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EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science

EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science. Bob Jones EGEE-II Project Director CERN Bob.Jones@cern.ch. International Symposium on Grid Computing 2006 in Conjunction with EGEE Workshop 1-4 May 2006 Taipei. The EGEE project. EGEE 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2006

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EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science

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  1. EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science Bob Jones EGEE-II Project Director CERN Bob.Jones@cern.ch International Symposium on Grid Computing 2006 in Conjunction with EGEE Workshop 1-4 May 2006Taipei

  2. The EGEE project • EGEE • 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2006 • 71 partners in 27 countries, federated in regional Grids • EGEE-II • 1 April 2006 – 31 March 2008 • 91 partners in 32 countries • 13 Federations • Objectives • Large-scale, production-quality infrastructure for e-Science • Attracting new resources and users from industry as well asscience • Improving and maintaining “gLite” Grid middleware ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  3. EGEE – What do we deliver? • Infrastructure operation • Currently includes >200 sites across 39 countries • Continuous monitoring of grid services & automated site configuration/management • Middleware • Production quality middleware distributed under business friendly open source licence • User Support - Managed process from first contact through to production usage • Training • Documentation • Expertise in grid-enabling applications • Online helpdesk • Networking events (User Forum, Conferences etc.) • Interoperability • Expanding interoperability with related infrastructures ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  4. EGEE-II Expertise & Resources • 32 countries • 13 federations  Major and national Grid projects in Europe, USA, Asia + 27 countries through related projects: • BalticGrid • EELA • EUChinaGrid • EUIndiaGrid • EUMedGrid • SEE-GRID ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  5. Asia Federation in EGEE-II • Partners • ASGC, Taipei http://twgrid.org/ • KISTI, Seoul • Contributing to the programme of work • Taipei universities and institutes for applications in the domain of Physics, Astrophysics, Astronomy, Life sciences, Earth sciences • Roles • Regional operations Centre • User Support • Network resource provision • Training • Dissemination and outreach ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  6. EGEE-II Activities • Service Activities • SA1 – Grid Operations, Support and Management (CERN) • SA2 – Networking Support (CNRS) • SA3 – Integration, Testing and Certification (CERN) – NEW! • Joint Research Activities • JRA1 – Middleware Re-engineering (INFN) • JRA2 – Quality Assurance (CS-SI) • Networking Activities • NA1 – Management (CERN) • NA2 – Dissemination, Outreach and Communication (CERN) • NA3 – Training and Induction (UEdin) • NA4 – Application Identification and Support (CNRS) • NA5 – Policy and International Cooperation (GRNET) ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  7. EGEE-II Cross-Activities Groups • Security • MWSG • Consistent usage of security framework in m/w • Coordination with related projects • JSPG • Operational security issues • Coordination with related projects • VO Support • OAG • Resource allocation to VOs • UIG • Organization of EGEE documentation • VO Managers Group – NEW! • Link between the project and VOs • Industry Relations • Industry Forum • Industry Task Force – NEW! • Technical Coordination – TCG – NEW! ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  8. Related EU projects ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  9. Applications on EGEE • More than 20 applications from 7 domains • Astrophysics • MAGIC, Planck • Computational Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Earth Observation, Solid Earth Physics, Hydrology, Climate • Financial Simulation • E-GRID • Fusion • Geophysics • EGEODE • High Energy Physics • 4 LHC experiments (ALICE, ATLAS, CMS, LHCb) • BaBar, CDF, DØ, ZEUS • Life Sciences • Bioinformatics (Drug Discovery, GPS@, Xmipp_MLrefine, etc.) • Medical imaging (GATE, CDSS, gPTM3D, SiMRI 3D, etc.) • Multimedia • Material Sciences • … ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  10. H5 N1 Credit: Y-T Wu Example: Avian flu (I) • Avian Flu H5N1 • H5 and N1 = proteins on virus surface (Hemagglutinins and Neuraminidases) • Neuraminidases play major role in virus multiplication • Present drugs (e.g. Tamiflu) • inhibit action of neuraminidases and stop virus proliferation • Problems • Virus keeps mutating • Drug-resistant N1 variants can appear • Biological goal of data challenge • Study in silico the impact of selected point mutations on the efficiency of existing drugs • Find new potential drugs ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  11. Credit: Y-T Wu Data challenge on avian flu (II) • A collaboration of 5 grid projects • Auvergrid, BioinfoGrid, EGEE, Embrace, TWGrid • Data challenge parameters: • One docking software: autodock • 8 conformations of the target (N1) • 300 000 