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Konferencja Użytkowników Komputerów Dużej Mocy - KUKDM 2026

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REJESTRACJA OTWARTA - ZAPRASZAMY

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.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN

You are invited to participate in an interdisciplinary event combining the scientific and technological community. The Eighteenth HPC Users' Conference - KUKDM 2026 is organized in Zakopane on April 13-15, 2026. This year's edition, like the previous one, is offering participants expanded opportunities to improve the use of supercomputers in scientific research during 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 exchange of information between users and Cyfronet staff.

 

Informacja-KUKDM2026-2.pdf
KUKDM_2026_oswiadczenie_o_przeniesieniu_praw_autorskich.docx
KUKDM_2026_Proceedings-www.pdf
KUKDM_2026_statement_on_the_transfer_of_copyrights.docx
KUKDM_regulamin v3.pdf
szablon_streszczenia-KUKDM2026.docx
Konferencja KU KDM 2026
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KUKDM 2026, Zakopane 13-15.04.2026
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Training: Containers as a self-contained environment for HPC - Zakopane 13.04.2026
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Training: High-Performance Data Analytics with Python - Zakopane 15.04.2026
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Training: Inference using PLGrid LLM Forge - Zakopane 14.04.2026
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  • Monday 13 April
    • S1 Room: Tatry

      Room: Tatry
      Convener: Marek Kasztelnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 1
        The Hybrid Path Forward: Integrating HPC, AI, and Quantum Computing to Support Scientific and Industrial Excellence
        Speaker: Marek Magryś (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 2
        Invited speech: The Stubborn Old Protein Folding Problem in the Era of ExaFlops, Qbits and AI

        See the abstract here.

        Speaker: Dr Olav Zimmermann (Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC), Jülich, Germany)
      • 3
        Invited speech: Towards European Infrastructure for In Silico Medicine

        See the abstract here.

        Speaker: Dr Marian Bubak (Sano Centre for Computational Medicine and ACC Cyfronet AGH, Krakow, Poland)
      • 4
        Gold Sponsor: RISC-V: Performance, Platforms, and Potential in HPC
        Speaker: Elisabetta Boella (E4 Computer Engineering)
      • 5
        Gold Sponsor: Photonics-Enabled Systems for the Disaggregated Era of Supercomputing and AI
        Speaker: Artur Flinta (Intel)
    • 13:10
      Lunch
    • Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 1 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont

      Room: Giewont
    • S2 Room: Tatry

      Room: Tatry
      Convener: Szymon Mazurek (ACC Cyfroinet AGH)
      • 6
        Sovereign AI Chat Platform with RAG on PLGrid: Data Privacy, Polish Language Support, and Open-Source HPC Deployment
        Speaker: Adam Mytnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 7
        Smart Data Management and ML-based Workflow Prediction for Cognitive Compute Continuum in SPICE
        Speaker: Dr Michal Orzechowski (AGH University of Krakow and ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 8
        Selecting Knowledge Representation Tools for a Cloud-Native Context
        Speakers: Patryk Zajdel (AGH University of Krakow), Szymon Głomski (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 9
        Towards Event-Based In-Cabin Sensing: a Synchronized Dual-Camera Dataset Pipeline
        Speaker: Marcin Kowalczyk (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 10
        Simulation of Texture Evolution in Rolled Cu with Neural Network Support
        Speaker: Bartosz Sułkowski (AGH Universtiy of Krakow)
      • 11
        Transformer as an Efficient Sampler for the Ising Model
        Speaker: Dawid Zapolski (Jagiellonian University)
      • 12
        Sampling Spin-Glass Systems with Transformers
        Speaker: Adam Stefański (Jagiellonian University)
      • 13
        A More Noise Resilient Search Space Method for the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm
        Speaker: Arkadiusz Wołk (AGH University of Krakow, ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    • S3 Room: Rysy

