Activities of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2018/0003(NLE)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a Council regulation on establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking PDF (668 KB) DOC (97 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 establishes Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020), ‘Horizon 2020’. It aims to achieve a greater impact with respect to research and innovation by combining Horizon 2020 and private- sector funds in public-private partnerships in key areas where research and innovation can contribute to the Union’s wider competitiveness goals, leverage private investment and help tackle societal challenges. Those partnerships should be based on a long-term commitment, including a balanced contribution from all partners, be accountable for the achievement of their objectives and be aligned with the Union’s strategic goals relating to research, development and innovation. The governance and functioning of those partnerships should be open, transparent, effective and efficient and give the opportunity to a wide range of stakeholders active in their specific areas to participate and to civil society organisations and citizen groups to be properly consulted in the decision-making process. __________________ 15 Regulation (EU) No 1291/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing Horizon 2020 - the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) and repealing Decision No 1982/2006/EC (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 104)
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) A Joint Undertaking represents the best available instrument capable to implement the goals of the European High performance Computing Strategy as defined in the European Cloud Initiative24, to overcome the present limitations, while offering the highest economic, and societal, and environmental impact impact and addressing the overall environmental impact and energy consumption of the HPC systems and best safeguarding the Union’s interests. It can pool resources from the Union, the Member States and the private sector. It can implement a procurement framework and operate world-class HPC systems via promotion of technology, particularly European one. It can launch research and innovation programmes for developing technologies and their subsequent integration in European exascale supercomputing systems and contribute to developing a competitive European technology supply industry. __________________ 24 COM(2016) 178 final
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The Joint Undertaking should address clearly defined topics that would enable academia and European industries at large to design, develop and use the most innovative technologies in High Performance Computing, and to establish an integrated infrastructure across the Union with world-class High Performance Computing capability, high-speed connectivity and leading-edge applications and data and software services for its scientists and for other lead users from industry, including SMEs and start-ups and the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap. The Joint Undertaking should prepare the path towards building the first hybrid High Performance Computing infrastructure in Europe, integrating classical computing architectures with quantum computing devices, e.g. exploiting the quantum computer as an accelerator of High Performance Computing threads. Structured and coordinated financial support at European level is necessary to help research teams and European industries remain at the leading edge in a highly competitive international context by producing world- class results and their integration in competitive systems, to ensure the fast and broad industrial exploitation of European technology across the Union generating important spill-overbenefits for society, to share risk-taking and joining of forces by aligning strategies and investments towards a common European interest. The Commission could consider, upon notification by a Member State or group of Member States concerned, that the Joint Undertaking’s initiatives qualify as Important Projects of Common European Interest, provided that all relevant conditions are met in accordance with the Community Framework for state aid for research and development and innovation25. __________________ 25 Communication from the Commission — Criteria for the analysis of the compatibility with the internal market of State aid to promote the execution of important projects of common European interest, OJ C 188, 20.6.2014, p. 4.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) to interconnect and federate regional, national and European High Performance Computing supercomputers and other computing systems, data centres and associated software and applications without jeopardising data protection and privacy;
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) experience of the hosting entity in installing and, operating similar systemsand maintaining similar systems, also in relation to its geographical conditions and the ability to handle the energy needs of the supercomputer;