At the international SC22 conference, IDRIS, GENCI and HuggingFace were awarded the "Best HPC collaboration" prize by HPC Wire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards. https://www.genci.fr/sites/default/files/PR_BLOOM_HPCW_Award_171122.pdf

CNRS Press Release (12/07/2022)

Delivery of the largest "open science" multilingual language model ever trained https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/livraison-du-plus-grand-modele-de-langue-multilingue-open-science-jamais-entraine

CNRS Info (23/03/2022)

Jean Zay takes up bridge. https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/jean-zay-se-met-au-bridge

BigScience Project

BigScience: press review in France and around the world

Press Release (17/11/2022)

La recherche (19/08/2022)

Bloom: a new automatic text generation model https://www.larecherche.fr/intelligence-artificielle/bloom-un-nouveau-mod%C3%A8le-de-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration-automatique-de-textes

Les échos (20/07/2022)

An ultra-innovative multilingual analysis system trained in Essonne https://www.lesechos.fr/pme-regions/ile-de-france/un-systeme-danalyse-multilingue-ultra-innovant-entraine-dans-lessonne-1777649

IDW (19/07/2022)

French research as a driver for a new AI model https://idw-online.de/de/news798692

Slator (19/07/2022)

'Most important AI Model in the Last Decade' --- Meet Large Language Model BLOOM https://slator.com/most-important-ai-model-last-decade-large-language-model-bloom/

LeMagIT (19/07/2022)

BLOOM: the CNRS trains one of the largest multilingual megamodels https://www.lemagit.fr/actualites/252522917/BLOOM-lun-des-plus-gros-megamodeles-multilingues-a-ete-entraine-en-France

TechXplore (18/07/2022)

As AI language skills grow, so do scientists' concerns https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-ai-language-skills-scientists.html

Techno-sciences.net (16/07/2022)

French research, driving force behind a new artificial intelligence model https://www.techno-science.net/actualite/recherche-francaise-moteur-nouveau-modele-intelligence-artificielle-N22199.html

Silicon.fr (13/07/2022)

BLOOM: things to know about this "mega-model" of AI with French blood https://www.silicon.fr/bloom-mega-modele-ia-ouvert-sang-francais-443785.html

L'Usine Digitale (13/07/2022)

A thousand researchers have developed an open-source multilingual language model https://www.usine-digitale.fr/article/un-millier-de-chercheurs-ont-developpe-un-modele-de-langue-multilingue-en-open-source.N2026212

SiliconAngle (12/07/2022)

Researchers open-source neural network with 176B parameters https://siliconangle.com/2022/07/12/researchers-open-source-neural-network-176b-parameters/

Analitics India Magazine - AIM (12/07/2022)

BigScience's open-source LLM BLOOM has landed https://analyticsindiamag.com/bigsciences-open-source-llm-bloom-has-landed/

ActuIA (12/07/2022)

Delivery of the largest "open science" multilingual language model ever trained https://www.actuia.com/actualite/livraison-du-plus-grand-modele-de-langue-multilingue-open-science-jamais-entraine/

Markepost (12/07/2022)

BigScience AI Researchers Open-Source 'BLOOM': An Autoregressive Multilingual Large Language Model Larger Than GPT-3 and OPT-175B https://www.marktechpost.com/2022/07/12/bigscience-ai-researchers-open-source-bloom-an-autoregressive-multilingual-large-language-model-larger-than-gpt-3-and-opt-175b/

CNRS Press Release (12/07/2022)

Delivery of the largest "open science" multilingual language model ever trained https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/livraison-du-plus-grand-modele-de-langue-multilingue-open-science-jamais-entraine

Release of largest trained open-science multilingual language model ever https://www.cnrs.fr/sites/default/files/press_info/2022-07/CP%20BigScience%20Bloom_EN.pdf

CNRS Infos (12/07/2022)

French research, driving force behind a new AI model https://www.cnrs.fr/index.php/fr/cnrsinfo/la-recherche-francaise-moteur-dun-nouveau-modele-dia

CNRS Le journal (12/07/2022)

BigScience aims high for language models https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/bigscience-voit-grand-pour-les-modeles-de-langue

Analitics India Magazine - AIM (28/06/2022)

Finally, a large language model that's open source https://analyticsindiamag.com/finally-a-large-language-model-thats-open-source/

Nature (22/06/2022)

Open-source language AI challenges big tech's models https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01705-z

2021

ActuIA (13/12/2021)

Why is the Jean Zay supercomputer experiencing an increase in its artificial intelligence performance? https://www.actuia.com/actualite/pourquoi-le-supercalculateur-jean-zay-connait-une-augmentation-de-ses-performances-en-intelligence-artificielle/

Journal du CNRS (26/11/2021)

Athénan, a multi-champion gaming AI https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/athenan-une-ia-joueuse-multi-championne

GENCI CNRS HPE Press Release (17/11/2021)

