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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ECLAT accelerates the development of a workflow for radio-interferometric imaging in the exascale era
As radio astronomy enters the exascale era, the ECLAT laboratory is working on the workflows of tomorrow. Gathered in Meudon for a hackathon and technical workshop, researchers and industrial partners accelerated the development of a prototype "end-to-end" processing...
Technical workshop 2025 and hackathon
The 2025 edition of the ECLAT Technical Workshop and Hackathon brings together researchers, engineers, and partners to address the challenges of next-generation radio astronomy pipelines. Over five days, participants will discuss recent advances—from rapid prototyping...
Behind the scenes of the first ECLAT GPU hackathon
Held from October 20 to 24, 2025 at the Observatoire de Paris-PSL, the first ECLAT GPU hackathon marked an important step towards meeting the challenge of the coming data deluge, by officially launching a new international initiative to accelerate data flows using GPU...
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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