Identification and framework
Acronym: EUROCC
Entities involved:
- UNIVERSITY OF MINHO
- UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL
- UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA
- INSTRUMENTATION AND EXPERIMENTAL PARTICLE PHYSICS LABORATORY
- UNIVERSITY OF LISBON – HIGHER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
- UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA
Project Title: National Competence Centers in the framework of EuroHPC' — 'EUROCC'
Grant Agreement: 951732 — EUROCC — H2020-JTI-EuroHPC-2019-2
Start Date: 01-09-2020
End Date: 31-08-2022
Approved value: 2.000.000 €
Amount executed on 12/31/2020: 0 €
Project summary
- Objectives
The main objective of EuroCC is to implement a European support structure based on strongly linked National Competence Centres (NCCs) to support academia, public administration and industry (especially SMEs) in benefiting from the advantages of HPC expertise, experience and resources available in Europe.
There is a clear requirement that this be carried out by just one single point of contact and coordination in each European country (the National Competence Centre) to implement and coordinate all necessary activities at national level.
This includes:
- the orchestration of organizations, services and training activities already existing in the respective nation
- the development of improved and new support activities.
- clearly defined business models for interacting with different groups of potential customers
- promotion and awareness at national and international level
- maximizing synergies (exchange of best practices and support) with other European nations
The EuroCC activity will bring together the expertise needed to establish a network of National HPC Competence Centers across Europe in 31 participating, member, and associate states, providing a broad portfolio of services tailored to the respective national needs of industry, academia, and public administrations. This will support and significantly enhance national strengths in High Performance Computing (HPC) skills, as well as High Performance Data Analytics (HPDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities, and will close existing gaps to increase the usability of these technologies across the various states, thus providing a baseline of European excellence.
