The day-to-day operations and organization of the Association are assured in a collaborative way by the EA-MHPC office team under the leadership of the chair, Jacques-Charles Lafoucrière. The team meets once every 1-2 weeks and coordinates as needed. It sets up the governing board and general assembly meetings, provides internal and external communications and is the first point of contact for new and existing members. The team is interdisciplinary and multi-national with diverse backgrounds and a passion for cutting-edge European HPC technologies.
Jacques-Charles Lafoucriere, Chair of EA-MHPC. Jacques-Charles is programme manager at CEA-DAM, in charge of High Performance Computing and Big Data for the CEA/DAM Simulation programme, which drives the design and deployment of exascale class computing centres. For 30 years he has been involved in many aspects of HPC; as system administrator, developer, or architect; as R&D project leader; as team then department manager. Since 2021 he has been leading the French Hybrid HPC Quantum Initiative, the quantum computing platform part of the French National Quantum Strategy.
Chris Ebell serves the association as secretary general, as described in the statutes. He contributes extensive experience in consortium building, science and technology diplomacy, HPC, and managing large projects. Previously, Chris served as a science diplomat and the executive director of the Human Brain Project. As such, he was deeply involved in HPC infrastructure projects, including Fenix. Apart from EA-MHPC, he works as a consultant and blockchain entrepreneur, based in Geneva.
Dr. Jean-Philippe Nominé is a CEA Fellow, and HPC Strategic Collaborations Manager with CEA Simulation and Information Sciences Division. Strongly involved in European HPC since 2007 (PRACE, ETP4HPC, H2020 HPC Public Private Partnership, and now EuroHPC), JP also has experience in international cooperations and participated in many HPC R&D projects.
Pascale Bernier-Bruna is the EA-MHPC webmaster. She is a communications specialist with 15 years experience in the High Performance Computing sector. She is HPC Communication manager at Atos, and is currently the Communication Manager for ETP4HPC, and Dissemination Leader for projects EUPEX, NEASQC and RED-SEA.