Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA/ERCIM coregrid Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

1. CoreGRID: European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA/ERCIM http://www.coregrid.net Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

2. First actions launched in IST-FP5 Grid research is a key strategic objective From FP5 to FP6 Grid research funding more than doubles IST-FP6 commitment to Grid research 125M€ * FP6 58M€ FP5 2000-2002 2002-2006 * Grid Infrastructures funding not included European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

3. Grids for Complex Problem Solving Architecture, design and development of the next generation Grid Enabling application technologies DG IST - F2 Research Infrastructure eInfrastructures Deployment of specifichigh performance Grids Deployment of high-capacityand high-speed communi-cations network - GEANTDG IST - F3 Grid Research and Deployment in FP6 Application-orientedStrategic Objectives e.g. eBusiness, eGov, eWork, eHealth, risks management,environment, transport R&D Research & Development Deployment 125 M€ (IST) 200 M€ RI Technology-orientedstrategic objectives, e.g. semantic web, embedded systems software and services R&D European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

4. Real time Grid for remote control of instruments User involvement… 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 Unit F3 - eInfrastructureGrid projectshttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/rn/ European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

5. eInfrastructure Grid infrastructuresEGEE project 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 Pan-European Grid infrastructure EGEE + SEE-GRID European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

6. eInfrastructureGrid infrastructuresDEISA, 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 / 40 teraflops • Gigabit interconnection • Focus on Global File System Grid of supercomputers DEISA European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

7. Unit F2 - Grid ResearchGrid projectshttp://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids Started: SUMMER 2004 GRIDCOORDBuilding the ERA in Grid research K-WF GridKnowledge basedworkflow & collaboration inteliGRIDSemantic Grid based virtual organisations Grid-based generic enabling application technologies to facilitate solution of industrial problemsSIMDAT OntoGridKnowledge Services for the semantic Grid UniGridSExtended OGSAImplementation based on UNICORE EU-driven Grid services architecture for businesS and industry NextGRID Mobile Grid architecture and services for dynamic virtual organisations Akogrimo DataminingGridDataminingtools & services HPC4UFault tolerance,dependabilityfor Grid European-wide virtual laboratory for longer term Grid research-creating the foundation for next generation Grids CoreGRID ProvenanceTrust and provenance for Grids Specific support action Integrated project Network of excellence Specific targeted research project European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

8. Integrated Project • 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 Conceptualisation Analysis Design Feedback for next iteration Implementation Evaluation Next Generation Grid services architecture for business and industry 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 European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

9. Domain and Application Specific Services Complex Grid Services The Next AKoGriMo Generation Focus Core Grid Services ”GRIDNET” Network Middleware Mobile Internet Integrated Project • 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 Universities - Uni BW München (D) - CRMPA (I) - NTUA (Gr) UPC(SP) IT Industry (tools & services) - BOC (UK) - SchlumbergerSEMA Grid Providers & Industry - HLRS (D) - CCLRC (UK) - Uni Hohenheim (D) - Datamat (I) Telcom operators - Telefonica I&D (SP) - Telnor (N) - Tel Inst (P) European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

10. Grid Technologists End Users SIMDAT Integrated Project • Four sectors of international economic importance: • Automotive • Pharmaceutical • Aerospace • Meteorology • Seven Grid-technology development areas: • Grid infrastructure • Distributed Data Access • VO Administration • Workflows • Ontologies • Analysis Services • Knowledge Services The solution of industrially relevant complex problems using data-centric Grid technology Capability Providers European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

11. Creation of a European Research Area for Grid Research GridCoord • Objectives and Benefits • Overcome fragmentation and dispersion across EU to reinforce impact of national and Community research • Strengthen Europe’s position on Grid Research and its exploitation • Requirements endorsed by 10 Member States – July 2003 • Inventory and analysis of national and EU initiatives • Establishment of a regular forum on European Grid Research • Better co-ordination of fragmented national and EU efforts • Further investigation on the development and delivery of industrial-strength Grid MW • Actions towards the use of Grid in business and industry European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

12. CoreGRID objectives • To build a European-wide research laboratory • To avoid fragmentation of Grid research activities in Europe • Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such worldwide • To achieve integration and sustainability • To build solid foundations for GRID and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technologies • Both on a methodological basis and a technological basis. • Support medium and long term research activities • Achieve and promote scientific and technological excellence within & beyond the Grid research community • Gather and disseminate European research • A think-tank for spin-off projects • EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperations, … European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

13. A clear evidence of fragmentation • Grid National initiatives: • Belgium Be-GRID • Bulgarian BG-Grid • Cyprus CyGrid • Czech Metacenter • French ACI GRID • German D-GRID • Greek Hellas-GRID • Hungarian Grid • Italian GRID.IT • Polish SGIGrid • Scandinavian NORDUGRID • Spanish IRISGrid • Swiss SwissGRID • The Netherlands DAS • UK e-Science NORDUGRID DAS E-SCIENCE SGIGRID METACENTER BE-GRID D-GRID H-GRID ACI GRID SWISSGRID GRID.IT IRISGRID BG-GRID HELLAS-GRID CYGRID European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

