NCC Montenegro, in collaboration with CIGRE Montenegro, is pleased to announce a collaborative workshop scheduled for March 29, 2024. This workshop is designed to enhance industry relations and explore the applications of High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies within the energy sector. The workshop will provide Montenegrin companies with a comprehensive overview.
More information about the event and registration information can be seen at the NCC Montenegro website (link).
XXVIII international scientific and professional conference “Information technologies” was held from February 21 to 24, 2024 traditionally in Žabljak, organized by: University of Montenegro – Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Donja Gorica – Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies, IT Society Crna Gora, University of Belgrade – Faculty of Organizational Sciences, IEEE Association and IEEE Section for Serbia and Montenegro, with the full support of the company Čikom from Podgorica. Presentations of author’s works and sessions were realized live in the hotel “Gorske oči”, hotel “Žabljak”, but also online. The conference gathered around 200 national and international participants. Link to conference website: https://www.it.ac.me/en/
Authors from 20 countries took part in the conference: Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Spain, Slovakia, Ukraine, Estonia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia and the Philippines. The number of submitted author’s works was 101, of which 67 were accepted and presented, which were reviewed and selected on the basis of the complete work. Topics from various fields are covered such as: image and audio signal processing, acyclic graphs, blockchain technology, information security, standardization, application of artificial intelligence in various fields, management of unmanned vessels, virtual trade and knowledge transfer.
Short video on HPC at IEEE 2024 conference
A special session was dedicated to the presentations of the EuroCC2 project – National Competence Centers for HPC: https://eurocc.udg.edu.me/, the presentation of the Montenegrin Academic Digital Innovation Hub, supported by the DigNEST project : https://dignest.me/#/ , then TRACEWINDU: https://www.tracewindu.eu/, FoodHUB – Center of excellence for digitization of risk assessment in the field of food safety and precise certification of the authenticity of pre-harvested products: https://foodhub .udg.edu.me/, HPC4S3ME: https://hpc4s3me.udg.edu.me/, AI-AGE: https://ai-age.udg.edu.me/, STECCI: https://steccihorizoneu. com/, FishEUTrust: https://fisheutrust.org/, Solar Katun: https://digitalsmart.me/innovation-fund-of-montenegro-solar-katun-project/, Enav: https://enav.ucg. ac.me and COMMECT: https://www.horizoneurope-commect.eu/ . Representatives of Fleka, Čikom and FiveG Group participated in the training.
Short video on IEEE IT2024
As part of the XXVIII scientific-professional conference, those present had the opportunity to participate in workshops, panels and trainings in the field of artificial intelligence, but also to hear the activities carried out by national competence centers in the field of high-performance computing from Cyprus, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Montenegro, Turkey , North Macedonia, Romania, participants in the EuroCC2 project. The project supports the development of innovative solutions by targeted participants in the private and public sector by providing support to interested end users in the use of HPC/HPDA/AI. Activities and innovative solutions based on the use of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) for applications in industrial domains defined by the Smart Specialization Strategy (2019-2024) for Montenegro were presented.
Traditionally, the conference was successfully completed for the twenty-eighth year in a row, and it fulfilled its goal by pointing out the importance of a multidisciplinary overview of current events and the networking of a large number of university professors and associates, experts and young researchers in the field of information and communication technologies.
HPC4S3ME project was presented at the 28th IEEE IT2024 Conference that took place 21-24 Feb 2024 in Zabljak, Montenegro. The presentation took place in a poster section dedicated to project presentations. We had a chance to talk to conference attendees, our colleauges from Montenegro and abroad. Also, the next day we had a large group of students participating in the EuroCC Workshop on HPC and Industry Applications, where we had a chance to discuss the project posters and take their attention to HPC4S3ME and other projects presented at the conference. Furhtermore, during the conference we had a scientific paper that was based on the research conducetd bz young researchers.
HPC4S3ME presented in the special section dedicated to project resultsThe attendance was over 100 people during the conferenceAll the project posters were present throughout the whole conference
As UDG is one of co-organizers of the 28th IEEE Conference on Information Technology 2024, we are actively preparing for our participation. HPC4S3ME project will be presented in the special session dedicated to project results dissemination on Wednesday. Also, we will have a conference paper presenteation that will take place on Thursday. This paper will discuss the use of AI and HPC for development of applications for cultural heritage preservations and their valorization in tourism.
