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NA2 in Bulgaria

NA2 in Bulgaria. Aneta Karaivanova IPP-BAS. Content. SEE specifics Major EGEE-1 NA2 events in Bulgaria EGEE-2 NA2 plans. SEE Partners. 7 EGEE-II partners, 6 participants in NA2 GRNET , Greece National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics ( ICI ), Romania

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NA2 in Bulgaria

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  1. NA2 in Bulgaria Aneta Karaivanova IPP-BAS

  2. Content • SEE specifics • Major EGEE-1 NA2 events in Bulgaria • EGEE-2 NA2 plans To change: View -> Header and Footer

  3. SEE Partners • 7 EGEE-II partners, 6 participants in NA2 • GRNET, Greece • National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics (ICI), Romania • Institute for Parallel Processing – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IPP-BAS), Bulgaria • Institute of Physics, Belgrade, Serbia • Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK – ULAKBIM) • University of Cyprus, Dept. of Comp. Science (UCY), Cyprus • Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel – not NA2 partner • 3 new NA2 partners • 3 NA2 partners in EGEE1 • 6 NA2 partners in EGEE2 To change: View -> Header and Footer

  4. Specifics • 7 partners • 5 academic institutions • 1 state owned company (GRNET) • 1 governmental organization (TUBITAK) • 6 different languages • Specific region • Late to join the grid wave • Exponential growth (resources and users) • Helping each other To change: View -> Header and Footer

  5. About IPP The Institute for Parallel Processing of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences has a leading position among the scientific institutions in Bulgaria in: • Computer Science • Scientific Computations • Parallel and Grid Computing • Linguistic Modeling • Communications and Control Participation in the EGEE 2 activities: SA1, NA2, NA3, NA4 To change: View -> Header and Footer

  6. Bulgarian Grid Consortium • Members • Founders (2002): Institute for Parallel Processing (IPP-BAS) and Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE-BAS) • Members since 2004: Institute of Mathematics and Informatics (IMI) - BAS, Institute of Mechanics (IM) - BAS, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI) - Plovdiv University, American University in Bulgaria (AUBG), Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics (FMI) - Sofia University, Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES) - BAS. • 2005: Institute of Astronomy (IA-BAS), Space Research Institute (SRI-BAS) • 2006: University of Mining and Geology • Objectives: • Sharing of resources and expertise in Grid • Development of Grid applications • Creating a human network To change: View -> Header and Footer

  7. Main NA2 events (EGEE-I) • 25 EGEE presentations: • 8 international conferences in Bulgaria • 9 seminars at institutions - members of Bulgarian NGI • 2 Information Days • EGEE and SEE-GRID Workshop in Bulgaria • Workshop on Bulgarian Involvement in the EU Grid Initiatives and Grid Technology Applications • International Events (GGF16, EGEE User Forum, EGEE conferences, RoGrid conference, etc.) • Media coverage • 10 publications in national daily and weekly newspapers • 1 radio interview • Translations • 19 information sheets, FAQ, 21 Press releases • Training (IPP-BAS, Sofia University, AUBG) To change: View -> Header and Footer

  8. GRID Workshops • 2004: EGEE and SEE-GRID Workshop in Bulgaria: “EU Grid projects and Bulgarian Participation”, October 30-31, 2004, Borovetz, Bulgaria • 2005: Workshop on Bulgarian Involvement in the EU Grid Initiatives and Grid Technology Applications in Education, Science and Health, June 3, 2005, Sofia • 2005: Information Days • June: EGEE Applications • July: Research Infrastructures To change: View -> Header and Footer

  9. www.grid.bas.bg • Providing updated information: • Upkeep www.grid.bas.bg • Section for Bulgarian Grid Consortium • EGEE • SEE-GRID • Grid News • Grid Information • Grid Cafe To change: View -> Header and Footer

  10. NA2 activities April-May 2006 • Publications: • Inf. Bul. of BAS, vol 4(98), year XI, Sofia, April 2006 (“EGEE-1 finished successfully, EGEE-2 starts”) • Journal “Avtomatica I Informatica” (in Bulgarian) – “Building Grid sites and their Applications” (6 pages paper; to appear) • Translations: • Press Release about Avian Flu data challenge • 3 Information Sheets: gLite flyer, GILDA flyer, Industry Involved • Updating www.grid.bas.bg To change: View -> Header and Footer

  11. NA2 plans • Implementing the EGEE-2 dissemination strategy and plans (web portal, media coverage, translation and distribution of PR and IM, improving industrial relations etc.) • Specifics: • Periodic workshops • Special EGEE sessions at major international conferences held in Bulgaria (Coming soon: June, International conference on applied statistics, Sozopol,Bulgaria; August, 6th Int. Conf. NMA2006, Borovets, Bulgaria) Presentations and distribution of information materials. • Presentations by invitation at interesting institutions in Bulgaria • Most important: close collaboration between all EGEE team members (all activities) To change: View -> Header and Footer

  12. Conclusion • The NA2 activity in EGEE-1 created a good base for future work • While doing ordinary work on translation and distribution of EGEE informations, we have used first two month to prepare documentation section and materials to help future grid users and to post them at our web portal: www.grid.bas.bg • Good luck to all of you! To change: View -> Header and Footer

  13. ICI-Bucharest (Romanian partner) • National Institute for Research & Development in Informatics (ICI), Bucharest is a leading unit in Romanian IT Research and Development. • Six Academy awards were granted to the ICI people for their results. • In 1999, ICI was ranked first among R & D Romanian organizations, in the EC survey. • Currently the institute is subordinated to the Ministry for Communication and Information Technology. • ICI is the coordinator of RoGrid (Romanian NGI); other members are UPB, UB, NIPNE, INCAS, ICN, SILVECO • Major dissemination event: March 2006, National RoGrid conference. To change: View -> Header and Footer

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