A new partition dedicated to AI for the Jean Zay supercomputer
👀 In French, or 👀 in English

Le Monde (04/05/2021)

A giant project to make an artificial intelligence speak, and do better than Google https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2021/05/04/un-projet-geant-pour-faire-parler-une-intelligence-artificielle-et-faire-mieux-que-google_6079004_1650684.html

CNRS Press Release (07/04/2021)

Particle physics: will muons lead us to new physics? https://www.iledefrance-gif.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/physique-des-particules-les-muons-nous-meneront-ils-vers-une-nouvelle-physique

JCTC Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation (23/03/2021)

Tinker-HP: Accelerating Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Large Complex Systems with Advanced Point Dipole Polarizable Force Fields Using GPUs and Multi-GPU Systems, Olivier Adjoua, Louis Lagardère, Luc-Henri Jolly, Arnaud Durocher, Thibaut Very, Isabelle Dupays, Zhi Wang, Théo Jaffrelot Inizan, Frédéric Célerse, Pengyu Ren, Jay W. Ponder, and Jean-Philip Piquemal https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jctc.0c01164

issuu and Contact 07 (03/2021)

When the brain meets the stars: Knowledge made visible to the naked eye, Dr Philippe Ciuciu (CEA, Neurospin) https://issuu.com/ska_telescope/docs/contact_7_-_ska_magazine__pages_/s/11881893

CNRS Press Release (16/02/2021)

The EPA Paris-Saclay signs an agreement with the CNRS to recover waste heat from the Jean Zay supercomputer to supply the buildings of the Campus urbain https://www.iledefrance-gif.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/lepa-paris-saclay-signe-une-convention-avec-le-cnrs-visant-recuperer-la-chaleur-fatale-du

CNRS Institutional Communication (12/02/2021)

Three new Equipex infrastructures for robotics, scientific data and virtual environments https://ins2i.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/trois-nouvelles-infrastructures-equipex-pour-la-robotique-les-donnees-scientifiques-et-les

Covid-19

Publications - Covid-19

Articles are published by the Covid-19 projects computing on Jean Zay:

Chemical Science (02/02/2021)

High-Resolution Mining of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Conformational Space: Supercomputer-Driven Unsupervised Adaptive Sampling https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/sc/d1sc00145k#!divAbstract

Austin Journal of Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology (04/01/2021)

Hydroxychloroquine and Azithromycin Molecular Action against SARS-CoV-2 Viral Protein: A Molecular Dynamic Study https://austinpublishinggroup.com/nanomedicine-nanotechnology/fulltext/ajnn-v9-id1061.pdf

Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling (04/01/2021)

A potential solution to avoid overdose of mixed drugs in the event of Covid-19: nanomedicine at the heart of the Covid-19 pandemic https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1093326321000036

ChemRxiv (12/10/2020)

Thermodynamics of the Interaction Between SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Human ACE2 Receptor. Effects of Possible Ligands https://chemrxiv.org/articles/Thermodynamics_of_the_Interaction_Between_SARS-CoV-2_Spike_Protein_and_Human_ACE2_Receptor_Effects_of_Possible_Ligands/12186624

MedRxiv (06/10/2020)

Integration of clinical characteristics, lab tests and a deep learning CT scan analysis to predict severity of hospitalized COVID-19 patients https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.14.20101972v3

Journal of Proteome research (04/10/2020)

Molecular Basis of SARS-CoV‑2 Infection and Rational Design of Potential Antiviral Agents: Modeling and Simulation Approaches (article)

ChemRxiv (25/09/2020)

High-Resolution Mining of SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Conformational Space: Supercomputer-Driven Unsupervised Adaptive Sampling https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/High-Resolution_Mining_of_SARS-CoV-2_Main_Protease_Conformational_Space_Supercomputer-Driven_Unsupervised_Adaptive_Sampling/13003166/1

ChemRxiv (10/08/2020)

Has Ivermectin Virus-Directed Effects against SARS-CoV-2? Rationalizing the Action of a Potential Multitarget Antiviral Agent https://chemrxiv.org/articles/preprint/Has_Ivermectin_Virus-Directed_Effects_against_SARS-CoV-2_Rationalizing_the_Action_of_a_Potential_Multitarget_Antiviral_Agent/12782258

ChemRxiv (24/07/2020)

DNA Aptamers Block the Receptor Binding Domain at the Spike Protein of SARS-CoV-2 https://chemrxiv.org/articles/DNA_Aptamers_Block_the_Receptor_Binding_Domain_at_the_Spike_Protein_of_SARS-CoV-2/12696173/1

Physical Chemistry Letters (14/06/2020)

Role of RNA Guanine Quadruplexes in Favoring the Dimerization of SARS Unique Domain in Coronaviruses https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01097

bioRxiv (07/04/2020)

Role of RNA Guanine Quadruplexes in Favoring the Dimerization of SARS Unique Domain in Coronaviruses https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.07.029447v1

Press review - Covid-19