Prace_Brochure_2016

PRACE MEMBERS
Austria: JKU – Johannes Kepler University of Linz
www.gup.uni-linz.ac.at
The Netherlands: SURFsara
www.surfsara.nl
Belgium: DGO6-SPW – Direction générale opérationnelle de
l’Économie, de l’Emploi et de la Recherche – Service Public
de Wallonie recherche-technologie.wallonie.be
Norway: SIGMA – UNINETT Sigma AS – The Norwegian
Metacenter for Computational Science
www.uninett.no/sigma
Bulgaria: NC SA - Executive agency “Electronic
communication networks and information systems”
www.scc.acad.bg/ncsa
Poland: PSNC – Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej Pan–Institute
of Bioorganic Chemistry – Poznan Supercomputing and
Networking Center
www.psnc.pl
Czech Republic: VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava
www.vsb.cz
Denmark: DeIC – Danish e-Infrastructure Cooperation
www.deic.dk
Finland: CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd.
www.csc.fi
Portugal: FCTUC – Faculdade Ciencias e Tecnologia da
Universidade de Coimbra
www.fct.uc.pt
Slovakia: Computing Center of the Slovak Academy of
Science www.vs.sav.sk
Slovenia: ULFME – University of Ljubljana, Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering
www.fs.uni-lj.si
France: GENCI - Grand Equipement National de Calcul
Intensif www.genci.fr
Spain: BSC – Barcelona Supercomputing Center–Centro
Nacional de Supercomputación
www.bsc.es
Germany: GCS – GAUSS Centre for Supercomputing e.V
www.gauss-centre.de
Sweden: SNIC – Vetenskapsradet – Swedish Research
Council www.snic.vr.se
Greece: GRNET – Greek Research and Technology Network
S.A. www.grnet.gr
Switzerland: ETH – Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule
Zürich-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
www.cscs.ch
Hungary: NIIFI – National Information Infrastructure
Development Institute
www.niif.hu
Ireland: ICHEC - Irish Centre for High-End Computing
www.ichec.ie
Israel: IUCC – Inter-University Computation Center
www.iucc.ac.il
Turkey: UYBHM – Ulusal Yuksek Basarimli Hesaplama
Merkezi, Istanbul Technical University – National Center for
High Performance Computing
www.uybhm.itu.edu.tr
UK: EPSRC–The Engineering and Physical Sciences
Research Council
www.epsrc.ac.uk
Italy: CINECA – Consorzio Interuniversitario
www.cineca.it
The Implementation Phase of PRACE receives funding from the EU’s Seventh
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement RI-312763 and
from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (2014-2020)
under grant agreement 653838.
PRACE aisbl is funded by the PRACE Members
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www.prace-ri.eu
May 2015
Cyprus: CaSToRC – Computation-based Science and
Technology Research Center, The Cyprus Institute
www.castorc.cyi.ac.cy
PARTNERSHIP FOR ADVANCED
COMPUTING IN EUROPE
www.prace-ri.eu
HPCEUR
2004
2005
HPC in Europe
Taskforce
PRACE
Memorandum of
Understanding
2006
2007
PRACE aisbl nonprofit established
PRACE Preparatory Phase
2008
2009
PRACE Implementation Phase Projects
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
PRACE aisbl
EUROPEAN HPC RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
SME HPC ADOPTION PROGRAMME IN EUROPE
PRACE, the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe was established in 2010 to create a persistent pan-European
Research Infrastructure (RI) of world-class supercomputers. This infrastructure is currently made up of six leading edge
machines, hosted by four member countries, (France, Germany, Spain and Italy) and accessible through an open peerreview process, complemented by national resources operated and accessible via High Performance Computing (HPC)
centres throughout Europe. This partnership powers excellent science and engineering in academia and industry, addressing
society’s grand challenges. Open to all disciplines of research, and industry for open R&D, the PRACE infrastructure is a vital
catalyst in fostering European competitiveness. To keep pace with the dynamic needs of a variety of scientific communities
and numerous technical changes and developments, PRACE hosting members' systems are continuously updated and
upgraded to make most advanced HPC technologies accessible to European scientists and industry. PRACE is a Belgian
international not for profit organisation (aisbl) with its seat in Brussels.
