| Annotation: | PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing is the permanent pan-European High Performance Computing service
providing world-class systems for world-class science. Systems at the highest performance level (Tier-0) are deployed by
Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland, providing researchers with more than 17 billion core hours of compute time.
HPC experts from 25 member states enabled users from academia and industry to ascertain leadership and remain
competitive in the Global Race. Currently PRACE is finalizing the transition to PRACE 2, the successor of the initial five year
period. The objectives of PRACE-6IP are to build on and seamlessly continue the successes of PRACE and start new
innovative and collaborative activities proposed by the consortium. These include: assisting the development of PRACE 2;
strengthening the internationally recognised PRACE brand; continuing and extend advanced training which so far provided
more than 36 400 person·training days; preparing strategies and best practices towards Exascale computing, work on
forward-looking SW solutions; coordinating and enhancing the operation of the multi-tier HPC systems and services; and
supporting users to exploit massively parallel systems and novel architectures. A high level Service Catalogue is provided.
The proven project structure will be used to achieve each of the objectives in 7 dedicated work packages. The activities are
designed to increase Europe's research and innovation potential especially through: seamless and efficient Tier-0 services
and a pan-European HPC ecosystem including national capabilities; promoting take-up by industry and new communities
and special offers to SMEs; assistance to PRACE 2 development; proposing strategies for deployment of leadership
systems; collaborating with the ETP4HPC, CoEs and other European and international organisations on future architectures,
training, application support and policies. This will be monitored through a set of KPIs. |
