Project EuroCC 3 - European Competence Centers

Project Duration
April 01, 2026 - March 31, 2029
Project Partners in Germany
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
- Gauss Centre for Supercomputing e.V. (GCS)
- High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS)
- Leibnitz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ)
- SICOS BW GmbH
Funding
The project is jointly funded by the European HPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research in Germany.
Project Description
The project EuroCC 3 is a successor of the EuroCC 1 and EuroCC 2 projects.
In the first phase of the project National Competence Centers (NCCs) were established in over 30 European (HPC) countries, which act as single points of contact for high-performance computing in their respective countries.
In the second phase the services of the NCCs are offered to industry, academia, and the public sector. Furthermore, international collaborations between the different European NCCs and Centers of Excellence will be supported to build a network of the European HPC ecosystem.
In the third phase, the activies of the NCC Germany are continued.
In Germany, the activities of the NCC concentrate on the following tasks:
- Outreach & Network
- User Needs Analysis and Service Management
- HPC Service Provision
- HPC Training Provision
JSC leads the tasks on “HPC Service Provision”.
Links
Project website: EuroCC 3