The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) and the Minho Advanced Computing Centre (MACC) have launched a call for tender for the procurement of a petascale supercomputer, capable of executing more than one Petaflop, or 1 million billion calculations per second.
When face-to-face interaction is impossible, eGovernment solutions become vital. Thanks to the "trust" enablers eID and eSignature CEF Building Blocks, and in general, the eIDAS regulation, citizens do not need to leave their homes to interact with public administrations, they do not have to meet face-to-face to sign or even mail documents. In times of crisis, this is another way to achieve social distancing.
In order to help build a strong European ecosystem where startups can thrive, Startup Europe is empowering 7 projects, funded under Horizon 2020, that are connecting local ecosystems across Europe.
The 7th Human Brain Project (HBP) Summit & Open Day was held in Athens, Greece in February 2020 with the participation of more than 500 HBP scientists and more than 750 external participants for the Open Day. This year, the focus was on the key steps taken to establish EBRAINS, the new European Research Infrastructure for Neuroscience.
The large-scale research initiative Battery 2030+ published its long-term research roadmap. The document contains the recommended actions, research themes and scientific approach to develop the sustainable batteries critical for future carbon-neutral societies.
A multidisciplinary team of Graphene Flagship researchers is developing high-performance graphene enabled silicon-based lithium-ion batteries for hearing aids, wearables and small electronic devices. In doing so, they identified how to use a pinch of graphene to increase the lifetime and the capacity of these batteries by 30%.
DIH-HERO has made a first version of a service directory about healthcare robotics, which helps identify the different services offered by companies in the DIH-HERO network that could add value in the creation of novel healthcare robotics solutions.
SocialTruth is an Horizon 2020 funded project that focuses on aggregating large volumes of datasets enriched with metadata that will be useful to assess credibility levels.
The outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19 is putting public sector organisations through great challenges with local governments, public administrations, local health services particularly at the forefront of the crisis. If their efforts were further strengthened with the help of digital tools, they could be more effective in helping to slow the epidemic.
A Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) workshop on graphene and related materials (GRM) took place in Brussels on 20th January 2020. The goal of this workshop was to discuss the most important challenges of graphene and related materials in different areas of application.