To pursue and extend the collaborative work started around HPC in the Digital Continuum for the fourth edition of our Strategic Research Agenda, ETP4HPC is coordinating the TransContinuum Initiative (TCI). TCI is a horizontal collaboration between 8 European associations and projects involved in IT technology, application and services provisioning for the Digital Continuum:
The TransContinuum is the unison of related digital technologies which offers solutions for the operation of complex data workflow systems. In this continuum, HPC plays a central role as the engine propelling AI, Big Data, IoT, Cybersecurity, and Mathematical components to work together.
The Transcontinuum Initiative, or TCI, is developing a vision of the characteristics of the infrastructure required for the convergence of data and compute capabilities in many leading edge industrial and scientific use scenarios. A paradigm change is needed: we will have to design systems encompassing millions of compute devices distributed over scientific instruments, IoT, supercomputers and Cloud systems through LAN, WLAN and 5G networks.
The ambition of TCI is also to become a meeting place of experts representing various disciplines in both science and industry – an asset that Europe can apply in the resolution of its other challenges such as healthcare, climate change or smart cities.
The TransContinuum Initiative focuses on collaboration towards five objectives:
One of the first pragmatic actions will be to design the contribution of the Digital Twin enabler to the Horizon Europe missions.