The European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing Association (ETP4HPC) is an industry-led think tank and advisory group of companies and research centres involved in High-Performance Computing or Supercomputing technology research in Europe. It was formed in 2011 with the aim to build a world-class HPC Supply Chain in Europe, increase the global share of European HPC and HPC technology vendors as well as maximising the benefit of HPC technology for the European HPC user community. ETP4HPC is also the EC’s partner in the HPC Public-Private Partnership (cPPP), monitoring and managing a research investment programme supported by a €700 M investment by the EC.

The objective of the Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) is to outline a roadmap for the implementation of a research programme aiming at the development of European HPC technologies. The SRA 2015 delineates a roadmap for the achievement of European exascale capabilities focusing on the following areas: HPC System Architecture and Components, Energy and Resiliency, Programming Environment, System Software and Management, Big Data and HPC usage Models, Balance Compute, I/O and Storage Performance, Mathematics and algorithms for extreme scale HPC systems and Extreme scale demonstrators. The approach followed to structure the SRA has been to combine ETP4HPC members technical and market knowledge (internal) with that of external experts and sources alike.It is the work of experts associated with ETP4HPC and it also includes the input of industrial end-users, independent Software providers and other IT communities (e.g. HIPEAC and BDVA). This SRA update will be followed by a full issue, which is due in 2017.

We, at ETP4HPC, would like to receive feedback on this document from the HPC community. During this process, any organisation or individual can express their view on this document. We will use the collected comments in order to prepare the next full version of our SRA, which is due to be published in July 2017 (the current document will not be amended). This call for comments will close once we start preparing the next SRA, i.e. the end of June 2016.

In order to submit your comments, please use the following form. If you wish to comment on specific parts of the document, please request an editable copy of it from ETP4HPC office by sending us an email.

More about ETP4HPC mission:

• Designing and updating a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) to provide decision makers with relevant advice and expertise for the long term development of HPC in Europe.
• Providing recommendations and support to the implementation of the SRA.
• Facilitating coordination between the HPC ecosystem and public authorities (EU and Member States) responsible for HPC research and dissemination programmes.
• Fostering joint initiatives among ETP members and other stakeholders in the area of research and innovation programmes.
• Facilitating the emergence of start-ups and the growth of existing SMEs.
• Supporting Europe and Member States authorities by reinforcing Europe’s position in the worldwide HPC arena.
• Representing the voice of the European HPC industry in the worldwide HPC arena.