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Modern infrastructure for Cloud services and high-performance computing services at UVT

Modern infrastructure for Cloud services and high-performance computing services at UVT

On Thursday, June 16, at the Western University of Timișoara, the inaugural press conference dedicated to the presentation of the Computing and Storage Infrastructure of the Informatics Research Center of the Western University of Timișoara was held for the provision of Cloud services and high-performance computing services performance – infrastructure built within the MOISE project (COD POC/398/1.1.2 (type Cloud)-1a, MYSMIS: 124562). The press conference was attended by the Rector of UVT, prof. Dr. Marilen Gabriel Pirtea, together with the manager of the MOISE project and director of CeRiCS (Informatics Research Center, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of UVT), prof. Dr. Viorel Negru.

Prior to the press conference, the Infrastructure Inauguration Workshop took place, held in a hybrid format (in A01, respectively online on Google Meet). The workshop was attended by members of the academic community from UVT, invited by some universities and research institutes, potential beneficiaries from the academic environment, from the public administration and from the economic - social environment, interested in the applicability of Coud-type services and high-performance computing (HPC) at the level of scientific research, technological transfer and socio-economic activities.

The MOISE project is co-financed from the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020 within the call for projects no. 398/1/1, Action 1.1.2. - The development of networks of CD centers, coordinated at national level and connected to European and international profile networks and ensuring researchers' access to scientific publications and European and international databases, in accordance with the financing contract no. 240/24.04.2020. The project has a duration of 24 months, the value of the financing contract being 5.695.580,54 lei, of which 4.851.360,61 lei represents non-refundable financing. The general objective of the MOISE project is to increase the capacity, in order to raise the level of international competitiveness of the Western University of Timișoara, by modernizing the existing computing and storage infrastructure within the Informatics Research Center (CeRiCS), within the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, to enable the increase in the offer of Cloud services, HPC services and integration into international Cloud structures and Massive Data Infrastructures.

The rector of UVT, university professor Dr. Marilen Gabriel Pirtea: "The expansion of the computing and storage capacity of the Informatics Research Center makes it possible to continue a well-known tradition of the West University of Timișoara, which established itself as one of the main providers of computing power and data in the country, but also through the specialists who -they trained here, opening up new opportunities for conducting excellent research and for increasing the level of training of future graduates."

The manager of the MOISE project and director of CeRiCS, prof. Dr. Viorel Negru: "The unique character of this extension is given by the creation of a container-type data center: it complies with the most modern redundancy and safety standards, is modular and extensible, efficient and with a high availability of operation and data access. Last but not least, the integration of the Container with UVT's Urban Garden emphasizes the open nature of informatics, the integration of the field into an academic ecosystem, in terms of student training and applicability to a sustainable, inclusive and interdisciplinary environment."

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The Faculty of Mathematics is one of the first faculties established within the university, in 1948. It is currently called the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, being composed of two departments: Mathematics, respectively Informatics, the Informatics specialization being established in 1971 (info.uvt. ro).

The Informatics Research Center (CeRiCS) started its activity in 1994 (through the creation of the Artificial Intelligence and Parallel Computing Laboratory), being accredited at the national level in 2000. In the last 25 years, more than 100 research projects, of which over 40 are international (research.info.uvt.ro). Through infrastructure projects (15, of which 7 at the European level), a high-performance research infrastructure was ensured and integrated into networks of research infrastructures at the national and European level (hpc.uvt.ro). 

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Project co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund through the Competitiveness Operational Program 2014-2020

Contact: Project manager: prof. univ. dr. Viorel NEGRU / e-mail: viorel.negru@e-uvt.ro tel: 0755240164

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