NCC Bulgaria and NCC UK: Collaboration and Twinning Activities, 18-20 July 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria

Name: NCC Bulgaria and NCC UK: Collaboration and Twinning Activities, 18-20 July 2022, Sofia, Bulgaria
Start: 2022-07-18T10:00:00+03:00
End: 2022-07-20T17:00:00+03:00
Location: No location set

18 Jul 2022, 10:00 → 20 Jul 2022, 17:00 Europe/Sofia

IICT premises: Acad. G. Bonchev St., block 2, hall 228

Description

In the period of 18-20 July 2022 there will be a visit of NCC UK experts in Bulgaria and a series of collaboration activities in the framework of EuroCC project between NCC Bulgaria and NCC UK will be organized:

Workshop "Training and skills development", 18 July 2022

Industry collaboration day, 19 July 2022

Workshop "Quantum and Quantum/Classical Computing", 20 July 2022

All events will be held at IICT premises: Acad. G. Bonchev St., block 2, hall 228

Registration is OPEN.

The experts meetings on 18 and 20 of July are by invitation only - no registration is necessary.

Contacts: Aneta Karaivanova Aleksandar Kirilov

anet@parallel.bas.bg

alex.kirilov@acad.bg

Monday, 18 July
- 14:00 → 14:10
  
  Opening 10m
- 14:00 → 14:10
  
  Opening and participants’ introduction 10m
- 14:00 → 17:30
  
  Training and skills development 3h 30m
- 14:10 → 15:10
  
  Training programmes and experience of NCC UK 1h
- 14:10 → 14:40
  
  • EPCC – PG courses and training for academia & computational sci researchers 30m
  
  Speaker: D. Henty
- 14:40 → 15:10
  
  • Hartree Centre - Explain Program & training for businesses and industry 30m
  
  Speaker: E. Alexandrova
- 15:10 → 15:26
  
  Analysis of BG training study results 16m
  
  Speakers: A. Karaivanova, S. Margenov
- 15:10 → 16:00
  
  Training priorities and experience in Bulgaria: 50m
- 15:26 → 15:42
  
  Training for Large RIs 16m
  
  Speaker: A. Proykova
- 15:42 → 16:00
  
  Data Security 18m
  
  Speaker: V. Dimitrov
- 16:00 → 16:20
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 16:20 → 17:30
  
  Discussion 1h 10m
- 16:20 → 17:30
  
  Discussion: Joint activities towards online training 1h 10m
  
  UK: V. Alexandrov. E. Alexandrova, D. Henty, Stefano Mensa; BG: A. Karaivanova, E. Atanassov, St. Harizanov, S. Ivanovska, M. Durchova, A. Proykova, V. Kolev, V. Dimitrov, K. Stefanova
Tuesday, 19 July
- 10:00 → 15:15
  
  Industry Collaboration Day 5h 15m
- 10:00 → 10:05
  
  Opening 5m
  
  Speaker: A. Karaivanova
- 10:05 → 10:20
  
  IICT and EDIHs 15m
  
  Speaker: G. Angelova(director of IICT)
- 10:20 → 10:35
  
  EDIH Trakia 15m
  
  Speaker: S. Iliev(Union for Private Economic Enterprise)
- 10:35 → 11:05
  
  Approaches and exemplar case studies of working with industry 30m
  
  Speaker: V. Alexandrov(NCC UK)
- 11:05 → 11:25
  
  Coffee break 20m
- 11:25 → 11:45
  
  Approaches and policy for working with industry using HPC 20m
  
  Speaker: E. Atanassov(NCC BG)
- 11:45 → 12:05
  
  HPC/HPDA/AI: Infrastructures, Services and Activities to Support the Businesses 20m
  
  Speaker: K. Stefanova(NCC BG)
- 12:05 → 12:25
  
  HPC/HDPA/AI Applications in Data Analytics, Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval 20m
  
  Speaker: M. Nisheva
- 12:25 → 12:45
  
  Supercomputer Applications in Biomedical Engineering 20m
  
  Speaker: St. Harizanov
- 12:45 → 13:05
  
  Simulation of trimaran motion in multiphase flow conditions 20m
  
  Speakers: E. Atanassov, T. Gurov
- 13:05 → 14:00
  
  Lunch break 55m
- 14:00 → 15:00
  
  Discussion: Promising approaches to working with SMEs and industry 1h
- 15:00 → 15:15
  
  Coffee break 15m
Wednesday, 20 July
- 10:00 → 13:30
  
  Experts’ meeting 3h 30m
- 10:00 → 10:10
  
  Opening 10m
- 10:10 → 10:30
  
  HPDA-based Software architecture, ETL and Data analytics for Smart Agriculture 20m
  
  Speaker: Y. Hristov
- 10:30 → 11:00
  
  HPC facilities in Bulgaria 30m
  
  Speakers: E. Atanassov, I. Dimov
- 11:00 → 11:30
  
  Hybrid Quantum/Classical and Quantum Computing uptake in UK 30m
  
  Speaker: S. Mensa
- 11:30 → 11:45
  
  Coffee break 15m
- 11:45 → 12:15
  
  Using quantum annealers for solving optimization problems 30m
  
  Speaker: Hr. Djidjev(IICT)
- 12:15 → 12:35
  
  How business prepares now for the quantum computing future 20m
  
  Speaker: N. Zlateva
- 12:35 → 13:30
  
  Discussion: Planning for future collaborative actions 55m