Welcome to the National eScience Centre Official Opening Microsoft PowerPoint

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Welcome to National e-Science Centre Official
Opening Malcolm Atkinson Director of
NeSCUniversities of Edinburgh and
Glasgow www.nesc.ac.uk 25th April 2002
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Contents

• UK e-Science Grid
• National e-Science Centres Role
• e-Science Institute
• Where e-Science leads us
• Challenges realising e-Sciences Potential
• Todays Programme

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UK e-Science
From presentation by Tony Hey
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UK Grid Network
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newcastle
Belfast
Manchester
Daresbury Lab
Cambridge
Oxford
Hinxton
RAL
Cardiff
London
Southampton
From Tony Hey 27 July 01 with adjusted geography
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NeSCs Roles

• Coordinate Stimulate e-Science in UK
• e-Science Grid
• Communities, workshops training
• Architecture, DB Engineering Task Forces
• Establish an international research venue
• e-Science Institute
• Research Visitor Programme
• Participate in developing standards
• GridNet, Global Grid Forum, HPDC11
• Regional, National International RD
• Collaborative industry projects
• Database Access Integration (IBM Oracle)
• Data Compute Grid (Sun)

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e-Science Institute
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e-Science Institute Events

• Started August 2001
• Today is our 30th Event
• Four-day Globus workshop
• Blue Gene Protein Folding
• Web Services, Databases, Architecture, Astronomy,
  
• From more than 700 different participants
• Some are now regulars!
• Plus todays 185 (haste ye back)
• From more than 250 organisations
• From more than 25 countries
• Always open to suggestions
• Research visitor programme

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e-Science Potential
Crisis Response Fire fighting safety, Eruptions,
Floods Fugitive Pollutants Diagnosis
Treatment Planning Whole population health
monitoring Epidemic Detection
Management Understanding Cells Organs
Understanding our Universe Engineering Design
Diagnostics Oceans, Climate, Environment,
Ecosystems
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e-Science Potential
Demos 3, 4, 6 10
Demo 1 Collab. Steering Visualization
Crisis Response Fire fighting safety, Eruptions,
Floods Fugitive Pollutants Diagnosis
Treatment Planning Whole population health
monitoring Epidemic Detection
Management Understanding Cells
Organs Understanding our Universe Engineering
Design Diagnostics Oceans, Climate,
Environment, Ecosystems
Talk Jim Austin
Talk Carole Goble Demos 3 10
Talk Jim Austin Demos 16, 18 23
Talks Nic Walton David Williams Demos 2, 7, 8,
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Demo 13 GODIVA
Demo 14
Demo 9
Demos 1, 5 22
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The Challenge
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The Big Challenge
Make e-Science Affordable
Make e-Science Dependable
Make e-Science Trustworthy
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Research Development
This will take more than 10 years of Research
Development
Talks Carole Goble, Tom Rodden Peter Buneman
Talks Freddie Moran (IBM) Dave Pearson (Oracle)
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Official Opening Programme
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Official Opening Programme
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Official Opening Programme
1110 AstroGrid and the Virtual Observatory
Concept Dr Nicholas Walton 1135 Grid-based
on-line aeroengine diagnostics Prof Jim
Austin 1200 e-Science in Ireland Prof Jim
Sexton 1220 UNICORE Seamless access to
distributed resources Dr Dietmar
Erwin 1240 e-Science in Scandinavia Prof Anders
Ynnerman