RAISE joins the memorandum of understanding “Genoa Capital of High-Performance Computing for Biomedical Research”

On March 28, at the Great Campus Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico degli Erzelli, the event “Genoa Capital of Supercomputing – High-Performance Computing for Biomedical Research” took place, organized by Liguria Digitale.

The event featured participation from representatives of the academic, industrial, and institutional sectors in roundtable discussions and speeches that focused on the opportunities presented by supercomputing and advanced technologies, with particular emphasis on the clinical, biomedical, robotics, simulation, and advanced data analysis sectors.

During the event, the memorandum of understanding “Genoa Capital of High-Performance Computing for Biomedical Research” was signed by the key players in research, industry, and institutions from the Ligurian region: the National Research Council (CNR), the Genoa Chamber of Commerce, Confindustria Genoa, the Italian Institute of Technology, the Giannina Gaslini Institute, Leonardo, Liguria Digitale, Mnesys, San Martino Polyclinic Hospital, RAISE, and the University of Genoa.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, recently announced an investment plan of over 200 billion euros for the development of artificial intelligence and the necessary data Giga Factories. In this context, Genoa aims to host one of the four continental centers, becoming a key hub for global progress and innovation. The signing of the memorandum represents a strategic mark toward the exceptional goal of “Genoa, the Italian Capital of Data”.

“RAISE’s participation in the memorandum reflects our commitment to contribute, through investments in infrastructure and human capital, made possible by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), to the development of a strategic initiative for the region, capitalizing on and enhancing all the work done over the years to create an innovation ecosystem serving Genoa and Liguria Region,” commented Cristina Battaglia, RAISE’s programme manager, who took part in the roundtable “High Computing for Biomedical Research” with Giampaolo Brichetto, President of the Technical Scientific Committee of the Ligurian Life Sciences Hub, Mauro Dalla Serra, Director of the CNR Institute of Biophysics, and Federico Delfino, the Rector of the University of Genoa.

The event represented an important opportunity to establish Genoa as a reference point for supercomputing applied to biomedical and healthcare research and to confirm Liguria as an international center of excellence.