EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP)

To realize the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking's ambition of building a world-class, federated, and secure HPC and quantum computing ecosystem across the European Union, a broad portfolio of systems has been deployed and made accessible throughout the Member States.

Although these supercomputers and associated infrastructures contribute to the shared strategic vision, they differ considerably in their operational models, including policies, procedures, services, and tools used for critical functions such as user authentication and authorization (AAI), resource allocation, job scheduling, and software provisioning. This diversity, while reflecting national strengths, can create additional burden for users and complicate cross-site collaboration.

The EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) addresses this challenge by building on the strengths of these heterogeneous systems. It leverages the diverse computational and data analysis capabilities, advanced software environments, and high-performance storage solutions available across the Hosting Entities (HEs). The platform is designed to support an expanding range of workflows and enable innovative approaches to complex scientific and industrial challenges. By federating these resources, the EFP ensures that the distinctive advantages of each HE is fully leveraged, including energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, cost-effectiveness, adherence to high security standards, strong ties with specific scientific communities, and active stakeholder engagement.

Features of the platform include: MyEuroHPC web interface as central entry point to EuroHPC systems; federated identity and Single-Sign-On (SSO); resource allocation management and monitoring acrosss systems; interactive web-based usage; federated software catalog; advanced workflows and data transfer; direct access using SSH certificates.

In this session, we will briefly present the scope and features of the EuroHPC Federation Platform, and give an update on both its current status and future plans.

Attendees will be encouraged to share their initial experience with using the EuroHPC Federation Platform, which will be available starting April 2026. Through a live interactive survey they will be triggered to join the discussion regarding the (potential) impact of the platform, and to raise questions to the consortium partners who are developing the platform.

For more information on the EuroHPC Federation Platform, visit https://my-eurohpc.eu .

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Organizers:

• Kenneth Hoste
• Henrik Nortamo