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ETP4HPC European Technology Platform

HPC Advisory Council Meeting – Malaga, 13th Sept 2012

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ETP4HPC in Questions

What is an ETP ? What are its main tasks? Why do we need an ETP in the area HPC ? Who are the founders of ETP4HPC ? How is ETP4HPC organized ? Who should participate in ETP4HPC ? What are the main findings of the ETP4HPC Vision Paper ? What is an SRA and how will we prepare it ? What are the main topics covered by ETP4HPC ? What are relationships with PRACE ? What are the next steps ? Why become a member of ETP4HPC ?

http://www.etp4hpc.eu

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What is an ETP ?

• An ETP is an industry-led forum – Medium to long-term research and technological objectives and

developing roadmaps to achieve them.

• Increasing synergies between different research actors, ultimately enhancing European competitiveness

– The European Commission is committed to its structured dialogue on research policy and priorities with European technology platforms

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http://cordis.europa.eu/technology-platforms/

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An ETP’s Objectives

A Vision Paper

A Strategic Research Agenda (SRA)

Also: an implementation plan detailing the actions required to implement the SRA

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Why an ETP on HPC ?

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Why an ETP on HPC ? • Objective: To develop a sustainable European HPC industry

• A strong European technology ecosystem is key to realize the full potential of HPC in Europe

• Representation of the European HPC industrial stakeholders

• Expected results : – Competitive HPC solutions designed in Europe.

– An economically sustainable HPC sector.

– Better ability to use HPC and make it a competitive advantage for European research and industry.

– Reduced reliance upon technology from other regions that are investing heavily in their HPC technology development.

– Competitiveness of existing industrial sector and development of new activities.

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Founders: Key Players of HPC Technology Research in Europe

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How is ETP4HPC organized ?

• Incorporated as a Dutch association

• Open membership for organizations having R&D based in Europe

• Managed by a Steering Board with 15 members representing: – Research centres (5)

– European SMEs (3)

– European controlled corporations (5)

– International companies with R&D in Europe (2)

• Steering board organisation – Chairman

– 2 Vice-chairmen for PRACE coordination and HPC development

– Secretary-Administrator, Treasurer

• Virtual office – BSC, CEA, Cineca+Eurotech, ParTec

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Who should participate in ET4HPC ?

• European HPC technology ecosystem: – Technology providers

– ISVs facing the multi-core/new architectures disruption

– Users looking for advanced technological HPC systems

– Research centers involved in HPC research

– Computing centers working on HPC technology or innovative HPC system operation

• Two possibilities – Full member : organizations with HPC research in Europe

– Associate member: individuals or organizations not qualified for full membership

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What are the main findings of the Vision Paper ?

• Recommendations : – To launch a research program with the aim to develop European technology in

all the segments of the HPC solutions value chain

– To focus this program on specific technical domains and on some operational priorities

• Operations : – Building on existing strengths.

– Analysing disruptions that can change the current HPC landscape and facilitate introduction of new technologies developed in Europe.

– Selecting technologies with a market potential large enough for a sustainable development.

– Using synergies with other IT market technologies.

– Choosing technologies fitting the needs of important applications.

– Creating a favourable environment for SMEs (creation of start-ups and development of existing SMEs).

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What is a Strategic Research Agenda ?

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Vision (objectives)

Strategic Research Agenda (priorities)

EU Calls for Proposals

European Research Area Horizon 2020

ETP

HPC Technology Providers

HPC Research Centres

HPC End Users

European HPC

Research Ecosystem

Strategic Research Agenda

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What are the main topics covered ?

• System and Component Architecture

• System Software

• Programming Environment

• HPC Usage Models

• Energy driven HPC

• Extreme parallelism

• Resiliency

• Compute, I/O and Storage Balance

• Big Data – Supporting New Workloads

• New HPC Delivery (e.g. Cloud)

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System & Component Architecture

System Software Programming Environment

HPC Usage Models

Energy Efficiency

Extreme Parallelism

System Resiliency

Compute, I/O & Storage Performance Balance

Big Data - Supporting New Workloads

New HPC Delivery (e.g. Cloud)

SRA Working Groups

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How will we prepare the SRA ?

• A series of workshops in October/November 2012, synchronising various approaches to European HPC technology competencies, strengths and opportunities: – End-users’ input: requirements related to applications, co-design

processes, and societal challenges

– External HPC experts and other fields of industry and research

• Organizations with HPC research in Europe are invited to participate

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What are the relationships with PRACE ?

• PRACE sets up a High-end Computing (HeC) infrastructure in Europe

• ETP4HPC defines and keeps updated a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) aiming to identify research priorities for the development of HPC technologies

• Both organisations (ETP4HPC and PRACE) are part of the European HPC Governance and have complementary stakeholders

• ETP4HPC and PRACE both will establish coordination cross links between their organisations

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What are the next steps ?

• Preparation of the SRA

• Recruitment of new members

• Joint meeting with European Commission in September

• Initial publication of the SRA - end of 2012

• Election of the board in September 2013

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Why become a member of ETP4HPC ?

• To participate in the definition of the R&D HPC strategy

• To share your ideas about the evolution of HPC technology

• To influence the definition of the SRA

• To pool your resources with other HPC stakeholders

• To anticipate evolutions related to your activity

• To increase the visibility and the voice of your organization

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http://www.etp4hpc.eu

Questions ?