EuroCC - Greek NCC - Competence Mapping

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EuroCC@Greece is one of 33 national nodes of the EuroCC project, in the framework of the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU). The aim of EuroCC is to advance competitiveness in research, improve effectiveness of government services and promote innovation in industry through High Performance Computing (HPC), Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The results from this survey will help us to map the ecosystem of HPC / Big Data / AI users and providers in Greece, identify and understand the distinct needs of the Greek users as well as those that want to become HPC / Big Data / AI users and gradually build up the necessary support accordingly.

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General information

Personal Data & Contact Information

Name*

Email*

Telephone no.

Organization Information

Name of Organization*Provide the name of the organization you are working for. If you are self-employed, fill in your name.

Link*Provide a link of the organization you are working for. If you are self-employed, you can provide your personal webpage link.

Location (Country)*Provide the location of your organization. If more than one location applies, you can provide one or all of them.

Location (City)*Provide the location of your organization. If more than one location applies, you can provide one or all of them.

How many people are employed in your organization? (If applicable) include also administrative staff.*
1 (singe person)2-1010-5050-250> 250

Domain*Which of the following categories best describe the industry you work in? (multiple answers are allowed)
Agriculture & ForestryAutomotiveChemicals & MaterialsDigital MarketingEarth SciencesEducationEnergyEngineeringFinance, Insurance & BankingIT / Computer ScienceLife Sciences & HealthManufacturingMaritimeMedia and EntertainingMiningPharmaceuticalsRetailTelecommunicationsTourismSpace and AeronauticsOther:

Organization Type*If more that one type applies, select the one that better describes your organization
Private sector (industry, SME, start-up, independent expert, etc.)Public sectorAcademic sector (University, Research institution)

Industry

Job Title*What is your job in your organization?

Your organization is a provider or user of HPC / Big Data / AI services?*
ProviderUserBoth

Public Sector

Does your department use or has ever used HPC services?*
YesNo, but we would need toNoI do not know

What kind of benefit you get / would get?*
Speed of processing needed dataSimulation of performance in relation to a large amount of parameters / stored dataBig data analysisApplication of heavy mathematical algorithms to big dataEnvironmental Impact monitoringPredictive modelsI do not knowOther:

Does your organization possess/ generate/ or make use of large datasets? (If yes, please describe)

Do you have in house qualified personnel for HPC / Big Data / AI?*
YesExternal support from local academia / research organizationsExternal support from international academia / research organizationsExternal support from local service providersExternal support from international service providersNo

If yes please describe their expertise

What kind of support would you need?*
InfrastructureTrainingOrganizational consultingHPC / AI consultingCodingHelpdeskI do not knowI would not needOther:

Do you have in house infrastructure suitable for HPC / Big Data?*
YesNoI do not know

If yes specify the capacity

Have you ever used external HPC services?*
YesNoI do not know

If yes please specify the service provider

Does your organization possess/ generate/ or make use of large datasets? (If yes, please describe)

Do you need to process very big amount of data for your operations?*
YesNoI do not know

What information or support would you like to have related to HPC?*
Basic information as to how HPC can have an impact for your activityUse cases/Best practicesAccess to local expertsSupport to pilot usePersonnel skills training - basic trainingPersonnel skills training - advanced/specialized training and/or domain specific trainingJob description definition for new hiresNoneOther:

Academia

Does your organization use or has ever used HPC services?*
YesNo, but we would need toNoI do not know

What kind of benefit you get / would get?*
Speed of processing needed dataSimulation of potential malfunction or occurrenceSimulation of performance in relation to a large amount of parameters / stored dataBig data analysisApplication of heavy mathematical algorithms to big dataEnvironmental Impact monitoringPredictive modelsI do not knowOther:

Does your organization possess/ generate/ or make use of large datasets? (If yes, please describe)

If yes please describe their expertise

What kind of support would you need?*
InfrastructureTrainingOrganizational consultingHPC / AI consultingCodingHelpdeskI do not knowI would not needOther:

Do you have in house infrastructure suitable for HPC / Big Data?*
YesNoI do not know

If yes specify the capacity

Have you ever used external HPC services?*
YesNoI do not know

If yes please specify the service provider

Does your organization provide HPC / Big Data / AI services?*
YesNoI do not know

Does your organization possess/ generate/ or make use of large datasets? (If yes, please describe)

