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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 1d

Join the 9th Users’ Conference of IT4Innovations!

📅 30–31 Oct 2025 | Ostrava, Czechia

Learn about upgrades, EuroHPC access, user talks & support services.

🖊️ Register by 22 Oct 👉 events.it4i.cz/event/346/

#UsCoIT4I = #HPC & #Supercomputing with #eINFRAcz

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 2d

🚀 #AIFactories in action!

This autumn, explore how EuroHPC JU powers #AI:

17 Oct – EuroHPC AI Factories Webinar
🔗https://www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/media-events/events/eurohpc-ai-factories-update-webinar-2025-10-17_en

19 Nov – #Python for HPC 2 training
🔗https://events.it4i.cz/event/369/

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 The Czech Republic will have its own #AIFactory!

Led by VSB-TUO, the new Czech AI Factory (CZAI) will include the KarolAIna supercomputer (850 PFlop/s) to boost AI application & innovation.

🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/infos...

🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf...

#CZAI #AI #EuroHPCJU

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 7d

☕ LUMI User Coffee Break – 15 Oct 2025 (15:00 CEST / 16:00 EEST)

Join online for a talk by Engin Kayraklioglu (HPE) on Scalable Parallel Programming with Chapel – from multicore CPUs to GPU-powered supercomputers.
🔗 lumi-supercomputer.eu/events/userc...

#LUMIsupercomputer

LUMI user coffee breaks - LUMI

Virtual open Q&A session for LUMI users!

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 9d

📅 15 October
🔬 Perspectives in Computational Catalysis: Data-Driven and Operando Approaches
➡️ events.it4i.cz/event/368/

📅 17 October
🤖 #AIFactories Update Webinar
➡️ www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu/media-events...

📅 26–28 November
🏙️ From Building to City Energy Simulation
➡️ events.it4i.cz/event/367/

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 9d

#AI, #QuantumComputing & energy simulations – upcoming trainings with us & EuroCC Czechia & @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social webinar:

Want to be first to register to our training events? Write us at [email protected].

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 12d

Karolina supercomputer users won awards at #EuroHPCUserDays25. Congratulations!

Highlights from the conference: #AIFactories & the new @epicurehpc.bsky.social portal supporting European supercomputing.

🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/infos...

🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf...

#HPC #AI #EuroHPC

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 14d

🎬 Relive the inauguration of the European #VLQ quantum computer in our special newsletter edition.
Read, watch, and explore:

🇬🇧 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno...

🇨🇿 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno...

#quantumcomputer at VSB-Technical University Ostrava
@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social #IQM
#eINFRAcz

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 19d

#VLQ #quantumcomputer
installed in Ostrava, Czech Republic ⬇️

LUMI-Q Consortium Unveils the VLQ Quantum Computer for the Czech and European Science Community - IT4Innovations

Ostrava, 23 September 2025 – Today, a new quantum computer named VLQ was officially inaugurated at IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center in the Czech Republic, in the presence of prominent Cze...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 24d

Big milestone for European quantum tech!

The #VLQ quantum computer of the LUMI-Q consortium has been installed in the Czech Republic.

This system will boost research, innovation, and Europe’s position in the global #quantum race.

📅 Official inauguration: 23 September.

@eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · 28d

✨ Don’t miss the #VLQ Quantum Computer Inauguration.
📺 Live on YouTube: 23 Sept, 11 AM
→ www.youtube.com/live/d7nO484...

Join @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social & the LUMI-Q consortium, including @csc.fi, @vtt.fi, @itcooperativesurf.bsky.social, for this historic European milestone.

#quantumcomputer

VLQ Quantum Computer: Official Inauguration Ceremony (Live)

This significant event marks a milestone in Europe’s quantum computing landscape and is part of the international collaboration within the LUMI-Q consortium. It will be attended by representatives of ...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 15

www.futuremold.eu

Home

WE CAN SEE THE FUTURE OF mold manufacturing We are pioneering a flexible manufacturing approach for recyclable bio-based high-performance composite molds. New innovative molds promise to reduce produc...

www.futuremold.eu

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 15

At IT4Innovations, we’re developing #AI-driven models to replace slow FEM sims with fast #DeepLearning. #FutureMold boosts predictive modelling in #manufacturing (e.g. sheet forming), enabling quicker design, optimisation & innovation. 🔧

👉 futuremold.eu

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 10

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IT4Innovations posune hranice kvantové optimalizace. Vyvine chytré korekční kódy pomocí umělé inteligence - IT4Innovations

Ostrava, 3. září 2025 – Vědci z národního superpočítačového centra IT4Innovations při VŠB – Technické univerzitě Ostrava zahájili tříletý výzkumný projekt, jehož cílem je vyvinout nový adaptivní syst...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 10

#AI & #QuantumComputing!

