On 24 November 2023, Dr Jarosław Protasiewicz, Head of the National Information Processing Institute (OPI), was awarded the Sapientia et Veritas medal for meritorious service to the Polish science by Przemysław Czarnek, the Polish Minister of Education and Science. The medal is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to higher education and science, including accomplishments in research, didactics, and organisation. At the award ceremony,…