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Project

EuroCC Belgium (EuroCC)

Within the EuroCC project under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program (H2020), participating countries are tasked with establishing a single National Competence Centre (NCC) in the area of high-performance computing (HPC) and high-performance data analytics (HPDA). Each NCC will coordinate activities in all HPC-related fields at the national level and serve as a contact point for customers from industry, science, (future) HPC experts, and the general public alike.

For Belgium, the NCC is a consortium of 12 entities:

  • CECI: the 5 French speaking Universities (http://www.ceci-hpc.be/)
  • VSC: the 5 Flemish speaking Universities (https://vscentrum.be/), also Tier 1 operator for Flanders
  • Cenaero: Research center (http://www.cenaero.be/), Tier1 operator for Wallonia
  • Innoviris: Research & Innovation hub (https://innoviris.brussels/)

These are the objectives of EuroCC Belgium:

  • Support usage of high-performance computing and data analytics
  • Set up a full training offer
  • Set up a framework to ease access to HPC/HPDA for industry
  • Identify available competences at national and European level
  • Facilitate access to systems, scientific and technical expertise and knowledge pools
  • Set up communication and dissemination actions

Ghent University is joint task-leader of WP30.5, set on mapping HPC/Big Data/AI technical competences within Belgium. UGent is further involved as a contributor in WP30.3 focusing on ‘Technology Transfer/Business Development’ and WP30.4 ‘Collaboration with Industry’.

Date:1 Sep 2020 →  31 Dec 2022
Keywords:AI, HPC, industry
Disciplines:High performance computing, Scientific computing not elsewhere classified, Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified