Our final IT4Innovations newsletter of 2025 is out. 2025 was an exceptional year – and we’re looking forward to the challenges we’ll take on in 2026. Hope you are too! 🇬🇧 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno... 🇨🇿 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno... #HPC #quantumcomputing #eINFRAcz

Faster, more accurate #CellAnalysis TELIGHT Co. enhanced its Q-Phase microscope with AI-based cell segmentation. With the #EDIHOstrava & #Karolina supercomputer, new image-normalisation methods & deep-learning models were developed & tested. 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf...

Record 88 projects got supercomputing time in IT4Innovations’ 34th Open Access Grant round! ⌛ Use until May 2026. See 5 featured projects on Karolina, @lumi-supercomputer.eu, Barbora & Barbora NG: 🔗 www.it4i.cz/en/research/... Next round: Feb 2026 #eINFRAcz #supercomputers

We’re hiring at IT4Innovations! 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/karie... 🟢 Konzultant pro AI 🟢 Vedoucí Národního centra kompetencí pro HPC 🟢 Specialist(k)a komunikace 🟢 Senior specialist(k)a komunikace 📍 Ostrava, Czech Republic | #praceOstrava | Part of #eINFRAcz

How can digitalisation, #AI & #supercomputers help companies grow? 🚀 🎥 with real success stories from industry & research: 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/infos... 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf... #EDIHOstrava #EDIH #DigitalInnovationHub #HPC

A Czech footprint in the heart of global #supercomputing & #quantumtech. At #SC25, the Czech Republic was right there shaping the future of HPC & quantum computing. 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf... #supercomputers #VLQ #quantumcomputer 🇨🇿 #eINFRAcz 📸 Lillie Elliot, SC Photography

⚡ Boosting Li-S Battery Performance! Researchers from China, the USA & IT4Innovations used single-atom MXenes + strain engineering to speed up reactions & stop polysulfide “shuttling.” Full story: www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf... #Batteries #MXenes #Supercomputer #eINFRAcz

The latest from the heart of Czech and European supercomputing! 👉 #CzechAIFactory 👉 10 years of R&D in #energyefficientcomputing 👉European #HPCApplication #SupportPortal 👉 Breakthroughs in #proteindesign, #carbondots, #thermoelectrics & more Full stories: 🇬🇧 mailchi.mp/it4i/it4inno...

Looking for your next challenge? We’re expanding our research teams – and you might be exactly who we’re looking for. 🔍 Open positions: • PostDoc – AI Research • Research Assistant – Quantum Computing Lab 🔗 www.it4i.cz/en/about/car... 📍 Ostrava, Czech Rep | #praceOstrava

🇺🇸✨ Today 20 Nov – final day at #SC25 exhibition! Last raffle at 11:00 AM at Booth 4604. Today also: Super(computing)heroes BoF (12:15–1:15), celebrating women in HPC with speakers from Microsoft & AMD. Let’s keep pushing HPC forward. ✨ #HPCignites

🇺🇸 First snapshots from #SC25! Great energy at Booth #4604 – & big congrats to the first draw winners brought to you by @max-coe.bsky.social and @exa4mind.bsky.social. More chances to win coming up, so swing by! 🔗 www.it4i.cz/en/events/it... #HPCignites #eINFRAcz

#HPCignites #SC25 Swing by booth #4604 for talks, demos, swag, and prizes. 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/events/it...

#HPCignites: Stop by booth #4604 at #SC25 for talks, demos, swag, and prizes with @max-coe.bsky.social and @exa4mind.bsky.social. 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/events/it...

🔴 LIVE Stream: #CLARASymposium – AI and Brain Health Watch live here: www.youtube.com/@CLARA-EUCEN... What to expect: www.clara-center.eu/clara-sympos... #CLARADays2025 #AI #BrainHealth #Neuroscience #AlzheimersDisease

Researchers from 🇨🇿 organisations, do you need #ComputationalResources? Apply now for access to LUMI, Karolina & Barbora supercomputers via the IT4Innovations Open Access Grant Competition! 🗓️ Deadline: 25 Nov 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/for-users... #OpenAccess with #eINFRAcz

For over a decade, researchers at IT4Innovations have been developing smart ways to cut the energy use of #supercomputers & data centres. 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf... 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/infos... #MERIC #EnergyEfficiency #HardwareOptimisations #SustainableComputing #HPC