The conference will have a rich program involving a whole afternoon EUROCC2 Workshop on HPC and Industry applications, as well as invited lecture on LLMs and round table discussion on AI on Friday late afternoon.
Registration is open for the upcoming EuroCC Training Event – High Performance Computing and Industry Applications. This event is organized in alignment with the 28th International Information Technology IEEE Conference IT 2024, traditionally taking place in Žabljak, Montenegro. The workshop is organized in hybrid mode. EuroCC NCC Montenegro is organizing this event in collaboration with NCCs from Cyprus, Slovenia, Turkiye, Romania, Netherlands, and North Macedonia. You can register for the event by clicking on the image below or at this link.
You can find the agenda and event details at the NCC Motnenegro website (link).
More info on NCC Montenegro website (click on image)
On 23 Dec 2023, our researchers participated in the organisation of EuroCC and AI4S3 Hackaton. The hackaton was organized in the context of EuroCC implementing AI4S3 education project that was funded by the Innovation Fund of Montenegro. There was 24 teams presenting their projects and around 50 attendees. There were students from BSc, MSc and PhD level, as well as some industry representatives.
The Hackaton focused on HPC/AI and Comuter Vision applications in S3 domainsThere was 24 teams that presented their projects
On 8 Dec 2023, a workshop on “Digital Transformation and HPC/AI” unfolded at the University of Donja Gorica. Over the course of this semester, final-year BSc students from the Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies delved into research on HPC and AI technologies within the framework of the Managing Information Technology subject. The EUROCC NCC Montenegro team conducted enlightening lectures and presentations on HPC and AI, providing students with a comprehensive grasp of these technologies and illustrating their pivotal roles in digital transformation.
The workshop was organized for BSc students by EUROCC NCC Monteengro teamOver 20 participants in the workshop
During the workshop, students had the opportunity to showcase the projects they worked on throughout the semester, projects that will be defended during their final exam in Managing Information Technology course. The presented use cases spanned across various fields such as tourism, medicine, agriculture, and digital marketing. This event not only allowed students to share their findings but also fostered a deeper understanding of the practical applications of HPC and AI in real-world scenarios. Our focus was on the possible applications of interest for Montenegro and in the priority domains of Smart Specialisation Strategy for Montenegro (2014-2019).
Students presented their project ideas focused on HPC and AI in Digital transformationMost of the projects fit into the Montenegrin S3
HPC4S3.ME project was presented and featured at the ANSO InnovateYourFuture Workshop organized by UDG and supported by Alliance of International Science Organizations ANSO. This was a part of cross-project collaboration with ANSO InnovateYourFuture project that focuses on Competency traininjg in IoT and AI. The presentation was given by prof. Tomo Popovic, Stevan Cakic, and Dejan Babic, on 18 Nov 2023. There was around 60 attendees in the audience, mainly youg researchers interested in AI applications.
Presenters discussed the objectives of the project, described HPC lab implemented through the project, and explained priority domains of Montenegrin S3 and how IoT/AI and HPC can be utilised to develop and innovate. These application domains include agriculture and food value chain, health and tourism, and energy sectors.
HPC4S3.ME was featured at the ANSO Workshop on 18 Nov 2023.Around 60 young researchers were attending the workshopThe presentation included considerations how HPC and AI cen help Montenegrin S3This event was a parto of Workshop Series organized bz UDG and ANSO
EuroHPC JU organizes a virtual event “Information Day on AI and Supercomputers. This three-hours virtual event will take place on September 26th, 9:30 – 12:30 CEST. The virtual event will discuss:
how EuroHPC JU supercomputers can be used for AI applications,
the access possibilities to these supercomputers,
the current and upcoming AI related calls and activities,
the support possibilities of EuroCC national competence centres
examples of numerous success stories that used many of the possibilities provided by EuroHPC JU.
Interested participants can register to the event at the following link.
Our team members will participate in the joint event CMBEBIH & MEDICON 2023 Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON) International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (CMBEBIH). Several young researchers submitted their research results and conference papers for presentation at the MEDICON conference. The focus of these research papers is applying AI to different problems in health and medicine domain. The current version of the conference program is available at the following link.
The joint event will take place in Sarajevo in Sep 2023
