With petascale systems now deployed on three continents, the hpc industry is already looking toward the next milestone in supercomputing. Research and education in computational science and engineering september 2016 report from a workshop sponsored by the society for industrial and applied mathematics siam and the european exascale software initiative eesi 2, august 46, 2014, breckenridge, colorado workshop organizers. The main goals of the second european exascale software initiative eesi2 were to elaborate an evolutive european vision and roadmap and to propose recommendations to address the challenges of extreme data and extreme computing on the new generation of exascale computers expected in 2020. The successful first european exascale software initiative eesi1 federated the european community, built a preliminary european. Fp7 support action european exascale software initiative dg information society and the unit einfrastructures addressing the challenge of exascale towards exascale roadmap implementation. Theyve just wrapped day 1, but you can check the agenda for day 2 broadcasts. The ec presented its vision on hpc computing and its associated work programmes and funded. He was the responsible for enes of the eufp7 eesi european exascale software initiative project and for university of salento as prace third party of the eufp7 eesi 2 project, also chairing in both cases the wces weather, climate and solid earth sciences european working group. Exdci2 european extreme data and computing initiative 2. For an overview on the first phase of european exascale projects fp7 funded, please have a look at our flyer.
European exascale software initiative eesi motivations for launching eesi coordinate the european contribution to iesp enlarge the european community involved in the software roadmapping activity build and consolidate a vision and roadmap at the european level, including applications, both from academia and industry. For all our software developments, we use first the various very large parallel platforms available through cerfacs and genci in france ccrt, cines and idris computational centers, and next the highend parallel platforms that will be available via european and us initiatives or projects such that prace. Research and education in computational science and engineering. I have been involved over the last two years with the european exascale software initiative eesi which is attempting identify where current software i.
For a lookback on the last 5 years of european exascale projects research collaboration, have a. Research and education in computational science and. European exascale software initiative eesi motivations for launching eesi coordinate the european contribution to iesp enlarge the european community involved in the software roadmapping activity build and consolidate a vision and roadmap at the european. Such concerted planning by the traditional leaders of high performance computing speaks eloquently about both the substantial rewards that await the success of such efforts, and about the unprecedented technical. Arttic, bsc, cineca,edf, epsrc, genci, jsc, and ncf. In europe, this activity is centered on the european exascale software initiative eesi, a project that brings together industry and government organizations committed to helping usher in the transition from petascale to exascale systems.
Final conference of the european exascale software. Since the first vision of the european exascale software initiative in 2011, experts have developed a periodic update of vision, roadmap and recommendations for an effective implementation of exascale in europe. The second european exascale software initiative, eesi2, is organizing its final international conference on may 28 may 29 noon till noon, 2015 in dublin. Towards exascale roadmap implementation european exascale. Eesi2 is jointly led by total sa and prace aisbl representing different third parties of which genci with the aim to achieve exascale in 2020. European exascale software initiative eesi eesi main goals. The aim of the european exascale software initiative eesi is to build a european vision and.
Jan 06, 2011 with petascale systems now deployed on three continents, the hpc industry is already looking toward the next milestone in supercomputing. The main goals of eesi are to build a european vision and roadmap to address the international outstanding challenge of performing scientific computing on the new generation of computers. Investigate how europe is located, its strengths and weaknesses. The main objectives of this initiative are the coordination of the european contribution to iesp, the enlargement of the european community involved in the software roadmapping activity and the building and consolidation of a vision at the european level. Eesi is the european exascale software initiative and is meant as a collaborative project which is expected to coordinate the european efforts in exascale challenges. The european exascale software initiative eesi goal is to build a european vision and roadmap to address the challenge of the new generation of massively parallel systems composed of millions of heterogeneous cores which will provide petaflop performances in 2010 and exaflop performances in 2020.
High performance computing, exascale, numerical software, mathematical software libraries, fault tolerance, codesign centres, eesi, iesp. Over the past years, the transition to the exascale has prompted the creation of various actions the international exascale software project iesp and the european exascale software initiative eesi to name but two. Indepth information on the individual projects is available at the respective project websites. European exascale software initiative deliverable d2. The european exascale software initiative eesi has. The goals of eesi were to intensify iesp efforts on the european level, to develop a european exascale system and application software vision and roadmap, to investigate europes strengths and weaknesses, to identify sources of competitiveness for europe, and finally to investigate and propose programmes in education and training for the next. Tremendous amounts of work have been invested into identifying. While presentations have not yet been posted, you can watch the live stream of the event starting at 8. Ec european commission ecmwf european centre for mediumrange weather forecasts eesi european exascale software initiative enes european network for earth system modelling epos european plate observing system esd extreme scale demonstrators eu european union fet future and emerging technologies fp7 framework programme 7. Eesi european exascale software initiative the objective of eesi is to build a european vision and roadmap to address the challenges of the new generation of massively parallel systems composed of millions of heterogeneous cores which will provide multipetaflop performances in the next few years and exaflop performances in 2020. The eesi2 vision clearly recognizes the imperative need for breakthrough on hierarchical algorithms and more technologies.
