Dissemination, Outreach and Training

1. Dissemination, Outreach and Training D4Science Final Review Meeting 16 March 2010 Brussels (Belgium) Johannes Keizer, Virginie Viollier, Erna Klupàcs, Teresa Iniesta FAO www.d4science.eu

2. Topics • objectives of D4Science outreach • the audiences • major achievements • key elements for success Brussels

3. Main Objectives • Diffuse information and raise awareness about the D4Science project to different audiences; • Promote participation and strengthen ties with user communities; • Promote the e-Infrastructure to be a tool assisting the work of scientists; • Training on how to use the VREs to user communities; • Links and synergies with related projects and initiatives. Brussels

4. Target Audiences Current • Actual Users in FAO, ESA, WFC Emerging • Researchers in the area of Environmental Monitoring • Researchers in Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources Management • Other specific communities Potential • The scientific community at large • General public • The media ! Potential Indirect Emerging Direct Current Brussels

5. Excellences • Close collaboration with and support to D4Science communities • Meetings with the Fishery and Aquaculture Resources Management community (FARM) • D4Science World User Meeting with 80 participants from different communities • Creation of a rich, complete and comprehensive web site • Easy documentation and broadcasting of all project activities • Automatic linking from and to related activities in research infrastructures • Exploiting most existing Web2 methodologies • Based on advanced open Source Technology • Generic template for project websites Brussels

6. Responding the first review The first review recommended that greater emphasis should be placed on communication and explanation of the project outcomes; this was addressed during the second year of D4Science through • Clearer explanation of the origin and aims of the project at the website (http://d4science.eu/about) • Better description of the Virtual Research Environments (VREs) (http://d4science.eu/aquamaps) • New videos helping contribute to the overall understanding of the project (http://www.blip.tv/file/1912552) • New gCube website with improved documentation (http://www.gcube-system.org) Brussels

7. Some Numbers • 30 selected dissemination events • Almost 80 participants in the World User Meeting • Web site with 239.186 visits, 70 Pages, 100 Blog post, 75 Published Events, 33 Online Tools • 14 Collaborating projects involved • 16 Papers published • 3 Videos filmed and edit • 350 photos posted on the net • 6 posters designed • 12 technical sheets (gCube Descriptions, Factsheets...) Brussels

8. Publicity Material A whole set of graphic materials has been created following the guidelines, like posters, brochures, cards, etc. with the contribution of all Consortium partners. • A generic D4Science flyer • A folder containing a number of specialized flyers describing a specific aspect of the project • Posters for conferences, workshops and exhibitions • Photos, posted on the D4Science Flickr gallery to illustrate the participation at events • In 2009 “print on demand” material added Brussels

9. Website • For both internal and external users • Supports dissemination and sharing of results and project progress • Background information, news and events, links to partners’ web sites, press releases, publications, search functionalities, etc • Based on Open Source • 2009: The project’s web presence was increased via the creation of wikis, portals, the organization of link exchanges with related web sites, the addition of project descriptions on partners’ web sites, etc. Brussels

10. Website: VRE representation Brussels

11. Website: Project Deliverables Brussels

12. Website Numbers • D4Science web site logs – selected numbers (Jan 09 – Dec 09) • 70 Pages • 100 Blog post • 75 Published Events • 33 Online Tools • 3 Videos Brussels

13. Dissemination, Outreach and Training WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES • D4Science blog • RSS feeds • AgriFeeds • Delicious bookmarking and sharing services • Flickr image gallery • Wikis • Wikipedia • EGI Knowledge base Brussels

14. Dissemination: Research Papers • 16 Papers were written (all available on the D4Science site) • 2008 • Castelli D. e-Infrastructures designed for demanding science, In eStrategies Europe Vol 2 No 4 on "Europe's new flagship for innovation", British Publishers, November 2008 • Fusco L., Cossu R., van Bemmelen J., Guidetti V., Li Santi E., and Rossi A. The Advance Technology Fusion for EO Application, 21st International CODATA Conference, Scientific Information for Society - from Today to the Future, October 2008 • Assante M. and Frosini L. Extensible Digital Library User Portals for e-Infrastructures, In proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Very Large Digital Libraries, VLDL2008, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2008 • Assante M., Candela L., Castelli D., Frosini L., Lelii L., Manghi P., Manzi A., Pagano P., Simi M. An Extensible Virtual Digital Libraries Generator, In proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, ECDL 2008, Aarhus, Denmark, September 2008, pp 122-134 • Simeoni F., Castelli D., Pagano P., Simi M. and Connor R. Application-level Research e-Infrastructures: the gCube Approach, UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2008, September 2008 • Floros E., Kakaletris G., Polydoras P., Ioannidis Y. Query Processing Over The Grid: The Role Of Workflow Management, In Grid Computing, Springer, July 2008, pp 1-12 • Castelli D. and Michel J. D4Science - Deploying Virtual Research Environments, In ERCIM News 74 Special theme: Supercomputing at Work, July 2008, pp 8-9 • Candela L., Castelli D., Pagano P. gCube: A Service-Oriented Application Framework on the Grid, In ERCIM News 72 Special theme: The Future Web, January 2008, pp 48-49 Brussels