Companies, research institutions, and supercomputing centres: What about hosting an internship or workshop for @eumaster4hpc.bsky.social students? 📌 Call for internships: eumaster4hpc.uni.lu/internships/ 📌 Call for workshops: eumaster4hpc.uni.lu/call-for-wor... #HPC #TalentDevelopment

Science at full power! Researchers from Czech institutions gathered at Users' Conference of IT4Innovations to share ideas & spark collaborations. Highlights & talks: 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/inf... Thanks to everyone who joined! #UsCoIT4I #eINFRAcz #HPC #QuantumComputing

𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢, here we come! #HPCIgnites Connecting HPC & quantum enthusiasts at #SC25 in St. Louis. Visit IT4Innovations at booth #4604. We can’t wait to meet, connect & spark new ideas! Swag, raffles & more 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/events/it... #VLQ #quantumcomputer #eINFRAcz

Day one, data room, great minds. #UsCoIT4I The Users Conference of IT4Innovations continues on Friday, connecting people, science, and computing infrastructure together with e-INFRA CZ.

Visiting the server room at @it4innovations.bsky.social in Ostrava is always enjoyable. This year there's also new hardware: a quantum computer VLQ 🐺 and next generation Barbora cluster. Looking forward to some great science they'll enable.

Over the past decade, #MERIC #EnergyEfficiency software suite has become a key tool for datacentre power monitoring & optimisation. In #HiPEAC Info76, Ondřej Vysocký explains how MERIC boosts #EnergyEfficiency & sustainability in #HPC. 🔗 www.hipeac.net/files/public...

#Opentowork? Looking for your next challenge? We’re growing – and you might be exactly who we need. 🔗 Check out our open positions: 🇬🇧 www.it4i.cz/en/about/car... 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/karie... 📍#praceOstrava, Czech Republic | Part of e-INFRA CZ

Whether you’re a researcher, student, or tech enthusiast, there’s something for everyone – from public talks to expert-level training. And yes – you’re invited! For details & registration, visit 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/akce/nase-akce 🇬🇧 events.it4i.cz #HPC #QuantumComputing #AI

🔍 #computationalresources The 36th Open Access Grant Competition of IT4Innovations is here! Researchers from Czech organisations can apply for resources on LUMI, Karolina, & Barbora supercomputers. Deadline: 25 Nov Info 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/for-users... #HPC with #eINFRAcz

We’re joining the 🇨🇿 nationwide #QiskitFallFest 2025, celebrating 100 years of #quantum science! ⚛️ Join #Qtalks by @VSB_TUO experts, tour our supercomputing centre, and see 🇨🇿’s first quantum computer – #VLQ. 🎟 Free entry | Limited onsite seats 👉 events.it4i.cz/event/370/

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

🚀 #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/

🚨 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

☕ 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

#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].

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

🎬 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

#VLQ #quantumcomputer installed in Ostrava, Czech Republic ⬇️

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

✨ 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

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

#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...

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....

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!

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... 🇨🇿 www.it4i.cz/o-it4i/infos... #Epidemiology #InfectiousDiseases #HealthResearch

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

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

#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: 🇬🇧 it4i.cz/en/about/inf... ‪@icgmmontpellier.bsky.social ‪@unistra.fr‬ #eINFRAcz

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

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

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

Scientists from the @czechacademy.bsky.social, @charlesuni.cuni.cz & our colleague Thibault Derrien controlled electron motion in solids with attosecond precision 👉 www.fzu.cz/en/news/cont... #QuantumTechnology #AttosecondScience

🧬 Czech science on LUMI supercomputer? Yes! Want to be next? Eligible researchers & innovators can apply for time on 9 @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social supercomputers 👉 www.eurohpc-ju.europa.eu IT4Innovations Open Access call opens in October. 👉 www.it4i.cz/en/for-users... #Supercomputing #OpenAccess

Got 10 minutes? Help shape the future of #AI in Europe! Fill in the LUMI AI Factory #survey by 17 August 🗓️ Your input will help identify needs & improve services across the LUMI AI Factory consortium countries. 👉 iq06aao4pkb.typeform.com/to/KeXYVpJy?... #LUMIAIFactory #HPC