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João Nuno Ferreira: “With Deucalion, a huge leap forward was made in HPC capacity in Portugal”
The FCCN general coordinator spoke about the topic of advanced computing and the investment made at the national level.
Deucalion: a milestone in Advanced Computing in Portugal
Professor Rui Oliveira, Director of the Operational Center where Deucalion is installed, presented the best Portuguese supercomputer managed by FCCN.
“What had the biggest impact on me was meeting and talking to colleagues from a wide range of fields”
Pedro Fernandes, from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, was one of the participants in the 2023 Advanced Computing Meeting. He shared his experience of the initiative.
Advanced Computing Meeting: Margarida Prozil's experience
In 2023, Margarida Prozil, Head of Data at Data CoLAB, participated in the National Advanced Computing Meeting for the first time. Here's her testimony.
Registration for the 5th Advanced Computing Meeting is now open
The event that brings together the national community linked to the area of High Performance Computing takes place on October 22nd and 23rd, in Aveiro.
Invitation to experts to evaluate Advanced Computing Projects
National and international experts will collaborate as evaluators on national initiatives for access to computing resources. Expressions of interest are due by October 15th.
Lisbon hosted the 2025 edition of the International HPC Summer School
More than 120 participants from around the world gathered in Lisbon for the intensive training initiative in high-performance computing.
FCT's advanced computing services allow researchers to challenge classical laws of statistical physics
Luís Oliveira e Silva, Thales Silva and Pablo Bilbao discovered properties in plasmas, which travel at almost the speed of light when exposed to ultra-intense magnetic fields.
5th Advanced Computing Meeting goes to Aveiro in October
On October 22nd and 23rd, the community of this area meets in the building of the Rectorate of the University of Aveiro.
EuroHPC User Day 2024 Opens Registration
Registration is now open for EuroHPC User Day 2024, which takes place on October 22nd and 23rd, 2024, at the iconic Eye Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
FCT co-organizes an Open Knowledge Day on May 22nd
"The role of supercomputers in the digital transition and competitiveness of organizations and companies" is the motto of the initiative, which takes place on May 22, starting at 2:00 pm, at the University of Minho.