SPECTRUM: A Strategic Framework and Technical Blueprint for European Exascale Research Data and Compute Infrastructure
Abstract
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.
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BibTeX
@misc{andreozzi2026spectrum,
title = {{SPECTRUM: A Strategic Framework and Technical Blueprint for European Exascale Research Data and Compute Infrastructure}},
author = {Sergio Andreozzi and Stefano Bagnasco and Florian Berberich and Tommaso Boccali and Concezio Bozzi and Luis Cifuentes and Luca dell'Agnello and Amaël Ellien and Chiara Ferrari and Luciano Gaido and Maria Girone and Hanno Holties and Hans-Christian Hoppe and Valentin Jay Blanchard and Corentin Lefevre and Kristen Lutz and Andrea Manzi and Shan Mignot and Raymond Oonk and Xavier Salazar Forn and David Southwick and John Swinbank and Jeff Wagg and Eric Wulff},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.40493},
eprint = {2610.40493},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40493},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - SPECTRUM: A Strategic Framework and Technical Blueprint for European Exascale Research Data and Compute Infrastructure
AU - Sergio Andreozzi
AU - Stefano Bagnasco
AU - Florian Berberich
AU - Tommaso Boccali
AU - Concezio Bozzi
AU - Luis Cifuentes
AU - Luca dell'Agnello
AU - Amaël Ellien
AU - Chiara Ferrari
AU - Luciano Gaido
AU - Maria Girone
AU - Hanno Holties
AU - Hans-Christian Hoppe
AU - Valentin Jay Blanchard
AU - Corentin Lefevre
AU - Kristen Lutz
AU - Andrea Manzi
AU - Shan Mignot
AU - Raymond Oonk
AU - Xavier Salazar Forn
AU - David Southwick
AU - John Swinbank
AU - Jeff Wagg
AU - Eric Wulff
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.40493
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40493
AB - 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.
ER -