HiPEAC is a coordination and support action that aims to strengthen Europe's dynamic computing ecosystem, guiding research and innovation in key digital and emerging technologies. It seeks to bolster European leadership in the global data economy and speed up the digital and green transitions. This is done by uniting European partnerships and stakeholders to map out the future of computing technologies, infrastructures, and service platforms.
HiPEAC's main objectives are: (i) networking to build an ecosystem, (ii) roadmapping to advance research, (iii) creating value networks to stimulate innovation, (iv) partnering to enhance collaboration, (v) developing policies, and (vi) ensuring coherent dissemination.
The partners are Ghent University (coordinator, Belgium), BSC (Spain), CEA (France), Cloudferro (Poland), Eclipse (Germany), IDC (Italy), INRIA (France), Inside (the Netherlands), RWTH (Germany), SINTEF (Norway) and Thales (France). The project runs for 30 months.
Any excellent European researcher from academia or industry can become a HiPEAC member. HiPEAC currently has 769 members. Of these, 69 have joined since the beginning of HiPEAC7, among them 20 from industry. There are also 1585 affiliate members, who are linked to HiPEAC members, and 138 associate members. Together, they form the HiPEAC network of over 2,500 computing specialists, the largest such ecosystem in Europe.
The HiPEAC objectives are translated into a joint programme of activities consisting of two work packages: roadmapping and ecosystem building. These two work packages are supported by appropriate communication and management tasks.
The HiPEAC project is coordinated by Ghent University and executed by the 11 partners. They are supported by four staff members who are responsible for the execution of all the tasks of the project.