Projects Funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic – Component 17

Project Title: Development and Construction of a Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre

Project Number: 17I03-04-P03-00001

Direct Call Title: Direct Call for the Implementation of the Project “Development and Construction of a Supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre”

Direct Call Code: 17I03-04-P03

Project Implementation Period: 10/2024 – 12/2025

Total Eligible Costs: €20,907,615.81

Component: Component 17 of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic: Digital Slovakia (mobile government, cybersecurity, high-speed internet for everyone, digital economy)

Investment: 3 – Participation in Cross-border European “Multi-Country Projects” Aimed at Building a Digital Economy

Implementing Body: Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization of the Slovak Republic (MIRRI SR)

Beneficiary: Technical University of Košice, a public university under Act No. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education and on Amendments and Supplements to Certain Acts, as amended

Project Objective: The main objective of the project is the development and construction of a supercomputer for the National Supercomputing Centre at the data center site of the Technical University of Košice.
The objective will be achieved through the following activities:

• Procurement and commissioning of a publicly accessible national high-performance computing infrastructure that will serve not only the academic community but also public and state administration institutions, as well as private research and development.
• Interconnection of two parts of the supercomputer located at two sites into a single common cluster, followed by testing.
• Active support for the adoption of solutions based on high-performance computing (HPC) systems, i.e., development of the HPC ecosystem.

Purpose: The purpose of the project is to build the second supercomputer cluster (the first one is being built within the project of the Slovak Academy of Sciences' Joint Activities Center in Bratislava) and create a comprehensive cluster-based HPC system. This includes the development of redundant technologies with additional computing power and the expansion of the ecosystem into modern HPC areas, with a focus on artificial intelligence and quantum simulators. The ecosystem building process will also involve cooperation with relevant universities and leading experts from the academic community.

The project is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU

Project Title: Competence and Training Centre for Cyber and Information Security at TUKE

Project Code: 17R05-04-V01-00004

Component: 17 – Digital Slovakia

Investment/Reform: Reform 5: Improving Education and Ensuring Competence in the Field of Cyber and Information Security (IT in Public Administration)

Project Implementation Period: 01/2025 – 03/2026

Total Eligible Costs: €1,563,457.40

Project Objective: The main objective of the project is to establish a Cybersecurity Competence Centre at the Technical University of Košice. This centre will serve as a modern didactic workplace led by top experts in the field of cyber and information security (CIS) and will systematize the university’s collaboration with public administration. It will offer comprehensive support in the field of cybersecurity, focusing on the needs of public administration, secondary and higher education institutions, and lifelong learning.

As the largest technical university in Slovakia, TUKE already educates students in the Cybersecurity study programme and has the potential and capacity to successfully implement this project. The project focuses on the development of high-quality methodological and didactic materials for teaching cyber and information security and on establishing a specialized workplace with first-class technical and personnel resources. This will meet the needs of both public administration and full-time students in the field.

The project is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU