1. CoreGRID: European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Wolfgang Ziegler Collaboration Gateway Fraunhofer Institute SCAI http://www.coregrid.net Wolfgang.Ziegler@scai.fraunhoher. de

2. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 2 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, …

3. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 3 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 North America and Asia –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

4. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 4 CoreGRID membership 42 partners 18 Countries (1 from S. America) 120 Researchers 165 PhD Students U. Cyprus INRIA CNRS ERCIM CETIC UCL CNR-ISTI INFN U. Calabria U. Lecce U. Pisa CLPP-BAS Delft U. Vrije U. EPFL UASF FhG FZJ USTUTT U. Muenster UNI DO U. Passau ZIB ICS-FORTH IC RAL-CCLRC U. Belfast U. Cambridge U. Cardiff U. Manchester U. Newcastle U. Wesminster KTH SICS SZTAKI VTT U. Coimbra UPC Masaryk U. U. Chile PSC CYFRONET

5. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 5 Joint Program of Activities Joint Programme of Activities Integrated Activities Jointly Executed Research Spreading of Excellence Excellence Spreading of Excellence Excellence Knowledge & Data Management Knowledge & Data Management Programming Model System Architecture Grid Information and Monitoring Service Grid Information and Monitoring Service Resource Management And Scheduling Resource Management And Scheduling Coordinated Programming of Partners activities Coordinated Programming of Partners activities Coordinated approach to prepare project proposals Internal Collaboration and Dissemination Internal Collaboration and Dissemination Annual Integration Workshop PSE, tools and GRID systems Public Website Technical reports Workshops & conferences NewsletterNewsletter IndustryIndustry GRID User community ConferencesConferences Common Understanding Trust & Security Common Understanding Trust & Security Grid Testbed Mobility of researchers Sergei Gorlatch Domenico Talia Marco Danelutto Artur Andrzejak Ludek Matyska Ramin Yahyapour Vladimir Getov Pierre Guisset BrochuresBrochures Training & Education

6. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 6 Collaboration with other EU Grid projects CoreGRID is participating to the EU Concertation Activities of FP6 Grid Projects through its Collaboration Gateway and leads two activities : Roadmaps Trainings Collaboration Gateway Exploitation of synergies / technical concertation Exploitation of synergies / technical concertation Joint fora for exchange and dissemination Joint fora for exchange and dissemination Co-ordination of standardisation efforts Co-ordination of standardisation efforts Repository of reference Implementations and Grid middleware Repository of reference Implementations and Grid middleware Collaboration on research Inventories and roadmaps Collaboration on research Inventories and roadmaps Indicators and impact assessment assessment Wolfgang Ziegler Training activities Leadership

7. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 7 Organizational map Executive Committee Scientific Advisory BoardIndustrial Advisory Board Specific Task Forces - NPTF: New Participants Integration Monitoring Committee Chair: R. Perrott (U. Belfast) Collaboration Gateway W. Ziegler (FhG) Administrative & Financial Co-ordinator B. Le Dantec (ERCIM) Scientific Co-ordinator T. Priol (INRIA) Members General Assembly Integrated Activities S. Gorlatch (U. Munster) Spreading Excellence P. Guisset (CETIC) Knowledge & Data Management D. Talia (U. Calabria) Scheduling R. Yahyapour (U. Dortmund) System Architecture A. Andrzejak (ZIB) CoreGRID Institutes Programming Model M. Danelutto (U. Pisa) Grid Information & Monitoring N. Meyer (PSNC) PSE, tools and GRID systems V. Getov (U. Wesminster) Chair: D. Laforenza (CNR-ISTI)

8. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 8 Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) IAB has four primary objectives: –To communicate to the Network European Industrys long-term Grid-related technology needs and challenges –To provide the Network with Grid validation cases –To help identify the market sector(s) to be addressed within the Grid User Community, in order to ensure a quick adoption of next generation Grid technologies within European industry –To report to the Scientific Advisory Board its recommendation with respect to future strategic GRID-related research objectives IAB is composed of 15 members from the European industrial sector 1.ALGOSYSTEMS SA, Yannis Perros 2.ATOS ORIGIN, Santi Ristol 3.DATAMAT, Federico Rossi 4.EADS CCR, Guillaume Alleon 5.ERICSSON, Jesús Renero 6.EUROPEAN MICROSOFT INNOVATION CENTER, Pierre-Yves Saintoyant 7.FUJITSU SIEMENS COMPUTERS, Bernd Kosch 8.HITACHI EUROPE SAS, Alessandro Bassi and Vincent Franceschini 9.IBM GRID COMPUTING, John Easton 10.LMS – NOESIS, Nick Tzannetakis 11.NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER, Anssi Karhinen 12.ORACLE, Monica Marinucci 13.SAMTECH - OPEN ENGINEERING, Igor Klapka 14.SAP RESEARCH CENTER, Daniel Scheibli 15.SUN MICROSYSTEMS, Philippe Trautmann

9. European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies 9 Interest in and Contibution to Standards No direct work on standards in CoreGRID, however Several Institutes have members/research groups active in different projects with links standards activities, e.g. –IPM, IGA, IPSET through the GridCOMP project –IRMS through participation in different GGF groups (e.g. GRAAP, OGSA-RSS, GSA Participation in GSCG Participation through GSCG in COPRAS activities