EGEE 1st Conference 1921 April 2004, Cork Ireland

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EGEE 1st Conference 19-21 April 2004, Cork
(Ireland)
The EU e-infrastructure challenge - (key) roles
of EGEE Kyriakos BaxevanidisEuropean
Commissionkyriakos.baxevanidis_at_cec.eu.int
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Contents

• Context the revolutionary path of Research
• Next generation ICT Research Infrastructures (RI)
  in the EU - the eInfrastructure challenge
• Implementing the eInfrastructure in FP6
• The key roles of EGEE
• Resource sharing policy initiatives
• Some conclusions

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RD nothing looks the same...

• Amount of data, calculations explode at
  astonishing rates..
• Vast improvements in raw computing power,
  algorithms, storage capacity, networking
  capabilities revolutionize ways of doing science
  - everything becomes digital
• Global networks link these together, support
  collaboration
• More knowledge and data lie outside the borders
  of organisations - need for global
  collaborations sharing of resources across
  distributed, heterogeneous, dynamic VOs

Unchanged Researcher the most precious capital
and centre of all developments!
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Researcher fast growing needs
Unlimited access to knowledge
Dynamically create, adapt RD environment to
his/her needs
Mobility
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eInfrastructure (ICT-Research Infrastr.)
Researcher at the centre
One stop shop service (connectivity,
computing, data processing)
Integrate - shared use - distributed resources
(computers, instruments, tools, data,
humans...)
Production level operation Operational, admini
strative support
...and national infrastructures, initiatives
inEurope international links
Invisible to researcher
Bring it fast to all applications that may
benefit!
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ICT-Research Infrastructure (RI) in FP5
Key advances

• Pan-European coverage by the largest Research
  Network in the world (10Gbit/s, state-of-the-art
  technology, full-fledged administrative and
  operational support, policy framework and common
  policies in EU on networking...)
• New Optical-, Wireless-technologies IPv6 policy
  validation test-beds...
• Pilot implementations of a Grid-based resource
  sharing model (application driven, global
  collaborations) - major achievements of DataGrid

Lead to next generation ICT RI in Europe
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eInfrastructure Continuous
evolution
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The network

• New philosophy...(Bill St. Arnaud in Dublin the
  exciting thing about Grids and networks is what
  happens beyond linking Computing centresthe
  linking of databases, sensors, scientific
  instruments... in this picture the computer is
  no longer the network, everything is the network
  )
• New implementations (optical, IPv6 ...)
• New user communities
• New use rules (address needs of demanding
  communities)
• Extended international connectivity

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eInfrastructure - the network Next
generation GÉANT and NREN

• Continue to provide connectivity to all NRENs -
  yearly growth 2x to 3x
• Serve new user communities (education, cultural
  heritage..)
• Geographical extension (Balkans, NIS etc)
• Provide high BW for special applications (e.g.
  Grids)
• End-to End QoS, Security, Mobility
• Deployment of a European wide AAA scheme
• IPv6 all the way deployment of new underlying
  switched transport network (lambda-based /
  hybrid-networking)

New GN2 network 1Q 2005
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eInfrastructure - the network
International connectivity
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The middleware (resource sharing) layer

• Infrastructure accessible to all application
  domains
• Infrastructure to reach all European regions
  (cornerstone of European Research Area, smoothing
  digital divide)
• No administrative, cultural barriers in resource
  sharing low cost services
• One stop shop service for Grids, networking
• Operational support, training
• Mechanisms to adapt fast to new research needs,
  test and validate new technologies (test-beds)

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eInfrastructure - Grids Next generation
Grid RI
(SEE-GRID)
(international dimension participation of US,
Russian, organisations links to international
initiatives, e.g. cyberinfrastructure/Teragrid)
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The (key) roles of EGEE Integration of
resources in Europe
plus international co-operation, international
links (to infrastructures, technology developers,
user communities)
Picture courtesy EGEE Consortium
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The (key) roles of EGEE Getting
communities involved

• Towards an open eInfrastructure to all
  application communities (GÉANT, EGEE,)

Biodiversity
Chemistry
Digital Libraries
Geophysics
Industry
Earth Observation
eHealth
Climate modelling
Astronomy
Nanotechnology
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The (key) roles of EGEE Getting
communities involved

• Mechanism built in Integrated Infrastructure
  Initiative (I3) instrument

• Interested communities
• Digital Libraries (DILIGENT project)
• Biomedical informatics (WS 18-19 March,
  Brussels)
• EO (planned WS in June in London)
• ...

