Welcome to the Europe region special section

The computing community throughout the European Region is championing many enterprising industry, academic, and government initiatives to further develop the field and ensure a workforce prepared to take it on.The articles in this special section, written by some of the leading voices in the region, tell stories of informatics and ICT innovations, Web science in Europe, the EuroHPC, future research directions planned for this vibrant part of the world, and much more.