Supporting and Expanding Icelandic HPC and AI Competencies
IHPC Mission
The EuroCC-supported National Competence Center (NCC) Icelandic High-Performance Computing (IHPC) serves as the hub for Iceland's HPC community, which includes experts in Artificial Intelligence (AI). IHPC's initiatives unite Iceland's national specialists and link with a European network of NCCs focused on HPC and AI. This collaboration offers a diverse range of services tailored to meet the unique requirements of industry, academia, and public sectors in Iceland.
EuroCC NCCs
The National Competence Centres (NCCs) are the central points of contact for HPC and related technologies in their country.
Their missions are to:
- Develop and display a comprehensive and transparent map of HPC competences and institutions in their country
- Act as a gateway for industry and academia to providers with suitable expertise or relevant projects, may that be national or international
- Collect HPC training offers in their country and display them in a central place together with international training offers collected by other NCCs
- Foster the industrial uptake of HPC
IHPC Community Competencies & Services
The NCC Iceland consists of a variety of Simulation and Data Labs (SDLs) that offer their expertise, skillset, and specific application community knowledge within NCC Iceland to interested national and international collaborators. All of those labs use HPC, HPDA, or AI in one form or another. The services below outline selected service packages that are often used by NCC Iceland stakeholders (see also Testimonials of users below):
SME Users
Package 1: Onboarding SME Users to HPC
Service: Training and Introduction to HPC
Service: Success stories & approaches of industrial users
Service: Support from HPC experts
Service: Comparisons to Clouds AWS, MS Azure, and Google Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 2: Speed-Up & Better AI Modeling on HPC
Service: Distributed Training with HPC for AI
Service: Hyperparameter Optimization Methods on HPC
Service: Support from HPC & AI experts
Service: Comparisons to Clouds AWS, MS Azure, and Google Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 3: Implement Proof-of-Concept (POC) on HPC Systems
Service: Analyse SME use case problems & demands
Service: Conceptual design & POC infrastructure setup
Service: Demonstration & Validation event with user
Service: Tune physics code / optimize AI code (parameters)
Service: Demonstration & Validation event with user
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Public Administration Users
Package 1: Onboarding Administration Users to HPC
Service: Training and Introduction to HPC
Service: Success stories & approaches of industrial users
Service: Support from HPC experts
Service: Comparisons to European Open Science Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 2: Speed-Up & Better AI Modeling on HPC
Service: Distributed Training with HPC for AI
Service: Hyperparameter Optimization Methods on HPC
Service: Support from HPC & AI experts
Service: Comparisons to European Open Science Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 3: Data Storage & Sharing with Data Infrastructures
Service: Relevance of FAIR Data Management
Service: Data Management Plan Approaches
Service: Overview of European Open Science Cloud & European Data Spaces
Service: Comparisons to Clouds AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud
Service: Access to EDIH-IS Common Data Infrastructure of Iceland
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Industrial/Commercial Users
Package 1: Onboarding Industrial/Commercial Users to HPC
Service: Training and Introduction to HPC
Service: Success stories & approaches of industrial/commercial users
Service: Support from HPC experts
Service: Comparisons to Clouds AWS, MS Azure, and Google Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 2: Speed-Up & Better AI Modeling on HPC
Service: Distributed Training with HPC for AI
Service: Hyperparameter Optimization Methods on HPC
Service: Support from HPC & AI experts
Service: Comparisons to Clouds AWS, MS Azure, and Google Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 3: Implement Proof-of-Concept (POC) on HPC Systems
Service: Analyse industrial & commercial use case problems & demands
Service: Conceptual design & POC infrastructure setup
Service: Demonstration & Validation event with user
Service: Tune physics code / optimize AI code (parameters)
Service: Demonstration & Validation event with user
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Academic Users
Package 1: Onboarding Academic Users to HPC
Service: Training and Introduction to HPC
Service: Success stories & approaches of industrial users
Service: Support from HPC experts
Service: Comparisons to European Open Science Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 2: Speed-Up & Better AI Modeling on HPC
Service: Distributed Training with HPC for AI
Service: Hyperparameter Optimization Methods on HPC
Service: Support from HPC & AI experts
Service: Comparisons to European Open Science Cloud
Service: Access to Local Icelandic and EuroHPC JU Systems
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
Package 3: Consulting on Writing Time Grants for HPC Resources
Service: Overview of EuroHPC JU systems & grant options
Service: Specific Overview of LUMI & Iceland Share
Service: Examples of succesful time grant proposals
Service: Lessons learned allocations & using tme grants
Service: Result preservation options after time grants
Other services might be feasible after a consulting session with us.
NCC Iceland Major Competencies
The core competencies of NCC Iceland are providing expertise in specific areas of science and engineering in a large variety of High Performance Computing, High Performance Data Aanalytics and Artificial Intelligence application fields. Nevertheless, a selection of six more major competencies of NCC Iceland have been identified with the help of the CASTIEL project shown below. Please contact us if you are interested to hear more about the major competencies or feel free to contact the individual Simulation and Data Lab (SDL) members above.
Level of HPC readiness of users | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Competence category | Digitalization needed | Digitally ready | HPC ready | HPC users | HPC champions |
Awareness creation | |||||
Expert technical consultancy | Experience in teaching technical topics like HPC & HPDA systems | Experience in Modular Supercomputing Architecture Technologies | Experience in parallel & distributed training of HPDA / AI models | ||
Services and products | Application Experience in HPDA & Remote Sensing (#6 in the world) | ||||
Business & project | |||||
Technological assessment | Experience in Quantum Computing (i.e., quantum annealing) | ||||
Mastering the EU HPC | Experience in forming Simulation & Data Labs (science & industry partners) |
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