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In my presentation, I will pinpoint the differences between HPC users from academia, big industry and SMEs, with a particular focus on the latter group, as they are a vital aspect of the activities within the National Competence Centres in HPC and associated technologies (HPC+). All 33 NCCs are currently in the process of acquiring or widening the necessary capabilities to support these user types in the best possible way.
Through the experience in the EuroCC project, it became clear that the NCCs need to be also able to speak the language of the SMEs in order to succeed. The particular challenge lies in dealing with a user group which partially has low or nearly no expertise in the use of HPC+, but is very solution-focused. Still, there is a high amount of untapped potential in the uptake of certain SME-domains, which can be only explored by a well-established interaction mechanism between NCCs and the SMEs.
