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Romanian Association for the Promotion of
the Advanced Computational
Methods in Scientific Research
(ARCAŞ)
Mihnea
Dulea
Horia
Hulubei
Na0onal
Ins0tute
for
R&D
in
Physics
and
Nuclear
Engineering
(IFIN-­‐HH)

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The
Romanian
Associa0on
for
the
Promo0on
of
the
Advanced
Computa0onal
Methods
in
Scien0fic
Research
(ARCAŞ)
gathers
together
scientists,
IT
professionals,
and
ins>tu>ons
engaged
in
the
use
of
high
performance
compu>ng
technologies
and
methods
for
scien>fic
research.
ARCAŞ
is
a
Romanian
private
legal
en>ty,
apoli>cal,
non-­‐governmental,
non-­‐profit,
which
complies
with
the
Romanian
laws
in
force.
ARCAŞ
is
an
independent,
democra>c
organisa>on
of
high
professional
competence.
The
purpose
of
ARCAŞ
is
to
unify
and
coordinate
at
na>onal
level
the
efforts
of
the
scien>fic
community
towards
the
promo>on
and
development
of
advanced
computa>onal
methods
and
the
realiza>on
of
a
sustainable
compu>ng
infrastructure
for
scien>fic
research.
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ARCAŞ
was
founded
in
July
2011
by
a
group
of
professionals
from

Alexandru
Ioan
Cuza
University
of
Iasi
(UAIC)

Horia
Hulubei
Na>onal
Ins>tute
for
Physics
and
Nuclear
Engineering
(IFIN-­‐HH)

Ins>tute
for
Space
Sciences
(ISS)

Politehnica
University
of
Bucharest
(UPB)

Romanian
Spa>al
Agency
(ROSA)

Technical
University
of
Cluj-­‐Napoca
(UTCN)

West
University
of
Timisoara
(UVT)
The
associa>on
is
open
for
new
members
and
will
soon
aYract
the
most
representa>ve
ins>tu>ons
and
professionals
in
the
field
of
computa>onal
sciences
and
informa>on
technologies.
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The
main
objec0ves
of
ARCAŞ
are:

Support
of
the
development
and
applica>on
of
advanced
computa>onal
methods
in
scien>fic
research,
such
as
HPC,
Grid
compu>ng,
and
cloud
compu>ng.

Representa>on
of
the
professional
interests
of
the
providers
and
beneficiaries
of
the
resources
and
services
for
High
Performance
Scien>fic
Compu>ng
(HPSC)

Par>cipa>on
in
the
elabora>on
of
the
projects
of
norma>ve
acts,
of
na>onal
standards,
and
regula>ons
in
the
HPSC
field.

Par>cipa>on
in
European
and
na>onal
projects

Strengthening
the
role
of
the
scien>fic
research
and
educa>on
community
in
the
coordina>on
at
the
na>onal
level
of
the
HPSC
ac>vity;

Organisa>on
of
a
na>onal
competence
network
for
the
evalua>on
of
the
so]ware
applica>ons
and
alloca>on
of
compu>ng
>me,
composed
of
researchers
with
HPSC
experience;
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