4th Call Advanced Computing Projects
FCT has announced the results of the 4th edition of Call Advanced Computing Projects, with a total of 163 projects approved out of 173 applications submitted, achieving an acceptance rate of 94%. These results set a new record for the number of projects submitted and approved.
Lasting between 6 and 12 months, the approved projects will give more than 50 national institutions and small companies access to more than 250 million CPU core hours and 230,000 GPU hours. The estimated value of these projects exceeds 3 million euros. The 163 projects approved are distributed as follows, by type at Call: Experimental Access – 43; A1, Development Access – 63; A2, Regular Access – 36; and A3, Larger Access – 21. As for representation by scientific field, this is the result: Physics and Mathematics – 31%; Engineering and Technology – 26%; Chemistry and Materials – 20%; Life and Health Sciences – 15%; and Earth and Environmental Sciences – 8%.
The novelty of this edition of Call was the entry into operation of the Deucalion and MareNostrum 5 supercomputers, the Spanish supercomputer in which Portugal owns a share, with the support of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
The approved projects will be implemented on the platforms of the National Advanced Computing Network (RNCA), namely: Navigator (Advanced Computing Laboratory of the University of Coimbra); Oblivion and Vision (HPC Center of the University of Évora); Cirrus and Stratus (National Distributed Computing Infrastructure), Deucalion (Azurém, Guimarães) and MareNostrum 5 (Barcelona Supercomputing Center).
The aim of Call advanced computing projects is to promote scientific research and technological innovation by awarding advanced computing resources to national projects in a wide range of scientific areas.
For more information on Advanced Computing and its Calls, see the RNCA website and the FCT website.
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