The goal of ICSC’s Spoke 2 is to design, develop and test solutions suitable for current or future experiments that study fundamental particles, with or without accelerator machines, and detectors that study gravitational waves, on Earth or in space, which require ever-increasing computational capacities and pose problems related to scalability and efficiency, including energy efficiency, of computational infrastructures.
Number of Grants: 1
Thematic Areas Funded (only private entities):
1- Data Management PoCs/pilots with Spoke 2 solutions in industrial environments (datalake, distributed computing, …).
2- Solutions, implementation and deployment of a computing PoC based on the ARM architecture.
3- Porting and optimization (on GPU, on FPGA, on CPU) of algorithms of interest of AstroParticle experiments.
4- Realization of tools and pilots for the Space Economy domain, using the infrastructure of the ICSC (portals, market exchange, algorithms, services, …).
5- Heterogeneous industrial use cases on the Spoke 2 platforms (GPU + FPGA + ARM).
6- Profiling, code engineering and code quality on Spoke 2 code repositories.
Thematic Areas Funded (only public entities):
1- Development of data acquisition and trigger strategies in the context high background, rare event experiment, using acceleration on hybrid CPU/FPGA architectures, in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC.
2- Development of a multipurpose/multi experiment high level cloud infrastructure for small/medium astroparticle experiments, on the infrastructure of ICSC and for the benefit of Spoke 2 use cases.
3- Development of a GPU library for massively parallelized simulations of QCD and QCD+QED on the lattice in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC.
4- Development and performance optimization of typical simulation codes in HEP and Astro, for the use cases of Spoke 2.
5- Advanced algorithms for GW experiments (Virgo and ET) in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC.
6- Studying the quantum Boltzmann equation neutrino flavour conversion in a dense environment in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC.
7- Development of algorithms for boosted topologies at LHC/FCC, in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC.
8- Accelerated analysis of Astrophysical data in the Photon Counting Big Data era, in the context of the activities of the Spoke2 in ICSC .
 Deadline: 29/03/2024, 17:00 |
 Budget: 3.200.000 Euro |
Proponent: Italian Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Description:
Entities eligible to submit project proposals are:
Regarding enterprises:
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), not members or affiliates of the NC competing in single mode, having the size parameters set out in Annex I of Commission REG (EC) No. 800/2008 of August 6, 2008 (General Block Exemption Regulation) in OJEU L 214, 9.8.2008, as amended;
- Large Enterprises (GIs), which are not members or affiliates of the CN or the issuing Spoke;
- Consortia or groupings (ATI/ATS or other form that can be used in compliance with Italian regulations), formed or being formed among the above beneficiaries.
Regarding research organizations:
- Italian State Universities, not adhering to or affiliated with the CN nor with the issuing Spoke; Italian non-State Universities legally recognized and accredited MUR, not adhering to or affiliated with the CN nor with the issuing Spoke; Research Organizations (RCOs) within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 651/2014, Art. 2 “Definitions” item 83, not adhering to or affiliated with the CN nor with the issuing Spoke, other than those mentioned in the previous points, provided that the activities of the body are almost exclusively of a noneconomic nature, where the economic use remains purely incidental, i.e., corresponds to an activity that is necessary and directly related to the operation of the research body or intrinsically linked to its main noneconomic use and is limited in scope. In accordance with the European framework set out in EU Commission Communication 2014/C 198/01 such is the case where the economic activity absorbs exactly the same factors of production (such as materials, labor equipment and fixed capital) as the non-economic activities and the capacity allocated each year to these economic activities does not exceed 20 percent of the relevant total annual capacity of the entity.
- Consortia or groupings (ATI/ATS or other usable configuration in compliance with Italian law), formed or being formed between the above beneficiaries.
Profile sought: Each entity may submit more than one application for funding. Project proposals must be consistent with the thematic areas specified in Annex 2 – Thematic areas for project submission.
Budget: 3.200.000 Euro
Deadline: 29/03/2024, 17:00
