Konferencja Użytkowników Komputerów Dużej Mocy - KUKDM 2026

Name: Konferencja Użytkowników Komputerów Dużej Mocy - KUKDM 2026
Start: 2026-04-13T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-04-15T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Zakopane

13 Apr 2026, 11:00 → 15 Apr 2026, 15:00 Europe/Warsaw

Zakopane

Description

Serdecznie zapraszamy do udziału w interdyscyplinarnym wydarzeniu łączącym środowisko naukowe i technologiczne. Osiemnasta Konferencja Użytkowników Komputerów Dużej Mocy - KUKDM 2026 jest organizowana w Zakopanem w dniach 13-15 kwietnia 2026. Tegoroczna edycja wzorem poprzedniej oferuje uczestnikom rozszerzone możliwości doskonalenia wykorzystania superkomputerów w badaniach naukowych w czasie szkoleń grupowych i indywidualnych konsultacji z zespołem wsparcia PLGrid.

Cele wydarzenia

Prezentacja działalności Cyfronetu i informacja o zasobach sprzętowych, oprogramowaniu i oferowanych usługach.
Przedstawienie najnowszych kierunków rozwoju architektur komputerowych i sieciowych, w tym również zasobów pozwalających na wykonywanie obliczeń kwantowych.
Przegląd wyników prac realizowanych z wykorzystaniem dostępnych w Cyfronecie zasobów obliczeniowych, pamięci masowych i oprogramowania.
Spotkanie z przedstawicielami producentów sprzętu i oprogramowania zainstalowanego w ACK Cyfronet AGH.
Szkolenia, konsultacje, dyskusje i wymiana informacji pomiędzy użytkownikami a pracownikami Cyfronetu.

You are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary event combining the scientific and technological community. The Eighteenth HPC Users' Conference - KUKDM 2026 will be held in Zakopane on April 13-15, 2026. This year's edition, like the previous one, offers participants expanded opportunities to improve their use of supercomputers in scientific research through group training sessions and individual consultations with the PLGrid support team.

Objectives of the event

Presentation of Cyfronet's activities and information on hardware resources, software, and services offered.
Presentation of the latest directions in the development of computer and network architectures, including resources that allow quantum computing.
Review of the results of work carried out using computing, storage, and software resources available at Cyfronet.
Meeting with representatives of manufacturers of hardware and software installed at ACC Cyfronet AGH.
Training, consultations, discussions, and information exchange between users and Cyfronet staff.

Konferencja KU KDM 2026

kukdm@cyfronet.pl

Surveys

Containers as a self-contained environment for HPC evaluation survey

High-Performance Data Analytics with Python evaluation survey

Inference Using PLGrid LLM Forge evaluation survey

Monday 13 April
- 11:00 → 13:10
  S1 Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Convener: Marek Kasztelnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 11:00
    
    The Hybrid Path Forward: Integrating HPC, AI, and Quantum Computing to Support Scientific and Industrial Excellence 30m
    
    Speaker: Marek Magryś (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 11:30
    
    Invited speech: The Stubborn Old Protein Folding Problem in the Era of ExaFlops, Qbits and AI 30m
    
    See the abstract here.
    
    Speaker: Dr Olav Zimmermann (Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Jülich, Germany)
  - 12:00
    
    Invited speech: Towards European Infrastructure for In Silico Medicine 30m
    
    See the abstract here.
    
    Speaker: Dr Marian Bubak (Sano Centre for Computational Medicine and ACC Cyfronet AGH, Krakow, Poland)
  - 12:30
    
    Gold Sponsor: RISC-V: Performance, Platforms, and Potential in HPC 15m
    
    Speaker: Elisabetta Boella (E4 Computer Engineering)
  - 12:45
    
    Gold Sponsor: Photonics-Enabled Systems for the Disaggregated Era of Supercomputing and AI 15m
    
    Speaker: Artur Flinta (Intel)
- 13:10 → 14:10
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:10 → 19:00
  
  Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 1 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont
  
  Room: Giewont
- 14:10 → 16:10
  S2 Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Convener: Szymon Mazurek (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 14:10
    
    Sovereign AI Chat Platform with RAG on PLGrid: Data Privacy, Polish Language Support, and Open-Source HPC Deployment 15m
    
