Academic Supercomputing in Europe (Sixth edition, fall 2003) Rossend Llurba The Hague/Den Haag, januari 2004 Netherlands National Computing Facilities Foundation Academic Supercomputing in Europe Facilities & Policies - fall 2003 Seventh edition Llurba, R. (Rossend) ISBN 90-70608-37-5 Copyright © 2004 by Stichting Nationale Computerfaciliteiten Postbus 93575, 2509 AN Den Haag, The Netherlands http://www.nwo.nl/ncf All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission of the author. Contents PREFACE ..............................................................................................................................................1 1 EUROPEAN PROGRAMMES AND INITIATIVES ................................................................................3 1.1 EUROPEAN UNION...................................................................................................................................................................3 1.2 SUPRANATIONAL CENTRES AND CO-OPERATIONS. ....................................................................................................................5 2 PAN-EUROPEAN RESEARCH NETWORKING ...................................................................................7 2.1 NETWORK ORGANISATIONS......................................................................................................................................................7 2.2 OPERATIONAL NETWORKS.......................................................................................................................................................7 2.3 NETWORKING PROJECTS...........................................................................................................................................................7 3 SUPERCOMPUTING IN THE INDIVIDUAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ..................................................9 3.1 ALBANIA .................................................................................................................................................................................9 3.2 ARMENIA.................................................................................................................................................................................9 3.3 AUSTRIA ..................................................................................................................................................................................9 3.4 BELARUS...............................................................................................................................................................................10 3.5 BELGIUM...............................................................................................................................................................................10 3.6 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA..........................................................................................................................................................10 3.7 BULGARIA .............................................................................................................................................................................11 3.8 CROATIA................................................................................................................................................................................11 3.9 CYPRUS.................................................................................................................................................................................11 3.10 CZECH REPUBLIC...................................................................................................................................................................11 3.11 DENMARK..............................................................................................................................................................................12 3.12 ESTONIA.................................................................................................................................................................................13 3.13 FINLAND................................................................................................................................................................................13 3.14 FRANCE .................................................................................................................................................................................14 3.15 GEORGIA ...............................................................................................................................................................................15 3.16 GERMANY..............................................................................................................................................................................15 3.17 GREECE .................................................................................................................................................................................17 3.18 HUNGARY..............................................................................................................................................................................18 3.19 ICELAND................................................................................................................................................................................18 3.20 IRELAND................................................................................................................................................................................18 3.21 ITALY.....................................................................................................................................................................................19 3.22 LATVIA...................................................................................................................................................................................20 3.23 LITHUANIA.............................................................................................................................................................................20 3.24 LUXEMBOURG ........................................................................................................................................................................20 3.25 MALTA ..................................................................................................................................................................................20 3.26 MOLDOVA .............................................................................................................................................................................20 3.27 THE NETHERLANDS...............................................................................................................................................................20 3.28 NORWAY ...............................................................................................................................................................................22 3.29 POLAND.................................................................................................................................................................................23 3.30 PORTUGAL.............................................................................................................................................................................24 3.31 ROMANIA...............................................................................................................................................................................24 3.32 RUSSIAN FEDERATION ...........................................................................................................................................................25 3.33 SLOVAKIA..............................................................................................................................................................................25 3.34 SLOVENIA ..............................................................................................................................................................................25 3.35 SPAIN.....................................................................................................................................................................................25 3.36 SWEDEN.................................................................................................................................................................................26 3.37 SWITZERLAND........................................................................................................................................................................27 3.38 TURKEY.................................................................................................................................................................................28 3.39 UNITED KINGDOM.................................................................................................................................................................28 3.40 YUGOSLAVIA (SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO)...........................................................................................................................30 4 COMPARISON OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ..................................................................................31