Cooperation between CoE FoodHub and HPC NCC Montenegro

Cooperation between Centre of Excellence, FoodHub and HPC NCC Montenegro was initiated due to the possibility of overlapping a significant number of activities in the field of digitization and computer simulations. Main purpose of cooperation is finding several software solutions that would greatly improve food safety, public health and food business.

Collaboration between FoodHub/CoE and EuroCC (HPC NCC Montenegro)

Thanks to the program and support of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the Faculty of Food Technology, Food Safety and Ecology in cooperation with the Directorate for Food Safety, Veterinary and Phytosanitary Affairs, implemented the project “Support to National Dietary Surveys in Compliance with the EU Menu methodology (sixth support) – “The adults’ survey”, including subjects from 10 to 74 years old ”, which is the largest study on eating habits of the population of Montenegro. The possibility of applying IT solutions is based on the fact of generating a large number of important data from this project. Data from this project could be of great importance for the development of software solutions for risk assessment in the field of food safety.

Considering the importance of the HACCP system and the long period of time required for its implementation, the meetings also discussed the development or improvement of software that would greatly simplify and speed up this process, which would make great progress in the business of food businesses and to the entire food safety system.

Seminar – University in the Future of Miracles, The AI Economy

On the 31st of August 2021 at the Univeresity of Donja Gorica a seminar called “University in the future of miracles” whose creator is professor Veselin Vukotic, rector of the University, was held. The idea of the seminar is to engage into discussion and exchange of ideas about books which were given on the recommendation of professor Vukotic:

  1. “The AI Economy: Work, Wealth and Welfare in the Age of the Robot”, Roger Bootle;
  2. Superconnected: internet, digitalni mediji i tehno-društveni život”, Mary Chayko;
  3. „Change “, Richard Gerver.

The book chosen for the first seminar was “The AI Economy: Work, Wealth and Welfare in the Age of the Robot” by Roger Bootle. The presenters had the opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas about the book as well as engage into discussions with all present.

The AI Economy by R. Bootle wat the first book discussed at the Seminar

According to the planned agenda, the introductory speech was given by professor Vukotic, after which the chosen presenters continued. Short introductory presentations were given by: Zoran Djikanovic PhD, Ivana Ognjanovic PhD and Luka Lakovic MSc.

The seminar was attended by around 70 professors and associates of UDG.

UDG researchers will be presenting a paper at IEEE IcETRAN 2021 Conference

Members of our EuroCC Montenegro team will be presenting the paper titled “Combined adaptive load balancing algorithm for parallel applications”, authored by L. Filipovic, B. Krstajic, and T. Popovic, at the upcoming IcETRAN 2021 conference. The conference will be taking place on Sep 8-10, 2021. More info on the conference is available at the following link.

ABSTRACT – Development and improvement of efficient techniques for parallel task scheduling on multiple cores processors is one of the key issues encountered in parallel and distributed computer systems. The purpose of process distribution improvement in parallel applications is in increased system performance, reduced application execution time, reduced losses and increased resource utilization.

This paper presents combined adaptive load balancing algorithm based on domain decomposition and master-slave
algorithms and its core scheduling adaptive mechanism that handles load redistribution according obtained and analyzed data. Selection of distribution algorithm, based on collected parameters and previously defined conditions, proved to deliver increased performances and reduced imbalance. Results of simulations confirm better performance of proposed algorithms compared to the standard algorithms reviewed in this paper.

Dr. L. Filipovic will be presenting the paper at the IcETRAN 2021, Sep 8-10, 2021

First FF4EuroHPC Open Call in Numbers

A pretty interesting presentation about first FF4EuroHPC Open Call statistics is given at the following link. EuroCC Montenegro and UDG are partners in the AIMHiGH project that put Montenegro on map for FF4EuroHPC experiments.

Click on image for the full statistics at FF4EuroHPC website

UDG on S3 Platform

University of Donja Gorica and EuroCC NCC Montenegro are featured on S3 Platform . UDG can be found under Digital Innovation Hubs section for Montenegro. Learn more about the S3 platform at the following link.

Click on image to explore S3 Platform

Fortissimo FF4EuroHPC Experiment Workshop

HPC NCC Moontenegro is attending a two day workshop on experiments done in context of FF4EuroHPC project demonstrating the use of HPC, HPDA and AI for solving real-life problems using HPC technology (July 6-7, 2021). Over 50 participants attending and discussing the benefits and opportunities HPC, HPDA and AI offer. The experiments are focused on business aspect of applications and demonstration on how HPC, DA and AI can help crete new vaule to SMEs. NCC Montenegro is participating in one of the FF4EuroHPC experiments targeting the use of HPC and AI in creation of a HPC supported computer vision sensors for the poultry sector.

Over 50 people attending during the first day of the workshop