      Room: Rysy
      Convener: Prof. Maciej Szaleniec (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS)
      • 14
        Molecular Dynamics Study of Tetraglyme Solutions of Two Lithium Salts with Isomeric Anions: LiTFSI and LiFPFSI
        Speaker: Prof. Andrzej Eilmes (Jagiellonian University)
      • 15
        Applications of Inter-reactant Interaction Surfaces in the Study of Membrane Degradation in Alkaline Fuel Cells
        Speaker: Maria Rózga (Jagiellonian University)
      • 16
        Theoretical Study of Alkaline Degradation Pathways of Carbazolium Cations in Asymmetric Anion-Exchange Membranes
        Speaker: Olga Żurowska (Jagiellonian University)
      • 17
        Computational Investigation of Temperature-Dependent Luminescence in Transition Metal Complexes
        Speaker: Paweł Bonarek (Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University)
      • 18
        Palmitoylation as a Structural Switch for the CFTR Ion Channel
        Speaker: Jakub Mróz (Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University)
      • 19
        Mechanistic Plasticity of the Diels–Alder Reaction: the Role of Substituent and Solvent Effects
        Speaker: Agnieszka Łapczuk (Cracow University of Technology)
      • 20
        Abduction-Guided Experimental Design for Biomimetic CaP Synthesis via MD Screening of Ca–P Ionic Interactions
        Speaker: Krzysztof Stafin (Cracow University of Technology)
      • 21
        Theoretical Modeling of two D-sp³-A type Donor-Acceptor Systems with Extreme Solvatofluorochromism
        Speaker: Wojciech Radzik (Jagiellonian University)
    • 16:10
      Coffee break | Przerwa kawowa
    • Discussion Panel on AI Room: Rysy

      Room: Rysy
      • 22
        AI Practitioners Forum: Use Cases, Tools, and Open Discussion

        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: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    • Training session 1 Room: Zawrat

      Room: Zawrat
      • 23
        Containers as a Self-Contained Environment for HPC

        See Training description.

        Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Oskar Klimas (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    • 19:00
      AMD Dinner 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
    • Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont

      Room: Giewont
    • S4 Room: Tatry

      Room: Tatry
      Convener: Marta Maj (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 24
        Invited speech: Current Activities and Further Development of the National Supercomputing Infrastructure of the Czech Republic

        See the abstract here.

        Speaker: Dr Vit Vondrák (IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava)
      • 25
        TBA: Invited
        Speaker: Monika Wilk (Goodram | Wilk Elektronik S.A.)
      • 26
        TBA - EuroHPC JU AI Factories
        Speaker: Rafał Duczmal (NCBR / EuroHPC JU)
      • 27
        Short Story about AI Factory
        Speakers: Marek Kasztelnik (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Patrycja Dąbrowska (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 28
        TBA - LLM/Bielik
        Speaker: Remigiusz Kinas (Bielik AI)
    • 11:00
      Coffee & Poster Session & Group Photo
      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

      Please, have in mind that during this session the group photo will be taken.

    • Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont

      Room: Giewont
    • S5 Room: Tatry

      Room: Tatry
      Convener: Prof. Jacek Niemiec (The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics PAS)
      • 29
        Kinetic Simulations of Nonresonant Instability in the Precursor of Young Supernova Remnant Shock Containing Positrons
        Speaker: Oleh Kobzar (Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University)
      • 30
        Towards Fast, Machine‑Learning-Based Calorimeter Simulations in the ALICE Experiment at CERN
        Speaker: Emilia Majerz (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 31
        General-relativistic Magneto-hydro-dynamical Simulations of Relativistic Jets from Accreting Spinning Black Holes
        Speaker: Krzysztof Nalewajko (Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences)
      • 32
        VERONA: a GPU-accelerated Special Relativistic Hydrodynamics (SRHD) Code for Astrophysical Applications
        Speaker: Piotr Płonka (CTP PAS)
      • 33
        Finite Element Ion Recombination Simulations for Dosimetry and FLASH on PLGrid
        Speakers: Jakub Kaliński (AGH University of Krakow), Radosław Benedykciński (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 34
        Super-Eddington Accretion onto Neutron Stars, Ultra-compact Stars, and Black Holes: Radiative General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics Simulations
        Speaker: Fatemeh Kayanikhoo (Silesian University in Opava, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (CAMK) PAN)
      • 35
        Anthropogenic Hazards Research with EPOS TCS AH EPISODES Platform
        Speaker: Joanna Kocot (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 36
        Gold sponsor: Seagate Mozaic 4+: Od fizyki zapisu do architektury storage w HPC
        Speaker: Wojciech Puch (Seagate)
    • S6 Room: Rysy

