University of Donja Gorica, NCC Montenegro and NCC Spain are organizing course “Deep Learning and HPC”. During this course, students will learn how to implement deep learning models for real applications on local machines, key mathematical concepts of deep learning, some key concepts about computer vision and natural language processing. n the second part of training, students will be familiarized to high-performance computing in deep learning application development, parallel computing with Python on multiple CPUs or GPUs, pyTorch library for developing deep learning models.
A fantastic lineup of guest lecturers
The talks from visiting lecturers start on 30 November, so it is needed to express your interest as soon as possible. Course is open to academia, industry and public sector. Link for online registration is available here.
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Recommended requirements and background:
Good knowledge of algorithms and math
Good knowledge of at least one programming language (Python is preferred)
Some basic theoretical knowledge of high-performance computing (HPC)
Some basic theoretical knowledge of artificial intelligence
Good knowledge of English
The Agenda is now available at the following link.
One of our Euro CC members, dr Armin Alibasic got an invitation to speak at the workshop Human Engagement in HPC. Dr Alibasic presented our success stories on how to engage younger students, including high schools, on HPC. Regarding this topic, one of our biggest achievements is creating an Open Mind academy where so far we had over 200 high school students participating in our training on courses such as Analyzing Social Media Trends, Python Video Game Programming, HPC/AI and Machine Learning, Parallel Programming, Hugging Face, and others.
Introducing NCC MontenegroDiscussing the Master program in AI
In addition, he talked about several lectures held at UDG where we invited young researches which gave a very interesting talks on AI/ML and their practical applications. Finally, dr Alibasic concluded by mentioning several conferences organized withing Montenegro, but as well the international events.
The second consecutive virtual online fair “SmAgTech EXPO 2022” on the application of information and communication technologies in agriculture, will be held in the period 23-24/11/2022. The fair is organized within the ERASMUS+ project VIRAL. More than 60 institutions, companies, projects, and programs in the fields of agriculture and ICT will be presented at the fair. Through 20 plenary and section lectures, visitors will be able to hear more about new scientific and practical knowledge in this field. A representative from NCC Montenegro, mr Stevan Cakic, will give a presentation on the use of HPC/AI to develop computer vision solutions for smart poultry farms. More information about the event can be found on the following link.
Click on image to learn about SmAgTech EXPO 2022Mr. Stevan Cakic is scheduled to present on 24th November
Parallel computing course organized by NCC Montenegro and UDG was featured in the local media portals. The course lasts 6 weeks and it was open for students and academia, industry and public sector. There is around 50 trainees enrolled, among them the students of the Master’s program Artificial Intelligence from the Faculty of Information Systems.
The Parallel Programming course has begun at the University of Donja Gorica, with more than 50 registered participants, organized as part of EuroCC project activities focused on the development of HPC and parallel programming skills and competencies.
Ms Sanja NIkolic presenting the NCC Montenegro activities
In front of National Competence Center for High Performance Computing (HPC NCC), mr Sanja Nikolić introduced the course participants to supercomputer systems and applications, especially from the aspect of their commercial application and digital transformation of business models towards innovative processes and products to improve industrial competitiveness. She also presented the EuroHPC Joint Undertakingthe , whith budget of € 7 bn for the improvement of the HPC ecosystem in Europe through the Digital Europe and Horizon Europe programs, and through projects such as EURO CC, which focus is on the development of National Competence Centers in the field of high-performance computing, as reference point for coordination of all national HPC activities and access to Eurpean supercomputing resources. The activities of NCC Montenegro were also presented, focusing on HPC/HPDA/AI research and development, competence mapping, education and trainings, as well as on examples of successful cooperation with representatives of industry, academia and public sector resulted in HPC-advanced business practices.
Dr Luka Filipović givin an introduction to the course
Assistant professor dr Luka Filipović instructed attendees in the technical aspects and configuration of the HPC systems, parallel and distributed computer systems and presented in detail the plan of the theoretical and practical part of the parallel programming course intended for high-performance computing. Within the course program, lasting 6 weeks, the concepts of parallel computers, their purpose, architecture, division, guidelines for the development of parallel programs, as well as the analysis of the performance of parallel programs will be duly explained. In the practical part, the development of parallel programs based on the architecture of shared and distributed memory and based on the hybrid model will be demonstrated by respective examples. The lectures will be held in cooperation with colleagues from the HPC National Competence Center of Germany.
Course offered in context of EuroCC project
The Parallel Programming course is attended by representatives of the industrial sector and interested students of regular, master and doctoral studies of all universities, who will receive a corresponding certificate upon successful completion. Students of the Master’s program Artificial Intelligence from the Faculty of Information Systems, UDG will present their seminar papers at the end of the course.
Around 50 trainees from academia and industry enrolled
As the first year of the new Master program in Artificial Intelligence at the Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies, University of Donja Gorica, is behind us a second generation has been enrolled. They will be attending courses on Mathematics, Data science, Digital transformation, Advanced programming, History of ideas, Research methodology.
Our first generation students worked hard both in theoretical and practical aspects of the curriculum. Some of the students took part in research projects and some have already presented their first papers at scientific-technical conferences. This year the will be attending Deep Learning and Parallel Computing courses that will be implemented with the support of NCC Montenegro and partners from EuroCC.
Second year of implementing the Master program in AI on UDG
Workshop on AI/ML applications by Hugging Face company! Johannes Colbe presenting Hugging Face company, vision, and community took place on November 2nd. The presentation and workshop discussed some practical aspects on how to collaboratively create ML models and use Open Source tools. Mr Stevan Čakić from NCC Montenegro is moderated the workshop. The presentation is attended by several students and representatives of academia and industry from Montenegro.
Mr. Stevan Cakic coordinated the organization and moderated the workshopAlmost 40 attendees from Montenegrin academia and industry
