High-Performance Computing
EBRAINS connects neuroscientists with powerful European high-performance computing (HPC) resources designed to support data-intensive and computationally demanding research.
Whether you are analysing large multimodal datasets, training advanced models, or running complex simulations, EBRAINS provides access to the HPC environments needed to push your work further. Through our partnerships with TGCC-CEA (France), CINECA (Italy), CSCS (Switzerland) and the Jülich Supercomputing Centre (Germany), researchers can benefit from state-of-the-art computing capacity fully integrated with the EBRAINS ecosystem.
What Can I Do With EBRAINS HPC Resources?
Move from data to discovery, faster and more efficiently, by using our supercomputing resources together with EBRAINS tools and software:
- Process Brain Datasets and Atlases: Use scalable computing to analyse multimodal neuroimaging, electrophysiology, or behavioural data — capturing patterns and dynamics beyond standard computation.
- Develop Detailed Brain Models: Build multi-scale scaffold models that reflect the brain’s structure from molecules up to large-scale networks. HPC lets you test and iterate theory-driven models rapidly.
- Run Large-Scale Simulations: Execute simulations of neural activity or entire brain regions, enabling you to experiment in silico and refine your hypotheses.
- Train & Deploy AI Models: Apply HPC to innovate in brain-inspired computing and advanced data analytics, paving the way for breakthroughs in AI, machine learning, and robotics based on neural principles.
Who Can Use EBRAINS HPC Resources?
EBRAINS makes HPC resources available to Europe-based neuroscientists and researchers who want to leverage high-performance computing to run large-scale data analyses, simulations, and brain models. Our platform offers integrated workflows within a unified environment where users can combine HPC with EBRAINS tools, cloud services, storage, and software.
Whether you are a PhD student, an early-career researcher, or an established principal investigator, EBRAINS welcomes users at all career stages to apply. Access is straightforward, free of charge, and requires only a technical review.
Visit our EBRAINS wiki page for a how-to guide on applying for HPC resources.
If you have any questions or need assistance with your application, please contact us at base-infra-resources@ebrains.eu.
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