First series of Technology Transfer Nodes selected

Almere, 23-9-1996 Out of some 30 first proposals, the European Commission has selected 12 Technology Transfer Nodes that will play an important role in the support of HPCN in Europe. A second evaluation and selection is currently under way.

A new item in the Esprit HPCN Programme from the European Commision are the Technology Transfer Nodes (TTN). A TTN should coordinate a number of HPCN support actions, exploite the synergy and disseminate results to industry. TTN's can cover a region, application areas or industrial sections.

Although there were no specific deadlines for sending in proposals for a TTN, they are specific evaluation dates. The first series of proposals, some 30, were evaluated this Summer. The second and last series is currently under evaluation. The call was so successful, that, according to the Commission, there are now enough candidates. Hence no more proposals are accepted.

The following table shows the 12 selected TTN's:
AcronymCoordinating proposers
TTN-TTransferzentrum Microelektronik e.v.
TTNMV-SFFinnish Automation Support Ltd
TTNGMD Forschungszentrum, Informationstechnik GmbH
ENTICEUniversity of Edinburgh
INNONational Technical University of Athens
CAPRICEDeutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft und Raumfart
HOTSArttic
TANASTSMith System Engineering Ltd
FINNOVACenter for Scientific Computing
NOTSOMADEnea
HIPERTTNLabein
ATTNVPCC (European Centre for Parallel Computing Vienna)