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Description
The SPECTRUM project (https://spectrumproject.eu/), funded under Horizon Europe, presents its final deliverables: the Strategic Research, Innovation and Deployment Agenda (SRIDA) and the Technical Blueprint for a European compute and data continuum serving data-intensive science communities.
The SRIDA is structured around four pillars encompassing 13 strategic priorities spanning technical enablement, scientific operations, and strategic governance. Each priority includes implementation pathways with short-, medium-, and long-term milestones aligned with European research infrastructure strategies.
The Technical Blueprint presents a capability map defining eight areas for the compute and data continuum (compute resources, data resources, software distribution and execution, orchestration and workflows, AI/ML and HPC applications, resource federation, monitoring and observability, and security and trust) and identifies key technical challenges with recommended actions to address them.
Together, the SRIDA and Technical Blueprint provide a coherent strategic and technical foundation for coordinated infrastructure development across European research communities.
Both documents respond to the unprecedented data processing demands facing High Energy Physics and Radio Astronomy as they enter the Exascale era with next-generation instruments including HL-LHC upgrades and SKA. The contribution discusses how these strategic and technical frameworks can guide European infrastructure investments and inform future funding programmes targeting the 2030s research landscape.