Barcelona Supercomputing Center-Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the national supercomputing centre in Spain. We specialise in high performance computing (HPC) and manage MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe. BSC is at the service of the international scientific community and of industry that requires HPC resources.
scapos AG was founded in December 2008 for the sales, marketing and support of technical computing software. Technical software products from research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and solutions from innovative start-ups characterize the scapos AG offering. scapos AG focuses on simulation (CAE), cutting and packaging optimization, metrology and language technologies. Its product portfolio includes: optimisation software, computer-aided engineering, libraries for HPC (in particular fast, scalable solvers for Linear Algebra problems). Its worldwide customers range from industrial corporations and large research institutes to SMEs. Its activities in HPC R&D projects complement the above and target service provision and the development of new business opportunities.
The High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) was established in 1996 as Germany’s first national high-performance computing center. As a research institution affiliated with the University of Stuttgart and a member of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing, HLRS provides computing resources for academia and industry. HLRS operates HPC systems, provides advanced training, and conducts research itself. Among HLRS’s areas of expertise are parallel programming, numerical methods for HPC, visualization, cloud computing, high-performance data analytics, and AI.
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) is an international non-profit association (AISBL) with its seat in Brussels, Belgium. Developing as a Research Infrastructure since 2010, PRACE is currently implementing an organizational change process, shifting its core mission from providing access to Europe’s largest supercomputers to representing the interests and needs of all HPC users in Europe. It is PRACE ambition to accelerate and expand the representation of user of HPC and related technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Cloud Computing, Data Science, etc) in Europe, and to enable and support high-impact scientific research and innovation developments across all scientific disciplines and industry, thereby enhancing European competitiveness.