    Speaker: Adam Mytnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 14:25
    
    Smart Data Management and ML-based Workflow Prediction for Cognitive Compute Continuum in SPICE 15m
    
    Speaker: Łukasz Opioła (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 14:40
    
    Selecting Knowledge Representation Tools for a Cloud-Native Context 15m
    
    Speakers: Patryk Zajdel (AGH University of Krakow), Szymon Głomski (AGH University of Krakow)
  - 14:55
    
    Towards Event-Based In-Cabin Sensing: a Synchronized Dual-Camera Dataset Pipeline 15m
    
    Speaker: Marcin Kowalczyk (AGH University of Krakow)
  - 15:10
    
    Simulation of Texture Evolution in Rolled Cu with Neural Network Support 15m
    
    Speaker: Bartosz Sułkowski (AGH Universtiy of Krakow)
  - 15:25
    
    Transformer as an Efficient Sampler for the Ising Model 15m
    
    Speaker: Dawid Zapolski (Jagiellonian University)
  - 15:40
    
    Sampling Spin-Glass Systems with Transformers 15m
    
    Speaker: Adam Stefański (Jagiellonian University)
  - 15:55
    
    A More Noise Resilient Search Space Method for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm 15m
    
    Speaker: Arkadiusz Wołk (AGH University of Krakow, ACC Cyfronet AGH)
- 14:10 → 16:10
  S3 Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  
  Convener: Prof. Maciej Szaleniec (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS)
  - 14:10
    
    Molecular Dynamics Study of Tetraglyme Solutions of Two Lithium Salts with Isomeric Anions: LiTFSI and LiFPFSI 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Andrzej Eilmes (Jagiellonian University)
    
    S3_A_Eilmes.pdf
  - 14:25
    
    Applications of Inter-reactant Interaction Surfaces in the Study of Membrane Degradation in Alkaline Fuel Cells 15m
    
    Speaker: Maria Rózga (Jagiellonian University)
  - 14:40
    
    Theoretical Study of Alkaline Degradation Pathways of Carbazolium Cations in Asymmetric Anion-Exchange Membranes 15m
    
    Speaker: Olga Żurowska (Jagiellonian University)
  - 14:55
    
    Computational Investigation of Temperature-Dependent Luminescence in Transition Metal Complexes 15m
    
    Speaker: Paweł Bonarek (Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University)
  - 15:10
    
    Palmitoylation as a Structural Switch for the CFTR Ion Channel 15m
    
    Speaker: Jakub Mróz (Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University)
  - 15:25
    
    Mechanistic Plasticity of the Diels–Alder Reaction: the Role of Substituent and Solvent Effects 15m
    
    Speaker: Agnieszka Łapczuk (Cracow University of Technology)
  - 15:40
    
    Abduction-Guided Experimental Design for Biomimetic CaP Synthesis via MD Screening of Ca–P Ionic Interactions 15m
    
    Speaker: Krzysztof Stafin (Cracow University of Technology)
  - 15:55
    
    Theoretical Modeling of two D-sp³-A type Donor-Acceptor Systems with Extreme Solvatofluorochromism 15m
    
    Speaker: Wojciech Radzik (Jagiellonian University)
- 16:10 → 16:30
  
  Coffee break | Przerwa kawowa 20m
- 16:30 → 18:30
  Discussion Panel on AI Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  - 16:30
    
    [Event cancelled] Special prelection (in Polish): Badania w erze systemów AI - od ewolucji po wieloagentowość 40m
    
    Speaker: Remigiusz Kinas (Bielik AI)
  - 17:10
    
    AI Practitioners Forum: Use Cases, Tools, and Open Discussion 1h 20m
    
    During the AI Practitioners Forum, we'll show use cases of AI in scientific work and engineering. Examples include code assistance, literature fact-checking, data exploration, and analysis pipelines. We'll cover what Cyfronet offers: Chat, llmforge API, and self-hosted GPUs. We also compare this with free and paid models available elsewhere. Then, we open the floor. Come share your own cases, discuss which tools work best, and ask questions about running AI in your research.
    
