Work Plan for the Second Period Bob Jones, CERN First Helix Nebula Review 03 July This document produced by Members of the Helix Nebula consortium is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at The Helix Nebula project is co-funded by the European Community Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/ ) under Grant Agreement no Members of the Helix Nebula consortiumCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttp://helix-nebula.eu/

Timeline Pilot Phase Deploy flagships Analysis of functionality, performance & financial model Input on H2020 Helix Nebula – The Science Cloud: A catalyst for change in Europe Towards an open market for Science Endorse the Common Strategy Agree on the Partnership Select flagships use cases Define governance model 2

Next Steps Taking into account the experience gained from the initial flagship deployments and the need for a federated cloud system Goals: Monitor the progress of the programme of work within each work package and the involvement of the non EC funds beneficiaries Provide a forum to discuss issues, examine progress and contribution and establish better communication between individual partners, the work package leaders and project management Promote the Helix Nebula initiative in Europe and beyond Engage national funding agencies, research communities and companies Verify the state of readiness for the transition to the ‘production’ phase Output for the EC project: Publishable documents on strategy and requirements, business models, and Architecture Q1 – Q2: Results of the second year flagship deployments presented at the third General Assembly in September 2013 Q3 – Q4: Deployment of the new flagships use cases EC review results to be discussed at the General Assembly in September

Flagship deployments 4 Results will contribute to deliverables D5.2 “Report on future technical requirements” D5.4 “Final Flagship Deployment report” D6.2 “Roadmap for the integration and Interoperation of commercial cloud with e-Infrastructures”

Initial flagships (CERN,EMBL, ESA) Complete on-going deployments with the Blue Box implementations Test hybrid cloud model linking Helix Nebula suppliers with EGI and GEANT using the CERN ATLAS/CMS flagship as a use-case (September 2013) Determine how the services being developed by EUDAT could be relevant for Helix Nebula (October 2013) 5

3 selected from 15 proposals: European Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Weather Data Information Supersite (WDIS) with 100 years of weather data UNESCO (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission) Ocean and Coastal Information Supersite (OCIS) Port d’Informació Científica (PIC), Barcelona Reduce costs and improve speed of delivery, increase volume and accuracy for Neuroimaging Foresee to deploy the new flagships in 2H 2013 New Flagships 6

Sustainability and Next Steps 7

Helix Nebula and Europe 2020 The Horizon 2020 EU framework programme for research and innovation will build on 3 major pillars: Strengthening the EU’s position in science Strengthening industrial Leadership in innovation Tackling Societal Challenges Helix Nebula’s vision and strategic goals are fully aligned with Europe 2020 strategy. Helix Nebula’s vision and strategic goals are fully aligned with Europe 2020 strategy. 8

Helix Nebula and national structures The initial Helix Nebula flagships address the needs of international research organizations with big-science goals In the second period we want to study how to work with national structures and funding agencies: Identify potential commercial suppliers and research community users in the country for whom Helix Nebula would bring advantages Compare the business models being developed in Helix Nebula with those used on a national basis Understand how national engagement would impact the Helix Nebula governance model 9

Sustainability Determine if the business models under study are capable of supporting the long-term sustainability of the pan-European science cloud independent of short project funding cycles 10

Summary Progress Towards Objectives 1. A platform capable of development through PPP into a scalable science cloud; 2. A flexible governance structure capable of growing alongside the infrastructure itself; 3. Representations of functional and non‐functional requirements including policies for trust, security and privacy; 4. Agreements regarding inter‐operability with other, existing, e‐infrastructures; 5. Three flagships based at CERN, EMBL and ESA (represented by CNR), selected as ‘stretch’ targets highlighting extreme cases of the requirements of the ERA and space agencies; 6. Sustainable business models adhering to and supporting European‐level policies; 7. A roadmap and development plan for addressing issues on the road to