The ECLAT joint laboratory
Uncovering the mysteries of the universe using HPC and AI
ECLAT : Extreme Computing Lab for Astronomical Telescopes
Our mission
A centre of excellence in HPC and AI for astronomical instrumentation
ECLAT is the laboratory dedicated to High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) for astronomical instrumentation, stemming from the French contribution to the SKAO (Square Kilometer Array Observatory). Its mission is to facilitate the R&D partnerships needed to design and build future cyber-physical systems for astronomy.
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The partners
A joint laboratory
Laboratories and teams
Researchers and engineers
Common roadmap
ECLAT is a nationwide collaborative laboratory based on close partnerships and large-scale initiatives at national and European level. It combines the efforts of sixteen laboratories and teams affiliated to the CNRS, Inria, Eviden, the Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur and the Observatoire de Paris.
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Research areas
Pushing the limits of innovation
Design of supercomputers
Research & development
Instrumentation for radio astronomy
Contributions to SKAO
News and Events
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« Radio astronomy gives us a use case that forces us to rethink how computations are executed » – Interview with Olivier Aumage, researcher at Inria
How can we make better use of supercomputing power to meet the challenges of radio astronomy? Olivier Aumage, researcher at Inria Bordeaux, presents a new project developed with ECLAT to optimise execution, reduce idle time and prepare software for the data volumes...
From Morocco to Oxford, Marwane Dalal is building bridges around the SKA
As a PhD student at the ECLAT laboratory, Marwane Dalal is developing a digital twin of the SKA at the interface between radio astronomy and high-performance computing. From his presentation to the Moroccan Academy of Sciences to the YERAC conference in Oxford, his...
Webinar : EXTRACT – towards a digital computing platform for modern radio astronomy
EXTRACT - towards a digital computing platform for modern radio astronomyThe EXTRACT project aims to design a distributed data-mining software platform for extreme data across a continuum of computing resources, including edge devices, cloud systems, and...
Projects and collaborations
The synergies around ECLAT
Photo: ECLAT 2024 technical workshop participants
SEAMS
Upstream R&D project on new frugal technologies for intensive computing
STREAMS
Platform for integrating new HPC and AI technologies
Rising Stars
International network on cyber-physical systems under real-time constraints
Numpex
Numpex brings together 5 projects focusing on Exascale
ODISSEE
Coping with the deluge of data from SKAO and CERN HL-LHC using AI
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Find out how you can contribute to innovation in astronomical research with ECLAT. Explore our pioneering projects and international collaborations to push back the frontiers of modern astronomy.