1. "The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission" Mário Campolargo Head of Unit DG INFSO F3 Research Infrastructure e Infrastructure: Grid initiatives Information Day on Grid Technologies IST Call 5 Brussels, 30 May 2005

2. Flexible control and sharing of distributed resources Research Infrastructures Resources can be of any information type (storage, computing, networking, instrumentation, etc) Resources can be distributed world-wide Resources can be physical, virtual, single or multiple sited Access to them is provided in a secure, coordinated, seamless, dynamic and inexpensive way

3. Advanced e Infrastructures Human Society ICT based eco system Sharing of resources, production efficiency repeated assembling of basic elements into organisations people / computers environment resources / ICT based resources Basic elements

4. Vision - creating an e Infrastructure… e Infrastructure (Grids empowered) e Infrastructure (Grids empowered) security mobility semantic web. automatic management broadband learning business aeronautics genomics environment astronomy health science IPv6 Grid

5. GÉANT and Grids - world leading e Infrastructures Five-Year Assessment: 1999-2003 – Research and Technology Development in Information Society Technologies GÉANT is acknowledged as leading the world. Europe is a pioneer in Grid empowered infrastructures. ICT based infrastructure, namely GÉANT and GRID, need reinforcement and expansion in FP7. Challenges ahead - Consolidation, enlargement, deepening

6. networking specific services joint research activities GÉANT. INFRASTRUCTURE e Infrastructure - implementation blocks networking specific services joint research activities GRID. INFRASTRUCTURE research results integrate/validate fixed/wireless open test infrastructure interop/broader scale take-up roadmaps/strategic guidance

7. Requirements on Research and Deployment Broadband Security Mobility Software Distributed Computing Grid technology eInfrastructure Applications from eScience to eBusiness, eGov, eWork, eHealth, risk management

8. eInfrastructure - set of persistent services and processes bringing the power of distributed ICT based resources to a virtual community Role of e Infrastructure in the innovation circle Basic research Applications Standardisation Pre-commercial deployment Market Testbeds

9. GÉANT. INFRASTRUCTURE GRID. INFRASTRUCTURE Current achievements/projects eInfrastructure EGEE GÉANT DEISA SEEGrid testbeds

10. Year 2006 Year 2005 Year 2004 2005 calls on e Infrastructure and RN Testbeds eInfrastructure - Consolidating initiatives New user communities Policies, Resource registries International aspects Research Networking Test-beds Optical, Wireless, Security, Grids, other technologies. Real world settings / user involvement Technology & services interoperability / open source Open test-bed infrastructure Roadmaps, strategic guidance for eInfrastructure eInfrastructure – Grids initiatives Continue building advanced Grid-empowered infrastructures Emphasis on: Production quality & ready-to-use SW-infrastructures Address industry requirements Environments dynamically adaptable to user needs

11. Call e Infrastructure – Grids initiatives Continue building advanced Grid-empowered infrastructures

12. Foster deployment of advanced Grids-empowered infrastructures … production-level performance capabilities and constitute themselves distributed facilities at gigabit/terabit scales … New emphasis… to production-quality and ready-to-use software … emerging industrial research requirements… Promote complementary work vis-à-vis national Grid- Programmes in Europe… Interconnect major Grid-based experimental infrastructures in Europe and in the world... Integration of access facilities… both supercomputing and distributed computing resources… Foster interoperability across heterogeneous technology and discipline domains … strengthen open-source and open-service provision… Support the further integration of Grid and Semantic/Web technological and business concepts… environments dynamically adaptable to user needs... Call e Infrastructure – Grids initiatives

13. Market Other R&D Experimentation of different technologies involving different constituencies takeup Feedback to constituencies (e.g. scalability) Increased level of confidence in technology Security, Mobility, Broadband for all, optical, QoS, clusters/high performance computing technology… eScience, eGovernment, eWork, eLearning, eHealth, eInclusion, … Security, Mobility, Broadband for all, optical, QoS, clusters/high performance computing technology… eScience, eGovernment, eWork, eLearning, eHealth, eInclusion, … Testbeds Towards deployment (e.g. IPv6, Grids) Call Research Networking Testbeds (IST SO2.5.6) Foster early deployment of Next Generation ICT based infrastructures

14. Call Research Networking Testbeds (IST SO2.5.6) Integrate, test, validate and demonstrate new fixed and wireless networking technologies - including disruptive technologies - and services in real-world settings and production environments. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs) Provide open test infrastructures for third party researchers. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs) Foster interoperability of solutions to achieve broader-scale up- take of new state-of-the-art infrastructure technology and promote open-source. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs) Develop roadmaps and strategic guidance for infrastructure development in Europe… (SSAs, CAs)

15. Call FP6-2005-IST-5 Research Networking Testbeds Wim Jansen - wim.jansen@cec.eu.int Marina Royer - marina.royer@cec.eu.int Call FP6-2005-Infrastructures-7 – Communication Network Development – eInfrastructure - Grid initiatives Kyriakos Baxevanidis - kyriakos.baxevanidis@cec.eu.int Maria F. Ramalho - maria.ramalho-natario@cec.eu.int Call coordinators

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