IT4Innovations is a research and development centre with strong international connections. It is involved in all activities of EuroHPC Joint Undertaking and in a number of prestigious international organisations.
IT4Innovations is actively involved in the European network of AI Factories – it is a member of the LUMI AI Factory and the coordinator of the Czech AI Factory.
The centre serves as a National Centre of Competence in HPC, and is a member of the MaX, SPACE, POP3, and CLARA Centres of Excellence. IT4Innovations is also a partner in more than 20 international projects funded by Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and Digital Europe programmes, and collaborates with the European Space Agency (ESA) on research and innovation activities.
The implementation of national projects financially supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of the Interior, the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic or the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic is also important. Some of the projects are carried out in the form of contract research with commercial entities.
TOP 5 IT4INnovations PROJEcTs
2023–2026
Project ID: LM2023054
Provider: Large Infrastructures for Research, Experimental Development and Innovation project
e-INFRA CZ is a unique e-infrastructure for research, development, and innovationin the Czech Republic, which represents a fully transparent environment providing complex capacities and resources for scientific data transfer, storage, and processing to all entities focused on research, development, and innovation across sectors.
It creates a communication, information, storage, and computing platform for research, development, and innovation both at the national and international levels. It also provides an extensive and comprehensive portfolio of ICT services for conducting modern research, development and innovation.
The main components of e-INFRA CZ include:
→ high-performance national communication infrastructure,
→ national grid and cloud infrastructure,
→ the most powerful and state-of-the-art supercomputing systems in the Czech Republic,
→ high-capacity data storage facilities.
Other tools and services, such as access control to ICT resources, tools to support remote cooperation, and tools to ensure secure communication and data protection, are also an essential part and an added value of this infrastructure, contributing to its efficient and diverse use.
Czech AI Factory (CZAI)
2026–2029
Project ID: 101314740
Czech AI Factory (CZAI) is the Czech node of the European network of AI Factories established under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). Its mission is to build a modern infrastructure and provide services for the development, testing, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) powered by high-performance computing (HPC).
CZAI brings together supercomputing resources, data, expert support, and application know-how into a single, integrated ecosystem accessible to companies, startups, public sector organisations, and research institutions. It addresses the shortage of specialised AI infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe by integrating the newly deployed KarolAIna supercomputer, optimised for AI workloads, with a comprehensive portfolio of AI services.
CZAI supports the entire AI lifecycle and drives innovation across industry, transport, energy, healthcare, public administration, and cybersecurity.
LUMI AI Factory – Service Center
2025–2028
Project ID: 101234208
As AI technologies and methodologies continue to advance swiftly, Europe has been actively developing and strengthening the ecosystem of frameworks, environments, tools and services required to boost innovation. This comprehensive approach aims to harmonise AI strategies across the continent, addressing the technology’s challenges and opportunities while assessing its impact on public and private sectors and society at large. The LUMI AI Factory Service Center project is a part of the broader LUMI AI Factory ecosystem leveraging the current LUMI supercomputer but gearing up for the upcoming LUMI-AI system, and the related AI-optimised quantum experimental platform LUMI-IQ.
National Competence Centres in the framework of EuroHPC / Phase 3
2026–2029
Project ID: 101306701
The mission of the EuroCC 3 project is to promote the wider adoption of high-performance computing (HPC) in the Czech Republic. Through the National Competence Centre for HPC, it helps organisations identify opportunities for using advanced computing technologies, assess their benefits through Proof of Concept projects, develop expert competencies, and strengthen their innovation potential and competitiveness.
The support is intended primarily for organisations seeking to innovate and make more effective use of advanced computational methods in practice.
Center for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing in System Brain Research
2024 – 2030
Project ID: 101136607
CLARA, the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing in System Brain Research, represents the interdisciplinary center of excellence focused on the next generation of artificial intelligence/machine learning applications and quantum-centric supercomputing tools to push the frontier of neurodegeneration research, particularly Alzheimer's disease. The CoE seeks deep field knowledge and processing of large-scale biological and clinical data that will enrich the collective understanding of these emerging technologies and solve real-world challenges, thus accelerating innovations and the future of computing for the benefit of society.
OTHER IT4INNOVATIONS PROJECTS
2025–2028
Project ID: 01906/2025/RRC
Provider: The Moravian-Silesian Region, Vouchers for Universities programme – 1st Call
The aim of the project is to develop an adaptive quantum error correction system for solving optimisation tasks. It employs reinforcement learning, a cutting-edge artificial intelligence method that will enable quantum computers to independently design error-correcting codes tailored to specific tasks and noise conditions. Funded by the Moravian-Silesian Region’s Vouchers for Universities programme, the research focuses on the Ising model, which underpins many industrial and scientific problems. These problems can be addressed using quantum algorithms, particularly QAOA, but the results are often affected by noise. The reinforcement learning agent will generate topological quantum codes that minimise the impact of noise and adapt them to specific architectures, such as the VLQ superconducting computer of the LUMI-Q consortium installed at IT4Innovations.
2023–2026
Project ID: 00734/2023/RRC
Provider: The Moravian-Silesian Region, the Global Experts Programme
The project brings together the expertise of carbon dot synthesis specialists who will focus on preparing dots with high quantum emission yields, particularly in the red and near-infrared, and on chiral carbon dots for sensing applications. These efforts will be supported by state-of-the-art materials characterization techniques to determine carbon dots' composition, structural properties, and electronic and ultrafast optical properties. This will be done in close collaboration with a theoretical computing group with expertise in complex structural models of a wide range of photoluminescent materials. The project serves as a means of transferring the know-how and bringing the expertise of Professor Andrey Rogach's group to the VŠB-TUO by importing their skills in materials and their characterisation and by creating a close collaboration between the teams involved.
2020–2022
Project ID: 08183 2019 RRC (S516/20-96100-01RN)
Provider: The Moravian-Silesian Region
Financial support from the Moravian-Silesian Region was dedicated to the provision of discounted services related to the use of the IT4Innovations computational resources. This support was intended for small and medium-sized enterprises with a registered office or branch in the Moravian-Silesian Region and was provided under a de minimis regime. This support enabled progressive small and medium-sized enterprises, including start-ups, to use supercomputing technologies and expertise to develop their business activities.
2019–2022
Project ID: 07685/2019/RRC
Grant Provider: Moravian-Silesian Region
The project aimed to support talented PhD students at VSB-TUO. The support of students was in the form of an additional payment to the regular doctoral scholarship for students. VSB-TUO, in cooperation with the Moravian-Silesian Region, contributed to better conditions for students in their scientific activities, especially concerning the use of the results of their scientific work in the application area.