1. From GEANT to Grid empowered Research Infrastructures ANTONELLA KARLSON DG INFSO Research Infrastructures Grids Information Day 25 March 2003 From GEANT to Grid empowered Research Infrastructures ANTONELLA KARLSON DG INFSO Research Infrastructures Grids Information Day 25 March 2003

2. The transition from FP5 to FP6 Research Infrastructures

3. Networks for research Research on networking European research networking backbone - GEANT International Strategy and benchmarking - SERENATE GRIDS cluster GRIDSTART IPv6 cluster 6LINK Optical Access techn. Digital libraries QoS …… RESEARCH NETWORKINGRESEARCH NETWORKING

4. Grid projects in FP5 Cross program action (CPA9) projects In the year 2001: Six projects - € 19,686 M In the year 2002: Eight projects - € 11,341 M IST: Research Networking In 2000, 2001 and 2002: Four projects - 13,973 M IST: Health In 2002: One project - 3,876 M Total EU funding in IST: 48,876 M

5. CPA9 projects In the year 2001: Six projects - € 19,686 M DATATAG: Research and Technological Development for a TransAtlantic GRID GRIDLAB: A GRID Application Toolkit and Testbed CROSSGRID: Development of GRID Environment for Interactive Applications GRIA: GRID Resources for Industrial Applications GRIP: GRID Interoperability Project EGSO: European GRID for Solar Observations

6. CPA9 projects In the year 2002: Eight projects - € 11,341 M. FLOWGRID: Flow Simulations on Demand using GRID Comp. OPENMOLGRID: Open Computing GRID for Molecular Science and Engineering GRACE: GRID Search and Categorisation Engine 23 COG: Corporate Ontology GRID MOSES: Modular and Scalable Environment for the Semantic Web BIOGRID: Biotech Information for and Knowledge GRID GEMSS: GRID Enabled Medical Simulation Services SELENE: Self e-Learning Networks

7. Grids projects in FP5 (not in CPA9) DATAGRID: RTD for an International Data GRID EUROGRID:Application Test-bed for European GRID Computing DAMIEN: Distributed Applications and Middleware for Industrial Use of European Networks GRIDSTART: GRID Dissemination, Standards, Applications, Roadmap and Training – accompanying measure – cluster MAMMOGRID: European Federated mammogram database implemented on a grid infrastructure

8. Grids projects in FP5 - other DG RTD: ASTROVIRTEL:Accessing Astronomical Archives as Virtual Telescopes -Supported by Access to research infrastructures action of the program Improving the human potential. COST Actions: 283 - Computational and Information Infrastructure in the Astronomical DataGrid 282 - Knowledge Exploration in Science and Technology

9. Current Grid test-beds Most of the projects include test-beds, which bring Grid technology from the laboratory into the real world Several application areas – high energy physics, asytrophysics, quantum chemistry and drug design, earth and environment, biology, medicine, risk management, computational fluid dynamics, industrial simulations, etc.

10. IST Programme Structuring the ERA Programme Research Infrastructures Research Networks “GÉANT and GRIDs” Research Networks in FP6 - Research Infrastructures

11. IST/RI implementation 2003-2004 IST Call 2 : IPs & NoEs 1 step with hearings Deadline October 2003 F3 - Research networking test-beds F2 - Grid based systems for CPS RI : Communication Network Development Call b.1 : I3, CAs & SSAs 1 step, May 2003 F3 - Grids Call b.2 : I3 1 step, September 2003 F3 - Géant

12. Create a pan- European Grid empowered research e-infrastructure We have a political decision to implement and the responsibility to use the budget in the most effective and optimal way

13. Global knowledge infrastructure Relate to policies:  it is one of the major ways to implement the European Research Area  will change the way science is done in Europe  powerful instrument for international cooperation  enhance social and geographic cohesion Deploy Grid empowered infrastructure which serves the research communities in all scientific disciplines: e-science

14. General objectives:  Use of the GEANT network as the main underlying connectivity platform  Coordinate and integrate when possible the GEANT and Grid efforts  Work in collaboration with user communities in order to build a bridge between research networking and Grid technology on one hand and scientific application areas on the other hand

15. Priorities:  The second stage of GEANT  From Grid test-beds to production quality Grid research infrastructure gigabit/terabit scales (in terms of computing, storage and communication power)  Support the creation of national Grid infrastructures and integrate them on EU level  Build up on the scientific and technological know-how acquired in FP5, FP6 and in the world in general. Experiment with new technologies, adopt and implement them as soon as possible

16. Objectives: Expand Grids to new application areas identify as many as possible user communities specify their requirements make predictions for the evolution in time of these requirements identify the synergies between different communities describe their geographical coverage and expansion Grid-empowered e-infrastructure that serves the concrete and actual needs of researchers: user communities

17. Do not exist well defined national institutions for Grids responsible for deploying national infrastructures (similar to NRENs) Do not exist established funding schemes which are appropriate to the high level of integration and cooperation that the widespread of Grid technology imposes The technology is not mature enough Currently industrial entities are not ready to take the high risk of investment in Grids We turn to the research community in Europe: knowledgeable, creative, innovative, open to change, internationally oriented, strong community identity... Challenges for Grids in the context of Research Infrastructures

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