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Pavlos Sermpezis�“Artificial Intelligence (AI) on High Performance Computing (HPC)” seminar

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - October 11, 2023

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EuroCC@Greece - at a glance

  • EuroCC
    • European project to establish National Competence Centres (NCCs) …
    • … on High Performance Computing (HPC) …
    • … in 33 European countries
    • Started in 2020
    • Funded by EuroHPC JU & GSRI

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  • EuroCC@Greece is the NCC for HPC in Greece

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EuroCC@Greece - at a glance

  • Members
    • GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology (coordinator)
    • National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
    • Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH)
    • Institute of Communication and Computer Systems of NTUA
    • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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The role of EuroCC@Greece

  • Mission & Role of the National Competence Centre (NCC)
    • Point of contact and coordination on a national level for HPC
    • Cover needs of HPC users
      • access to resources, technological consultancy, training courses, networking, etc.
    • Set up a cross-European network of NCCs

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  • Users
    • Research & academic institutions
      • e.g., to advance competitiveness
    • Public administration
      • e.g., to improve effectiveness
    • Industry
      • e.g., to promote innovation

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“Services” of EuroCC@Greece

  • Learn about HPC
  • Access to training resources (courses, videos, tools, code, etc.)
  • Access to infrastructure
  • Industrial innovation (tech transfer, funding opportunities, internships)
  • Mapping of competences
  • HPC “marketplace”
  • Information (news, newsletter, etc.)
  • Event organization

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Training

  • Introduction to HPC

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Training

  • HPC PRACE training center
    • seminars: Parallel Programming, GPU programming, CUDA, biomolecular modeling in HPC, ML/AI in HPC, Meteorological and climate modeling, etc.

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  • Repository of HPC training courses
    • http://hpc-courses.chemeng.ntua.gr/
    • 425 courses (BSc, MSc, seminars, summer schools, etc.)

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Training

  • Repository of video lectures (YouTube)
    • Topics: HPC, AI, Biomolecular, CFD, Computational chemistry, Energy, Material sciences, Seismology

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  • Links to external repositories of training resources

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Training

  • Several training events every year

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Access to HPC resources

  • HPC infrastructures in Greece
    • GRNET - “ARIS”
    • AUTH - “Aristotelis”
    • ICS-FORTH
    • Demokritos

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  • External infrastructure
    • MELUXINA
    • Leonardo

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HPC marketplace

  • HPC marketplace: database (or “yellow pages”) of HPC providers in Greece

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  • “HPC providers”
    • HPC service providers (industry & academia)
    • HPC infrastructure providers
    • HPC experts (independent professionals)
    • … that provide any type of HPC and/or Big Data and/or AI services

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Tech transfer & Industry hub

  • Services to industry
  • Access to HPC infrastructure
  • Access to funding
  • Tech transfer services
  • Consultation in HPC, AI and HPDA technologies
  • Mentoring on business aspects
  • Networking
  • Facilitation of industrial internships

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Web: https://eurocc-greece.gr/

Twitter: @EuroCC_Greece

LinkedIn: eurocc-greece

YouTube: @euroccgreece9501

Newsletter: https://eurocc-greece.gr/newsletter/

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This project has received funding from the European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 951732. The JU receives support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and Germany, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Republic of North Macedonia, Iceland, Montenegro

Thanks!

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