25 Amendments of Jakop G. DALUNDE related to 2018/0003(NLE)
Amendment 35 #
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 the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should make efforts to reduce the specific HPC-related skills gap, encouraging requalification, HPC related career choices and offering special programs to encourage balanced representation of men and women in the HPC career paths. 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-overs 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 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) The Joint Undertaking should be the owner of the pre-exascale supercomputers it has acquired. The operation of the pre-exascale supercomputers should be entrusted to a hosting entity, i.e. a legal entity in a Member State participating in the Joint Undertaking which provides facilities to host and operate a supercomputer. The hosting entity should ensure to the extent possible a physical and functional separation of the Joint Undertaking pre- exascale supercomputers and any other, national or regional computing systems it operates. The hosting entity should be selected by the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking. The Joint Undertaking should remain the owner of the pre- exascale supercomputers until they are depreciated (typically after 4-5 years of operation). Then ownership should be transferredcommissioned. The decommissioning process could include transfer of ownership to the hosting entity for decommissioning, disposal or any other use and. In the case of transfer of ownership to the hosting entity the latter should reimburse the Joint Undertaking the residual value of the supercomputers.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The use of the pre-exascale and petascale supercomputers should be primarily for civilian public research and innovation purposes, for any user from academia, industry or the public sector. The Joint Undertaking should be allowed to carry out some limited civilian economic activities for private purposes. Access should be granted to users established in the Union or an Associated Country to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be equitable to any user and allocated in a transparent manner. The Governing Board should define the access rights to the Union’s share of access time for each supercomputer.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) LVery limited use of the supercomputers by users carrying out civilian economic activities for non- research applications shcould be allowed. Access time should be primarily granted to any user established in the Union or a country associated to Horizon 2020. The access rights should be allocated in a transparent manner.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) The Joint Undertaking governance should be assured by two bodies: a Governing Board, and an Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board. The Governing board should be composed of Representatives of the Union and Participating States. It should be responsible for strategic policy making and funding decisions related to the activities of the Joint Undertaking, in particular for all the public procurement activities. The Industrial and Scientific Advisory Board should include mainly representatives of academia and in a lower measure, relevant industry as users and technology suppliers. It should provide independent advice to the Governing Board on the Strategic Research Agenda and on the acquisition and operation of the supercomputers owned by the Joint Undertaking.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to provide a framework for acquisition of an integrated world-class pre-exascale supercomputing and data infrastructure in the Union, including through supporting the acquisition of petascale supercomputers by the Participating States;
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to support the development of an integrated High Performance Computing ecosystem in the Union covering all civilian scientific and industrial value chain segments notably hardware, software, applications, services, engineering, interconnections, know-how and skills.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point j
(j) to improve understanding of High Performance Computing and contribute to reducing skills gaps in the Union related to High Performance Computing, building on the effects of digitising society, encouraging requalification and a balanced representation of men and women in the High Performance Computing career paths;
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
(3) The hosting entity shall be selected through a fair and transparent process by the Governing Board, based, inter alia on the following criteria:
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
(1) The access to the supercomputers shall be primarily for civilian research and innovation purposes falling under public funding programmes and shall be open to users from the public and private sectors.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
(2) The Governing Board shall define the general access conditions and may define specific access conditions for different types of users or applications. The quality of service shall be the same for all users but priority criteria can be defined.
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
(1) Specific conditions shall apply to industrial users applying for access right for civilian private research purposes, non- research and innovation purposes or commercial purposes. This commercial service shall be a paying service, based on market prices. The level of the fee shall be established by the Governing Board.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
(3) The total access time allocated to commercial services shall not exceed 10% of the total available access time of each supercomputer. The Governing Board shall decide on the allocation and the queue of the access time for commercial services, giving priority to the non-commercial activities.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
(1) The Joint Undertaking may make use of seconded national experts and trainees not employed by the Joint Undertaking. The number of seconded national experts expressed in full-time equivalents shall be added to the information on staff resources as referred to in Article 13(4) in accordance with the annual budget. All seconded national experts will be paid by the Joint Undertaking according to Union regulations and no cost employment is forbidden.
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Without prejudice to Article 22, the Joint Undertaking shall ensure the protection of sensitive information the disclosure of which could damage the interests of its members or of participants in the activities of the Joint Undertaking except for the cases or a general public interest or damage to a person or institution could incur if confidentiality rule is applied.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) initiate and manage the procedure for the acquisition of the pre-exascale supercomputers in an open and transparent manner, by the use of independent experts, evaluate the offers received, award of funding within the limits of available funds, monitor the implementation of the contract and manage the contracts;
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) select the hosting entity of the pre- exascale supercomputers, in accordance with itsthe rules set in art. 6 (3) and the financial rules referred to in Article 11 of this Regulation;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) provide financial support, mainly in the form of grants, focusing on applications, outreach activities, awareness raising actions and professional development and reconversion activities for attracting human resources to High Performance Computing, promoting a balanced participation of men and women, as well as increasing skills and engineering know-how of the ecosystem;
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point j
Annex – Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point j
(j) initiate open calls for proposals and award funding to civilian research, development and innovation actions within the limits of available funds;
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 3
Annex – Article 6 – point 3
(3) The members of the Governing Board shall make every effort to achieve consensus. Failing consensus, the Governing Board shall take its decisions by a majority of at least 75% of all votes and one third of all the Participating States, including the votes of the members who are absent.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 6 – point 5
Annex – Article 6 – point 5
(5) The Governing Board shall elect a chair among its members for a period of two years. The mandate of the chairperson shall be extended only once, following a decision by the Governing Board.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 7 – point 3 – point o a (new)
Annex – Article 7 – point 3 – point o a (new)
(oa) endorse the result of the fair and transparent process of selecting the hosting entities in accordance with article 6.3 of this Regulation;
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 8 – point 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Annex – Article 8 – point 1 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The candidates list should be drawn with a view to ensure equal representation and opportunities for men and women.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 10 – point 2
Annex – Article 10 – point 2
(2) The Research and Innovation Advisory Group shall consist of no more than twelve members, whereof no more than sixfour shall be appointed by the Private Members and no more than sixeight shall be appointed by the Governing Board. The Governing Board shall establish the specific criteria and selection process for the members it appoints.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex – Article 23 – point 2
Annex – Article 23 – point 2
(2) The Joint Undertaking Governing Board shall adopt rules for the prevention and management of conflicts of interest in respect of its members, bodies and staff in line with Union best practices. Those rules shall also contain provisions intended to avoid a conflict of interest in respect of the representatives of the members of the Joint Undertaking serving on the Governing Board.