    Speakers: Adrian Gwoździej (ACK Cyfronet AGH), Krzysztof Wróbel (Bielik.AI), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Szymon Mazurek (ACK Cyfronet AGH)
    
    AI Practitioners Forum_ Use Cases, Tools, and Open Discussion.pdf
- 16:30 → 18:30
  Training session 1 Room: Zawrat
  
  Room: Zawrat
  - 16:30
    
    Containers as a Self-Contained Environment for HPC 2h
    
    See Training description.
    
    Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Oskar Klimas (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    
    containers_hpc_KUKDM2026.pdf
- 19:00 → 22:00
  
  AMD Dinner 3h Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Exclusive event sponsored by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the Platinum Sponsor of the Conference. Company presentation by Adam Tomczak.
Tuesday 14 April
- 09:00 → 11:00
  
  Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont
  
  Room: Giewont
- 09:00 → 11:00
  S4 Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Convener: Prof. Jacek Kitowski (ACC Cyfronet AGH / AGH University)
  - 09:00
    
    Invited speech: Current Activities and Further Development of the National Supercomputing Infrastructure of the Czech Republic 30m
    
    See the abstract here.
    
    Speaker: Dr Vit Vondrák (IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava)
  - 09:30
    
    The Memory Supercycle: What It Means for European HPC 30m
    
    Speaker: Monika Wilk (Goodram | Wilk Elektronik S.A.)
  - 10:00
    
    EuroHPC JU - Supercomputing in Europe 15m
    
    Speaker: Rafał Duczmal (NCBR / EuroHPC JU)
  - 10:15
    
    Short Story about AI Factory 20m
    
    Speakers: Marek Kasztelnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Patrycja Dąbrowska (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    
    S4-Patrycja_Dąbrowska-Wierzbicka_Marek_Kasztelnik.pptx
  - 10:35
    
    Optymalizacja architektury w modelach Bielik 25m
    
    Speakers: Krzysztof Ociepa (Bielik AI), Krzysztof Wróbel (Bielik AI)
- 11:00 → 11:40
  Coffee & Poster Session & Group Photo
  - 11:00
    
    Poster Session 20m
    
    Contributed Posters:
    1. HARM-COMBO: Development and Performance Tests of the Hybrid (MPI+OpenMP) GRMHD Code - Łukasz Klepczarek; Agnieszka Janiuk; Ireneusz Janiuk; Piotr Płonka
    2. AI-Based Job Runtime Prediction for the ALICE Computing Grid at CERN - Tomasz Lelek; Bartosz Baliś; Marcin Kurdziel; Mikolaj Zasada
    3. Benchmarking a Heterogeneous Metagenomics Pipeline on Ares and Helios Supercomputers - Piotr Kica; Kinga Zielińska; Michał Orzechowski; Karol Zając; Tomasz Kościółek; Maciej Malawski
    4. HPC in Global Quantification and Personalization of Regulated Cardiovascular Model – a Cohort Study - Karolina Tlałka; Ian Halliday; Andrew Narracott; Maciej Malawski
    5. Automating CFD Workflows on HPC with PyFluent: from Batch Simulations to Large-Scale Study - Karol Zając; Magdalena Otta; Maciej Malawski; Andrew Narracott
    6. PubDB: an Institutional Publication Database for KPI Monitoring and Visibility - Taras Zhyhulin; Adam Nowak; Jan Meizner; Piotr Nowakowski
    7. Evaluating the Stability of Deep Neural Networks for Brain Microstructural Parameter Estimation under Varying Diffusion Gradient Schemes - Dominika Ciupek; Maciej Malawski; Tomasz Pięciak
    8. High‑Throughput Statistical Shape Modelling of Venous Anatomy Using Containerised Deformetrica on Ares Supercomputer - Magdalena Otta; Piotr Kica; Maciej Malawski
    9. Using High Performance Computing for the Application of PINNs in Cardiovascular Models - Elena Gomez del Pozo; Karolina Tlałka; Karol Zając; Maciej Malawski;
    10. CR39 Track Detection and Segmentation - Michał Rejdak; Szymon Rybski; Leszek Grzanka; Jeppe Brage Christensen
    11. Radiative GRMHD Simulations of Puffy Accretion Discs: Numerical Modelling of Sub-Eddington Black Hole Accretion - Debora Lančová; Maciej Wielgus; Marek Abramowicz; Agata Różańska; Gabriel Török; Włodzimierz Kluźniak
    12. Cross-Polarized Skin Image Synthesis from Non-Polarized Inputs Using Deep Generative Models - Paweł R. Popielski; Sławomir Wilczyński; Jarosław Żmudzki; Kamil Kwieciński
    
