NCC Romania

The Romanian National HPC Competence Center (RoNCC) creates a network of skills in High Performance Computing (HPC) and functions as an interface to facilitate access to resources and capabilities in this field, both in Romania and in Europe, through the EuroCC network.


RoNCC creates a network of skills in High Performance Computing (HPC) and functions as an interface to facilitate access to resources and capabilities in this field, both in Romania and in Europe, through the EuroCC network.

Functioning as an interface that streamlines access to resources and capabilities in HPC, RoNCC is a cornerstone for various stakeholders. Its primary objective is to provide invaluable resources for public institutions, educational entities, IT service providers, and other interested parties.

  • RoNCC is strategically designed to cater to the diverse needs of its users, emphasizing the following key areas: Academic Users: Prioritizing support for academic users with large-scale allocations, RoNCC recognizes the importance of meeting the evolving needs of educational institutions.
  • Industrial Usage: Addressing the current and future HPC and Artificial Intelligence (AI) needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and startups, RoNCC aims to bolster industrial capabilities in Romania.
  • Training and Support: Offering essential training and support services, RoNCC endeavours to enable a wide range of Romanian users to harness the potential of new hardware deployed in pre-exascale systems.

Main activities:

  •  Facilitating access to HPC hardware and software infrastructure for the development of experiments, modules, etc.;
  •  Consulting services for the adoption of HPC/IA technology, from a technical point of view, adapted for the business environment (non-technical);
  •  Facilitating participation in dissemination and training events with general or specific themes, depending on the needs and interests of the stakeholders;
  •  Identification of stakeholders’ needs;
  •  Providing support and guidance in the field of HPC/IA;
  •  Providing support to participate in open calls launched in the HPC/IA field;
  • Facilitating collaborations and partnerships.

Benefits of HPC technology, offered through RoNCC

  • Access to supercomputers and HPC infrastructure: easy access to high-performance computing (HPC) resources, which can be extremely valuable for organizations dealing with computationally intensive tasks, significantly reducing work time;
  • Access to HPC/AI/HPDA training and educational materials: training opportunities and access to learning materials related to High Performance Computing (HPC), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Performance Data Analytics (HPDA) );
  • Technical and non-technical consulting on the adoption of HPC technologies: guidance and support of organizations in the adoption of HPC technologies, both from a technical and non-technical perspective;
  • Consultancy for accessing funds and open calls offered by funding programs such as EUROHPC JU, Fortissimo, etc.: RONCC can help organizations access funds and participate in open calls offered by various HPC-related funding programs, such as those mentioned;
  • National and European collaborations in the HPC/IA/HPDA fields: facilitating collaboration between organizations at the national and international level for the national development of the HPC field;
  • Promotion of national initiatives at the European level: promoting national initiatives related to HPC, AI and HPDA at the European level, increasing the visibility and impact of the initiatives and organizations involved.

Our services:

  • Infrastructure;
  • Training;
  • Technical Competences;
  • Consultancy Services;
  • Support Services;
  • Access;
  • Awareness Creation;
  • Support for application to funding initiatives.

The vision of the Romanian National HPC Competence Center (RoNCC) is to establish a single point of reference and contact for academia, industry and public administration. All activities are focused and orchestrated as a single know-how hub for both academia and industry.