1. CoreGRID European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA http://www.coregrid.net Thierry.Priol@inria.fr Bruno Le Dantec Administrative & Financial Coordinator ERCIM http://www.coregrid.net bruno.le_dantec@ercim.org

2. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies - 2 - Gathering 145 researchers & 169 PhD students into a single European Laboratory on Grid Technologies Preventing research fragmentation Developing world-class scientific and technological excellence Achieving sustainable integration Contributing to the realisation of the European Research Area for Grid Research Knowledge and data management Programming models System architecture Grid Information, Resource and Workflow Monitoring Resource Management & Scheduling Grid Systems, Tools and Environments Six highly-focused Research Institutes across 41 Research Labs CoreGRID definition: A fully distributed, dynamically reconfigurable, scalable and autonomous infrastructure to provide location independent, pervasive, reliable, secure and efficient access to a coordinated set of services encapsulating and virtualizing resources (computing power, storage, instruments, data, etc.) in order to generate knowledge.

3. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies - 3 - Knowledge and Data Management in Grids Integration Workshop 2005 2005 … Dissemination Activities CoreGRID public website, Marketing Materials –Brochures, Booth structure, posters, banners and even business cards for committee members More than 60 joint Technical Reports, 4 Springer CoreGRID series volumes, a first annual report Many joint papers published in journals/conferences/workshops –Publication database (more than 400 references)

4. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies - 4 - + Some other activities Many joint papers published in journals/conferences/workshops –Publication database (more than 400 references) A highly visible initiative within the International Grid research communities –Sponsorships to GGF and now OGF, CoreGRID label –CoreGRID Symposium Two Mobility Programmes –11 postgraduate students benefit from the fellowship programme (12- 18 months) –5 researchers applied to the researcher exchange programme (3 weeks - 6 months) Training of researchers and PhD students through Summer Schools –In 2005, 42 participants of 13 nationalities came to Lausanne and in 2006, 55 participants of 12 nationalities came to Bonn

5. European research network on foundations, software Infrastructures and applications for large-scale, distributed GRID and peer-to-peer technologies - 5 - CoreGRID and SOAs Knowledge & Data Management –Database access, querying, and integration with OGSA-DAI, OGSA-DQP and XMAP –Security and trust mechanisms and models in Grid-service based applications –Grid services for data mining and knowledge discovery in the Knowledge Grid and in Weka4WS Programming Model –Interoperability of the CoreGRID Component model with WS –Higher-Order Components-Service Architectures System Architecture –Deterministic Models of Software Aging and Optimal Rejuvenation Schedule for WS Grid Information, Resource and Monitoring Services –P2P Resource Discovery in Service-based Grids Resource Management & Scheduling –SLA management and negotiation –Coordinating and scheduling service access –WS oriented infrastructures for the resource management Systems, Tools and Environments –Design of SOA-compliant Grid Systems