Scientific Large Scale Infraestructure for Computing/Communication Experimental Studies: Spanish node
SLICES-Spain is the Spanish SLICES national node, composed of two sites, one in Madrid (UC3M & IMDEA Networks) and one in the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). With a strong focus on Beyond 5G and 6G large infrastructures for research, services will be made available for international researchers. A first service is already available at the following link:
Researchers will find the avaiable services in the top menu of the page, following the pages of Slices-Madrid and Slices-Euskadi.
Background
The ESFRI programme (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures) is a strategic instrument to develop Europe’s scientific integration and strengthen its global outreach. Competitive and open access to high quality research infrastructures supports and benchmarks the quality of European scientists’ activities and attracts the best researchers from all over the world. ESFRI operates at the forefront of European and global science policy and contributes to its development by translating policy objectives into specific actions for Research Infrastructures in Europe. Due to the absolute lack of ESFRI infrastructures to specifically support research in Information and Communication Technologies, a group of leading institutions across Europe started, in 2017, the process of proposing the first ESFRI infrastructure in the field of ICT. The proposed research infrastructure is called SLICES (Scientific Large Scale Infrastructure for Computing/Communication Experimental Studies). SLICES is now officially an ESFRI project and is included in the ESFRI Roadmap from 2021.
SLICES will establish a sustainable, multidisciplinary research platform to provide coordinated access to harmonised and quality data from various ICT science disciplines, together with tools for their use in analysis and modelling. This infrastructure will foster European and global interoperability in Information and Communication Technology Sciences as well as serving a wide user community. As a result, thousands of researchers will benefit from the services provided by SLICES.
Latests news
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SLICES-Madrid Launches AI Training Research Service
Madrid, October 20, 2025 — The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) in partnership with the IMDEA Networks Institute has announced the launch of a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) training equipment within the SLICES-Madrid infrastructure. The cluster enables training of larger and more complex AI models — for example, those combining… Read…
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SLICES-Madrid Launches New Anechoic Chamber Service at UC3M Science Park
Madrid, October 20, 2025 — The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) Science Park and the SLICES-Madrid project have announced the opening of a large-scale anechoic testing chamber available to researchers. Starting in January 2025, SLICES-Madrid initiated the deployment of this facility, which is housed within UC3M’s Science Park premises. Anechoic Chamber Infrastructure is designed… Read…
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SLICES-Madrid Launches New Wifi-6E Connectivity Service at UC3M Leganés Campus
Madrid, October 14, 2025 — Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has launched a new Indoor WiFi 6E connectivity service in the Torres Quevedo building as part of the SLICES program. This service provides advanced wireless coverage to enhance the experience of students, faculty, and researchers, offering faster speeds, lower latency, and increased capacity. The… Read…