D2.5.2 Report on links with HPC Ecosystem

The PRACE project has a mandate to lay out the foundations of a future pan-European HPC research infrastructure whose top layer consists of Petaflop/s-class supercomputers sharing resources with National/Regional HPC Computers. This infrastructure is expected to have a significant impact on the European research quality in forefront scientific areas that contribute decisively for both European scientific and economic competitiveness.
A key ingredient to the success of this infrastructure is the strength of the links established to the whole HPC ecosystem through its stakeholders.
This deliverable builds on the previous deliverable 2.5.1, which has identified the relevant stakeholders and analysed their importance to PRACE, dividing them into eight groups. This document performs a deeper analysis of the links to the stakeholders belonging to each of these groups, including tables listing the stakeholders and their cont acts with PRACE members, and also reports on the contacts already been made and the existing feedbacks. Furthermore, the document presents the messages that should be carried across during those contacts that are suitable for each stakeholder group and also proposes the next steps to be taken in order to create links or strengthen the links already existing. To make this dissemination and outreach effort towards stakeholders more effective, the document presents material like message content, FAQs and an electronic Communication Kit which is available for the PRACE members who will be contacting each stakeholder.