In just five hours, an incredible 730 visitors came to IT4Innovations for the Researchers' Night and had the unique opportunity to get a glimpse into the fascinating world of supercomputing. And what did they discover?
Europe takes a quantum leap: LUMI-Q consortium signs contract to establish quantum computer in the Czech Republic
Luxembourg, 26 September 2024 – Europe has taken another step towards enhancing the European quantum computing infrastructure by signing a contract for the acquisition of the LUMI-Q consortium's quantum computer. The quantum computer will be housed in Ostrava, Czech Republic, at the IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, part of the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava. The contract was signed between the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and IQM Quantum Computers, the company selected to supply the unique technology.
Czech researchers help find new antiviral agents
Over the last ten years, we have seen several pandemics. The Zika, Ebola, flu, and COVID-19 pandemics have significantly impacted global health, the economy, and society. These pandemics have created a need for collaboration, prevention, and rapid response to new infectious disease threats. The results of research involving researchers from IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava should help. The research aims to create a range of small molecule-based antiviral agents that can be widely used and rapidly developed to treat infectious diseases.
Turing Laureate Jack Dongarra discusses HPC challenges: AI’s impact on precision computing
In September 2024, IT4Innovations had the honor of welcoming Jack Dongarra to the Czech National Supercomputing Center. During his visit for the PPAM conference, which IT4Innovations co-organized, Lubomír Říha had the privilege of interviewing him. You can listen to the interview on Spotify.
Empowering the next generation of HPC experts: Highlights from the EUMaster4HPC summer school 2024
The EUMaster4HPC Summer School, held from 18 to 24 August 2024, at VSB – Technical University in Ostrava, Czech Republic, brought together students from universities across Europe for an intensive week of learning about HPC in data science.
Finite element method-based optimisation
Researchers at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center have developed a new method for optimising the performance of finite element method (FEM) computations. Having been published in the Computer Physics Communications journal, their innovative adaptive solution, which adapts computations based on parameters specified at runtime, achieves up to eight times faster computations.
International HPCSE 2024 conference as seen by the speakers: inspiration and great environment
In May 2024, the 6th International HPCSE Conference, organised by IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center since 2013, took place. This edition attracted 85 participants worldwide, including experts from the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Turkey, Spain, Italy, and Austria.
Companies will receive EUR 8 million to solve challenges with supercomputers
Ostrava, 5 August – The European FFplus initiative is looking for innovative companies and start-ups. It will distribute EUR 8 million to selected companies that decide to use a supercomputer to address their needs. The initiative is aimed at businesses with no previous experience in supercomputing or those active in the artificial intelligence (AI) field. The companies will receive not only financial support but also access to supercomputing infrastructure and expert advice from HPC experts.
Jakub Homola from IT4Innovations at a prestigious summer school in Japan
Jakub Homola from the IT4Innovations Infrastructure Research Lab attended the International HPC Summer School on Challenges in Computational Sciences (IHPCSS) in Kobe, Japan, this July.
New web server aids research into neurodegenerative diseases
Ostrava, 16 July 2024 – Protein aggregation is a complex biological process linked to various devastating human diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Accurate prediction of protein aggregation propensity is crucial for developing effective treatments and prevention strategies. To address this challenge, researchers from IT4Innovations at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, in collaboration with the International Clinical Research Centre and Masaryk University (MU), have launched AggreProt, a novel web server designed to predict protein aggregation.
IT4Innovations Review 2023
Review 2023 summarises the key moments in IT4Innovations. The publication is available here.
Quantum simulator on the Karolina supercomputer
IT4Innovations introduces a novelty in quantum computing on the Karolina and Barbora supercomputers: the CUDA Quantum simulator. This tool simplifies the development of hybrid applications and significantly increases quantum computing productivity and scalability. It allows 30 qubits to be simulated on a single GPU of the Karolina supercomputer and is available to all IT4Innovations users running an active project.
Another Czech supercomputer ends in Silicon Heaven
Ostrava, 24 June 2024 – The Czech supercomputer Salomon is leaving the data room of IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, part of VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, for good. At its launch, the supercomputer was ranked 40th on the TOP500 list of the world's most powerful supercomputers. During its operation, it performed more than 8.7 million computational tasks across 1,085 research projects in areas such as materials science, life sciences and engineering. These jobs consumed 1,024 million core hours of computing time.
Apply for computing time. The next round of the open access grant competition has been launched
Employees of research organisations based in the Czech Republic can submit applications for computing time on the Karolina, Barbora, LUMI supercomputers and NVIDIA DGX-2 system until 30 July 2024. We will announce the competition's results in September.
HPCSE 2024: Meeting of Top Experts in High-Performance Computing in the Beskydy Mountains
The HPCSE 2024 (High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering) conference, which hosted 85 participants, was held in the beautiful surroundings of the Beskydy Mountains from 20 to 23 May. IT4Innovations organised this event to bring together international experts from various fields, such as HPC, applied mathematics, numerical analysis, data analysis, machine learning, quantum computing, and advanced visualisation. The conference provided a platform for sharing experience and ideas and initiating new research collaborations.
IT4Innovations and the EVEREST project partners released an open-source System Development Kit
IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center has been involved in the EVEREST project, funded by the Horizon 2020 program, for the past three and a half years. The project, which brought together ten partners from industry, industrial research laboratories, and academia across six European countries – announces the first public release of its open-source System Development Kit (EVEREST SDK). The EVEREST SDK integrates tools to simplify the deployment of applications on heterogeneous high-performance cloud infrastructure, especially for environments offering FPGA acceleration.
Tenth anniversary of IT4Innovations' participation in Europe's largest supercomputing event
The world's oldest and Europe's most important HPC conference – ISC High Performance – was held in Germany. Its history dates back more than 30 years. IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center had its first booth at this conference in Leipzig in 2014.