{"id":11052,"date":"2023-03-17T13:37:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sling.si\/national-competence-centre\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T11:01:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T09:01:31","slug":"national-competence-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sling.si\/en\/competence-centre\/national-competence-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"National Competence Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">National Competence Centre SLING helps users and anyone interested in using <em>High Performance Computing (HPC)<\/em> to <strong>learn, access, use and learn about supercomputing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">Our mission is to <strong>promote the use of supercomputing capabilities<\/strong> for scientific and industrial research, academia and public service delivery. We want to raise the level of knowledge in Slovenia and increase awareness of all the benefits of this technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/video.arnes.si\/embed\/pcyd4ym3rmdg\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bef30965eec6565b23599001964c38cd\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cnt-ac-background-color has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We organise free training courses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>If you would like to learn how to use a supercomputer or gain specific knowledge, please attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/indico.ijs.si\/category\/29\/\"><strong>free workshops or seminars<\/strong><\/a> we organise for participants with different levels of knowledge:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Basic level<\/strong> &#8211; no knowledge of using supercomputers is required,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Advanced level<\/strong> &#8211; topics are tailored to different areas of interest with a focus on STEM areas,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Higher level<\/strong> &#8211; participants are expected to have sufficient prior basic knowledge, focus is on increasing competences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the courses are held in Slovenian, but some are also available in English. Recordings of specific training sessions are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/video.arnes.si\/?q=%23eurocc\">Arnes video portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20width%3D%224%22%20height%3D%223%22%20xmlns%3D%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%204%203%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt class=\"fy-content-image fy-lazy js-lazy wp-image-14088 size-full\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sling.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hackathon-fri-promo-31-1024x683.jpg\"><div class=\"fy-image-loading fy-image-loading--spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Promoting supercomputing in industry<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Competence Centre promotes, among other things, the <strong>use of supercomputers in industry<\/strong> and <strong>business<\/strong>. Through a special questionnaire <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hpc4sme.eu\/\">HPC4SME assesment tool<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong>, we want to help companies to identify the potential for successfully exploiting supercomputing capacities. Based on the answers received, we will provide recommendations and guidelines for the next steps. We help the most promising SMEs to obtain funding in European calls such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ff4eurohpc.eu\/\">FF4EuroHPC<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Building a (super)community<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of the Slovenian National Competence Centre is also reflected in <strong>better cooperation and networking between the SLING consortium partners<\/strong>, with <strong>other European<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocc-access.eu\/about-us\/meet-the-nccs\/\"><strong>National Competence Centres<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/eurohpc-ju.europa.eu\/kick-10-centres-excellence-hpc-support-transition-towards-exascale-2023-01-26_en\"><strong>Centres of Excellence<\/strong><\/a>. As a result of our close networking, we organised the first ever Slovenian <a href=\"https:\/\/video.arnes.si\/watch\/mq0j802hs4fc\">Supercomputing Centres&#8217; Exascale Computing Day or Open Day<\/a> in 2021, which takes place every year in October. This gave the general public the opportunity to visit the largest Slovenian supercomputers, including <a href=\"https:\/\/izum.si\/en\/hpc-en\/\" title=\"\"><strong>EuroHPC Vega<\/strong><\/a>. In addition, we organise national HPC conferences in the autumn, where we focus on promoting the use of supercomputers, presenting examples of good practice and success stories. Together, we are building a strong community that is reaping the full benefits of supercomputing and creating new opportunities in Slovenia.<a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6029492a3eab8c0ec89468fddb9163b\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cnt-ac-background-color has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-8de92ddb wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">National Competence Centre SLING was formed in the framework of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurohpc-ju.europa.eu\/research-innovation-0\/our-projects\/eurocc_en\">EuroCC project &#8220;National Competence Centres in the EuroHPC&#8221;<\/a> and continues its activities in the <a href=\"https:\/\/eurohpc-ju.europa.eu\/eurocc-2-and-castiel-2-promoting-hpc-boost-digital-skills-jobs-and-industrial-competitiveness-europe-2023-02-03_en\">EuroCC 2<\/a> project. National Competence Centre SLING currently has five active SLING partners: <a href=\"https:\/\/arctur.si\/\">Arctur<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnes.si\/\">Arnes<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijs.si\/ijsw\/V001\/JSI\" title=\"\">&#8220;Jo\u017eef Stefan&#8221; Institute<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-lj.si\/en\" title=\"\">University of Ljubljana<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.um.si\/en\/home-page\/\" title=\"\">University of Maribor<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">National Competence Centre SLING is co-funded by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Republic of Slovenia.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20width%3D%224%22%20height%3D%223%22%20xmlns%3D%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%204%203%22%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt class=\"fy-content-image fy-lazy js-lazy wp-image-15343\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sling.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Asset-5@2x-100-1024x611.jpg\"><div class=\"fy-image-loading fy-image-loading--spinner\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Competence Centre SLING helps users and anyone interested in using High Performance Computing (HPC) to learn, access, use and learn about supercomputing. 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