The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), through its FCCN unit, opens applications for the 3rd edition of the Advanced Computing Projects Competition on October 25th.
This competition aims to consolidate and strengthen the national technological and scientific system through Advanced Computing resources for Research and Innovation in collaboration with four operational centers – Minho Advanced Computing Centre (MACC), Advanced Computing Laboratory of the University of Coimbra (LCA-UC), High Performance Computing of the University of Évora (HPC-UÉ) and National Infrastructure for Distributed Computing (INCD).
36 million CPU core hours or vCPU hours are up for grabs on platforms from National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA)Applications will be accepted in all scientific areas using High Performance Computing (HPC) and/or scientific Cloud or Virtual Research Environments (VRE) in three distinct typologies:
- Experimental Access (A0),
- Preparatory Access or Development (A1)
- Project or Regular Access (A2).
Each of these typologies has a maximum number of hours of use and project duration.
For Project Access (A2) applications will be open until December 15, 2022 (1 p.m. – Lisbon time). The two remaining accesses, A0 and A1, will be available in several batches of submissions until May 31, 2023 or until all available resources are exhausted.
The Advanced Computing Project Competition seeks to encourage the use of HPC and Scientific Cloud (VRE) computing resources to obtain new knowledge that enables scientific and technological advancement in all fields. These resources can be useful for simulations in areas as diverse as climate and molecular modeling, artificial intelligence, and the study of complex problems in the creation of new materials or the improvement of industrial production lines. This edition features a new access modality – Virtual Research Environments (VRE) – which aims to meet the needs of collaboration between researchers from one or more organizations through cloud computing.
Previous editions have so far made more than 70 million CPU core-hours or vCPU-hours available on RNCA platforms. More than 30 scientific publications and 60 Master's or Doctoral theses have been associated with projects approved through these competitions.
All information about the competition – types, deadlines and application process – is available on the page at FCT website and in RNCA page.
- Online information session about the contest, on November 30, 2022, at 11:30 am – CPCA Info Session Registration – National Advanced Computing Network.
