PRACE DECI (Distributed European Computing Initiative) Minisymposium

Chris Johnson, Anastasia V. Bochenkova, Alexander A. Granovsky, Peter J. Bond, Teresa Paramo, Tristan Glatard, William A. Romero R., Denis Friboulet, Stefan J. Zasada, Peter V. Coveney

Abstract: DECI (Distributed European Computing Initiative) is a resource exchange programme which provides researchers all over Europe with access to Tier-1 super-computing resources. DECI first ran within the DEISA project but since mid-2011 has operated within the PRACE environment (http://www.prace-project.eu), so far supporting 99 projects providing approximately 300 million core hours of computing time across over 25 machines. DECI calls open at 6-monthly intervals and successful projects are given access to resources for 1 year. Here we present an overview of some of the DECI projects presented in this Minisymposium highlighting some of DECI's achievements so far.