If you want to know more about the employee portal, feel free to. European exascale software initiative the european exascale software initiative eesi is supported by the eu under the infrastructure thematic of support and collaborative action csa. The employee portal is the central information hub for employees. The final meeting of eesi2 took place in dublin ireland in may 2015. Addressing the challenge of exaflopic computation workshop. He is associate editor for the acm transactions on mathematical software and works on the panel for numerical analysis of the eesi european exascale software initiative project. Exascale software project iesp and the european exascale software initiative eesi to name but two. Closely connected with iesp is the european exascale software initiative, eesi. Fp7 support action european exascale software initiative dg information society and the unit einfrastructures european exascale software initiative eesi2 towards exascale roadmap implementation. For a lookback on the last 5 years of european exascale projects research collaboration, have a look at our brochure. Definition of eesi in the acronyms and abbreviations directory.
The european exascale software initiative eesi final international conference is going on this week in barcelona. Bdec2 european extreme data and computing initiative. European exascale software initiative 20102011 eesi project. Addressing the challenge of exaflopic computation workshop on. D in computer science from pierre et marie curie university paris vi in 1993. Eosc peuropean open science cloud esd extremescale demonstrators etp4hpc european technology platform for high performancecomputing. European exascale project drives toward next supercomputing.
As emphasized by initiatives such as the european exascale software initiative, the european technology platform for high performance computing, or the international exascale software initiative, the hpc community needs new programming apis and languages for expressing heterogeneous massive parallelism in a way that provides an abstraction. The nal conference to present our ndings will be inbarcelona from 1112 october2011. The european exascale software initiative is a funded project of the 7th framework programme for research and technological development of the european commission. Optimization and exascale computing argonne leadership. Eesi roadmaps, vision and recommendations need to be monitored, updated, on a dynamical way. Informed partly by the work of the international exascale software project iesp, 20092012, in the past five years, the united states, the european union, japan and china have each moved aggressively to develop their own plans for achieving exascale computing in the next decade. This initiative began in 2010 and has submitted its final report to the european commission with a final conference in barcelona in october 2011. European multiannual hpc technology roadmap etp4hpc. European exascale software initiative supported by the eu under theinfrastructurethematic ofsupport and collaborative action. Technologies program since 2008 and the coordinator of the eesi european support action, european exascale software initiative, jeanyves received a ph. In europe, this activity is centered on the european exascale software initiative eesi, a project that brings together industry and government organizations committed to helping usher in the transition from petascale to exascale.
Build a european vision and roadmap to address the challenge of performing scientific computing on the new generation of computers which will provide multipetaflop performances in 2010 and exaflop performances in 2020. Fp7 support action european exascale software initiative dg information society and the unit einfrastructures addressing the challenge of exaflopic computation workshop on coupling technologies for earth system modelling. The nal conference to present our ndings was in barcelona from 1112 october 2011. Fp7 is a key tool to respond to europe s needs in terms of jobs and competitiveness, and to maintain leadership in the global knowledge economy. Iesp is also looking to provide a framework to enable the international community to work together. European exascale software initiative eesi final conferenfce october 1011, 2011, barcelona, spain the european exascale software initiative eesi has built a european vision and roadmap to address the challenges of the new generation of massively parallel systems composed of millions of heterogeneous cores which will provide petaflop. As emphasized by initiatives such as the european exascale software initiative eesi, the european technology platform for high performance computing. The next generation of supercomputers will break the exascale barrier. European exascale software initiative eesi eesi main goals build a european vision and roadmap to address the challenge of performing scientific computing on the new generation of computers which will provide multipetaflop performances in 2010 and exaflop performances in 2020.
Citeseerx european exascale software initiative deliverable. The main goals of eesi2 are to elaborate an evolutive european vision and roadmap and to propose recommendations to address the challenges of extreme data and extreme computing on the new generation. This project follows the eesi one european exascale software initiative. Research and education in computational science and engineering august 2017 report from a workshop sponsored by the society for industrial and applied mathematics siam and the european exascale software initiative eesi2, august 46, 2014, breckenridge, colorado workshop organizers. The aim of the european exascale software initiative eesi is to build a european vision and roadmap to address the challenges of developing and utilizing future largescale hpc systems.
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