ETP4HPC panel at SC12

In front of a good turn up of roughly 100 people the ETP4HPC panelists gave a throughout description of the ETP, from its mission and objectives to the strategic research agenda and the current status of the ETP development.

Event description
SC12 – The Supercomputing Conference. Boosting European HPC value chain: the vision of ETP4HPC, the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing (download slides here).

PANELISTS
Jean-Francois Lavignon, Giampietro Tecchiolli, Hugo Falter, David Lecomber, Francesc Subirada, François Bodin, Jean Gonnord, Guy Lonsdale, Thomas Lippert, Andreas Pflieger, Bernadette Andrietti, Arndt Bode, Catherine Rivière, Ken Claffey

ABSTRACT
ETP4HPC has been created to define a Strategic Research Agenda in the area of HPC technology supply, and discuss with the European Commission on implementing HPC research programs within such frameworks as HORIZON 2020. ETP4HPC is an industry-led forum with both industrial and academic members, aiming at improving the competitiveness of European HPC industry, which can benefit the entire European economy. During this session, panelists from ETP4HPC and other stakeholders of the European or international HPC ecosystem will present and discuss several aspects of the ETP4HPC mission and vision: Explain the motivation for creating ETP4HPC and demonstrate the benefits of being an ETP4HPC member; Present current status of the Strategic Research Agenda and its main research priorities; Discuss the implementation of these research tasks; Discuss how to strengthen the international cooperation in HPC

MODERATOR/PANELIST DETAILS:
Jean-Francois Lavignon (Moderator) – Bull
Giampietro Tecchiolli – Eurotech
Hugo Falter – ParTec
David Lecomber – Allinea
Francesc Subirada – Barcelona Supercomputing Center
François Bodin – CAPS Entreprise
Jean Gonnord – CEA
Guy Lonsdale – Fraunhofer
Thomas Lippert – FZJ
Andreas Pflieger – IBM
Bernadette Andrietti – Intel Corporation
Arndt Bode – Leibniz Supercomputing Centre
Catherine Rivière – GENCI
Ken Claffey – Xyratex