1. 1 e-Infrastructures e-Infrastructures Taking stock and looking ahead an European perspective Bernhard Fabianek European Commission - DG INFSO GÉANT & e-Infrastructure Unit e-Infrastructure Scientific Opportunities Panel Seminar Oslo, 11 March 2011 “The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission”

2. 2  in producing knowledge through research  in diffusing it through education  in applying it through innovation To be a genuinely competitive in the knowledge economy, one must be better

3. 3  Collaboration between European and worldwide research teams; access to rare/remote resources  Global Virtual Research Communities  Data-intensive science and innovation  Use and manage exponentially growing sets of data  Experimentation in silico, simulation  Use of high-performance computing  ICT a fundamental enabler for research & innovation

4. 4 e-Infrastructure (Grids empowered) e-Infrastructure (Grids empowered) security mobility semantic web. automatic management broadband e-Learning e-Business aeronautics genomics environment astronomy e-Health e-Science Grid

5. 5....... Linking at the speed of the light Sharing computers, instruments and applications Sharing and federating scientific data Weather Forecast VO Biomedics VO Astrophysics VO Connecting the finest minds Sharing the best scientific resources Building global virtual communities

6. 6 Virtual Community Network/HPC Grid Scientific Data Virtual Laboratories Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network/HPC Grid Scientific Data Virtual Laboratories Workspace Meetings, etc. Virtual Community Network/HPC Grid Scientific Data Virtual Laboratories Workspace Meetings, etc. Network/HPC Grid Scientific Data Economies of Scale Efficiency Gains

7. 7 Linking the ideas at the speed of the light: GÉANT + global extensions Accessing knowledge: scientific data – first global endeavours Innovating the scientific process: global virtual research communities Sharing the best resources: e-Science grid: EGI + global extensions Designing future facilities: novel e-Infrastructures: PRACE

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10. 10 What if your peer Scientist is … a Computer? “Google”

11. 11 South Caucasus Regional network and link to GÉANT, integrating scientific potential in the region Serving the European astro- nomical community, remote access to Chile ESO facilities European wide “technology agnostic” experimental infra- structure (virtualisation)

12. 12 Grid for European neuroscientists working in the field of imaging of Alzheimer’s disease Modelling capabilities for ITER and future fusion devices using parallel Grid computing and HPC VOs on seismology, meteorology and environment, supported by south-eastern Europe grids

13. 13 PRACE EGI Open AIRE GÉANT network grids data generic e-Infrastructure… user communities involvement neuGRID EUFORIA D4SCIENCE ETSF IMPACT METAFOR EuroVO-AIDA GENESI-DR FEDERICA EVALSO

14. 14 EGEE Grid attacks Avian Flu During April 2006, a collaboration of Asian and EU laboratories has analysed 300,000 possible drug components against the avian flu virus H5N1 using the EGEE Grid infrastructure (for the docking of 300,000 compounds against 8 different target structures of Influenza A neuraminidases, 2000 computers were used during 4 weeks – the equivalent of 100 years on a single computer) N1H5 Credit: Y-T Wu

15. 15  Make Europe the home for the Global Virtual Research Community  Support Knowledge and Innovation Communities  Increase efficiency of research and innovation  Raise awareness on the opportunities Highlight already existing impact  Share best practice  Investigate organizational models

16. 16  Investments in infrastructures require a long term perspective  Operation continuity and long-term sustainability  Reinforce, combine and coordinate the efforts of national and EU funding authorities to ensure the most efficient and effective use of resources  Develop a new strategy for industrial involvement and coordination among funding authorities for HPC  Address strategic, policy, technical, financial and governance issues related to supercomputing  Exploit the innovative aspects of e-Infrastructures and the accumulated expertise beyond science (e.g. e-Health, e-Government)

17. 17  Support international collaborations that are strategic for European scientific partnerships, thus reinforcing Global Virtual Research Communities  Consolidate e-Infrastructures as a multi-disciplinary platform for global collaborations  Reinforce European research capacity in the domain of high performance computing (HPC)  Adopt adequate organizational and governance models  Use e-Infrastructures as platforms for technology experimentation at large scale (e.g. Future Internet)

18. 18 e-Infrastructures in a Common Strategic Framework for EU Research & Innovation Funding:  Provide the collaboration structures and enabling ICT services for European researchers and scientists  e-Infrastructures need to provide the (enabling) support to Research and Innovation for Industrial Leadership, for Societal Challenges and for Excellence in Science

19. 19  e-Infrastructures provide the underlying platforms for computationally intensive applications that enable international collaboration combining knowledge from different fields of science  e-Infrastructures integrate and make widely available national infrastructures and resources  e-Infrastructures implement a key EU policy and strategy (e.g. the European Research and Innovation Area)  e-Infrastructures “facilitate” cohesion, standards, industry, etc …  New forms of organizations – Global Virtual Research Organisations – emerge using high performance computing environments

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