Descrizione del progetto
Un centro d’eccellenza europeo per il calcolo ad alte prestazioni nella ricerca sulle scienze della vita
BioExcel è il principale centro di eccellenza europeo per la ricerca biomolecolare computazionale e un importante polo di innovazione per il calcolo scientifico. I paini d’azione per lo sviluppo di software integrano il riscontro fornito da migliaia di utenti in tutto il mondo e garantiscono che sia data priorità alle funzionalità più desiderate dal pubblico. I programmi di formazione completi e il coinvolgimento dell’industria contribuiscono a colmare il divario di competenze tra i ricercatori nel campo delle scienze della vita e promuovono l’impegno internazionale per affrontare sfide globali come la preparazione alle pandemie. Dal 2015, BioExcel ha intessuto un’ampia rete di rapporti con partner tra cui società correlate, fornitori di risorse, fornitori di hardware, team di sviluppatori software, comunità di utenti e l’industria. Il progetto BioExcel-3, finanziato dall’UE, sfrutterà il successo già ottenuto dal centro e svilupperà ulteriormente la comunità del calcolo ad alte prestazioni in Europa.
Obiettivo
Life Science is turning into a data-driven and HPC dependent research field. BioTeam/Hyperion’s 2022 estimates show that 95% of Life Science projects are being dependent on HPC. The rapid response to Covid-19 showed how an EU collaboration between pharma industry, Life Science researchers and supercomputing centres resulted in several newly identified hits now undergoing clinical trials. Life Science is already delivering actual drug candidates within a year by using HPC in general, and BioExcel codes in particular (1000s of papers citing GROMACS or HADDOCK for SARS-CoV-2 simulations).
The Centre of Excellence for Computational Biomolecular Research (BioExcel) was established in 2015, and funded again in 2018, to help accelerate this development. The BioExcel-3 strategy to achieve significant impact relies on (i) ensuring that the most widely used European codes provide high performance, efficiency, scaling, reliability and quality to meet academic and industrial needs; (ii) identifying user needs to prioritise development of features with high scientific impact & performance/porting requests for deployment on EuroHPC resources; (iii) providing state-of-the-art training program for next-generation EU workforce on exploitation of ensemble algorithms, AI approaches, and convergence of HPC, HTC and HPDA; (iv) being the preferred EU partner for international organisations; (v) providing sustainable business paths for companies that need commercial support or want to fund development of specific features; and (vi) operating under an open governance model that provides transparency for the community and EC to be confident BioExcel makes the right priorities based on user and HPC needs.
BioExcel-3 will grow and sustain the Life Science HPC community in Europe. Our success will be measured by our ability to support codes and train scientists who produce almost 10,000 scientific papers and numerous industrial projects every year.
Campo scientifico
- medical and health sciencesbasic medicinepharmacology and pharmacydrug discovery
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesinfectious diseasesRNA virusescoronaviruses
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.2.4 - Digital, Industry and Space Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinatore
100 44 Stockholm
Svezia