Europe is committed to a vibrant and competitive AI ecosystem, built on core principles of excellence, trust, security, and innovation. Capitalizing on the benefits of AI will hinge on Europe’s capacity to address the surging demand for increased compute capacity across all sectors, to scale and develop a sovereign AI ecosystem. Europe’s supercomputing agency – the EuroHPC JU – has positioned Europe as a leader in delivering high-end compute capacity, with 3 of their 9 machines ranked among the world’s top 10 most powerful supercomputers according to the latest TOP500 ranking. While Europe is a leader in traditional supercomputing, leading the way in AI will require investments in new GPU-charged systems, in addition to a more comprehensive ecosystem approach that encourages advanced R&D and the retention of world-class talent in Europe.
The Digital Decade Targets for 2030 aims for at least 75% of enterprises to use AI by 2030, yet based on 2023 data, the European average stands at 8% and without further investment, this is only set to approach 17% by 2030. For this reason, earlier in 2024, the EU amended the EuroHPC JU’s mandate to integrate AI into its central objectives, which will also provide European start-ups and SMEs with access to the JU’s compute resources – through the creation of AI Factories.
These AI Factories are set to ensure tailored supercomputing capacity for AI start-ups, SMEs, and industry, bringing together the necessary ingredients – computer power, data, and talent– to create cutting-edge generative AI models. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised to roll out the first AI Factories initiative within the first 100 days of the new European Commission. And in light of key recommendations from the European Commission’s Scientific Advice Mechanism published earlier in 2024, she also envisions setting up a European AI Research Council – operating as a state-of-the-art facility for academic research on AI in Europe – which would offer extensive computational resources, a sustainable cloud infrastructure and specialised AI training for scientists.
As the new European Commission readies itself for the rollout of the AI Factories and a new AI institute, this webinar will unpack Europe’s supercomputing ecosystem and how it can underpin increased uptake of AI – delivering concrete recommendations on what is needed to ensure a successful sovereign AI ecosystem in Europe.
Dr. Kimmo Koski started at CSC in August 2004 with a mission to support Finnish research providing world-class e-infrastructure and related services. This include investments in national resources and active participation in European initiatives. The most recent example is the eco-efficient datacenter hosting the LUMI EuroHPC pre-exascale system, which is currently the most powerful computer in Europe according to the TOP500 list and one of the major resources for AI driven computing.
Koski has been involved in various European and global collaborations in high-performance computing, data management, networks and cloud activities. Examples include EU initiatives, such as EuroHPC, EUDAT, EOSC and PRACE.
Increasing focus for his activities is how to promote the development of the balanced HPC Ecosystem including different kind of computing elements, AI, quantum and data analytics – in addition to the main asset, namely competent people.
Alessandra Poggiani is Director General of Cineca.
She has more than twenty years of experience in the field of technological innovation and has collaborated with Italian web pioneers since the early days. She has been dealing with innovation in the public sector for over 20 years and has solid experience in the management of government-owned and in-house companies.
She has been Administrative Director of Human Technopole, CEO and Managing Director of Venis s.p.a., Director General of the Agency for Digital Italy (AGID), CEO of Lait s.p.a., Head of Communication, Advocacy and External Relations of WWF International for the Mediterranean Program Office, Head of Corporate Online Communication of Enel s.p.a., and Head of Information of the Support and Monitoring Unit of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for the Environment.
She has always combined her professional work with academic positions, including Adjunct Professor of Business Communication and Innovation Marketing at the Faculty of Economics, Roma Tre University, Visiting Lecturer in Digital Economics at the Business School of Imperial College London and Lecturer in Digital Communication Marketing and New Media Interfaces at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Lecturer of Digital Transformation for the Public Administration at the Business School of ca Foscari University of Venice.
She participates in several industry committees, including the Digital Economy Commission of the Italian section of the International Chamber of Commerce ICC (since 2016), the Advisory Board of “Digital Italy of the Innovation Group (since 2016) and the Innovation Board of the Ca’ Foscari Foundation (since 2017).
Over the years, he has led and supervised several consulting and research projects about digital economy, collaborative innovation and new consumer behaviors and she is also the author of numerous articles and publications on the topics of digital transformation and public economy.
Utz-Uwe Haus studied mathematics and computer science at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) and holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Magdeburg (Germany). He worked on nonstandard applications of mathematical optimization in chemical engineering, material science, and systems biology. After five years as senior researcher at the Department of Mathematics of ETH Zürich, he co-founded CERL, the CRAY EMEA Research Lab in 2015, which he transformed into the EMEA part of Hewlett Packard Labs.
His current interests focus on enabling middleware for sustainable and secure usage of HPC/AI systems and digital twins.
Discover the main topics that will shape our discussions on advancing the European Sovereign AI Ecosystem.
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