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Presentation on HPC and EUROCC during Science and Innovations Days@UDG

NCC Montenegro representative Ms Sanja Nikolic gave a presentation for to the undergraduate students of Facullty for Information Systems and Technogies, within the scope of Science and Innovation Days@UDG. The presentation covered the following topics:

  • HPC/HPDA/AI technological aspects, commercial aplications and industry benfits,
  • MNE market reserach results on Cloud HPC awearness and utilisation,
  • EuroCC2 project, Euro HPC supercomputing opportunities and MNE NCC activities and results,
  • HPC/AI Succes Stories in the areas of smart solutions for poultry farms, precise weather forecast in challenging topography of Montenegro and short-term predictive pricing posibilities in energy markets.
Presentation to the students of the final BSc year at FIST

EuroCC powered Master program in Artifitial Intelligence and HPC related training courses were also presented, in the scope of their potential enrollment and competences development. Following the interactive discussion, students also demonstrated the interest in understanding access to supercomputing resources and performances, and challanges related to industry interraction and HPC/AI uptake by SMEs.

Students expressed their interest in AI master program and HPC technology
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EuroHPC JU Information Day for AI on Supercomputers

Representatives of NCC Montenegro attended virtual event EuroHPC JU Information Day for AI on Supercomputers held on 26 September 2023. Further topics were thoroughly elaborated and interactively discussed:

  • how EuroHPC JU supercomputers can be used for AI applications,
  • EuroHPC supercomputers access opportunities,
  • current and upcoming AI related calls and activities,
  • the support possibilities of EuroCC national competence centers
  • examples of HPC/AI success stories from Croatia, Sweden, Denmark, Spain and North Macedonia.
NCC Montenegro attended the virtual event Information Day for AI on Supercomputers (EuroHPC JU)
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AI4S3 – Application of computer vision and deep learning in agriculture and food production, medicine and energy

NCC Montenegro team members and the Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies (UDG), with the support of the Innovation Fund of Montenegro as part of the program to encourage the development of innovation culture and the organization of education in the areas of expertise in Montenegro, organizes a three-month training called “AI4S3 – Application of computer vision and deep learning in agriculture and food production, medicine and energy” which will be held in the period from the beginning of October to the end of December 2023.

AI4S3 – Computer vision applications in S3

The purpose of education is to provide young people with high-quality education in order to acquire the relevant knowledge and skills needed for a successful career, but also to, above all, interest participants in the field of artificial intelligence and to become participants in the digital transformation of Montenegro. The education program is divided into 5 modules: Python Programming, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, Python Libraries and Tools for Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in S3 Areas, and final project work. In addition to the fact that participants will acquire enough knowledge and skills needed for further research in this very current field, they will have the opportunity to expand their network of acquaintances and meet young people with similar interests. The program and agenda (in Montenegrin) is available here.

Registration is open until Sep 28th ath the following link.

The organization of this 3-month training is supported by the Innovation fund of Montenegro
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EuroHPC JU Information Day for AI on Supercomputers

EuroHPC JU organizes a virtual event “Information Day on AI and Supercomputers. This three-hours virtual event will take place on September 26th, 9:30 – 12:30 CEST. The virtual event will discuss:

  • how EuroHPC JU supercomputers can be used for AI applications,
  • the access possibilities to these supercomputers,
  • the current and upcoming AI related calls and activities,
  • the support possibilities of EuroCC national competence centres
  • examples of numerous success stories that used many of the possibilities provided by EuroHPC JU.

Interested participants can register to the event at the following link.

EuroHPC JU organizes a virtual Information Day on AI and Supercomputers on Sep 26th

EuroHPC JU is a joint initiative between the EU, European countries and private partners to develop a World Class Supercomputing Ecosystem in Europe. It is jointly funded by its members with a budget of around EUR 7 billion. At the moment EuroHPC JU is operating six of the biggest and fastest supercomputers in Europe and globally, equipped with different types of GPUs and CPUs as well as other types of processors for users to use. Whether these are situated in your own country or in neighbouring countries you can access them for free.

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NCC Turkey presented White Paper – SME HPC Maturity Model

NCC Montenegro representatives attended CASTIEL supported, presentation of White Paper “Development of a Maturity Assessment Tool to Improve SME HPC Capabilities” for EuroCC2 industry working group. Dr Özlem Sarı, NCC Turkey, presented industrial users acquisition process and development of HPC Maturity Assessment Tool to improve SME HPC capabilities.

During the presentation, Proof of Concept study, Course of Action, GAP analyses, as well as methodological approach and validation process were duly elaborated. In addition, there was a vibrant discussion on challenges faced and experiences were shared regarding SME collaboration and industry interaction, especially regarding assessment results/HPC maturity levels, identifying HPC-suitable problems and business benefits of HPC integration.

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Association of Montenegrin Managers recognizes the importance of AI

Association of Montenegrin Managers constituted a the Committee for the AI applications and advanced technologies. In accordance with the decision of the Presidency of AMM, Ivan Šoć, the founder of Five Group, was appointed as the Chairman of the Board. Dražen Raičković, executive director of the company Business Universal Media, will be the deputy president, and Katarina Savković will be the secretary of the Board. In addition to the aforementioned, representatives of business, science and the media also joined the Board: Pavel Chagoiko – General manager – EPAM Systems, Tomo Popović – associate professor – University of Donja Gorica, Stevan Šandi – research associate – University of Donja Gorica, Slavko Kovačević – teaching associate – Faculty of Electrical Engineering (University of Montenegro), Filip Ivanović – Director of Digital – TV Vijesti. Find more info about the AMM at the following link.

Association of Montenegrin Managerers formed the Committe for AI applications (photo: AMM)

The AMM recognizes the increasing importance of artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies, especially in the field of business application, but also open questions and insufficient regulation concerning security, privacy and other aspects. The AMM made a decision to include artificial intelligence in its Statute and the constitution of this committee is just beginning.

AMM Commitee for AI applications and advanced technologies (photo AMM)

For EuroCC Montenegro, this an important development and an opportunity to engage the industry and business executives to promote the use of HPC and provide support in capacity building in HPC and AI.

The AMM organized the Kick-off meeting on 20.07.2023. (photo: AMM)
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Four BSc theses on Artificial Intelligence and applications

We are happy to report that 4 BSc theses were defended on 18.07.2023. that were relevant to AI applications. These theses were done under mentorship of HPC4S3ME and EUROCC team. This is all part of building scientific and innovation potential to utilize HPC and AI in different domains of S3 Smart Specialisation Strategy in Montenegro. This is a great exampe of NCC support and cross-project collaboration. More about HPC4S3ME project can be found at: link.

  • Ms Tamara Lasica: “Development of Generative AI (GenAI)” (link)
  • Ms Elda Kalac: “Artificial intelligence and big data analytics” (link)
  • Mr Nikola Kavaric: “Explainable Artificial Intelligence” (link)
  • Mr Elvis Taruh: “Artificial intelligence and video games” (link)
Ms. Tamara Lasica
Mr Elvis Taruh
Mr. Nikola Kavaric
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