The Consortium consists of 18 Partners and 2 linked Third Parties representing altogether 20 partners and 27 European teams from 7 EU Member States and Associate Countries.
The Project Steering Board (PSB) is responsible for the overall management and running of the project. This is the decision-making body of the project.
The Project Steering Board represents the partners. It includes one representative from each beneficiary and linked third parties, plus the Project Manager. The Project Steering Board is chaired by the Project Coordinator (PCO): Edouard Audit.
Each member of the Project Steering Board will be empowered to collectively and equally make strategic decisions during the Project Steering Board meetings.
- Project Coordinator – Edouard Audit
- Project Manager – Julien Thelot
- WP1 leader – Virginie Grandgirard
- WP2 leader – Edoardo di Napoli
- WP3 leader – Stefan Kollet
- WP4 leader – Herbert Owen
- WP5 leader – Harald Koestler
- WP6 leader – Pasqua D’Ambra
- WP7 leader – Massimo Celino
- WP8 leader – Edouard Audit
The Project Executive Committee is chaired by the Project Coordinator (PCO) Edouard Audit and the project manager (PM) Julien Thelot. It also gathers the WP leaders and the ECG leader for operational coordination purposes including technical follow-up, identification and follow-up of risks.
The PEC is in charge of monitoring the scientific and technical work in the project and to ensure proper coordination between all WP. The Executive Committee has an advisory capacity and is in charge of making strategic recommendations towards the Project Steering Board about the main objectives of the project.
The Exascale Co-design Group (ECG) is the co-design core of the project. The ECG is animated and fostered by the ECG-leader: Paul Gibbon and is composed of the project manager, the project coordinator, the Scientific Challenge leaders and the Work Package leaders.
It initiates and oversees technical discussions and cooperation between WPs when mission-critical application design decisions are needed. The ECG is composed of technical experts from all WPs, providing a direct communication channel between application developers, HPC experts and mathematical algorithm specialists, and to ensure that a strong co-design ethic is followed by all project partners.