14. Network priorities • Excellence • CoreGRID brings together a European critical mass of well-known experts in GRID and P2P research allowing to compete with research and development in US and Japan • An ambitious joint program of activities to deal with well identified challenges • Long-term integration & structuring • Set-up a sustainable European research laboratory with an associated management • With several Institutes • With research groups assigned to Institutes European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

15. CoreGRID membership • 42 partners • 18 Countries (1 from S. America) • 118 Researchers • 163 PhD Students • Budget: 8.2 M€ for 4 years VTT IC RAL-CCLRC U. Belfast U. Cambridge U. Cardiff U. Manchester U. Newcastle U. Wesminster KTH SICS FhG FZ-Julich HLRS U. Munster U. Dortmund U. Passau ZIB Delft U. Vrije U. PSC CYFRONET U. Chile CETIC UCL Masaryk U. INRIA CNRSERCIM EPFL UASF SZTAKI U. Coimbra CLPP-BAS UPC CNR-ISTI INFN U. Calabria U. Lecce U. Pisa ICS-FORTH U. Cyprus European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

16. A set of well identified research challenges • Knowledge & Data Management • Handling information/data that are required/produced by a wide range of diverse processing power • Programming Model • Making the programming of Grid infrastructures as simple and transparent as possible • System Architecture • Designing the next generation Grid middleware • Grid Information and Monitoring Services • Scalable information service to implement a service view of the Grid • Resource Management & Scheduling • Scheduling jobs/applications/tasks/computation within a Grid environment • Problem Solving Environments, tools and GRID systems • Integrating various middleware, tools and applications for problem solving European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

17. Domenico Talia Marco Danelutto Artur Andrzejak Ludek Matyska Ramin Yahyapour Vladimir Getov Joint Program of Activities Joint Programme of Activities Pierre Guisset SergeiGorlatch Integrated Activities Jointly Executed Research Spreading of Excellence WP1 WP8 Coordinated Programming of Partners’ activities Knowledge & Data Management Public Website WP2 Technical report Coordinated approach to prepare project proposals Programming Model WP3 Workshops & conferences Industry Internal Collaboration and Dissemination System Architecture WP4 Industrial Advisory Board GRID User community Newsletter Annual Integration Workshop Grid Information and Monitoring Service WP5 Conferences Common Understanding Trust & Security Resource Management And Scheduling Brochures WP6 Training & Education Grid Testbed PSE, tools and GRID systems WP7 Mobility of researchers European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

18. Collaboration with other EU Grid projects Wolfgang Ziegler Collaboration Gateway • Imposed by unit F2 • Subject to discussion in March 2004 • Subject of a two days meeting in September (16-17) WP9 Exploitation of synergies / technical concertation Joint fora for exchange and dissemination Co-ordination of standardisation efforts Repository of reference Implementations and Grid middleware Collaboration on research Inventories and roadmaps Indicators and impact assessment Training activities European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

19. A NoE managed by ERCIM ERCIM is a consortium of leading research institutions from 18 Europeancountriescommitted to information technology and applied mathematics. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

20. Spreading Excellence P. Guisset (CETIC) Integrated Activities S. Gorlatch (U. Munster) Knowledge & Data Management D. Talia (U. Calabria) System Architecture A. Andrzejak (ZIB) Scheduling R. Yahyapour (U. Dortmund) CoreGRID Institutes Programming Model M. Danelutto (U. Pisa) Grid Information & Monitoring L. Matyska (U. Masaryk) PSE, tools and GRID systems V. Getov (U. Wesminster) Organizational map Scientific Advisory Board Industrial Advisory Board Specific Task Forces Integration Monitoring Committee Members General Assembly Chair: R. Perrott (U. Belfast) Administrative & Financial Co-ordinator B. Le Dantec (ERCIM) Scientific Co-ordinator T. Priol (INRIA) Executive Committee Chair: D. Laforenza(CNR-ISTI) Collaboration Gateway W. Ziegler (FhG) European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

21. http://www.ercim.org/publication/Ercim_News/enw59/ Conclusion • EU is strongly investing in Grid Research • CoreGRID started in September 1st, 2004 • A very active project although it is in its early stage • Involvement of the main European Key players in Grid computing (both institutions and researchers) • The only one Network of Excellence in Grid funded by the EU • International collaborations • Still to be implemented • High priorities for collaboration with Asia and North America • Should be linked with one of six areas of the joint executed research programme • Additional funding is required both from the EU and foreign countries European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies