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Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences. P. Hanák National Office for Research and Technology hanak@nkth.gov.hu F. Vajda Computer and Automation Research Institute vajda@sztaki.hu. Example 1 : National Information Infrastructure Development (1). Initiated/founded in 1986

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Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

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  1. Financial policy issues -Hungarian experiences P. Hanák National Office for Research and Technology hanak@nkth.gov.hu F. Vajda Computer and Automation Research Institute vajda@sztaki.hu

  2. Example 1:National Information Infrastructure Development(1) • Initiated/founded in 1986 • Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS) • Ministry of Education (MoE) • Committee for Technological Development (NCTD) • Directed by several boards: • Strategic (orProgramme) Committee • Operative Committee • Technical Committee • Managed by the (professional) NIID-office (NIIDO) • Since 2000: independent legal entity • Operated by a network of engineers at end-user institutes Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  3. Example 1:National Information Infrastructure Development(2) Financing • In the early years, by the three founders Problem: new users from other sectors, e.g. health, agriculture • Later, by a “coalition” of financing bodies of end-user institutes Problem: reluctance in paying the yearly contribution • 2000/3: central budget via MoE + 10% from end-user institutes Problem: sharp competition for resources within MoE • 2004-: central budget via Min. of Telecomm. and Informatics + 10% contribution • Advantage: - small ministry, less competition - infrastructure development is top-priority Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  4. Example 1:National Information Infrastructure Development(3) Conclusion • Top-down approach from the beginning • Proved model of operation, based on coalition, cooperation and professional management • Financing • early infrastructure development phase: mostly central budget + low user contribution • advanced infrastructure development phase:increasing user contribution, decreasing support from central budget • mature phase: information infrastructure to be regarded as more conventional infrastructures (water, electricity, gas, etc.) • project-based support for R&D activity is to be continued Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  5. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(1) • Initiated by P. Kacsuk’s group as R&D projects in 2000 (background in parallel computing at HAS) • Goal setting in a bottom-up approach • initially by this group • later also by other teams too (at NIIDO, several universities, etc.) • Financing from several sources • national support for R&D projects in infocommunication technologies and applications • framework programmes of the European Union • targeted support from the Min. of Telecomm. and Informatics • Strong synergy & mutual effect between national and EU-funded projects • Coordination: Hungarian Grid Competence Centre (founded in 2003 by HAS, NIIDO and two universities) Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  6. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(2) 1. DemoGrid (contribution to the DataGrid project at CERN, 2001/2) 2. Virtual Supercomputer Service (2000/2) 3. Cluster programming technology and applications in meteorology (2000/2) 4. Hungarian Supercomputer Grid (2002/3) 5. ClusterGrid (2003/4) 6. Chemistry Grid (2003/4) 7. Hungarian Grid System (2003/5) 8. JiniGrid (2003/4) 9. Multiproc. & Grid technology in medical image processing (2003/5) 10. Unification of the SuperGrid and ClusterGrid systems (2004/5) … and more. References: <http://www.lpds.sztaki.hu> Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  7. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(2) Grid infrastructure (hw, mw) 1. DemoGrid (contribution to the DataGrid project at CERN, 2001/2) 2. Virtual Supercomputer Service (2000/2) 3. Cluster programming technology and applications in meteorology (2000/2) 4. Hungarian Supercomputer Grid (2002/3) 5. ClusterGrid (2003/4) 6. Chemistry Grid (2003/4) 7. Hungarian Grid System (2003/5) 8. JiniGrid (2003/4) 9. Multiproc. & Grid technology in medical image processing (2003/5) 10. Unification of the SuperGrid and ClusterGrid systems (2004/5) … and more. Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  8. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(2) Production Grids 1. DemoGrid (contribution to the DataGrid project at CERN, 2001/2) 2. Virtual Supercomputer Service (2000/2) 3. Cluster programming technology and applications in meteorology (2000/2) 4. Hungarian Supercomputer Grid (2002/3) 5. ClusterGrid (2003/4) 6. Chemistry Grid (2003/4) 7. Hungarian Grid System (2003/5) 8. JiniGrid (2003/4) 9. Multiproc. & Grid technology in medical image processing (2003/5) 10. Unification of the SuperGrid and ClusterGrid systems (2004/5) … and more. Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  9. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(2) Specific Grid applications 1. DemoGrid (contribution to the DataGrid project at CERN, 2001/2) 2. Virtual Supercomputer Service (2000/2) 3. Cluster programming technology and applications in meteorology (2000/2) 4. Hungarian Supercomputer Grid (2002/3) 5. ClusterGrid (2003/4) 6. Chemistry Grid (2003/4) 7. Hungarian Grid System (2003/5) 8. JiniGrid (2003/4) 9. Multiproc. & Grid technology in medical image processing (2003/5) 10. Unification of the SuperGrid and ClusterGrid systems (2004/5) … and more. Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  10. Example 2: Grid projects in Hungary(3) Conclusion • Grid infrastructure development (ID) is going to overweight R&D • Top-down approach should replace bottom-upapproaches • NIID-model should be appliedfor Grid ID management & financing • a programme committee (role: vision and goal setting) • first step is done: a “Proposal for a Hungarian National Grid Programme” was compiled by the Hungarian Grid Competence Centre • a national Grid R&D and ID programme • to draw a Grid landscape with well-specified components • components are the basis of calls for project proposals • a technical committee (role: detailed development plan) • a managing office (role: implementation & operation) Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  11. Example 3: the Hungarian ClusterGrid project • Started in 2002 by MoE as an ID project • Goal: create new PC-labs at higher education institutes (20 PCs per lab at 100 sites), working in dual-regime • during the day the PCs are used by students • at other times the PCs form clusters in a homogeneous Grid, under Linux and Condor, connected as a VPN over NREN • Status: up to now the ClusterGrid consists of 1000 PCs • Financing: • initial investment was 4 M€ by MoE • maintenance and operation costs are ca. 0.25 M€/year, shared between NIIDO and the higher education institutes • Grid computing is not necessarily very expensive. Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

  12. Organisation and financing must go hand in hand. Financial policy issues - Hungarian experiences

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