Cineca Consorzio Interuniversitario

Overview

Cineca is a non-profit Consortium, made up of 67 Universities, 9 Research Institutions and the Italian Ministry for University and Research. The HPC department of CINECA (SCAI) is the largest computing centre in Italy. CINECA offers industries a state-of-the-art HPC-cloud environment, specialized training, access to competences from the excellences constituting the Consortium, and support to access funding for R&D activities.

Competence Centres: 67 Italian public Universities and institutions like CNR (National Research Council) are part of the Consortium. These include excellences in all fields related to Industry4.0, from simulation to Data Analytics. CINECA is also part of international initiatives like the Big Data Value Association (BDVA) or MaX, the European centre of excellence for Material Design and Excellerat, the European centre of excellence for Engineering Applications, where additional competences may be found. 
Activities/Services: Technical support; Infrastructure; Testing; Access to users; Access to finance; Training and education; Innovation coaching; Network development; Ecosystem building and networking; Dissemination and awareness; Market intelligence 
Focus on innovation: TRL 1 - basic principles observed; TRL 2 - technology concept formulated; TRL 3 - experimental proof of concept; TRL 4 - technology validated in lab; TRL 5 - technology validated in relevant environment 
Keywords about technology/knowledge: modelling and simulation; cloud computing; cloud infrastructure; internet of things 
Digital technologies.