Do you need to process very big amount of data for your operations?*
YesNoI do not know

Do you happen to know if there are RTOs/unis, companies, or public bodies in your activity area, that already process big amount of data?*
Yes, regularly for their operationYes, on a project basisYes, for research reasonsNo, there are notI do not know

If yes, do you happen to know what kind of benefit RTOs/unis, companies, or public bodies in your activity area get from processing big data?
Speed of processing needed dataSimulation of potential malfunction or occurrenceSimulation of performance in relation to a large amount of parameters / stored dataBig data analysisApplication of heavy mathematical algorithms to big dataEnvironmental impact monitoringPredictive modelsI do not knowOther:

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Providers of HPC / Big Data / AI services

ServicesProvide the type of services you offer and the categories for each type (HPC: High Performance Computing, AI: Artificial Intelligence)
Expertise (consulting, independent expert, etc.)
HPCBig DataAI
Infrastructure provider
HPCBig DataAI
Software provider / vendor
HPCBig DataAI
Training programs
HPCBig DataAI

Other ServicesDo you provide any other services or own competences related to HPC / Big Data / AI ?

Business and activities

Do you have customers to which you provide HPC / Big Data / AI services?*
YesNo, I do not have customers currently

Where are your customers located?
GreeceEurope (excluding Greece)Worldwide (excluding Greece, Europe)

What is the domain of your customers?
Agriculture & ForestryAutomotiveChemicals & MaterialsDigital MarketingEarth SciencesEducationEnergyEngineeringFinance, Insurance & BankingIT / Computer ScienceLife Sciences & HealthManufacturingMaritimeMedia and EntertainingMiningPharmaceuticalsRetailTelecommunicationsTourismSpace and AeronauticsOther:

What is the size of your customers?
Micro enterprises (<10 employees)Small enterprises (10-50 employees)Medium-sized enterprizes (50-250 employees)Large enterprises (>250 employees)I do not know

Have you ever received national or european funding for providing, developing or enhancing your HPC / Big Data / AI services?*
YesNoI do not know

Are you interested in being a member of our HPC/Big Data/AI providers network?*EuroCC@Greece’s network brings together stakeholders (providers, users, academia, public organizations, etc.) in the domains of HPC, Big Data, and AI. Its aim is to interconnect stakeholders at a national level and facilitate their access to EuroCC@Greece’s European and international networks. Participating in our network will increase your visibility through EuroCC@Greece’s website and dissemination actions, and give you access to potential customers. The information that will be made public for your organization will be controlled by you.
YesNoOther

HPC / Big Data / AI services and technologies

What type of services you provide and what are the main technologies you use.

HPC services (hardware, software, services)

HPC Hardware
Compute Processing (CPU architectures)Compute Co-Processors (GPUs, FPGAs, others)StorageNetworkingVisualisation equipmentOther:

HPC Software
Compilers, Libraries and Parallel ApplicationsBenchmarking and performance toolsScheduling, Accounting and Quotas managementVisualisation softwareOther:

HPC services and consulting
Application Porting and ConsultingParallel Programming for CPUs (MPI, OpenMP, POSIX Threads, GASPI etc)Parallel Programming for Co-processors (OpenACC, CUDA, OpenCL, OneAPI, etc)Parallel I/OUser interfaces (i.e. web, cli etc)HPC resources configuration and administrationOther:

Big Data services

Big Data competences
Data warehousingBig Data Storage and ManagementBig Data AnalyticsBig Graph Data AnalyticsBig Data Streaming / Real-time Big Data processingBig Data OptimizationBig Data VisualizationOther:

AI services (technical skills and applications)

AI technical skills
Machine learningDeep learningReinforcement learningVisualizationExplainabilityOther:

AI applications
Autonomous systemsComputer vision / image processingDecision optimizationExpert systems (reasoning, not ML)Natural language processing (NLP)Predictive analyticsRecommendation systemsRoboticsOther:

Technologies

Do you use any of the following tools / technologies? (HPC)
OpenMPMPIPGASCUDAOpenACCOpenCLOther:

Do you use any of the following tools / technologies? (Big Data)
HadoopSparkOther:

Do you use any of the following tools / technologies? (AI)
PytorchTensorflowCNTKMXNetOther:

Do you use distributed AI techniques?
YesNo

If yes, which technique do you use?

Do you use any of the following tools / technologies? (Data visualization)
ParaviewVisitOther:

Hardware platforms Provide a list of hardware platforms you have experience with, provide services on, etc. Separate answers with commas.

Software Provide a list of software tools, libraries, environments, etc., you own, have experience with, provide services for, etc. Separate answers with commas.

Publications Provide a link where information about your publications (website, google scholar, dblp, etc.) can be found.

Users of HPC / Big Data / AI services

Does your organization use or has ever used HPC / Big Data / AI services?*
YesNo, but we would need toNoI do not know

What kind of benefit you get / would get?*
Speed of processing needed dataSimulation of potential malfunction or occurrenceSimulation of performance in relation to a large amount of parameters / stored dataAdvanced robotics useInnovation through advanced researchEnvironmental Impact monitoringPredictive modelsI do not knowOther:

If yes please describe their expertise

What kind of support would you need?*
InfrastructureTrainingOrganizational consultingHPC / AI consultingCodingHelpdeskI do not knowI would not needOther:

Do you need to process a very big amount of data for your operation?*
YesNoI do not know

Do you happen to know if there are companies or public bodies in your activity area that already process a big amount of data?*
Yes, regularly for their operationYes, on a project basisYes, for research reasonsNo, there are notI do not know

If yes, do you happen to know what kind of benefit companies or public bodies in your activity area get from processing big data?
Speed of processing needed dataSimulation of potential malfunction or occurrenceSimulation of performance in relation to a large amount of parameters / stored dataAdvanced robotics useInnovation through advanced researchEnvironmental Impact monitoringPredictive modelsI do not knowOther:

What information or support would you like to have related to HPC / Big Data / AI?*
Basic information as to how HPC can have an impact for your companyUse cases/Best practicesAccess to local expertsSupport to pilot usePersonnel skills training - basic trainingPersonnel skills training - advanced/specialized training and/or domain specific trainingJob description definition for new hiresNoneOther:

Which are expectations / business objectives from the use of HPC / Big Data / AI services? *
Time to marketRange of new products and servicesForecasting abilityFlexibilityTimely decision makingDelivery of goods or services meeting customer needsReduction of customer complaintsCustomer retentionResolution of complaintsCompetitive positionProductivityCost reduction in key areas

Rate the importance of the simulation in new product development opportunities. How important are simulations for your company in order to develop new products?
Present:
Crucial (We cannot develop new products without access to simulations)Possibly (Simulations make it easier or more cost-effective to develop new products)Not important (We do not use simulations to develop new products)
Future (in 5 years):
Crucial (We cannot develop new products without access to simulations)Possibly (Simulations make it easier or more cost-effective to develop new products)Not important (We do not use simulations to develop new products)

How restrictive are your internal policies about Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)?IPR defines the rights granted and protection to the creators, associated with trademarks, copyright, patents, industrial design rights, and in some cases trade secrets. Companies often have internal policies to protect their IPR and classify the rights and access, usually in line with jurisdictions in which it operates, and in line with industry norms (and protecting proprietary information from the competition). Please select the definition that best describes the internal policy of your company with regard to IPR
Present:
Unimportant (Your company has little IP or is not in danger of breaching any IP rights in the course of its general business activities)Important (Your company has IP or an IP policy, but the security and secrecy is considered important but not crucial)Very strict (Your company generates IPR, or IP is crucial to your core business and interests and closely guarded)
Future (in 5 years):
Unimportant (Your company has little IP or is not in danger of breaching any IP rights in the course of its general business activities)Important (Your company has IP or an IP policy, but the security and secrecy is considered important but not crucial)Very strict (Your company generates IPR, or IP is crucial to your core business and interests and closely guarded)

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Need for training on HPC / Big Data / AI

Declare any needs for training for enhancing your skills or for obtaining new skills.

Would you like to enhance your HPC / Big Data / AI skills?*
YesNoOther:

If yes, please specify training topics(s) that would be of interest for you:

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Contact with EuroCC@Greece

EuroCC@Greece makes an effort to get to know the stakeholders better in the area of HPC, Big Data, and AI at a national level.

Would you be willing to get contacted by EuroCC@Greece for a private communication (e.g., phone call) to discuss more about your organization and your HPC / Big Data / AI services or needs?*
YesNo

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