# Who can use HPC services
# Academic staff
Individuals employed in research, research-and-teaching, or teaching positions at scientific institutions or public universities listed in the POL-on database, who hold at least a doctoral degree.
Verification of academic status is carried out by:
- confirming the possession of an institutional email address, and
- indicating a method of verifying the position (e.g., via the university website)
Other persons indicated by the academic staff member — such as:
- collaborators,
- PhD students, or
- students participating in joint projects —
may also use the services granted by PCSS.
💡 All services are provided free of charge.
Users are required to:
- include an acknowledgment in publications resulting from computations performed at PCSS, and
- submit a list of such publications once per year.
# Students
Students can use PCSS services as part of:
- academic courses,
- engineering, master’s, or doctoral theses.
Access to services requires creating a student space, and student status must be confirmed.
This is done by using a university email address confirming affiliation with an academic institution.
🧩 Services are provided free of charge, but students must:
- confirm access to their university email address once per semester,
- to maintain their affiliation status.
# Public access
Individuals who are neither students nor academic staff may also use PCSS computing services.
💰 In this case, resource usage is paid, with costs calculated based on the actual resources consumed —
you pay only for what you use.