Date: Wednesday 11 December 2024 

Format: 1 full day + informal dinner previous day


Venue/Location 

Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC) office

Polish Optical Internet Research Center
Street Jana Pawła II 10
61-139 Poznan, Poland

Google maps link:


How to get there: https://www.psnc.pl/how-to-reach-us/cbpio/.

Accommodation/recommended hotels:

The list of recommendations: https://www.psnc.pl/how-to-reach-us/base-of-hotels/. 

Remote participation:

Will be possible via Webex. Details will follow after registration. 





REGISTRATION

For any questions, please email schaefer@dfn.de

AGENDA

TimingTopic & Presenter
Tuesday 10 December
19:00Group Dinner
(please confirm your participation until 29/11)
Wednesday 11 December
09:00 - 09:30Welcome & Intro - SIG-AI for NRENs Roadmap - Leonie Schäfer (DFN) and Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)
09:30 - 10:45

PSNC - Overview of current AI Projects

  1. AI for Next Generation Networks, Bartosz Belter (PSNC)  
  2. ML/AI for early diagnosis and therapy of diseases, Cezary Mazurek (PSNC)
  3. LLM and Generative AI for e-learning and science, Marcin Wolski (PSNC)
  4. AI for Humanity and Cultural Heritage, Tomasz Parkoła/Tomasz Hoffman (PSNC)
10:45 - 11:00

Coffee-Break

11:00 - 11:10News from the GÉANT Community Programme - Dawn Hsu-hua Ng  (GÉANT)
11:10 - 12:30Session: A view on AI for NRENs from the SIG AI Steering Committee perspective

Using Machine Learning approaches to facilitate network situational awareness - Jan Kohlrausch (DFN-CERT)


The Current AI Landscape in Greece: A View from the Supply Side - Panos Louridas (GRNET)


From GPT-NL to WiLLMa to dealing with AI(-ACT) - an overview on what is happening at SURF - Albert Hankel (SURF)


High-Performance Artificial Intelligence Activities at ASNET-AM: Bridging Advanced Computing and AI - Hrachya Astsatryan (ASNET-AM)


AI impacts on the research lifecycle - Daniela Brauner (GÉANT)

12:30 - 13:30Lunch
13:30 - 14:30Discussion in Breakout Groups - Online and F2F

Discussion and presentation of the results 
14:30 - 15:00

Session: Short presentations by SIG-AI participants (Part I)


Making a service out of Whisper - Lars Lund Thomson (NORDUnet)


tbd - Jakob Tendel (DFN)


GenAI initiative for NRENs in the Asia Pacific region
Asitha Bandaranayake (LEARN)

15:00 - 15:20

Coffee-Break

15:20 - 16:00

Session: Short presentations by SIG-AI participants (Part II)


tbd - Antonio Fuentes (RedIRIS)


Implementing preventUEBA for risk assessment: Lessons Learned and Challenges - Nil Ortiz Rabella and Albert Calvo (I2CAT) - Virtual presentation


Secure AI services for Austrian academic institutions 
Michael Pisecki (ACOmarket GmbH) - Virtual presentation


tbd - Magdalena Rzaca (GÉANT)
16:00 - 16:15Final Comments & Closing - Leonie Schäfer (DFN)