According to the financing contract no. 235 / 21.04.2020, CLOUDUT project has a total value of 4,955,000 lei, of which 4,950,000 lei represents non-reimbursable financial assistance. The project is implemented in Cluj-Napoca, in two main locations: 28 Memorandumului street and 26-28 G. Barițiu street. In the implementation period of 2 years and another 5 years of sustainability, the project aims to implement the following objectives:
Main objectives
- Increasing the research capacity in order to raise the level of scientific competitiveness at the international level of the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, by creating a high performance computing infrastructure, called CLOUDUT, that can be also integrated into national and international cloud structures and massive data infrastructures;
- Development of interdisciplinary scientific research teams and the capacity to collaborate in national and international research projects in the fields of big data, artificial intelligence, spatial data and IoT, as well as the use of these technologies in a wide range of engineering, economic and administrative applications of the regional and national economic environment.
Project specific objectives
SO1. Create a CLOUDUT infrastructure that will contribute to the development of high-performance computing resources and storage of massive data, necessary for research and scientific collaboration;
SO2. Development of dedicated cloud software platforms, services and applications, and the implementation of massive data infrastructures, that will support the specialisation of CLOUDUT for research engineering fields;
SO3. Development of interdisciplinary scientific research teams and the capacity to collaborate in national and international research projects;
SO4. Develop the capacity to publish, participate to and organise scientific events.