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24.10.2025.24.10.2025.

NCC Montenegro and Telekom Montenegro Explore Cooperation in HPC and AI-Driven Innovation

On 24 October 2025, NCC Montenegro held an initial meeting with Telekom Montenegro to discuss potential cooperation opportunities in the field of AI-driven innovation and HPC resource utilisation within the scope of ICT networks and services.

The meeting marked an important step towards strengthening the link between advanced computing infrastructure and AI innovation across the industry’s diversified portfolio. Discussions focused on identifying potential use-case scenarios where HPC and AI technologies could enhance network optimisation, predictive maintenance, and customer experience through diagnostic and predictive data analytics and advanced AI modelling.

Representatives of Telekom Montenegro expressed strong interest in exploring how NCC Montenegro could support experimentation, testing, and capacity-building initiatives. Both parties agreed to continue with technical consultations and support activities based on international benchmarks and the adaptation of successful Telco use cases and best practices to local needs, particularly in the areas of network efficiency and advanced customer analytics.

This collaboration aligns with the mission of NCC Montenegro to accelerate the adoption of HPC and AI technologies across large enterprises and strategic national industries.

24.10.2025.24.10.2025.

Exploring HPC Collaboration for Smart Energy and Precision Weather Forecasting

Podgorica, 23.10.2025 – NCC Montenegro held a follow-up meeting with representatives of Tara Resources, and the Institute of Hydrometeorology and Seismology of Montenegro (IHMS), to discuss project cooperation in the field of precise weather forecasting and smart energy solutions based on WRF model simulations and HPC capacities. This meeting built upon the initial consultations held on 9 October 2025 with Tara Montenegro, where opportunities for applying high-performance computing to energy optimisation in connection with precision weather forecasting were first explored.

The discussion highlighted the cross-industry potential of supercomputing technologies to improve regional weather prediction accuracy, enable data-driven planning for microclimate patterns, and support renewable energy management. Representatives of Tara Montenegro and IHMS expressed strong interest in continuing cooperation with NCC Montenegro through joint R&D activities connecting scientific expertise, industrial application, and HPC infrastructure.

It was agreed to proceed with technical consultations and project scoping under the EuroCC4SEE framework to further advance HPC-enabled cross-industry innovation in meteorology and smart energy.

20.10.2025.20.10.2025.

NCC Montenegro Presented at the “Montenegro 2025” Economic Conference

At the 14th Conference on Economics “Montenegro 2025”, organized by the Chamber of Economy of Montenegro in Budva, the services, activities, and results of the EUROCC / NCC Montenegro project were presented. This year’s conference, themed “Regional Economies Facing Today’s Challenges”, gathered over 400 participants from Montenegro, the region, and the European Union — representatives of business, institutions, and academia.

During the panel “Digital Transformation – Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Be”, the EUROCC / NCC Montenegro project was introduced in detail as an initiative that actively supports digital transformation and the development of innovation capacities in Montenegro through a network of services and expertise in High-Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Data Analytics.

The panel opened an important discussion on Montenegro’s current position on the path of digital development and the key steps needed to build a modern, connected, and technologically advanced society. Special emphasis was placed on the role of NCC Montenegro in strengthening cooperation between academia, industry, and the public sector, and in building a sustainable digital ecosystem.

The discussion was complemented by a video presentation showcasing EUROCC / NCC Montenegro’s activities, results, and available services for researchers, institutions, and the business community.

The participation of NCC Montenegro at the conference reaffirmed its strategic role in connecting research, education, and industry, and in fostering digital and innovation competitiveness in Montenegro.

19.10.2025.19.10.2025.

DeepMark will work on advance watermarking solutions using Leonardo Booster HPC resources

DeepMark, a start-up company working on development of invisible and permanent digital marks (watermarks) that can be embedded in images, audio, and video content without compromising quality has made successful application to EuroHPC JU Development call, thus gaining 4500 node hours to Leonardo Booster partition for a period of one year. NCC Montenegro supported this project application.

Provenance for synthetic media remains unsolved: most watermarks fail after routine processing, and especially under modern AI transforms. DeepMark advance a learning-based system that co-trains a neural embedder and detector through a differentiable signal chain that mimics real pipelines. Goals of the project are: (i) lower bit-error rates at equal perceptual quality; (ii) patchable watermarking so future embedders remain detectable by a single detector; and (iii) calibrated, segment-level detection for forensics and compliance. Access to A100 nodes and a parallel file system is required to tune multi-GPU scaling and remove I/O bottlenecks.

16.10.2025.16.10.2025.

NCC Montenegro at FINNO 2025: Driving Digital Transformation in SMEs

The Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro, together with partners from the MontEENegro consortium – including the Ministry of Regional Development and Cooperation with NGOs, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UoM, and the Business Start-up Centre Bar – organized regional conference FINNO 2025 – Digital. Green. Sustainable, taking place on October 15, 2025, in Budva. FINNO is a regional initiative dedicated to strengthening innovation, SME competitiveness, and access to European networks and funding, developed under the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) framework.

This conference brought together key innovation ecosystem actors, policymakers, SMEs, start-up founders, researchers, business associations, and EEN partners across the Western Balkans and Europe. The program was opened by Mirsada Bošnjak, State Secretary at the Ministry of Regional-Investment Development and Cooperation with NGOs; Dr. Nina Drakić, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro; Muriel De Grande, Head of the Enterprise Europe Network programme at the European Commission; and Prof. Dr. Radoje Vujadinović, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Montenegro.

The first panel, “Digital Transformation of SMEs – Challenges and Solutions,” highlighted the impact of emerging technologies on digital capacities and competences, knowledge and technology transfer, digital entrepreneurship, and innovative business models.
The NCC Montenegro representative presented the Centre’s service and training portfolio, sharing practical insights from cooperation with industry, SMEs, and start-ups on leveraging HPC and AI technologies to optimize business processes, develop innovative products, and enhance digital competitiveness.

Beyond the first panel, FINNO 2025 explores topics such as Innovation ecosystem strengthening, European project synergies, Green transition and the circular economy. Participants also had opportunities to engage in B2B meetings with regional and European partners, start-ups, innovation centres, and research organizations.

Through its participation, NCC Montenegro reinforce its role as one of the driver of digital acceleration and innovation, highlighting the potential of HPC and AI services and NCC support for SMEs, and contributing to smart and sustainable growth in Montenegro and the Western Balkans.

15.10.2025.18.01.2026.

IEEE IT2026 Conference Announced

The jubilee 30th International Conference INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES 2026 will be held from 24 to 28 February 2026 in Podgorica and Žabljak. The ceremonial academy on the occasion of the jubilee will be held in Podgorica on 24 February, and the working part of the conference will take place from 25 to 28 February in Žabljak. The Conference will feature lectures and round-table discussions on trends in the development of information and communication technologies worldwide, as well as current events in this field in Montenegro. In agreement with the Conference Organizing Committee, interested institutions may organize presentations of their scientific-research, professional, development, and production projects and achievements.

Authored papers submitted for presentation will be peer-reviewed and selected based on the complete paper. Papers should be prepared according to the instructions, which can be downloaded here: Instructions.doc.

Accepted papers written in English will be proposed for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, provided they meet the scope and quality requirements of IEEE Xplore, while other papers will be published in the IT conference proceedings.

Papers are submitted via Microsoft’s CMT system, which can be accessed through the “Paper submission” item in the menu. If you do not have an account on the Microsoft CMT system, you can create one via the same link.

We look forward to your support, suggestions and participation in the upcoming IT conference.

09.10.2025.09.10.2025.

HPC Training AI Solutions from Innovative SMEs: Practical Examples and Lessons Learned

NCC Montenegro, in collaboration with the NCC Slovenia, organized a collaborative workshop and training AI Solutions from Innovative SMEs: Practical Examples and Lessons Learned on October 7, 2025 in Podgorica at University of Donja Gorica. The workshop focused on the opportunities and advantages of HPC and AI technologies in the business sector and best practices in the industry. Approximately 25 participants attended the workshop, including industry experts who deal daily with research and practical examples in the field of artificial intelligence based on HPC.

Tomi Ilijaš, representing Arctur and the NCC SLING initiative in Slovenia, discussed the emerging opportunities for SMEs within the HPC ecosystem. He introduced support structures aimed at making advanced computing more accessible to smaller businesses and highlighted case studies of SME innovation enabled by HPC services.

Presentation on lessons learned and new opportunities for the industry

Ilijaš highlighted two of Arctur’s valuable use cases, CLASSICA and LLMs4EU. These projects are powered by supercomputers and AI, enabling faster workflows and precise analysis. Use case in tourism LLMs4EU aims to reduce entry barriers for smaller, lesser-known tourist destinations and to break down language barriers, build personalized itineraries and incorporate gamification elements. Based on vertical LLM, designed for integration into existing or newly developed software. The main goal of the CLASSICA project – the use of AI technology for cancer classification in the operating theatre. Ilijaš presented the project activities and highlighted the importance of AI technology for image recognition and tissue classification.

The second part of the workshop focused on the FFplus call Innovative studies for SMEs. FFplus is a successor to previous Fortissimo projects (Fortissimo, Fortissimo-2, FF4EuroHPC; 2013-2023). Both, NCC Montenegro and NCC Slovenia representatives, explaines and announce to the Montenegrin SMEs the Innovative studies call which will be open in December 2025. This call will support European SMEs and Start-ups already active in the field of generative AI technology, which lack the necessary computational resources to scale up.

After the presentation, there were questions and answers sesion. During Q&A sesion representatives from SMEs shared their experiences and highlighted importance of cooperation with NCC Montenegro.