Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI The Life Sciences SSC V. Breton on behalf of EGEE-III Biomed cluster

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Participation SSC participation: list NGIs that you expect will support the SSC –NGIs have been asked to provide one or two representatives  France: Johan Montagnat  Greece: Aristotelis Chatziioannou  Italy: Luciano Milanesi and Giorgio Maggi  Spain: Ignacio Blanquer  UK: David Fergusson  No answer after being contacted: Germany (UNICORE vs gLite) –No discussion on the kind of support requested List of collaborating projects –EGEE related projects: Health-e-Child, NEUGrid,… –Other projects: EMBRACE –More difficult with ACGT

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI EGEE User Forum - Catania, Italy3 Image courtesy of Andrew Lyall (Elixir) Contacts with ESFRIs Regular discussions Indirect contact

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI SSC governance and technical organization Governance –Will there be a governing body for the SSC?  Yes. The goal is to involve representatives from: Research community (Public labs, HealthGrid association) Private companies NGIs ESFRIs –If yes, will it be open just to “supporting” NGIs or all?  Target: involve the “interested” NGIs, not only the “supporting” NGIs Technical organization –Not discussed yet –Potentially specific needs  Need for contact points with EGI supported middleware developers (gLite, UNICORE, ARC)  Need for technical contact points with ESFRI Financial support from EGI is very welcome

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Current effort estimate based on Diana Cresti evaluation Diana estimates: 11FTEs –One User Forum Representative and member of the UFSC; if possible, this individual should have assistance by at least a part time representative for each thematic subcluster, for a total of 1.5 or 2 additional FTEs. These people also do coordination. –One Grid Planning Officer to participate in the EGI MCB meetings. Possibly assisted by the VO managers (not counted here). –2 FTEs for User Technical Support and other support tasks. –A team of 2 FTEs to design, build and operate the Life Sciences Gateway. –One web content manager to work with the Gateway team and other information-related tasks. –1 FTEs for coordination of Documentation and Training specific to the LS community. –A team of 2 FTEs for Consulting with new communities, Application Porting Support, and to maintain and monitor the Application Database for the Life Sciences. Additional tasks to be addressed, possibly by the same people: –Contact points with ESFRIs –Training

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Time scale June 09: list of requirements for the Biomed SSC –Dedicated workshop at HealthGrid conference on June 29 th in Berlin – October 09: list of requirements for the Life Science SSC portal and Science Gateways December 09: first implementation of the Life Science SSC portal February 2010: first implementation of the Life Science SSC scientific gateway April 2010: migration of Life Sciences cluster services to Life Sciences SSC