As part of the Erasmus+ VIRAL project, a training was held at the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro in order to promote digital transformation and the application of ICT in agriculture. Representatives from University of Donja Gorica prepared a presentation entitled “Digital transformation in agriculture” as part of the Digital Day, on Friday, July 22, 2022. starting at 1 p.m., in the premises of the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro. As part of the presentation, an overview of the activities of the VIRAL project was given. The presentation covered foundations of the process of digital transformation and the application of ICT solutions in agriculture. During the presentation and discussions, other project relevant to ICT and digital transformation in agriculture were featured including EuroCC and AIMHiGH projects. This topic is fully in line with Montenegrin Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3 Montenegro), and we concluded that another similar workshop needs to be organized in Fall of 2022.
Another Successful Event: AI and Mathematics by Petar Velickovic (DeepMind)
University of Donja Gorica and HPC NCC Montenegro invited a special guest, prof. dr Petar Velickovic, an Affiliated Professor at the University of Cambridge and Scientific Researcher at DeepMind. Prof. Velickovic gave a very interesting talk on machine learning, a few practical applications of AI/ML used by Google Maps, pharmaceutical industry, and mathematics. Prof. Velickovic presented his latest research activities and results, most notably the AI/ML applications in mathematics that was published in Nature journal. There was around 80 attendees that included high school and college students (undergraduate and graduate), representatives of industry. Prof. Velickovic then had a meeting with Prof. Veselin Vukotic, UDG Rector, professors and young researchers. This was Petar’s fist lecture he gave in Montenegro!
An Invited Lecture “Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics” by Petar Veličković (DeepMind)
An invited lecture “Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics” by prof. Petar Veličković will be given at the University of Donja Gorica in the context of NCC Montenegro activities. The lecture will take place in the Amphitheater AP, University of Donja Gorica, 24 June 2022, 11am.
Petar is currently engaged as an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, Department of Computer Science and Technology, where he earned his PhD degree. He has worked for several companies around the world, and he currently works for DeepMind as a Scientific Researcher. He has published a large number of scientific papers, most notably the paper “Advancing mathematics by guiding human intuition with AI”, that was featured on the cover of the journal Nature. Peter was a speaker at a number of workshops, conferences and other events. More details about the lecturer can be found on his on his website: https://petar-v.com/
Due to limited space, please apply via the form available on the following registration link.
The upcoming IEEE COINS2022 Conference in Barcelona
Researchers from UDG and NCC Montenegro will participate in the upcoming IEEE COINS2022 conference in Barcelona, Spain. Two research papers will be presented at the conference presenting the research activities on the use of HPC and machine learning in agriculture and medicine. The conference is taking place 1-2 August 2022. More information on the conference is available here.
IT 2022 Special Event: Panel Discussion on HPC/AI and Applications
NGO “IT Društvo” and HPC NCC Montenegro, with support from University of Montenegro and University of Donja Gorica, organized a special session – panel “HPC/AI applications – opportunities, challenges and perspectives” as part of the XXVI scientific-professional conference Information Technology, IEEE IT2022. The event took place on June 4, 2022 in the canyon of the river Tara, municipality of Žabljak, Montenegro. This panel discussion was focused on the opportunities, challenges and perspectives of the application of Artificial Intelligence and High-performance Computing in our country, the region, and around the world.
Representatives from University of Belgrade, University of Sarajevo, University of Montenegro, and University of Donja Gorica took part in these discussions. There was around 35 participants including he representatives of industry from IT, medical, and agricultural sector. The socializing and networking took place in the beautiful ambient of the river Tara. This is another one in the list of events engaging the key partners and industry representatives in Montenegro and the region. More info on the IEEE IT2022 conference is available on the following link.
The event was opened by prof. dr Bozo Krstajic (University of Montenegro) and dr Sandra Tinaj (NCC Montenegro). The event included a lively Q&A session with presentations of projects (FASTER, EUROCC, AIMHIGH). The final list of panelists:
- prof. dr Srdjan Krco (DunavNET, Serbia),
- prof. dr Almir Badnjevic (VERLAB, Bosnia),
- prof. dr Sanja Vujnović (University of Belgrade, Serbia),
- prof. dr Slobodan Djukanovic (University of Montenegro, Montenegro),
- prof. dr Tomo Popovic (University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro) as moderator.
Successful Event: AI in Energy Sector by Prof. Mladen Kezunović (Texas A&M)
University of Donja Gorica and HPC NCC Montenegro invited a special guest, prof. dr Mladen Kezunović, a Regents Professor at Texas A&M University and Member of the US National Academy of Engineering. Prof. Kezunović gave talk on Artificial Intelligence in Energy Sector. This lecture is part of the series of events pertaining to HPC/AI applications in the priority domains of Motenegrin S3 and in line with the EuroCC NCC Montengro goal for engaging industry with respect to HPC/AI applications . There was over 70 attendees (live and online) including industry representatives (energy sector IT companies), universities, and high schools.
HPC training by NCC Romania
HPC NCC Romania, in cooperation with HPC Competence Centers in Montenegro, Portugal and the Netherlands, is organizing training training session (online) in HPC technologies.
Training event will take place on the 26th of May 2022 starting with 09:00 AM (10.00 AM UTC+3). Draft agenda is avaliable at link.
Lectures will cover :
– basic aspects of HPC technology (parallel computing), as well as technical details about accessing HPC resources and the libraries / paradigms used;
– practice session – hands-on exercise, by directly accessing the SURF-NL Supercomputer (Netherlands) from your laptop, which aims to exemplify the use of HPC and apply the concepts in the first part. These exercises will provide access to an HPC-type infrastructure.
In the first part of training, Luka Filipovic, NCC Montenegro, will speak about load balancing algorithms in parallel computing applications.
For the second part of the session, access credentials are needed in the supercomputing system. Participation is free and subject to a limited number of participants.
You will receive the access credentials, as well as the link of the online session, only after registering through the registration form on https://roncc.ro/eurocc-events/hpc-training-event-may-26-2022/. Please register no later than Wednesday, May 25, at 13:00 to have enough time to create all credentials by trainers.