EUROPEAN
SUPERCOMPUTING
INITIATIVE
LuxProvide is a member of several supercomputing initiatives and innovation projects. These efforts share a common objective of enhancing the European economy and bolstering the supercomputing ecosystem.
European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking
Headquartered in Luxembourg and entrusted with a budget of over 8 billion Euro, the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) initiative aims to establish and sustain a cutting-edge, interconnected infrastructure ecosystem for supercomputing, quantum computing, services, and data within the European Union (EU). LuxProvide’s MeluXina is one of the first supercomputers jointly funded by the European Union and the Luxembourg State.
European Network of Competence Centers
in High-Performance Computing (HPC)
LuxProvide, the University of Luxembourg and LuxInnovation are jointly managing the Luxembourg National Competence Centre in High-Performance Computing (HPC). Its primary objective is to encourage the use of HPC in areas of computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), academia, and public administrations.
EuroCC and CASTIEL, two flagship EuroHPC initiatives, organize national competence centers and establish a network of National Competence Centres for HPC throughout Europe. These centers serve as central hubs to foster and facilitate the adoption of HPC and its associated technologies across various industries.
European High Performance Computing Master’s programme
EUMaster4HPC is a collaborative initiative in Europe that aims to create a Master’s program focused on high-performance computing (HPC). It brings together leading institutions to develop a unified curriculum and foster collaboration. The program emphasizes innovative teaching approaches and aims to accelerate HPC adoption in academia and industry. EUMaster4HPC also aims to establish a network of HPC specialists, emphasizing student and teacher mobility for practical experience in European supercomputing centers.
Application Support Teams in High-Performance Computing
Available from September 2023, the Application Support Teams (ASTs) will be set up in EuroHPC Hosting Entities, including LuxProvide. They will work together with support actions funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) to offer their services, primarily focusing on Level 2 and 3 application support. This support will involve tasks like adapting, improving, and running important applications for a number of projects that have been granted computing time through the EuroHPC JU’s peer-review process. The services provided by the ASTs will also include organizing specialized training events and workshops during major international high-performance computing events.
HPCTRAIN
The HPCTRAIN project offers professional traineeships in high-performance computing (HPC) for young professionals in Europe. It emphasizes improving HPC training, promoting diversity and inclusion, and providing practical experience and networking opportunities to boost career prospects, particularly in sought-after HPC technologies.
Application Support Teams in High-Performance Computing
Specialized Application Support Teams (ASTs) will be set up in EuroHPC Hosting Entities, including LuxProvide. They will work together with support actions funded by the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) to offer their services, primarily focusing on Level 2 and 3 application support. This support will involve tasks like adapting, improving, and running important applications for a number of projects that have been granted computing time through the EuroHPC JU’s peer-review process. The services provided by the ASTs will also include organizing specialized training events and workshops during major international high-performance computing events.
Deploy AI
DeployAI’s main objective is to create an AI-On-Demand platform (AIoDP) that emphasizes trustworthy and ethical European AI solutions. This platform will offer a catalog of responsible AI resources, making them easily accessible to SMEs and the public sector. AIoDP will enable the rapid development and deployment of Trustworthy AI (TAI) applications across various infrastructures. The project also includes an engagement strategy for AI resource providers and users, fostering innovation in the European AI landscape, along with plans for long-term sustainability.
DAFAB
The DAFAB project aims to maximize the use of Copernicus data to stimulate growth in the European Earth Observation data market. It focuses on sectors such as insurance, food safety, environmental monitoring, and precision agriculture. DAFAB is investing in cutting-edge hardware and federated computing for real-time analysis of high-resolution Earth Observation data. Moreover, it’s working on enhancing data efficiency through semantic web techniques and public metadata catalogs. To ensure long-term analysis and effective data management, DAFAB plans to develop innovative cloud computing and public metadata catalogs, ultimately providing a unified solution for accessing both raw Copernicus data and its by-products.