DiRAC UK HPC – Application Driven Distributed Facility

The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. In September 2021, the 77th HPC User Forum took place virtually. This update summarizes a presentation from that virtual conference given by Leonardo Flores Añover, Senior Expert at the HPC & Quantum Technology Unit at the European Commission. He provided insights and updates on the current and future developments of HPC in the European Union and the EuroHPC joint undertaking as well as insights into their new HPC policy environment, the state of play in the EU, and drivers of the Union's HPC strategy.

The HPC User Forum was established in 1999 to promote the health of the global HPC industry and address issues of common concern to users. In October 2022, the 81st HPC User Forum took place at HLRS Stuttgart, Germany. This update summarizes a presentation from that conference given by Roland Krüppel, who is responsible for the HPC activities at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (abbreviated BMBF for Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). This presentation and brief Q&A session was meant to highlight the German HPC strategy, give an overview of the current situation, and discuss their plans for the future.