Pedro Fernandes, Director of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, was one of the participants at the Advanced Computing Meeting in 2023.
Less than a month before the next edition of the event, which will take place at the University of Beira Interior between November 5th and 6th, the also Full Professor gave us his testimony about his participation in last year's initiative.
According to Pedro Fernandes, this is a very important event “because it brings together researchers from the most diverse scientific areas who have in common the use of HPC resources”, adding that “without this event, this community would never meet, as everyone attends conferences in their area of knowledge”.
Recalling his experience, he highlights the fact that, through the Meeting, he interacted with mathematicians, computer scientists, physicists, biologists, astronomers, among other professionals, which allowed him to “understand their needs, their similarities and differences, and what unites us all – work on high-performance computers”.
Pedro also expresses his interest in attending a future edition and hopes that this upcoming meeting will help define "the needs and priorities of advanced computing in Portugal and contribute to the sustained and strategically planned development of high-performance computing resources in our country."
The event, organized by FCCN, digital services of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and supported by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), brings together researchers, technicians and decision-makers with the aim of promoting collaboration and the development of skills in the area of Advanced Computing. The previous edition had 16 sessions, 29 speakers and more than 60 participants.
To the registrations for the 4th edition of the initiative are still open, and the event program.
