The GeneSyS Project

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The GeneSyS Project

• An Introduction to the
• Generic Systems
• Supervision Project

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Introduction

• Information Society Project (IST-2001-34162)
  funded by the European Union's Fifth RTD
  Framework Programme
• 2.5 year project, started in March 2002
• Cost 2.61 million
• Partners EADS LV, SYSLOAD, D3-GROUP, RUS, MTA
  SZTAKI

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Goals

• Our mission is to enhance distributed systems and
  applications with a generic and standardized
  supervision solution and nurture its practical
  implementation and multi-sector exploitation as a
  key enabler for the competitiveness of European
  research and industry.

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Objectives of GeneSyS

• To specify and develop an open, generic, modular
  and comprehensive supervision concept a new
  supervision middleware
• To integrate and validate this supervision
  structure within various industrial contexts
• To achieve the adoption of the GeneSyS concepts
  by all stakeholders (internal and external to the
  consortium), and to ensure that the vision of the
  proposed generic structure will become a new
  emerging standard.

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GeneSyS Architecture new supervision middleware

• To ensure the openness and generic aspect of the
  supervision, the GeneSyS architecture is based on
  two distinct types of entities
• a communication Core (CORE),
• supervision Plug-ins (SP).

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Validation Scenarios

• Relevant and realistic scenarios based on real
  user-cases of the industry will support the
  validation process. They will be inspired by
  several complementary industrial domains
• Distributed simulation
• Distributed engineering
• E-business

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Validation Scenarios distributed simulation

• The distributed simulation domain supervising
  typical exercises of distributed group training

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Validation Scenarios distributed engineering

• The distributed engineering domain will be
  addressed by typical applications of
  collaborative design and non collocated project
  reviews

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Validation Scenarios Automotive scenario 1.

• Moenkemoeller Workflow Application at BMW to
  guide the Change Management for engine control
  units
• Technology Microsoft .NET

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Validation Scenarios Automotive scenario 2.

• GECI Car crash simulation using RADIOSS software
• Remote cooperative working of RADIOSS experts at
  GECI office and the client at their site using
  GTI6
• Technology PHP

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Dissemination, exploitationand standardisation

• The project aims to implement the GeneSyS API and
  distribute it open-source
• Besides distributing the GeneSyS software the
  project will produce dissemination materials (Web
  site, CD-ROM, brochure, newsletter, etc.) to
  promote GeneSyS
• Project partners take steps to convince
  industrial partners and to make GeneSyS a
  quasi/formal distributed supervison standard

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Partners .

• Project coordinator
• 100 subsidiary of the EADS N.V. group, the
  European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
• Since 1994, EADS LV has included the Distributed
  Simulation technologies in its key strategies of
  research
• EADS LV will mainly behave as User by validating
  the GeneSyS product in front of its training and
  engineering applications in the space domain.

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Partners -

• NAVUS, founded in 1995 is a software development
  company for technical and scientific applications
• Beside focusing on application development, NAVUS
  created a new category of software, called
  "webware, which are fully Internet based and
  ready-to-use solutions.
• NAVUSs contribution to the GeneSyS project
  include specification of the middleware
  architecture and leading the development

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Partners

• D3 Group GmbH (formed in 1996) actively
  participates in innovative technology projects
  (including ESA and CEC RD), applied space
  programmes such as ISS and ATV
• Since 1997, D3 participates in RD projects
  focused on distributed simulation and networking
• D3 Groups project activities include leading the
  State of the Art research and participating in
  the GeneSyS API design, specification
  implementation

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Partners -

• RUS is the first German National Supercomputer
  Centre (HLRS) and worked for a long time in
  Collaborative Systems including complex
  simulation processes
• RUS will provide a technology oriented and
  state-of-the-art knowledge on processes,
  networking and standardisation aspects, as
  crucial for the definition of advanced and
  effective software services for the GeneSyS
  Architecture.

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Partners -

• MTA SZTAKI is the largest institute of the
  Hungarian Academy of Sciences for research and
  development in the fields of computer sciences
  and automation
• DSD (Dep. of Distributed Systems) is involved in
  the development of groupware applications digital
  library systems and audio/video conferencing
  environments
• MTA SZTAKI/DSD leads groupware and dissemination
  related activities in GeneSyS