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CERIT-SC at ISC 2025: Sharing Expertise in Containerized HPC Infrastructure

CERIT-SC team, part of the Institute of Computer Science at Masaryk University, will be participating in the Annual High Performance Container Workshop at ISC High Performance 2025 conference, taking place in Hamburg (June, 10-13) — the premier European event for high performance computing, AI, and data analytics. As a key operator of Kubernetes infrastructure within e-INFRA CZ, CERIT-SC has been invited to present two talks based on several years of hands-on experience in containerized HPC environments.

New High-Performance Computing and Storage Infrastructure for ELIXIR Life Science Community

CESNET is proud to announce a significant expansion of the national computational and storage infrastructure, strengthening support for the ELIXIR life science community in the Czech Republic. Newly procured high-performance computing (HPC) clusters and large-scale data storage systems have been deployed across key research sites and are now almost all fully integrated into MetaCentrum, the national grid infrastructure operated by CESNET.

Ostrava reaches the same temperature as in space. Preparations are underway for installing the VLQ quantum computer

This year, the first Czech quantum computer will be installed in IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in Ostrava. It has been named VLQ, and the first components of this unique machine have already been delivered. One of the most important is the cryostat – a device in which the chip is subsequently placed and must be able to cool the chip to a temperature of 10 millikelvins (-273.14 degrees Celsius ), i.e. similar to a temperature in space.

AI Factories are created in Europe. Czechia is a part of them

AI Factories in Europe support the broader deployment of AI tools in society and industry. These include the LUMI AI Factory, which builds on the successful LUMI consortium. Until recently, this operated Europe's most powerful supercomputer, including the Czech Republic, through the National Supercomputing Centre IT4Innovations. IT4Innovations participates in all activities of the LUMI AI Factory.

Foldify and GDI: Student Projects Transformed into Real Services with Impact on Research Infrastructure

Romana Ďuráčiová, a student at FIT BUT, received two prestigious awards for the development and presentation of the Foldify graphical interface at the Excel@FIT 2025 student conference. Kristián Kováč presented there the Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI) project, focused on the secure processing and analysis of sensitive genomic data in an international collaboration environment. Both projects are being developed at the CERIT-SC Center under the leadership of Lukáš Hejtmánek.

Multi-GPU Programming Bootcamp

The NVIDIA, Open ACC organization, EuroCC Austria, EuroCC Czechia, EuroCC Germany, EuroCC Montenegro, EuroCC Poland, EuroCC Sweden, and EuroCC Slovenia invite you to Multi-GPU Programming Bootcamp, held online on Jun 17 and 18, 2025.

AI for Science Bootcamp

The NVIDIA, Open ACC organization, EuroCC Austria, EuroCC Czechia, EuroCC Germany, EuroCC Montenegro, EuroCC Poland, EuroCC Sweden, and EuroCC Slovenia invite you to AI for Science Bootcamp, held online on May 27 and 28, 2025.

Python for HPC

The Czech National Competence Center in HPC and EXA4MIND is inviting you to a Python for HPC course, which will be held online on April 29–30, 2025.

High-Performance Computing (HPC) Visualization

The Plasma-PEPSC CoE in collaboration with IPP CAS, LECAD, ENCCS and Slovenian and Czech NCCs invite you to PIC (BIT1) modelling of the fusion plasma edge (EuroCC), held online and on-site at Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences on April 7 and 9, 2025.

PIC (BIT1) modelling of the fusion plasma edge

The Plasma-PEPSC CoE in collaboration with IPP CAS, LECAD, ENCCS and Slovenian and Czech NCCs invite you to PIC (BIT1) modelling of the fusion plasma edge (EuroCC), held online and on-site at Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences on April 7 and 9, 2025.

Introduction to HPC

The Czech National Competence Center in HPC is inviting you to an Introduction to HPC course, which will be held online on June 24–26, 2025.