Instituto Astrofísica de Canarias is a member of the National Center of Competences in High Performance Computing/Supercomputing (HPC), High Performance Data Analysis (HPDA) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) through the European project, EuroCC. The EuroCC project promotes the development of competences in HPC, HPDA and AI in the academic, the

The overall objective of this project is to improve the Outermost Regions excellence in research and their innovation potential to strengthen their participation in EU research and innovation funded projects, and link research activities with territorial development.

The CTAO is an initiative which is planning the construction of a new generation of Cherenkov Telescopes to study the universe in very high energy gamma-rays. Gamma-rays carry information about the most violent and extreme events in the universe.