EuroCC2 Digital Innovation Flagship 2023

The EuroHPC National Competence Centre (EuroCC) in Ireland run by ICHEC provides high-performance computing and data platforms, technologies and expert support to academic researchers, enterprises and public sector organisations. EuroCC Ireland services include collaboration for co-development and optimisation of computational modelling, data analytics, artificial intelligence, data management and processing, visualisation, prototyping and solution deployment. 

Under EuroCC, the Digital Innovation Flagship (DIF) Programme implements a number of lighthouse projects with complex computational workflow and data-centric focus. Projects under the DIF Programme are

• Collaborative partnerships with ICHEC
• RD&I challenges with HEIs, enterprises, public sector
• Data-centric workflows, digital twins, scalable AI & more

A first batch of DIF projects are ongoing between September 2023 and October 2024. The call for these projects is available here.

Objectives & targeted outcomes

Each DIF project will

• address RD&I problems related to digital twins, hybrid modelling with physics-based and AI models, multi-modal data fusion and model coupling across several domains;
• focus on advancing the computational and data science, technologies and platforms across domains to serve as exemplars for excellence at national and international levels;
• bring cutting-edge high-performance computing and data platforms, technologies and expertise from ICHEC and EuroHPC to support solutions co-development;
• produce the following three outputs:
  1. A technical architecture specification of the application workflow composed of functional details for data and computational pipelines, mechanisms for sourcing and governance of datasets, publishing and visualisation of results, approaches for packaging and deploying the application, and other relevant aspects.
  2. A prototype implementation of a part or whole of the application workflow. 
  3. A roadmap to continue further design and implementation of the application workflow beyond the 12-month DIF project targeting additional functionalities, higher-TRL, and increased scalability or performance.

Ongoing DIF projects

ALTER (AI & Digital Twins in Emergency Care: A Vision for the Future)

• Enhance healthcare efficiency (structured eHealth reporting, computer-aided diagnoses, continuos patient monitoring)
• Incorporate digital technologies (Artificial Intelligence, digital twin, process optimisation)

Partners: University of Limerick (UL), Health Service Executive (HSE)

ARDMAV (Digital Twins & Active Rural Data Models for Autonomous Vehicles)

• Create active data model of a rural road loop in Kinsale, Co. Cork
• Irish leader in rural-dedicated of autonomous driving in Europe
• HPC for simulation & analysis for virtual sensor design & testing

Partners: Eopna Mobility, Future Mobility Campus Ireland

BRIDGE (Data gateways & HPC for Big Data, Edge AI & IoT in private & public sectors)

• Unique federated infrastructure integrating HPC & AI capabilities
• Sandbox ecosystem for Big Data, Edge AI, and IoT technologies
• ICHEC enabling European Digital Hubs (Data2Sustain & FactoryxChange)

Partners: Data2Sustain EDIH, Atlantic Technological University (ATU), WiSAR Lab, University of Galway

DT4E (Smart City Digital Twin & Data Space for Engagement)

• Co-develop EU-compliant digital twin platform for Dublin City Council (DCC)
• Integrate diverse data sources into a geospatial interface
• Evidence-based decision-making
• Improved communication with citizens

Partners: Dublin City Council (DCC), ADAPT (SFI Research Centre)

Deep Qu-Learning (Scalable AI & quantum simulation for quantum program generation)

• Explore larger problem spaces & more complex scenarios for automated design of quantum algorithms
• Specialized HPC tools & workflows for scalable AI, quantum simulation & quantum program induction

Partners: ML-Labs (SFI Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning), Equal1 Laboratories, University College Dublin (UCD)

Earth:CHEC (Data space & resource cataloguing for Irish digital Earth science [details]

• Data management planning, design & development in applied Earth sciences
• Align with national & international data management initiatives
• Build FAIR & Open geoscience data systems & practices
• Contribute to IRLDAT, EOSC & European Common Data Spaces

Partners: iCRAG (SFI Research Centre in Applied Geosciences)

JLflow (Dynamic AI framework & data management for material simulations)

• HPC & data challenges in computing electronic properties of materials
• Dynamic scalable AI-based workflow combining electronic structure methods with machine learning algorithms
• Build FAIR & Open materials data systems & practices
• Contribute to IRLDAT, EOSC & European Common Data Spaces

Partners: Trinity College Dublin (TCD), CRANN (Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices)

OPTIWIRE-AI (AI & Digital Twins for Integrated Optical & Wireless Networks)

• Develop efficient framework for data management & advanced analytics for wireless & optical networks control & management
• Digital twin aggregating diverse data, with network standards, scalable AI workflows for accurate simulation & analysis

Partners: CONNECT (SFI Centre for Future Networks and Communication)

URGE (Digital Twin for Patient Care Pathway in Cardiovascular Neurocristopathy)

• Develop clinical data space & digital twin for cardiovascular disease
• Scenario-based analysis for personalised precision medicine
• Secure & governed linking of multimodal datasets
• Contribute to pilot Health Data Space, privacy & governance for secondary use of patient data

Partners: CÚRAM (SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices), CORRIB CORE Lab (Research Center for Advanced Imaging and Core laboratory), Galway University Hospitals, INSIGHT (SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics)

Contact

Write to eurocc_ireland@ichec.ie