We are proud to highlight KTH Royal Institute of Technology, one of Europe’s leading technical universities and a key partner in the HIGHER project.
Founded in 1827, KTH has grown into Sweden’s largest institution for technical education and research, with a strong international profile that brings together students, researchers, and educators from around the world. KTH’s mission is grounded in a long-standing tradition of advancing science and innovation, with a clear focus on contributing to sustainable societal development.
KTH Scalable Computing Laboratory (ScaLab) conducts cutting-edge research in heterogeneous computing and high-performance computing. Engaged in multiple successful EU and national projects, its research environment fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and strong engagement with external partners, enabling the development of new knowledge, technologies, products, and services.
Role in the Project
Within the HIGHER project, KTH ScaLab leads the accelerated data processing and analytics use cases, while also contributing to dissemination and communication activities. KTH ScaLab plays a key role in the development of pilot applications that demonstrate the capabilities of the HIGHER cloud servers, platform, and software stack, with a particular focus on converged cloud and edge computing environments.
KTH will accelerate data processing and memory-intensive applications from the CloudSuite and MLPerf benchmark suites, covering both training and inference workloads. KTH will also deploy a production drug discovery application on the HIGHER cloud environment. Baseline performance will first be established on mainstream x86 cloud servers and existing Arm-based cloud platforms. Then, advanced optimization techniques, such as vectorization and adaptive scaling, will be applied to improve computational efficiency and reduce resource consumption. A further contribution will explore the cloud-edge continuum, where processing tasks are offloaded closer to the data source onto edge devices. Through these activities, KTH contributes directly to validating the HIGHER platform’s ability to support scalable, energy-efficient, and high-performance workloads across heterogeneous computing environments.