      Room: Rysy
      Convener: Prof. Andrzej Eilmes (Jagiellonian University)
      • 37
        Development of AMBER Force Field Parameters for W-cofactors and Application to Study W-enzymes’ Catalytic Properties
        Speaker: Prof. Maciej Szaleniec (Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS)
      • 38
        Mathematical Model Explaining the Structural Transformation of Proteins Causing Neurodegenerative Diseases
        Speaker: Prof. Irena Roterman-Konieczna (Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum)
      • 39
        Spatial Model of the Presynaptic Bouton for Neurotransmitter Transport Simulation by Using Cellular Automaton
        Speaker: Dr Maciej Gierdziewicz (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 40
        Mechanistic Insights into the Cycloaddition of (2E,4E)-2,5-Dinitro-2,4-hexadiene with Diazomethane from Density Functional Theory
        Speaker: Dr Karolina Kula (Cracow University of Technology)
      • 41
        Language Driven Therapy Design in Predictive Oncology
        Speaker: FIlip Reka (AGH University of Krakow)
      • 42
        DFT Calculations of Flavin Derivatives in Their Anionic Forms
        Speaker: Prof. Iwona Gulaczyk (Adam Mickiewicz University)
      • 43
        Domain Bias in Deep Learning for Cytology
        Speaker: Jan Krupiński (Cracow University of Technology)
      • 44
        Computer Vision Pipelines for High-Content Microscopy Reveal Heritable Single-Cell Immune States
        Speaker: Dr Truong Co Nguyen (Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences)
    • 13:40
      Lunch
    • Panel Cyberbezpieczeństwa dla Uczelni Wyższych - dzień 2 - tylko na zaproszenie Room: Giewont

      Room: Giewont
    • S7 Room: Tatry

      Room: Tatry
      Convener: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 45
        Gold Sponsor: From Data Silos to Discovery: Streamlining Research Workflows with VAST AI OS
        Speakers: Jonathan Ball (VAST Data), Michał Kania (VAST Data)
      • 46
        Gold Sponsor: NEDAPS: Architekci Efektywności w Środowisku HPC
        Speaker: Marek Woszczyna (WASKO S.A.)
      • 47
        Gold Sponsor: Lenovo Neptune - innowacyjne rozwiązania układów chłodzenia skalowalnych platform HPC i AI
        Speaker: Wojciech Wróbel (Lenovo)
      • 48
        VeloxQ: Wysokowydajna Wielkoskalowa Optymalizacja QUBO
        Speaker: Robert Adamski (QuantumZ)
      • 49
        Kubernetes w środowisku obliczeniowym
        Speaker: Radosław Rowicki (Aptiv)
      • 50
        EPICURE - boost your computations!

        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)
    • Training session 2 Room: Zawrat

      Room: Zawrat
      • 51
        Inference Using PLGrid LLM Forge

        See Training description.

        Speakers: Oskar Klimas (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Szymon Mazurek (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    • 16:10
      Przerwa kawowa | Coffee Break
    • Cyfronet Discussion Panel 1 - To be confirmed Room: Rysy

      Room: Rysy
    • Cyfronet & Users Discussion Panel - To be confirmed Room: Rysy

      Room: Rysy
    • 19:00
      HPE Dinner 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
    • Training session 3
      • 52
        High-Performance Data Analytics with Python - part 1/2 Room: Zawrat

        Room: Zawrat

        See Training Description.

        Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
      • 11:00
        Coffee Break / Przerwa kawowa
      • 53
        High-Performance Data Analytics with Python - part 2/2 Room: Zawrat

        Room: Zawrat

        See Training Description.

        Speakers: Klemens Noga (ACC Cyfronet AGH), Leszek Grzanka (ACC Cyfronet AGH)
    • 13:30
      Lunch