Fortissimo 2 is a project aimed at providing SMEs with easy access to high-performance cloud simulation services, building on the success of its predecessor project Fortissimo. The initiative targets to facilitate business benefits through 50-60 experiments focusing on coupled physical processes and data analytics, with a significant budget and extensive partnerships. The project emphasizes new user engagement, ensuring practical outcomes and an open marketplace for high-performance computing services.

1. Fortissimo 2 Call-1
Webinar for Proposers
Guy Lonsdale
scapos AG
2/03/2016

2. ICT INNOVATION
FOR MANUFACTURING SMEs
Part of the
Factories of the
Future (FoF)
Initiative

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• Fortissimo – 2013-2016
Business relevant investigations and
demonstrations of simulation services in the
Fortissimo HPC Cloud creating future business
benefits for manufacturing SMEs
• Fortissimo 2 – 2015-2018
Builds on the success of Fortissimo and aims to
extend and demonstrate the business potential
of an ecosystem for HPC-Cloud services,
specifically for applications involving simulation
of coupled physical processes or high-
performance data analytics.
The Fortissimo Projects

4. Fortissimo Goal & Ambition
• Goal: provide SMEs with easy and cost‐effective
access to advanced simulation services through a
Cloud infrastructure consisting of HPC resources,
software applications, expertise, and tools
• Ambition: become THE portal of choice for HPC
expertise and service provision, delivered by
Europe’s major HPC technology providers
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5. Marketplace Services
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Simulation‐as‐a‐Service
HPC Platform‐as‐a‐Service
HPC Infrastructure
Support Consultancy
Business
Container
Code
Validation
Matchmaking Registry

6. The Fortissimo HPC‐Cloud

7. What does Fortissimo success look like?
• Two levels:
1. 50‐60 successful ‘experiments’ with SMEs
delivering real business impact through HPC
2. Well‐managed successful project delivering Core
Services, Open Calls and working Marketplace
• Vital statistics:
– €22m costs / €16m funding
– Approx. 130 partners (14 core – remainder
experiment partners – many SMEs)
– 53 experiments – €180,000‐€250,000 / 3‐5 partners
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8. Successful Fortissimo Open Calls – high demand
• Two Open Calls
– Call 1: 65 proposals – funded 22 new experiments
– Call 2: 82 proposals – funded 11 new experiments
– All run as per EC best practice
• Optimised arrangements for SMEs
– Protecting their IPR through experiment ‘IP bubble’
– Dealing with cash‐flow within EC grant constraints
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9. Pipistrel success story
• SME based in Slovenia
• Light aircraft manufacturer
• New aircraft design
– Wind tunnel too expensive
– CFD on HPC Cloud solution
• Large detailed models
– 20‐30 days in‐house
– 2‐3 days in HPC Cloud
• Design cycle transformed
• 10x cheaper and 10x faster
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Experiment Partners:
Pipistrel
XLAB; Arctur

10. Ergolines success story
• SME based in Italy
• Speciality steels technology
• Simulation of slag carry‐over
from ladle to tundish
– New monitoring system
developed
– Better overall steel quality
– Reduced re‐melting
• On average 6,000 tonnes of
lost steel per year saved
• Saving between €420,000 ‐
€600,000 per year
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Experiment Partners:
Ergolines
Arctur

11. Flange Tightening – Texas Controls
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Experiment Partners:
Texas Controls
AIMEN
CESGA
• A Spanish SME offering tightening and
sealing solutions to large industrial
facilities in the industrial, power
generation and oil & gas sectors.
• HPC Simulation based design of flange
tightening operations leads to:
– 33% time‐saving
– Reduced manpower costs & reduced
“down time” of the equipment
– End‐user savings of 180 K€ per
tightening
– Estimated annual savings of 5,4 M€ for
Texas customers

12. HPC‐Cloud based Urban Planning ‐ IES
IES is a Scottish SME (with offices
world‐wide).
HPC‐Cloud approach enables pay‐
as‐you go customer options
reducing large model simulations
from days/weeks to hours/days.
Comparison with in‐house costs:
50% reduction
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Experiment Partners:
IES
U. Edinburgh (epcc)

13. Sports‐car aerodynamics ‐ Koenigsegg
The SME Koenigsegg designs & manufactures
high‐performance sports‐cars.
Aerodynamics development for the
Koenigsegg One:1 ‐ HPC‐based CFD:
250km/h  250% higher down‐force
440 km/h  50% higher down‐force
Savings in design & development, wind‐
tunnel use; 30% shortening of time to market
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Experiment Partners:
Koenigsesgg
ICON
NTUA
CINECA

14. Fortissimo – delivering for manufacturing SMEs
• Strong demand evident
• Many SMEs new to HPC but
seeing real benefits
• Direct impact on
– Manufacturing costs
– Product quality
– Jobs and growth
• Next steps ‐ delivering open
sustainable marketplace
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Funded under first I4MS H2020 Call
Innovation Action
Start date: 1st November 2015
Duration: 36 months
Costs: € 11,162,114
Funding: € 9,999,769
Two open calls with total funding of €5,000,000
Fortissimo 2 - Vital statistics

