1 Rodríguez-Roselló Luis Rodríguez-Roselló Director a. i. DG Information Society Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures. Applications

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Luis Rodríguez-RosellóRodríguez-Roselló

Director a. i.

DG Information Society

Emerging Technologies & Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures. ApplicationsInfrastructures. Applications

http://www.cordis.lu/directorate _f/index.htm

eInfrastructures policy meetingDublin, Ireland

15 - 16 April 2004

The EU eInfrastructure initiative – new strategic roles and activities

2eInfrastructures policy meeting

Dublin, Ireland - 15 - 16 April 2004Luis Rodríguez-Roselló, European Commission

Contents

Overall context of Research on eInfrastructures

Grid R&D

Deployment of eInfrastructures

GÉANT (GN2)

Grids

Test-beds

New Research Policy Agenda

Conclusions

Overall context of Research on eInfrastructures

Grid R&D

Deployment of eInfrastructures

GÉANT (GN2)

Grids

Test-beds

New Research Policy Agenda

Conclusions



Grid Research and Deployment

GridTechnology

Architecture, design and development of the next generation Grid

Enabling application technologies

ResearchInfrastructure

Deployment of high-capacity/ high-speed communications network – GÉANT

Deployment of specifichigh performance Grids

ApplicationseBusiness, eGov, eWork,

eHealth, risks management, …

Broadband, Security, Software Technologies,Research Networking Testbeds



• Creation of a strong research community on Grid research

• Europe’s position strengthened in Grid middleware development

• Grid concept proven in eScience application pilots

• First steps taken towards maturing Grid technologies for industrial use

• Strengthened European contribution to standardisation

• Grid deployment in research infrastructures

Achievements of EU Grid Research



Next

Generation

Grids

Global Computing

Complex Systems

Global Grid Global Grid Services Services

Infrastructure?Infrastructure?

Evolution of the Web

Evolution of HPCN

CurrentGrids

Grid Research - the Challenge (1)Complexity - Interoperability - Ease of Use - ...



Promote Grid research to

Moving Grid from e-

Science to Industry

Solve new complex

problems with high

economic and societal

impact

e-Science

Industry & Business

Grids

Grid Research - the Challenge (2)



Grid research vision - 2007 and beyond

Building the Invisible Grid

Mastering ICT complexity

Grids of mobile and embedded systems

From to self-healing

systems

From plug & play to connect & share

Meta Operating System architecture

Knowledge at the fingertips

Building the Invisible Grid

Mastering ICT complexity

Grids of mobile and embedded systems

From to self-healing

systems

From plug & play to connect & share

Meta Operating System architecture

Knowledge at the fingertips

CtrlCtrl AltAlt DelDel+ +

network-centric

person-centric

Grid empowers AmI (Ambient Intelligence) Towards a Global Grid Services Infrastructure

for Business & Industry

local

global

AmI

AmI+Grid



inteliGRIDSemantic Grid

based virtual organisations

ProvenanceProvenance for Grids

DataminingGridDatamining

tools & services

UniGridSExtended OGSA

Implementation based on UNICORE

K-WF GridKnowledge based

workflow & collaboration

GRIDCOORDBuilding the ERAin Grid research

New Grid Research Projects (under Negotiation)

Start: Summer 2004

EU Funding:~ 52 M€

European-wide virtual laboratory for longer term Grid research - foundation for next generation Grids

COREGRID

EU-driven Grid services architecture for business

and industryNEXTGRID

Mobile Grid architecture and services for dynamic

virtual OrganisationsAKOGRIMO

Provisional Information

Grid-based generic enabling application technologies to

facilitate solution of industrial problemsSIMDAT

OntoGridKnowledge Services for

the semantic Grid

HPC4UFault tolerance,dependability

for Grid



ACI GRID

E-SCIENCE

DAS

BE-GRIDD-GRID METACENTER

SWISSGRID

HELLAS-GRID

GRID.ITIRISGRID BG-GRID

SGIGRID

H-GRID

NORDUGRID

CYGRID

Objectives

Build S&T excellency on Grid -EU-wide virtual laboratory

Achieve sustainable restructuring and integration

Disseminate EU research on Grid

Set-up a think-tank to create spin-off projects

Create the European “Grid Lighthouse”

Research Focus

Knowledge and data management

Programming models

System architecture

Resource management

Scheduling

Problem solving environments

42 Partners

European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for Large Scale Distributed,

Grid and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

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Main Research and Development Areas:

Grid architecture

Foundations & core services

Dynamic federation and VO

Grid business models

Reference implementations

Standards and applications

Next Generation Grid services architecture for business and industry

Feedback fornext iteration

Analysis

Conceptualisation

Implementation

Design

Evaluation

Service providers:

Fujitsu BT

T-Systems

Datamat

Application developers / users:

SAP

First derivatives

Kino

Technology providers:

Grid Systems

HP Intel

Microsoft Nec

Research org.:EPCC IT Innov.

