Horizon Europe, EuroHPC, AI factories and the research base behind European tech. Coverage from Continental Brief.
A former paper mill in Kajaani is being converted into a cutting-edge facility for Europe's next-generation supercomputer and quantum research, with operations expected to begin by the end of 2027.
A record 91 proposals in the latest IT4Innovations competition underscores surging demand for high-performance computing among Czech institutions, with 32 projects now gaining access to LUMI for work spanning quantum-classical AI, drug discovery and financial crime detection.
Nokia, BT Group and Ericsson are investing in educational programmes to equip students with AI literacy and practical skills, from primary school robotics to university-level deep learning courses.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has signed a deal to deploy LUMI-AI, a new supercomputer that will quadruple Europe's AI computing capacity and serve startups, SMEs and researchers across the continent.
The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has awarded Bull a EUR 387.8 million contract to construct LUMI-AI, a next-generation supercomputer that will deliver tenfold greater AI capacity than its predecessor and nearly double HPC performance.
Scientists at Denmark's Technical University have deployed Europe's flagship supercomputer to model electron behaviour in lithium manganese oxide batteries, combining quantum simulations with machine learning.
A new technical study on Europe's LUMI supercomputer examines how reinforcement learning for large language models scales efficiently across multiple compute nodes, offering practical guidance for researchers and industry practitioners.
A team from the University of Amsterdam has leveraged Europe's most powerful supercomputer to create NeoBabel, a text-to-image model that works across six languages and is now available as open source.
Teams at the e-Governance Academy continue EU-backed cybersecurity projects in Ukraine despite constant Russian attacks, air raid alerts lasting up to 20 hours daily, and the psychological toll of living in an active war zone.
The digital identity firm has consolidated fragmented eIDAS certifications across five bodies into a single Conformity Assessment Body partnership, simplifying oversight after a string of acquisitions.
A new white paper co-authored by Estonia's former government CTO outlines how states must adapt their cybersecurity strategy as AI makes cyberattacks faster, cheaper and more accessible to non-state actors.