    Other Posters:
    13. EPICURE: Expert Support for Scalable High-Performance Computing Applications - Andrzej Dorobisz
    14. LUMI AI Factory: Accelerating AI Innovation with European Supercomputing Power - Patrycja Dąbrowska-Wierzbicka
    15. FFplus: Turning Innovation into Impact with AI and HPC - Katarzyna Wolan
    16. Advanced Cybersecurity Services: Protecting Your Systems and Data - Krzysztof Niziołek
    
    5-Karol_Zając.pdf
    
    7-Dominika_Ciupek.pdf
    
    9-Elena_Gomez_del_Pozo.pdf
- 11:40 → 13:40
  
  Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont
  
  Room: Giewont
- 11:40 → 13:40
  S5 Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Convener: Prof. Jacek Niemiec (The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS)
  - 11:40
    
    Kinetic Simulations of Nonresonant Instability in the Precursor of Young Supernova Remnant Shock Containing Positrons 15m
    
    Speaker: Oleh Kobzar (Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University)
  - 11:55
    
    Towards Fast, Machine‑Learning-Based Calorimeter Simulations in the ALICE Experiment at CERN 15m
    
    Speaker: Emilia Majerz (AGH University of Krakow)
    
    S5_Emilia_Majerz.pdf
  - 12:10
    
    General-relativistic Magneto-hydro-dynamical Simulations of Relativistic Jets from Accreting Spinning Black Holes 15m
    
    Speaker: Krzysztof Nalewajko (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences)
  - 12:25
    
    VERONA: a GPU-accelerated Special Relativistic Hydrodynamics (SRHD) Code for Astrophysical Applications 15m
    
    Speaker: Piotr Płonka (CTP PAS)
    
    S5_Piotr_Płonka.pdf
  - 12:40
    
    Finite Element Ion Recombination Simulations for Dosimetry and FLASH on PLGrid 15m
    
    Speakers: Jakub Kaliński (AGH University of Krakow), Radosław Benedykciński (AGH University of Krakow)
    
    Finite Element Ion Recombination Simulations for Dosimetry and FLASH on PLGrid
    
    Finite Element Ion Recombination Simulations for Dosimetry and FLASH on PLGrid.pptx
  - 12:55
    
    Super-Eddington Accretion onto Neutron Stars, Ultra-compact Stars, and Black Holes: Radiative General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations 15m
    
    Speaker: Fatemeh Kayanikhoo (Silesian University in Opava, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (CAMK) PAN)
  - 13:10
    
    Anthropogenic Hazards Research with EPOS TCS AH EPISODES Platform 15m
    
    Speaker: Joanna Kocot (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 13:25
    
    Gold sponsor: Seagate Mozaic 4+: Od fizyki zapisu do architektury storage w HPC 15m
    
    Speaker: Wojciech Puch (Seagate)
- 11:40 → 13:40
  S6 Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  
  Convener: Prof. Andrzej Eilmes (Jagiellonian University)
  - 11:40
    
    Development of AMBER Force Field Parameters for W-cofactors and Application to Study W-enzymes’ Catalytic Properties 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Maciej Szaleniec (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS)
  - 11:55
    
    Mathematical Model Explaining the Structural Transformation of Proteins Causing Neurodegenerative Diseases 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Irena Roterman-Konieczna (Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum)
  - 12:10
    
    Spatial Model of the Presynaptic Bouton for Neurotransmitter Transport Simulation by Using Cellular Automaton 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Maciej Gierdziewicz (AGH University of Krakow)
  - 12:25
    
    Mechanistic Insights into the Cycloaddition of (2E,4E)-2,5-Dinitro-2,4-hexadiene with Diazomethane from Density Functional Theory 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Karolina Kula (Cracow University of Technology)
    
    S6_Karolina_Kula.pdf
  - 12:40
    
    Language Driven Therapy Design in Predictive Oncology 15m
    
    Speaker: FIlip Reka (AGH University of Krakow)
    
    S06_Filip_Reka.pdf
  - 12:55
    
    DFT Calculations of Flavin Derivatives in Their Anionic Forms 15m
    
    Speaker: Prof. Iwona Gulaczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University)
  - 13:10
    
    Domain Bias in Deep Learning for Cytology 15m
    
    Speaker: Jan Krupiński (Cracow University of Technology)
  - 13:25
    
    Computer Vision Pipelines for High-Content Microscopy Reveal Heritable Single-Cell Immune States 15m
    
    Speaker: Dr Truong Co Nguyen (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences)
- 13:40 → 14:40
  
  Lunch 1h
- 14:40 → 16:50
  
  Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont
  
  Room: Giewont
- 14:40 → 16:10
  S7 Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Convener: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 14:40
    
    Gold Sponsor: From Data Silos to Discovery: Streamlining Research Workflows with VAST AI OS 15m
    
    Speakers: Jonathan Ball (VAST Data), Michał Kania (VAST Data)
  - 14:55
    
    Gold Sponsor: NEDAPS: Architekci Efektywności w Środowisku HPC 15m
    
    Speaker: Marek Woszczyna (WASKO S.A.)
  - 15:10
    
    Gold Sponsor: Lenovo Neptune - innowacyjne rozwiązania układów chłodzenia skalowalnych platform HPC i AI 15m
    
    Speaker: Wojciech Wróbel (Lenovo)
  - 15:25
    
    VeloxQ: Wysokowydajna Wielkoskalowa Optymalizacja QUBO 15m
    
    Speaker: Robert Adamski (QuantumZ)
  - 15:40
    
    Kubernetes w środowisku obliczeniowym 15m
    
    Speaker: Radosław Rowicki (ACK Cyfronet AGH)
  - 15:55
    
    EPICURE - boost your computations! 15m
    
    EPICURE is a EuroHPC JU-funded project that offers expert services for HPC users in performance optimization, code scalability, benchmarking, and more. We will present how you can take advantage of this excellent support opportunity and briefly describe the possibilities for accessing the largest European supercomputers.
    
    Speaker: Andrzej Dorobisz (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
- 16:10 → 16:30
  
  Przerwa kawowa | Coffee Break 20m
- 16:30 → 17:30
  Cyfronet & Users Discussion Panel Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  - 16:30
    
    Cyfronet & Users Q&A session 1h
- 17:00 → 19:00
  Training session 2 Room: Giewont
  
  Room: Giewont
  - 17:00
    
    Inference Using PLGrid LLM Forge 2h
    
    See Training description.
    
    Speakers: Oskar Klimas (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Szymon Mazurek (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
- 17:30 → 18:15
  Discussion Panel Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  
  Convener: Rafał Duczmal (NCBR/ EuroHPC JU)
  - 17:30
    
    Rola centrów KDM w budowie polskiej infrastruktury cyfrowej 45m
    
    Speakers: Jacek Oko (WCSS), Jerzy Proficz (CI TASK), Konrad Klimaszewski (NCBJ), Marek Magryś (ACK Cyfronet AGH), Robert Pękal (PCSS), Robert Sot (ICM)
- 18:15 → 19:00
  Discussion Panel
  
  Convener: Pamela Krzypkowska (Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji)
  - 18:15
    
    Polska droga do suwerennej AI 45m Room: Rysy
    
    Room: Rysy
    
    Speakers: Krzysztof Wróbel (Bielik AI), Marek Kasztelnik (ACK Cyfronet AGH), Marek Kozłowski (OPI PIB), Patrycja Dabrowska-Wierzbicka (ACK Cyfronet AGH), Szymon Łukasik (NASK), Tomasz Parkoła (PCSS)
- 19:00 → 22:00
  
  HPE Dinner 3h Room: Tatry
  
  Room: Tatry
  
  Exclusive Event sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the Platinum Sponsor of the Conference. Company presentation by Krzysztof Kowalczyk.
Wednesday 15 April
- 09:00 → 13:30
  Training session 3 Room: Rysy
  
  Room: Rysy
  - 09:00
    
    High-Performance Data Analytics with Python - part 1/2 2h
    
    See Training Description.
    
    Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
  - 11:00
    
    Coffee Break / Przerwa kawowa 30m
  - 11:30
    
    High-Performance Data Analytics with Python - part 2/2 2h
    
    See Training Description.
    
    Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
- 13:30 → 14:30
  
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