selected compounds >100 CPU years to dock all configurations on all compounds • Timescale: • First contacts established: 1 March 2006 • Data Challenge kick-off: 1 April 2006 • Targeted duration: 4 weeks • Status: > 75% of jobs submitted, about 25% finished with 80% efficiency on average ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  12. User Support • Managed process from first contact through to production usage • Training • Documentation • Expertise in grid-enabling applications • Online helpdesk • Networking events (User Forum, Conferences etc.) Disseminate knowledge about the Grid trough training ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  13. Industry and EGEE-II • Industry Task Force • Group of industry partners in the project • Links related industry projects (NESSI, BEinGRID, …) • Works with EGEE’s Technical Coordination Group (TCG) to place industry requirements on equal footing • Collaboration with CERN openlab project • IT industry partnerships for hardware and software development • EGEE Business Associates (EBA) • Companies sponsoring work on joint-interest subjects • Technical developments • Market Surveys • Business modelling • Exploitation strategies • Transfer of know-how and services to industry • Industry Forum (representatives in most European countries) • Led by Industry to improve Grid take-up in Industry • Organises industry events and disseminates grid information • Paris 27th April: http://www.eu-egee.org/events/industryday/first-egee-industry-day/ ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  14. EGEE’06 Conference • EGEE’06 – Capitalising on e-infrastructures • Demos • Related Projects • Industry • International community • 25-29 September 2006 • Geneva, Switzerland • http://www.cern.ch/egee-intranet/conferences/EGEE06 ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  15. Sustainability: Beyond EGEE-II • Need to prepare for permanent Grid infrastructure • Maintain Europe’s leading position in global science Grids • Ensure a reliable and adaptive support for all sciences • Independent of short project funding cycles • Modelled on success of GÉANT • Infrastructure managed in collaboration with national grid initiatives ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  16. e-Infrastructure for Europe • The Vision (1) • “An environment where research resources (H/W, S/W & content) can be readily shared and accessed wherever this is necessary to promote better and more effective research” (1) “A European vision for a Universal e-Infrastructure for Research” by Malcolm Read http://www.e-irg.org/meetings/2005-UK/A_European_vision_for_a_Universal_e-Infrastructure_for_Research.pdf ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  17. e-Infrastructure for Europe - Mission • Infrastructure • Co-ordination of production e-Infrastructure open to all user communities and service providers • Interoperate with e-Infrastructure projects around the globe • Contribute to Grid standardisation and policy efforts • Support applications from diverse communities • Astrophysics • Computational Chemistry • Earth Sciences • Finance • Fusion • Geophysics • High Energy Physics • Life Sciences • Material Sciences • Multimedia • … • Business • Forge links with the full spectrum of interested business partners to aid industrial take-up of grids • Disseminate knowledge about the Grid through training Encourage inter-disciplinary research and increase datainter-operability ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  18. Structure Federated model bringing together National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) to build a European organisation EGEE federations wouldevolve into NGIs Each NGI is a national body • Recognised at the national level • Mobilises national funding and resources • Contributes and adheres to international standards and policies • Operates the national e-Infrastructure • Application independent, open to new user communities and resource providers ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  19. e-Infrastructure - Key Services • Based on experience gathered during EGEE, key services have been found necessary for a central organisation in coordination with the National Grid Initiatives • Coordination of infrastructure operations • Middleware testing and certification • Application support • Dissemination and outreach • Training • Now working with European Commission and member states, national grid representatives and user communities to develop the details of such a structure and how it can be put in place ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

  20. Summary • Grids are all about sharing – it is a means of working with groups around the world • Inter-operability is key to providing the level of support required for our user communities • EGEE Infrastructure – world’s largest multi-science production grid service • EGEE-II is the opportunity to expand on this existing base both in terms of scale and usage • Need to prepare the long-term • EGEE, related EU projects, national grid initiatives and user communities are working to define a model for a sustainable grid infrastructure that is independent of short project cycles ISGC 2006, Taipei, 1-4 May 2006

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