Energías Renovables, S.A. on the island of Tenerife.
As part of the working visit, she met with the center’s director Carlos Suarez and Jesús Rodríguez Alamo to discuss opportunities for establishing cooperation in the field of high-performance computing (HPC), research, development, and innovation using advanced technological infrastructures.
Meeting with Michal Valko, expert on large language models 15 Jul - The National Supercomputing Centre and the National Competence Centre for HPC, represented by Lucia Malíčková, met with prominent Slovak scientist Michal Valko, who is among the world’s leading experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning. They discussed opportunities for future collaboration, with a particular focus on leveraging Slovakia’s HPC capacities to support advanced research in large language models and algorithms that require minimal human feedback.
Data, Theology and HPC: A Collaboration Seeking Paths to Understanding 8 Jul - Continuing our collaboration with the Faculty of Theology at Trnava University!
The National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) and the National Competence Centre for HPC will continue their collaboration with the Faculty of Theology at Trnava University in 2025. Following a successful joint study that demonstrated the potential of artificial intelligence and high-performance computing in the analysis of religious texts, representatives of both institutions met again to identify new areas and opportunities for future joint projects.