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Lavrentiev (supercomputer center)

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2024: Centre launch

In October 2024, the first segment of the Lavrentiev supercomputing center with a computing power of 360 teraflops began work at Novosibirsk State University (NSU), which makes it the most powerful academic computing complex beyond the Urals. The center specializes in working with large language models and generative artificial intelligence.

According to the press service of NSU, the pilot cluster is located in the university's educational building with subsequent transfer to the NSU research center as part of the second stage of construction of a modern campus.

Lavrentiev supercomputer center launched in Novosibirsk

Rector of NSU Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk stressed that the supercomputer center is part of the university's development strategy and will function as a collective use center for various specialists.

By 2026, it is planned to increase the computing power of the center to 10 petaflops. The first stage already allows solving important research and applied problems.

Director of the Institute of Intellectual Robotics of NSU Alexei Okunev noted that the cluster is equipped with graphics accelerators for parallel computing and has enough video memory to work with modern language models of the ChatGPT and GigaChat level.

Among the first projects is the development of video analytics systems for Rostelecom, including transport detectors and non-standard behavior detection systems for schools. Artificial intelligence technologies based on large language models are designed to increase the accuracy and resistance to interference of the developed solutions.

The supercomputer center will also be used for educational purposes. At the "Digital Department" of NSU, it is planned to launch the "Machine Learning" program, where students will work on real projects using artificial intelligence technologies commissioned by industrial partners.[1]

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