15. Dissemination: Research Papers • 2009 : 8 new papers • D4Science-II - An e-Infrastructure Ecosystem for Science, In ERCIM News 79 Special theme: Towards Green ICT, October 2009, pp 9 • Simeoni F., Candela L., Lievens D., Pagano P. and Simi M. Functional Adaptivity for Digital Library Services in e-Infrastructures: The gCube Approach in proceedings of the Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, 13th European Conference, ECDL 2009, Corfu, Greece, September 27 - October 2, 2009, pp 51-62 • Candela L., Castelli D., Pagano P. On-demand virtual research environments and the changing roles of librarians, In: Library Hi Tech, vol. 27 (2) pp 239 - 251. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2009 • Guidetti V. Earth Science as an e-Infrastructures Application: Practices at the ESA , In Zero-In Second edition eMagazine on "Earth sciences and astronomy", April 2009 • Tsangaris M., Kakaletris G., Kllapi H., Papanikos G., Pentaris F., Polydoras P., Sitaridi E., Stoumpos V., Ioannidis Y. Dataflow Processing and Optimization on Grid and Cloud Infrastructures, Bulletin of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Data Engineering, Vol. 32 No. 1, March 2009 • Simeoni F., Lievens D. Matchmaking for Covariant Hierarchies, 8th Workshop on Aspects, Components, and Patterns for Infrastructure Software (ACP4IS '09), March 2009 • Pagano P., Simeoni F., Simi M. and Candela L. Taming Development Complexity in Service-Oriented e-Infrastructures, In Zero-In First edition eMagazine on "Building Insights, Breaking Boundaries", January 2009 • Candela L., Castelli D., Pagano P. D4Science: an e-infrastructure for supporting virtual research environments. In: IRCDL 2009 - 5th Italian Research Conference on Digital Libraries (Padova, Italy, 29-30 January 2009). Atti, pp. 166 - 169. M. Agosti, F. Esposito, C. Thanos (eds.). DELOS Association for Digital Libraries, 2009. Brussels

16. Dissemination Events • Project’s members organized and/or participated in about 30 selected dissemination events over the project period • Some particularly orientated to the user communities and potential scientific users, others addressing technological/standards aspects (ECDL-European Conference on Digital Libraries , VLDL-Very Large Digital Libraries Workshop, AHM-All-Hands Meeting , OGF-Open Grid Forum etc.) • Key achievement 2009 • Word User Meeting with 80 participants Brussels

17. World User Meeting Objectives • Showing opportunities and innovative projects implementing advanced e-Infrastructures for multi-disciplinary scientific communities; • Share experiences, best practices and discuss the most recent advances in e-Infrastructures with emphasis on how to exploit possible synergies; • Showcase the latest experiences in building advanced applications operating on distributed heterogeneous sources, like dynamic monitoring progress reports, • most recent results in harmonization and combination of distributed structured data sources; • Identify the perspectives of the user communities and discuss the road map for D4Science-II Virtual Research Environments. Brussels

18. World User Meeting Participation • Professionals from the information technology domain from other communities • European Commission representatives and members of large International projects; • D4Science, External Advisory Board, D4Science-II members; • Policy and decision makers in the various above-mentioned fields. • Scientists and information managers from the D4Science Communities Brussels

19. World User Meeting Outcomes • 8 initiatives expressed their interest to use D4Science technology: • BarCodeof life initiative • Biofresh • 4D4life - Catalog of life • IOC- OceanDataPortal • IOC-OceanDocs - Ocean Experts • CoML- OBIS • CoML- OTN • Stock assessment VRE • Positive feedback from user communities, D4Science technology and D4Science based VREs highly relevant for their work • Future meetings can emphasize much more on interaction and practical implementation Brussels

20. Training Activities • Work performed • Training focus shifts to user communities • Several events are performed targeting • Community developers • Community administrators • Project developers • New material is produced • >90% is “private” material • Deviations • Unforeseen needs are risen to • Setup a standalone training infrastructure (ESA) • Adopt a new on-line training instrument for D4Science events (*) • Increase travel costs • Minor changes from originally planned events • ECDL Tutorial cancelation • Shifted external tutorials to dissemination events (OGF25, EGEE ‘09) • DNA4.1c deliverable slightly postponed to capture latest developments (*) http://videosrv.di.uoa.gr/openmeetings/ Brussels

21. Training Sum Up Brussels

22. Training Activities Priority Shift Unplanned Extensions Brussels

23. Elements for Success .....and also in the further work with D4ScienceII • Define your audiences, concentrate on your audiences in appropriate ways! • Address strongly user communities ! • Demonstrate clearly your technological advantage! • Outreach is not a work package, but an issue of the entire project consortium! Brussels

24. Thank You ! Dissemination, Outreach and Training Next : Administrative and Financial Management (P. Rohou) D4Science Final Review