SPECTRUM: A Strategic Framework and Technical Blueprint for European Exascale Research Data and Compute Infrastructure
The HiLumi LHC, the SKA Observatory and LOFAR 2.0 will take High Energy Physics (HEP) and Radio Astronomy (RA) towards exabyte-scale data within the next decade, beyond the capacity of today's infrastructure. The SPECTRUM project responded with two documents built on the same evidence. A Technical Blueprint describes a European compute and data continuum as a capability map, consolidates the gaps found in HEP, RA and related use cases, and recommends technical actions in eight areas. A Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) organises thirteen priorities in four pillars, maps them to investment areas and European funding instruments, and phases them over a roadmap set against the timelines of the three instruments. This paper, by editors and contributors of both documents, summarises them, their consultative method and the impact the SRIDA expects.
Authors
- Luca dell'Agnello (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1086-6740)
- Hans–Christian Hoppe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3546-090X)
- Shan B. Mignot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8515-939X)
- Luciano Gaido (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6994-4988)
- Florian Berberich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6695-9570)
- Andrea Manzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7949-2199)
- Kristen Lutz
- Eric Wulff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-8516)
- Chiara Ferrari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2917-9759)
- Corentin LEFEVRE (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-2370)
- A. Ellien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-3370)
- S. Bagnasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6062-6505)
- C. Bozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6782-3982)
- Sergio Andreozzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5567-4000)
- Luis Cifuentes
- David Southwick
- Tommaso Boccali
- Jeff Wagg
- John Swinbank
- Hanno Holties
- Valentin Jay Blanchard
- Maria Girone
- Xavier Salazar Forn
- Raymond Oonk
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.40493
- Primary Topic
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Type
- preprint