IPB - Institute of Physics Belgrade

The Institute of Physics Belgrade (IPB, http://www.ipb.ac.rs/) was founded in 1961 by the government of the Republic of Serbia with a mission to conduct high quality research in the area of physics. At present it contributes more than 10% of the total scientific output of the country. IPB is highly recognized research institute at the EU level, being host to four EU Centers of Excellence: CX-CMCS (Centre of Excellence for Computational Modeling of Complex Systems), OPSA (Centre of Excellence for Optical Spectroscopy Applied in Physics, Material Science and Environmental Protection), IPB-CNP (Reinforcing Experimental Centre for Non-Equilibrium Studies with Application in Nano-Technologies, Etching of Integrated Circuits and Environmental Research), and QUPOM (Reinforcing the Centre for Quantum and Optical Metrology). In the past, IPB was involved in several Grid-related projects (EGEE-II, EGEE-III, SEE-GRID-, SEE-GRID-2, and SEE-GRID-SCI). Presently, IPB coordinates the Academic and Education Grid Initiative of Serbia. In SEE-GRID series of projects, IPB was leading SA1 activity, coordinating Grid operations in the region, interoperation and collaborative activities with EGEE and other regional Grid infrastructures.

IPB is designated by the Ministry of Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia as the referent institution for HPC in the country, and appointed to represent Serbia in European HPC-related projects. IPB is also designated by the Ministry as the host of the Blue Danube National Supercomputing and Data Storage Center, and as a coordinating institution of the seven-year National Supercomputing Initiative (2010-2016).

Within the PRACE project IPB will organize dissemination and training activities in Serbia (WP3), provide support for petascale applications (WP7), and participate in future technologies WP9, relevant for future development of Blue Danube National Supercomputing and Data Storage Center, which will serve as PRACE Tier-1 center.