Forschungszentrum Jülich announces the successful launch of a pre-commercial procurement of research and development services on “interactive supercomputers.” Interactivity will be a key feature of a future high-performance computing infrastructure for brain research. Three bidding consortia comprising leading providers of HPC solutions have each been awarded with a contract.                             Forschungszentrum Jülich, leading the creation of the Human Brain Project’s High Performance Computing (HPC) Platform, is conducting a Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) of innovative supercomputing technology solutions for the HBP that meet the specific requirements of this groundbreaking project. To read further, please visit http://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/julich-supercomputing-centre-develop-hpc-platform-human-brain-project/.