National Competence Center
Connecting Industry with Cutting-Edge Research: CyI Organizes Second Industry Day Event CyI’s Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC), in its capacity as Cyprus’ National Competence Center for High Performance Computing (HPC), hosted its second “Industry Day” event on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024. Organized under the EuroCC2 project, the event aimed to strengthen the collaboration … Read more
On June 2nd, 2024, Zephyr, our compact supercomputer, participated in the Youth Makers Fair 2024 in Larnaka, organised by Youth Makerspace Larnaka. The fair brought together young tech enthusiasts, creators, and the general public for a day of interactive exhibits and workshops.Zephyr’s engaging simulations and LED displays made high-performance computing (HPC) concepts accessible and interactive. … Read more
On May 30th and 31st, 2024, Zephyr, our miniature supercomputer, was featured at the Reflect Festival in Limassol. Reflect Festival, renowned for bringing together startups, investors, and tech enthusiasts from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, provided an excellent platform for showcasing high-performance computing (HPC). Zephyr’s interactive simulations and LED displays drew significant interest, simplifying … Read more
Cypriot Enterprises Explore CyI’s Advanced Computing Technologies to Bridge Research with Productio The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) of The Cyprus Institute hosted a landmark “Industry Day” on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, organized within the framework of the EUROCC2 project. The event, led by CaSToRC Director, Prof. Constantine Dovrolis, marks a significant step … Read more
On 17th April 2024, NCC Cyprus unveiled Zephyr, a miniature supercomputer no larger than a suitcase, at the local sCYence Fair 2024. Designed to demystify the complex world of supercomputing, Zephyr made its debut to inspire young minds. This project, powered by 18 Raspberry Pi units, embodies the spirit of collaboration and technological innovation. Early … Read more
This March, two of our engineers (Minas Trattou and Christodoulos Stylianou), had the opportunity to represent NCC Cyprus at the EuroHPC Summit 2024, held in Antwerp, Belgium. The event brought together a diverse group of participants from across Europe and beyond, making it a melting pot of ideas and discussions centered around the future of … Read more
On Friday, March 22nd, key players involved in the communication and dissemination tasks from the EuroCC network gathered in Brussels. The event centered on brainstorming future enhancements, featuring creative ideas like simulation videos and social media strategies. Collaboration emerged as a central theme, with discussions including Centers of Excellence and National Competence Centres, and exploring … Read more
NCC Cyprus participated in an online event titled “Revolutionizing Medicine and Healthcare: The Power of HPC, AI, and ML for Advanced Medical Solutions” organized by NCC Slovenia (SLING). The event aimed to promote the potential of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the healthcare sector. Members of NCC Cyprus presented use cases of HPC and AI in biomedical … Read more
The Director of CaSToRC and PI of the EuroCC2 project in Cyprus, Prof, Constantine Dovrolis, delivering an Invited Lecture at the IEEE Information Technologies 2024 conference in Žabljak, Montenegro. The title of the talk was “Large Language Models: How they work and what we do not understand (yet) about them”. Find out more here.
NCC Cyprus participated in the HPC Industry Summit held in Berlin on October 17th and 18th, featuring prominent representatives from industry and politics, along with experts in High-Performance Computing (HPC). Dr. Pantelis Georgiades and Mr. Christodoulos Stylianou represented NCC Cyprus at the event, where Dr. Bastian Koller, the Project Coordinator and Managing Director of the … Read more