Information Processing Centre is a Polish research institute

Research institute

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 supervised by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Its goal is to provide quick and easy access to up-to-date and detailed databases about science in Poland as part of Polish and European Union

European Union

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 programme. It oversees several databases, listing Polish research institutes, Polish scientists, their works, conferences, etc.