EU eInfrastructure Initiative: Strategic Roles and Activities

1. The EU eInfrastructure initiative – new strategic roles and activities eInfrastructures policy meetingDublin, Ireland15 - 16 April 2004 Luis Rodríguez-Roselló Director a. i. DG Information Society Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures. Applications http://www.cordis.lu/directorate _f/index.htm

2. Contents • Overall context of Research on eInfrastructures • Grid R&D • Deployment of eInfrastructures • GÉANT (GN2) • Grids • Test-beds • New Research Policy Agenda • Conclusions

3. Research • Infrastructure • Deployment of high-capacity/ high-speed communications network – GÉANT • Deployment of specifichigh performance Grids Grid Research and Deployment Applications eBusiness, eGov, eWork, eHealth, risks management, … • Grid • Technology • Architecture, design and development of the next generation Grid • Enabling application technologies Broadband, Security, Software Technologies,Research Networking Testbeds

4. Achievements of EU Grid Research • Creation of a strong research communityon Grid research • Europe’s position strengthenedin Grid middleware development • Grid concept proven in eScience application pilots • First steps taken towards maturing Grid technologies for industrial use • Strengthened European contribution to standardisation • Grid deployment in research infrastructures

5. Grid Research - the Challenge (1)Complexity - Interoperability - Ease of Use - ... Complex Systems Evolution of HPCN Next Generation Grids Global Grid Services Infrastructure? Current Grids Evolution of the Web Global Computing

6. Industry& Business Grids e-Science Grid Research - the Challenge (2) Promote Grid research to • Moving Grid from e-Science to Industry • Solve new complex problems with high economic and societal impact

7. Ctrl Alt Del + + Grid research vision - 2007 and beyond Grid empowers AmI (Ambient Intelligence) Towards a Global Grid Services Infrastructurefor Business & Industry person-centric • Building the Invisible Grid • Mastering ICT complexity • Grids of mobile and embedded systems • From to self-healing systems • From plug & play to connect & share • Meta Operating System architecture • Knowledge at the fingertips local AmI AmI+Grid network-centric global

8. New Grid Research Projects (under Negotiation) EU Funding: ~ 52 M€ Start: Summer 2004 GRIDCOORDBuilding the ERAin Grid research inteliGRIDSemantic Gridbased virtual organisations Grid-based generic enabling application technologies to facilitate solution of industrial problemsSIMDAT K-WF GridKnowledge basedworkflow & collaboration OntoGridKnowledge Services forthe semantic Grid UniGridSExtended OGSAImplementation based on UNICORE Mobile Grid architecture EU driven Grid services DataminingGridDataminingtools & services - and services for dynamic architecture for business and industry NEXTGRID virtual Organisations AKOGRIMO HPC4UFault tolerance,dependabilityfor Grid ProvenanceProvenance for Grids European wide virtual laboratory for longer term Grid - research foundation for next generation Grids COREGRID - Provisional Information

9. NoE NORDUGRID CoreGRID E-SCIENCE DAS SGIGRID BE-GRID METACENTER D-GRID H-GRID ACI GRID SWISSGRID BG-GRID IRISGRID GRID.IT HELLAS-GRID CYGRID European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for Large Scale Distributed, Grid and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Objectives • Build S&T excellency on Grid -EU-wide virtual laboratory • Achieve sustainable restructuring and integration • Disseminate EU research on Grid • Set-up a think-tank to create spin-off projects • Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” Research Focus • Knowledge and data management • Programming models • System architecture • Resource management • Scheduling • Problem solving environments 6 EU Virtual Institutes 42 Partners Provisional Information

10. IP Application developers / users: SAP First derivatives Kino Research org.: EPCC IT Innov. FZJ USTUTT KTH NTUA QUB UvA CNR-ISTI Technology providers: Grid Systems HP Intel Microsoft Nec Service providers: Fujitsu BT T-Systems Datamat Main Application Areas: Data mining legal sector Broadcasting and entertainment Financial modelling Digital media Supply chain management Main Research and Development Areas: Grid architecture Foundations & core services Dynamic federation and VO Grid business models Reference implementations Standards and applications Next Generation Grid services architecture for business and industry Provisional Information

11. IP Two testbeds - E-Learning - Hospital - Generalisation to other applications Technology Vision NGG based on next generation IPv6 networks and supporting security, QoS, accounting /billing, user & context awareness. Use of mobile comm’s beyond 3G. Dynamic Virtual Organisations based on trust management Mobile Grid architectures and services for dynamic virtual organisations Telcom operators - Telefonica I&D (SP) - Telnor (N) - Tel Inst (P) Grid Providers & Industry - HLRS (D) - CCLRC (UK) - Uni Hohenheim (D) - Datamat (I) IT Industry (tools & services) - BOC (UK) - SchlumbergerSEMA Universities - Uni BW München (D) - CRMPA (I) - NTUA (Gr) - UPC(SP) Provisional Information

12. IP End Users Capability Providers Grid Technologists SIMDAT Seven Grid-technology development areas: Grid infrastructure Distributed Data Access VO Administration Workflows Ontologies Analysis Services Knowledge Services Four sectors of international economic importance: Automotive Pharmaceutical Aerospace Meteorology The solution of industrially relevant complex problems using data-centric Grid technology Provisional Information

13. networking specific services GRID . INFRASTRUCTURE joint research activities networking specific services Technology testbeds GÉANT . INFRASTRUCTURE joint research activities User testbeds research results EU policies eInfrastructure – implementation components federated testbeds

14. Pan-european second generation GÉANT eInfrastructure – GÉANT infrastructure • GN2, led by DANTE: • continue and improve current GÉANT services • access to “dark” fiber and increased geographical footprint • user consultancy for demanding research communities • research on security, end-to-end services and seamless access/AAA aspects • test-bed to experiment new technologies and services • Inclusion of prospective study and benchmarking

15. Pan-European Grid infrastructure EGEE + SEE-GRID eInfrastructure – Grids infrastructures • EGEE, led by CERN: • mission critical for very demanding research communities (e.g. High Energy Physics, biomedics) / operational support to users • structuring effect / largest international Grid infrastructure • capacity of over 20.000 CPU's, federating 70 centers/20 countries • research in security, AAA and middleware aspects • SEE-GRID, led by GRNet, expands EGEE to South Eastern Europe

16. Grid of supercomputers DEISA eInfrastructure – Grids infrastructures • DEISA, led by CNRS: • distributed tera-scale supercomputing facility • Serving user communities such as material sciences, plasma physics, cosmology, life science, etc… • six major supercomputing centers / 30 teraflops • gigabit interconnection • focus on Global Filing System

17. User involvement… Real time Grid for remote control of instruments Optical solutions for Grid infrastruct. …technology validation New user communities using Grids – Digital Libraries Flexible Quality of Service Assurance GRIDCC MUPPET DILIGENT EUQoS EGEE DEISA SEE-GRID eInfrastructure IPv6TF SC EUROLABS IPv6 Task Force support Experimental testbeds LOBSTER Specific Support Actions Traffic monitoring Grid Deployment and Testbeds - Overview

18. Financial perspectives (February 2004) Communication on FP7 (May 2004) Collaboration and Networking Technological Platforms Basic Research Infrastructures Human resources Co-ordination of National Research Space (ESA) Security The Policy Agenda in Research 6+2 Axes:

19. Conclusions • The EU is spearheading a European eInfrastructure for research (broadband++), fully connected to the world • GÉANT and Grids are essential components of this initiative • Research & deployment are two complementary strategic aspects • EU Research on Grids strengthened (standards, middle-ware,…) • The user basis of eInfrastructure is broadened through common policies (e.g. the eIRG eInfrastructure Reflection Group) • Agenda includes moving from eScience to Industry and business • eInfrastructure is a building block for an European Research Area • eInfrastructures promote growth ensuring cohesion and they are conceived as a vehicle to foster international co-operation, essential to address the challenges of modern eScience • eInfrastructures in the main stream of new Research policy agenda (EU FP7)