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• Competitive call for HPC‐Cloud‐based Application
Experiments for the Fortissimo 2 project, focusing on
modelling and simulation of coupled phenomena
and high‐performance data analytics
• Augmenting the current set of experiments
(& of course those of Fortissimo)
• In all cases targeting benefits for engineering and
manufacturing SMEs and mid‐caps
Fortissimo 2 Call‐1 ‐ Objectives

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• Priority will be given to experiments driven by the
requirements of first-time HPC users and, by
implication, organisations engaging in Fortissimo
for the first time.
• Experiments should develop clear exploitation
paths ensuring business impact and wider
subsequent use of the services and technologies
developed. They should also investigate service
deployment in the Fortissimo marketplace.
Fortissimo 2 Call-1 – Key aspects

18. The original Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments
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….aerodynamics
of light aircraft
…continuous casting
..design of metal flanges
…high pressure
vessels
.. Multiphysics simulation .. CFD … automotive design
… tools for urban
planning
… routing architecture
optimisation..
.. correlation ..
simulation & tests for
mechatronics
… air‐quality over cities
… risers, moorings
and flowlines ... low‐pressure
die‐casting …
… CFD for
turbomachinery
… structural crash tests
… eolian snow transport
for civil engineering …
… commercial
computational chemistry
… molecular simulation
for industrial chemical
engineering
.. CO2 emission prediction
for automotive engines
July 2015

19. The 2nd Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments
(integrated as a result of Call‐1)
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….platform for
map conversion
… electrical harnesses
….tidal farm
engineering
Manufacturing
processes… laser welding,
sheet‐metal forming,
advanced casting
…. drug target
binding
Manufacturing design…
camshafts, gear
transmission, high temp.
chimneys, boat design
seismic processing ..
oil & gas exploration
… simulation of pipeline
components
… radar reflectors &
antennas
….environment
engineering services
… rapid
prototyping
... 3D printing
optimisation … steel
component manufacture
… operational decision
support for manufacturing
Renewable energy …
hydraulic turbines
Time‐temp integrators …
Pharma logistics
… high temperature
superconductors
crowd sensing … smart cities
& large facilities
July 2015

20. The 3rd Fortissimo “cloud” of experiments
(integrated as a result of Call‐2)
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Microscopy
manufacture…
… Biomechanics
… environmental
management
Maritime design &
manufacture
fatigue assessment…
off‐shore structures &
vessels
… aerodynamic
shape optimisation ...
Automotive design
Manufacturing
composite structures ..
Re‐inforced plastics
CAE for Motorcycle
helmets
… safety &
operation ...
Wave impact
Complex fluids …
magnetic smart materials
… buoy design
July 2015

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The initial Fortisismo 2 “cloud” of experiments
….web‐based apps for
aerodynamic simulation
…optimize layout of gas
and flame detectors
…aeroacoustic simulation
…HPC Cloud services for
the foundry industry
... Multiphysics simulation of
box framed timber beams
… Big Data inside a crankshaft
machining centre
… processing thermal high‐
speed image sequences with
machine learning approaches
…near real time analysis
of airframe test data
…dynamic interaction in train
railways turnout system
… risers, moorings and
flowlines
... data analytics for
camshaft manufacturing
… simulation and modelling
of rare earth magnets
… cloud service using data
from vehicle diagnostic tools
for failure predictions
… optimization of high
performance gears

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• Proposed experiments should include all
participants necessary for the experiment,
which may include HPC and Big Data experts,
HPC Centres or ISVs either already included
within or external to the Fortissimo 2 consortium
• Experiments will employ the Fortissimo HPC
infrastructure using the HPC Centres already
involved in the project.
Open Call Partnering
www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls/partnering
www.fortissimo‐project.eu/partners.html

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Proposals:
• (max.) 10‐page documents, in English,
• The main section of the proposal should not exceed 10 pages in
length. In addition a proposal description, a cover page and 2 pages
of administrative data must be provided. Thus, with the inclusion of
the cover page and administrative pages, the maximum page count
is 13 pages.
• Proposals will be truncated to this page count and the
independent expert evaluators will only be provided with the
truncated version.
• Electronic submission (PDF, max 5 MB)
(tool access via: www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls/submission.html)
Submission Deadline: 18th May, 2016, at 17:00 Brussels local time
Key Call Details – 1/2

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Funding
• New partners will be included as Third Parties (funding model following the same
principles as for H2020 project beneficiaries)
• Call-1 indicative funding budget for Third Parties = 1.31 M€
• The funding for an individual experiment may not exceed € 250 K (covering
all participants, i.e. both 3rd Parties and existing Fortissimo 2 beneficiaries).
• Max. funding for any Third Party = 150 K€ (across all experiments in which
that Third Party is involved (arising from both Fortissimo 2 open calls)
• The participation of existing Fortissimo 2 beneficiaries across all
experiments selected in Fortissimo 2 Call-1 may not exceed 25% of the total
funding assigned to Fortissimo 2 Call-1.
Expected duration of participation:
1st November 2016 to 30th April 2018
Key Call Details – 1/2

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Call Text (“introduction”)
Guideline for proposers (“proposers guide”)
Proposal Exemplar as Word document (“exemplar”)
Proposer-Evaluator check-list
(“check-list” tab at /calls)
Frequently Asked Questions
(“FAQ” tab at /calls)
Key Call-2 Documents
Documents & info pages:
www.fortissimo‐project.eu/calls