1. Future of e-Science Malcolm Atkinson Director www.nesc.ac.uk 18 th March 2004

2. The Future of e-Science Depends on … Excellence ResearchDevelopmentDelivering Application Results A Strong Team Well ledFocus on common GoalsSkills and Knowledge sharing Demanding and Highly Valued Applications Grand ChallengesSocial ValueEconomic Value Resources Talented staffFundsSpace & Facilities Scientific data publishing Fast query and validation Code with provable credentials Reliable networks … Data Access & Integration Application deployment Co-optimised Scheduling Computation moved to data …QCD Simulation Cardiovascular Functional Genomics Particle Physics Experiments Astronomy Neuroinformatics … Systems biology Nueroinformatics Global-scale computational collaboration Reliable infrastructure … E-Science Teams at Glasgow & Edinburgh New chair appointment Assistant Principal for e-Science … Integration Collaboration and Focused team efforts Scientific Data as Reliable Evidence Enabling safe, affordable and effective collaborative research …Research Seminar Series Bioinformatics Seminar Series Bioinformatics Network eDIKT Bid collaboration Scottish Database Forum … Health care Clinical trials Trustworthy use of computation and data Security and privacy Mobility Emergency response Building safety … Data mining from distributed heterogeneous databases Pharmacological trials Application management systems … Training team e-Science Lecturers e-Science Chair DCC Director Research Leaders and Visitor secondments Bioinformatics … SHEFC, Renewal of core and e-Science Institute, PPARC, EU IST FP6 EGEE, JISC, MRC bids, BBSRC, DTI bids, NextGrid, … Appleton Tower Level 2, Informatics Forum, SRIF-funded SANs £1.1M Edinburgh operational £0.8M Glasgow, …

3. Integrated e-Science Organisation Institute for e-Science Informatics & Computing Science Physics & Application Disciplines EPCC & HPC NeSC DCC eSI Projects