On the 15th of October 2024, the meeting of the partners of the EuroCC2 Lithuania project took place at the Calvary Hotel in Vilnius. The progress of the EuroCC2 project was discussed, experiences were exchanged, current and planned project activities were presented by the participants from the Faculties of Physics and Mathematics and Informatics of Vilnius University, Kaunas University of Technology Artificial Intelligence Centre, VILNIUS TECH – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University and Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service. The main focus of the meeting was on the organisation of practical trainings and there was a discussion on the best practices of the partners in this field.
The strengthening of the co-operation between the project partners was the main focus of the discussions. Ideas were also exchanged on how to innovate and promote digital literacy in HPC in Lithuania. Discussions were held on identified needs for using HPC infrastructure in science, public administration, business and industry.
At the end of the event, the next steps for the achievement of the project goals were decided. The aim of the project is to strengthen the competences in High Performance Computing (HPC), High Performance Data Processing (HPDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Lithuania and to promote their use in the research, public and business sectors, and to foster peer collaboration.