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From advanced computing services, to Cloud data storage and sharing, we support projects with high technological complexity, with agility and speed.
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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 struck me most was meeting and dialoguing with colleagues from the most diverse areas"
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 testimony about the initiative.
Advanced Computing Meeting: Margarida Prozil's experience
In 2023, Margarida Prozil, Head of Data at Data CoLAB, took part in the National Meeting on Advanced Computing for the first time. Here's her testimony.
AI open at RNCA with Albertina PT-*
Opinion of António Branco, Professor at the Faculty of Science of Lisbon and General Director of PORTULAN CLARIN Research Infrastructure for Language Science and Technology, on the Albertina PT-* project.
Open call for membership of the National Center for Advanced Computing
Opening of the expression of interest to all entities wishing to join this network. as a member.
Deucalion supercomputer integrates national development strategies in the field of Artificial Intelligence
Minister of Youth and Modernization met with the supercomputer's management and operations team
FCT presents National Center for Advanced Computing on January 31st
FCT is taking another step towards affirming Advanced Computing in Portugal by creating this new institutional structure.
New application phase opens for the 5th Computing Projects Calls Advanced for A2 and A3 accesses
Applications for access A2 and A3 are open from January 16 to March 11.
EuroHPC User Day 2024 opens Registration
Registration is now open for EuroHPC User Day 2024, which will take place on October 22 and 23, 2024, at the iconic Eye Museum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
FCT co-organizes an Open Knowledge Day on May 22
"The role of supercomputers in the digital transition and in the competitiveness of organizations and companies" is the motto of the initiative, which will take place on May 22, starting at 2pm, at the University of Minho.
Inauguration of the MareNostrum 5 supercomputer: Barcelona is Europe's new innovation hub
The opening of MareNostrum 5 reinforces Europe's role at the forefront of global technological innovation. Barcelona is Europe's new innovation hub