The Future SOC Lab aims to enable academic research with free access to DGX-1, 1000 Core Cluster, SAP HANA, and more. 

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                              CALL FOR PROPOSALS

                                  SPRING 2021
             HPI Future of Service-oriented Computing Laboratory,
          Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam (HPI)

                        https://hpi.de/future-soc-lab
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The Lab and its partners aim to support your research work with access to the Lab’s IT infrastructure: GPUs, high-memory servers, multi-core cluster, SAP HANA, SAP Data Intelligence, SUSE Linux, and terabyte of storage. Access your resources via Bare-Metal, Docker, or virtual machine - free of charge. Researchers from all scientific areas and universities worldwide are invited! 

The HPI Future SOC Lab is the place for scientific exchange in the areas of In-Memory Computing, Cloud Computing, and non-CPU (GPU, FPGA) Computing.  Since 2010, the cooperation between Hasso Plattner Institute and industry partners Fujitsu, Dell EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SUSE, and SAP, have supported about 600 projects with IT resources.  



TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
* Applications in the areas of Machine Learning and Blockchain
* GPU Computing
* Application Containerisation and Unikernels
* Service-Oriented-Computing (SOC)
* Microservices
* Cloud Computing
* In-Memory Database Technology
* Multicore Architectures/Accelerators
* On-Demand Delivery Models for Business Applications

SUBMISSION
Researchers can apply to gain access to this infrastructure by submitting
project proposals until April 13, 2021. Project  proposals are  reviewed and
approved by a Steering Committee at the virtual HPI Future SOC Lab Day on April 20,
2021, which comprises representatives from HPI and the industry partners.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission Deadline:        April 13, 2021
HPI Future SOC Lab Day:     April 20, 2021

FURTHER INFORMATION
HPI Future SOC Lab webpage: https://hpi.de/future-soc-lab
Email to the organizing committee: futuresoc-lab@hpi.de
Submission via the form at: https://fsoc-web.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/portal/cfp/