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The (key) roles of EGEE (continued)

• Information, Training (new researchers and
  infrastructure operators, drive creation of new
  University courses,)
• Establish the basis for the creation of Grid
  Operation and Support centres across Europe
• Support new Test-beds and new Research
  projects...

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New eInfrastructure test-beds
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New Grid research projects
Building the European Research Area ERAin Grid
research
Grid-based generic enabling application
technologies to facilitate solution of
industrial problems
SemanticGrid
SIMDAT
EU-driven Grid services architecture for business
and industry
Mobile Grid architecture and services for dynamic
virtual organisations
Knowledgebasedworkflow collaboration
Dataminingtools services
NEXTGRID
AKOGRIMO
Dependability, Trust, Provenance
Extended OGSAImplementation
European wide virtual laboratory for longer term
Grid research - foundation for next generation
Grids
COREGRID
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The (key) roles of EGEE and of GN2,
DEISA, SEE-GRID,...

• Effort concertation, synergy development
• To increase value of each individual project
• To multiply impact
• EGEE to play a driving role!

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Budget

• FP6
• 100 m for Grid Research Infrastructures
• 100 m for the new GÉANT
• 50 m for Test-beds
• 125 m for Research on Grids
• Additional budget in Application areas for
  development of Grid-based applications (e.g.
  Health, Environment...)
• New Scope for funding of National
  infrastructures in the context of the
  GROWTH-initiative

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Is this budget enough?

• The eInfrastructure can not be created without
• The integration of National infrastructures,
  efforts, funds (importance of matching funding
  scheme in EGEE)
• The creation of a policy framework in Europe for
  the shared use of ICT-resources - resource
  sharing attitude
• (currently different policies on accessing
  computing data storage resources across
  institutions, application domains and national
  boundaries pose significant non-technical
  barriers!)

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Resource sharing policy initiative The
eInfrastructures policy framework

• A coordinated action (MS, AS, EC)
• to harmonize resource sharing policies in Europe
• to establish a policy administrative framework
  for easy and cost effective shared use of
  ICT-resources
• Building on experience of GÉANT and the NRENs
• Structure of initiative
• Presidency Events
• eInfrastructures Reflection Group (eIRG) -
  appointed representatives by EU States
• the Technical Support Team to the eIRG

Key role of EGEE in Technical Support Team
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Resource sharing policy initiative The
eIRG mission

• Support on the political, advisory and monitoring
  level the creation of a policy and administrative
  framework for the easy and cost effective shared
  use of electronic resources in Europe (focusing
  on Grid-computing, data storage, and networking
  resources) across technological, administrative
  and national domains

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First results of eIRG (Dublin, 16/04) a
European Grid Authentication policy

• The eIRG notes the timely operation of the
  EUGridPMA in conjunction with the TACAR CA
  Repository and it expresses its satisfaction for
  a European initiative that serves eScience Grid
  projects.
• The eIRG endorses the principle of the EUGridPMA
  and TACAR. The eIRG welcomes this development
  which positions Europe in the forefront of Grid
  and eScience interoperability. The eIRG strongly
  encourages the EUGridPMA/TACAR to continue their
  valuable work and recommends that they be
  supported by the relevant EU/national projects
  and agencies.

Next eIRG event 18-19 November in The Netherlands
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Moving Grids to industry/business

• The environment
• Integration Grid- and Wed-services
• Standards, SLAs play key role
• Currently grassroots adoption in
  industry/business systematic deployment and new
  business models still due

Need to learn and understand more the new
business case

• eInfrastructure projects live demonstrators of
  new technology important to support FP6 projects
  with industrial context
• On the policy level, AAA and resource sharing
  policies for e-Science may well provide paradigms
  for business (e.g. Provider-Provider agreements)

Exposing work early to industry/business is key
(e.g. EGEE Industry Forum)
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Links
www.cordis.lu/ist/rn www.einfrastructures.org www.
pd.infn.it/einfrastructures www.heanet.ie/einfrast
ructures
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Some conclusions

• EGEE plays a key role in the creation of the EU
  eInfrastructure
• The Commission is the projects 71st partner
  (budget, political support) help us shape the
  WP2005-6 and FP7!
• The projects ultimate success will be when
  nobody will talk anymore about the EGEE
  infrastructure

My best wishes for success!