Project Details
Czech AI Factory (CZAI)
Project Period: 1. 5. 2026 – 30. 4. 2029
Project Type: grant
Code: 101314740
Agency: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Program: The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU)
supercomputer, artifical intelligence
Project is focused on supporting the development and adoption of artificial intelligence in the Czech Republic, with an emphasis on practical applications, technological infrastructure, and skills development, enabling deeper integration of the Czech AI ecosystem into the European network of AI Factories and other AI initiatives. The main component of the project is the acquisition and operation of the new KarolAIna supercomputer, a computing infrastructure optimized for AI workloads, which will build on the successful petascale system Karolina installed and managed by IT4Innovations national supercomputing center at VSB. This infrastructure is designed to serve a broad spectrum of users, including industry, public administration, research teams, and startups, providing access to advanced computational resources necessary for AI model training, deployment, and experimentation.
Burget Lukáš, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Fajčík Martin, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Firc Anton, Ing., Ph.D. (DITS)
Herout Adam, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Heřmanský Hynek, prof. Ing., Dr. Eng. (DCGM)
Jaroš Jiří, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)
Jírovec Martin, Ing. (DFIT-Dean)
Kesiraju Santosh, Ph.D. (DCGM)
Kohlová Renata, Ing. (DCGM)
Kudla Radim, Ing. (DCGM)
Malinka Kamil, doc. Mgr., Ph.D. (DITS)
Maršík Lukáš, Ing. (DCGM)
Plchot Oldřich, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Schwarz Petr, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Szőke Igor, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Španěl Michal, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Zemčík Pavel, prof. Dr. Ing., dr. h. c. (DCGM)
Žádník Martin, Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY)