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fet11 conference Outline Brief summary on coming calls FET FET Flagships fet11 conference Bridge the gap between basic research and applied research

Call7 9.13 - “Exa-scale computing, software and simulation“, M€ 25 close on 18/01/2011 9.13 - “Exa-scale computing, software and simulation“, M€ 25 Objectives: To develop a small number of advanced computing platforms (100 petaflop/s in 2014 with potential for exa-scale by 2020), To develop optimised application codes driven by the computational needs of science and engineering and of today's grand challenges (e.g. climate change, energy,…) Addressing major challenges of extreme parallelism with millions of cores (programming models, compilers, performance analysis, algorithms, power consumption ...) 3.4 – Computing Systems, M€ 45 Leonardo.flores@ec.europa.eu 9.13 Context: The EC is preparing a Communication on the importance of HPC as a strqtegic area for Europe. Emphasis on the e-infrastructure i.e. serving the computational need of science and engineering. Reinforce industry supplying and operating HPC systems, exa-scale level simulation codes. 3.4 improving programmability and usability of multicore/multichip computing systems Parallel and concurrent computing Virtualisation Customisation Architecture and technology International collaboration Panagiotis.tsarchopoulos@ec.europa.eu

Coming FET Calls Call 8 (7/11 – 1/12) Call9 (1/12 – 4/12) International cooperation on FET research (FET Open 9.4) Call 8 (7/11 – 1/12) Unconventional Computation Dynamics of Multi-Level Complex Systems. Minimising Energy Consumption of Computing to the Limit new FET topics, coordination of communities … (9.12) Call9 (1/12 – 4/12) Quantum ICT (including ERA-NET-Plus) Fundamentals of Collective Adaptive Systems Neuro-Bio-Inspired Systems WP 2013 (to be defined) FP8 (to be defined)

FET Flagship Initiatives are Large • Science-driven • Multi-disciplinary • Long-term Foundational • Collaborative research initiatives • Targeting a visionary S&T goal • Seeded from FET ICT but going beyond ICT Able to generate waves of technological innovation, with significant impacts on economy and society Due to size and level of ambition, possible only via federated effort of the European Framework and National research programmes FET Flagships are a response to the fragmentation and the leveraging of investment in basic research seeded from ICT leading towards innovation in technology and societal impact. Partnerships for Scientific Leadership (link to Action 51 of the DAE) Mission, Impact and Integration

FET Flagships - policy background Unifying efforts around an ambitious long-term scientific goal for critical mass to address key scientific challenges of the 21st Century "Launch at least two FET flagship initiatives by 2013" 2009 / 04 COM (2009) 184 'Moving the ICT frontiers’ 2009 / 07 ISTAG report on „European Challenges and Flagships - 2020 and beyond" 2009 / 12 The COMP Council "invites the Commission to propose Europe-wide flagship initiatives in FET to tackle specific science and technology challenges at the crossover between ICT and other scientific disciplines"

The Call for Preparatory Actions Target outcome for “pilots” “Complete design and description of a consolidated candidate FET Flagship Initiative including assessment of feasibility in scientific, technical and financial terms” well-defined goal thoroughly justified in terms of scientific advance and impact implementation plan, with an integrative research agenda to enable the launch of a FET Flagship by 2013. identification of financial resources, Capacity and clear evidence of commitment from key stakeholders adequate level of integration and identity of the supporting communities operational framework, with an indication of the degree of maturity of the integration of topics and resources over time. 6 projects, with a duration of 12 months

FET –F timeline fet11 Launch of Pilots Launch of Pilot Call Close of Pilot Call End of Pilots Evaluation Flagship Launch 7/10 12/10 5/11 5/12 2013 Pilots Horizontal CSA

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