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2 unusual facts about Slovak Academy of Sciences


Doctor of Science

In Slovakia, "Doctor of Sciences" (Dr.Sc.) is awarded by the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Smolenice Castle

Some reconstructions have been made after 1950, and since June 26, 1953 the castle is property of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.


PERCS

Major deployments have been for network-intensive and memory-intensive applications (as opposed to FLOPS-intensive), such as weather & climate modeling (ECMWF, UKMO, Environment Canada, Japan Meteorological Agency), and scientific research (University of Warsaw, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and several other government laboratories in the U.S., and other countries).


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