12 | ETP4HPC | ANNUAL REPORT 2020
Gearing up for the next SRA Marcin Ostasz, ETP4HPC Office
Our plans for 2021 include work on the next Strategic Research
A White Paper is a four-to six-page document that will be issued
Agenda, which should start in the third quarter, with the an-
prior to SRA 5. It should tackle a technical paradigm that should
nouncement of the SRA 5 Working Groups. In the meantime, the
be addressed in SRA 5. The topics suggested should:
TransContinuum Initiative will provide further material to be
• be clearly identified and focused (i.e. one should avoid broad
used in the SRA.
definitions)
But before getting to that, we opened the SRA 5 preparation pro-
• clearly define the issues to be analysed and be specific to the
cess to all members of ETP4HPC, asking them for suggestions for
European HPC ecosystem, i.e. they should target areas that dif-
the topics that should be covered in the ETP4HPC White Papers.
ferentiate Europe from other regions and contribute to our
These White Papers will constitute another element of the SRA 5 preparation process.
competitiveness. We are looking to issue two or three White Papers in total. The closing date for suggesting topics was 15 February 2021, so at the time of going to press the topics selected by our SRA Team are not known yet. They will be announced at the ETP4HPC General Assembly on 4 March. If you missed the February deadline, you will have another opportunity later, as there will be another round of proposals later on in the year.
