The HPCTRAIN project aims to provide professional traineeships to young professionals in HPC across Europe. This supports Digital Europe Programme and EuroHPC JU policy to widen the use of supercomputing infrastructure and develop key HPC skills.
The traineeship programme will promote HPC training at all levels and emphasize diversity and inclusion. The project matches interested trainees with training opportunities within its consortium, EuroHPC Hosting Entities, and other European projects and HPC stakeholders, with a focus on companies using HPC. A dedicated Industrial Advisory Board will help to define, promote and execute the traineeship programme. HPCTRAIN will also contribute to enhancing career opportunities, digital skills, bridging the skills gap and industry collaboration. Trainees will gain practical experience, networking opportunities, and exposure to industry partners, which will improve their employability and career prospects. Additionally, the traineeships will provide hands-on training in specific HPC technologies enabling trainees to develop advanced digital skills highly sought after in the job market. Trainees will also have the opportunity to collaborate with industrial partners and HPC centres, exposing them to real-world industry environments and challenges. The project includes monitoring activities to assess whether the traineeships bridge the gap between education and the labour market. Additionally, the project plans communication and dissemination activities to raise awareness of the traineeship opportunities and provide information to EuroHPC stakeholders. Close links to other European HPC training initiatives, e.g. EUMaster4HPC or the national competence centres, will ensure alignment and synergies.
HLRS will focus on collecting and evaluating traineeship opportunities at the consortium members' organisations as well as at SMEs, Centres of Excellence, HPC hosting sites outside of the consortium, and Competence Centres. The traineeship opportunities will be continuously collected, reviewed and updated throughout the project.