SHAPE, the SME HPC Adoption Programme in Europe is a pan-European programme launched
in 2013 to support HPC adoption by small to medium enterprises (SMEs). It raises awareness and
equips European SMEs with the expertise necessary to optimise opportunities for innovation using
HPC and to enhance competitiveness. SHAPE helps European SMEs overcome cost and training
obstacles and facilitates processes to define and adapt appropriate business models to HPC use.
The PRACE research infrastructure includes supercomputers
in all major architectural classes. This PRACE peer-review
process is overseen by the Scientific Steering Committee
(SSC) composed of leading European researchers who
advise on scientific and technical matters. Industrial users,
with head offices or substantial R&D activity located in
Europe, are eligible to apply and undergo the same review.
The PRACE Access Committee ranks awarded projects and
guides resource allocation. An Industrial Advisory Committee
(IAC), composed of representatives from multinational and
small enterprises from eleven industrial sectors, assists
PRACE on maximising HPC usage to foster European
competitiveness and economic growth.
PRACE receives user feedback via the PRACE User Forum,
an independent forum where users discuss and share their
experience.
TRAINING & OUTREACH
PRACE is active in a number of Training and Outreach
activities. These include:
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Six PRACE Advanced Training Centres (PATCs) www.
prace-ri.eu/PRACE-Advanced-Training-Centres at:
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spain), CINECA
– Consorzio Interuniversitario (Italy), CSC – IT Center
for Science Ltd (Finland), EPCC at the University of
Edinburgh (UK), Gauss Centre for Supercomputing
(Germany), Maison de la Simulation (France)
Training portal (www.training.prace-ri.eu) a rich repository
of web-based training and advanced educational
materials
Over 200 training events with over 5,000 trainees
Presence at international conferences in Europe and
the U.S., such as ISC and SC
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Annual PRACE Scientific and Industrial Conference
(PRACEdays) under the banner “HPC for Innovation:
When Science Meets Industry”
Numerous education and training events throughout
Europe (www.events.prace-ri.eu)
Sponsorship of awards for outstanding scientific and
industrial contributions at ISC and PRACEdays
Design initiatives for energy efficient HPC models
Successful outreach campaign for high school students
(www.prace-ri.eu/daretothinktheimpossible/)
Popular Summer of HPC placement programme for
undergraduate and postgraduate students (www.
summerofhpc.prace-ri.eu)
PRACE IN NUMBERS
• There are currently 25 members in the PRACE partnership
• Hosting members committed a total funding of €400M
for the initial PRACE systems and operations
• PRACE has awarded 10.2 thousand million core hours up
to and including the 10th Call for Project Access (February
2015) to 394 projects from 38 countries
• PRACE has evaluated 25 prototypes of promising
architectures and technologies and tested application
scalability
• PRACE has enabled hundreds of scientific applications
to exploit leading-edge HPC
• PRACE has supported 50 companies since the inception
of the Open R&D programme in 2012
• PRACE has published 16 Best Practice Guides (www.
prace-ri.eu/Best-Practice-Guides) and over 200 White
Papers (www.prace-ri.eu/white-papers)
ACCESS FOR SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
Preparatory Access
For projects that require HPC resources to port, optimise
and scale out applications to prepare future proposals for
Project Access. Applications for Preparatory Access are
accepted at any time, with cut-off dates every three months.
PRACE RESOURCES
System Name
Hosting Centre
Launch Date
Architecture
Final capability
CURIE
GENCI@CEA
Q1 2011
Bull x86
2 Petaflops
FERMI
CINECA
Q2 2012
IBM BlueGene/Q
2 Petaflops
SuperMUC
GCS@LRZ
Q2 2012
IBM iDataPlex
3.2 Petaflops
JUQUEEN
GCS@FZJ
Q4 2012
IBM BlueGene/Q
5.87 Petaflops
MareNostrum
BSC
Q4 2012
IBM iDataPlex
1 Petaflop
Hazel Hen
GCS@HLRS
Q4 2015
Cray XC40
7.42 Petaflop/s
Project Access
Twice a year calls for individual researchers and research
groups, including multinational groups. Awards are for a
duration of 12, 24 or 36 months in the case of Multi-Year
Access.
CoE Access
PRACE reserves a level of resources for Centres of Excellence
(CoE) selected by the EC under the E-INFRA-5-2015 call for
proposals. EC funded CoEs do not need to apply through the
regular access methods and are awarded PRACE resources
from this reserve.
CURIE
FERMI
SuperMUC
JUQUEEN
MareNostrum
Hazel Hen