Ryszard Kukulski & Marek Lampart from IT4Innovations are developing adaptive quantum error correction codes to make quantum calculations more accurate.

Funded by Moravian-Silesian Region's Vouchers for Universities programme & #EU.

🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 8

New study co-led by our colleague Tomáš Martinovič shows how fragmented communication limits Europe’s #Biodiversity research infrastructures. Stronger links = stronger impact.

🔗 Blog: blog.pensoft.net/2025/08/20/n...

📄 Article: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

Fragmented Networks: Challenges in communication and cohesion of European Biodiversity Research Infrastructures

European Biodiversity Research Infrastructures (BioRIs) play a central role in addressing the complex challenges in biodiversity research, scientific collaboration across disciplines and national boun...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 4

Back from summer break, IT4Innovations hit the ground running! Highlights: neutron star physics, molecular biology simulations, photonic quantum computing, carbon quantum dots, and the Art & Science festival. Full speed into the new season!

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Sep 2

Norovirus causes millions of cases each year.
An international team incl. our colleagues at IT4Innovations developed an epidemic model.

🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf...

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#Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseases #HealthResearch

Czech researchers help uncover how norovirus spreads. New insights could improve epidemic prevention - IT4Innovations

Norovirus is one of the most common causes of acute gastroenteritis worldwide, affecting hundreds of millions of people each year. This highly contagious virus spreads rapidly, particularly in places ...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 22

In 2024, IT4Innovations supported thousands of users and hundreds of research projects.

Behind every achievement stand people – our colleagues, partners, and supporters – thank you for making it possible.

🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/cs/file/e5d7...

#eINFRAcz

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 21

We’re hiring!
From administration to AI and quantum computing.
Check out our open positions:
🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/car...
🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/karie...

📍#praceOstrava, Czech Republic | Part of #eINFRAcz

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Kvantový algoritmus otevírá nové možnosti v simulacích molekulárních procesů - IT4Innovations

Mezinárodní tým vědců, včetně Silvie Illésové z IT4Innovations, představil v prestižním časopise Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation nový kvantový algoritmus SA-OO-VQE. Tento algoritmus výrazně...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 19

#Quantum meets #Supercomputing!

SA-OO-VQE algorithm, co-developed by our colleague Silvie Illésová, published in J. Chem. Theory Comput. ‪@pubs.acs.org‬.

Hybrid quantum-classical simulations of molecules:
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‪@icgmmontpellier.bsky.social ‪@unistra.fr‬ #eINFRAcz

Quantum algorithm opens new avenues in molecular process simulations - IT4Innovations

An international team of scientists, including Silvie Illésová from IT4Innovations, has introduced a new quantum algorithm – SA-OO-VQE – in the prestigious Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. ...

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 15

Training season is coming back!

From #computationalbiology & #astrophysics to #AI and #quantumcomputing – join these September & October events.

📅 Full list in the image 👇

🔗 events.it4i.cz | 🔗 lumi-supercomputer.eu

@lumi-supercomputer.eu ‬#LUMIAIFactory
#EuroCC

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IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 13

Boost your #MolecularDynamics simulations skills this September!
Join the Summer School: #MolecularDescriptions of Complex Biosystems.
Free for students & researchers.
📅 8–9 Sept
📍 IT4Innovations/Czechia
📝 REG by 21 Aug
👉 molecular-descriptions-complex-biosystems.cost-cosy.eu

IT4Innovations @it4innovations.bsky.social · Aug 11

From the heart of Czech supercomputing & quantum computing!

Catch up on what’s been happening at IT4Innovations – new projects, breakthroughs, and events you won’t want to miss.

🇬🇧 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno...
🇨🇿 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno...

#HPC #quantumcomputing

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