The 1st R-CCS International Symposium summarized the efforts of the K computer, to be retired in 2019, as well as discussed emergent application fields for the Post-K and the Arm HPC ecosystem. The symposium had oral/poster sessions, invited talks, and panel discussions. EPI’s lead architect, Yingchih Yang, gave a presentation called Europe strikes back on HPC.

EPI’s Mateo Valero visited Centro de Investigación en Computación del IPN, Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Ciudad de Mexico, and gave an invited talk titled “HPC Perspectives and Challenges for Europe”.

ICT 2018 took place in Vienna on 4-6 December 2018. This research and innovation event attracted several thousand visitors and focussed on the European Union’s priorities in the digital transformation of society and industry. EPI’s Mateo Valero presented HPC Perspectives and Challenges for Europe, at the very official beginning of EPI project.