{"id":3391,"date":"2022-03-15T10:32:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/?page_id=3391"},"modified":"2023-11-15T16:41:25","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:41:25","slug":"concurso-cpca-iac-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/concurso-cpca-iac-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Concurso CPCA-IAC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:175px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div role=\"img\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7409 has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/CPCA_Google_2023_1920x1080_semtexto_semlogos.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2nd edition<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In the preferred areas of Natural Language Processing and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Ref.: FCT\/CPCA-IAC\/2023\/01<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8661aa\"> Applications closed<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:45px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Overview and objectives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of Google&#039;s growing efforts to support excellent research in Portuguese academia, Google has made available to the FCT \u2013 Foundation for Science and Technology credits in <em>Google Cloud Platform <\/em>(GCP) worth 1M USD (one million United States Dollars) for the year 2023. Therefore, FCT opens this Advanced Computing Projects Competition, to support research and development projects in the preferred areas of \u201cNatural Language Processing\u201d <em> and<\/em> \u201cEthics in Artificial Intelligence\u201d and other scientific areas. Detailed information about the competition is available at<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fct.pt\/concursos\/concurso-de-projetos-de-computacao-avancada-inteligencia-artificial-em-cloud-2-edicao-1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fct.pt\/concursos\/concurso-de-projetos-de-computacao-avancada-inteligencia-artificial-em-cloud-2-edicao-1\" target=\"_blank\">FCT page<\/a><\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Recipients and Eligibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following are beneficiaries, individually or in co-promotion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>R&amp;D (Research and Development) institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborative laboratories;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technological interface centers;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science and technology infrastructures;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Science and technology networks and consortia;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Private non-profit institutions whose main objective is R&amp;D activities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital Innovation Hubs;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other public and private, non-profit institutions that develop or participate in research, development or innovation activities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies that develop advanced computing projects, in research, development or innovation activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individuals operating in Portugal who wish to develop advanced computing projects in any scientific field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding applications from companies as beneficiaries, advanced computing projects must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>occur within the scope of pre-competitive research and innovation, the goods or services of which that research or innovation are the subject of do not yet have a commercial value attributed to them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>not exceed the total computing budget to be allocated in this competition for all applications of this type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><strong>How to Enter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications must be submitted in&nbsp;<strong>English language<\/strong>&nbsp;and in a specific form at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75 has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"background-color:#8661aa\">Fixed Access \u2013 closed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7e5fce0a wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"background-color:#8661aa\">Variable Access \u2013 closed<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:44px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Computational model<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cloud computing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Preferred areas<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A minimum of&nbsp;<strong>80% of resources<\/strong>&nbsp;are reserved for areas of <strong>Natural language processing <\/strong>and <strong>Ethics in artificial intelligence<\/strong><em>;<\/em>\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A minimum of&nbsp;<strong>20% of resources<\/strong>&nbsp;are reserved for the remaining scientific areas using the offer&nbsp;<em>Google Cloud Platform&nbsp;<\/em>in artificial intelligence and data analysis algorithms, or more, if there are not enough applications to fill the quota referred to in the previous point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If the resources requested in the previously mentioned areas do not exhaust the computing resources available in the competition, the remaining part may be allocated to any other areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Summary of access typologies<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:8px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignwide is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><table class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Fixed Access<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Variable Access<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>credits at GCP <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25,000 USD<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">up to 150,000 USD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>duration<\/strong> <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">365 days or until credits expire<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">365 days or until credits expire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>support<\/strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Institutional or Individual<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Institutional<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>account type <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FCT-Portugal-Account-Types-Best-Practices.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FCT-Portugal-Account-Types-Best-Practices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Google<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"> <em>Instrumentless Account<\/em>  <br>(no credit card and limited access)  <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"> <em>Billing IDs &amp; Safeguarding<\/em> <br>(with credit card for account activation)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>access to<\/strong> <strong>GPUs<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">no<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>consumption of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FCT-Portugal-Account-Types-Best-Practices.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/FCT-Portugal-Account-Types-Best-Practices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">resources<\/a><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">after exhaustion of resources, the account closes automatically<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">allows you to activate billing safeguards<sup>2<\/sup><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>reinforcements<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">no<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Yes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup>1<\/sup> Under the terms of article 4 of Regulation no. 10\/2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><sup>2<\/sup> In the Variable Access category, the candidate associates a payment method with their Google account, such as a credit card number, even if the use of GCP will not generate payment requests within the context of this competition. This type of account allows for a billing safeguard that allows the use of credits without charging the credit card used. It is the researcher&#039;s responsibility to configure this type of safeguard. The payment method (e.g., credit card) will only be requested by Google after the project receives FCT approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Selection criteria<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Articles 14 and 15 of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/files.dre.pt\/2s\/2022\/01\/004000000\/0013100139.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/files.dre.pt\/2s\/2022\/01\/004000000\/0013100139.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regulation for Advanced Computing Projects<\/a>&nbsp;All applications received are processed according to the following criteria, which are detailed in the evaluation guide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>T1: Technical adequacy to the requested resources;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>T2: Computational resources application plan, reasonableness and work plan;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>T3: Technological or scientific relevance of the advanced computing project.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Supporting documentation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No information published on this page replaces or overrides the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" type=\"URL\" id=\"https:\/\/myfct.fct.pt\/LibDocument\/FileDisplay.aspx?EcrypDoctId=nPfeQRPmVGvToTXCSIZ9xA==\" href=\"https:\/\/files.dre.pt\/2s\/2022\/01\/004000000\/0013100139.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Regulation<\/a>,<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/myfct.fct.pt\/LibDocument\/FileDisplay.aspx?EcrypDoctId=s\/2pB+I7Ga7PNumQX6BRLQ==\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/myfct.fct.pt\/LibDocument\/FileDisplay.aspx?EcrypDoctId=s\/2pB+I7Ga7PNumQX6BRLQ==\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Notice of Opening of the Competition<\/a> and the information provided on the website <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fct.pt\/concursos\/concurso-de-projetos-de-computacao-avancada-inteligencia-artificial-em-cloud-2-edicao-1\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.fct.pt\/concursos\/concurso-de-projetos-de-computacao-avancada-inteligencia-artificial-em-cloud-2-edicao-1\" target=\"_blank\">FCT.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information and clarifications can be requested via the email address: rnca<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-3536\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/download.png\" alt=\"at\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/download.png 225w, https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/download-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 20px) 100vw, 20px\" \/>fccn.pt, indicating in the subject \u201cFCT\/CPCA-IAC\/2023\/01\u201d.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candidaturas encerradas Vis\u00e3o global e objetivos Como parte dos esfor\u00e7os crescentes da Google para apoiar a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o de excel\u00eancia no meio acad\u00e9mico portugu\u00eas, a Google disponibilizou \u00e0 FCT &#8211; Funda\u00e7\u00e3o &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3391","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3391"}],"version-history":[{"count":154,"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8036,"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3391\/revisions\/8036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rnca.fccn.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}