FZJ USTUTT

KTH NTUA

QUB UvA

CNR-ISTI

Main Application Areas:

Data mining legal sector

Broadcasting and entertainment

Financial modelling

Digital media

Supply chain management

IP




Two testbeds

- E-Learning

- Hospital

- Generalisation to

other applications

Telcom operators- Telefonica I&D (SP)- Telnor (N)- Tel Inst (P)

Grid Providers & Industry- HLRS (D)- CCLRC (UK)- Uni Hohenheim (D)- Datamat (I)

Universities- Uni BW München (D)- CRMPA (I)- NTUA (Gr)- UPC(SP)

IT Industry (tools & services)- BOC (UK) - SchlumbergerSEMA

The Next Generation ”GRIDNET”

AKoGriMo Focus

Mobile Internet

Network Middleware

Core Grid Services

Complex Grid Services

Domain and Application Specific Services

Technology Vision

NGG based on next generation IPv6 networks

and supporting security, QoS, accounting /billing,

user & context awareness.Use of mobile comm’s

beyond 3G.

Dynamic Virtual Organisations based on

trust management

Mobile Grid architectures and services for dynamic virtual organisations

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Four sectors of international economic importance:

Automotive

Pharmaceutical

Aerospace

Meteorology

Seven Grid-technology development areas:

Grid infrastructure

Distributed Data Access

VO Administration

Workflows

Ontologies

Analysis Services

Knowledge Services

The solution of industrially relevant complex problems using data-centric Grid technology

SIMDAT

End UsersCapability ProvidersGrid Technologists

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networking

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joint research activ

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eInfrastructure – implementation components



eInfrastructure – GÉANT infrastructure

Pan-european second generation GÉANT

GN2, led by DANTE: continue and improve current GÉANT services access to “dark” fiber and increased geographical footprint user consultancy for demanding research communities research on security, end-to-end services and seamless

access/AAA aspects test-bed to experiment new technologies and services Inclusion of prospective study and benchmarking



eInfrastructure – Grids infrastructures

Pan-European Grid infrastructure EGEE

+ SEE-GRID

EGEE, led by CERN: mission critical for very demanding research communities (e.g.

High Energy Physics, biomedics) / operational support to users structuring effect / largest international Grid infrastructure capacity of over 20.000 CPU's, federating 70 centers/20 countries research in security, AAA and middleware aspects

SEE-GRID, led by GRNet, expands EGEE to South Eastern Europe



eInfrastructure – Grids infrastructures

Grid of supercomputers DEISA

DEISA, led by CNRS: distributed tera-scale supercomputing facility Serving user communities such as material sciences, plasma

physics, cosmology, life science, etc… six major supercomputing centers / 30 teraflops gigabit interconnection focus on Global Filing System



Grid Deployment and Testbeds - Overview

LOBSTER

Traffic monitoring

EUROLABS

Experimental testbeds

IPv6TF SC

IPv6 Task Force support

Specific Support Actions

User involvement… …technology validation

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The Policy Agenda in Research

• Financial perspectivesFinancial perspectives

(February 2004)(February 2004)

• Communication on FP7Communication on FP7

(May 2004)(May 2004)

1.1. Collaboration and NetworkingCollaboration and Networking

2.2. Technological PlatformsTechnological Platforms

3.3. Basic ResearchBasic Research

4.4. InfrastructuresInfrastructures

5.5. Human resourcesHuman resources

6.6. Co-ordination of National Co-ordination of National ResearchResearch

7.7. Space (ESA)Space (ESA)

8.8. SecuritySecurity

6+2 Axes:



Conclusions The EU is spearheading a European eInfrastructure for research

(broadband++), fully connected to the world GÉANT and Grids are essential components of this initiative Research & deployment are two complementary strategic aspects EU Research on Grids strengthened (standards, middle-ware,…) The user basis of eInfrastructure is broadened through common

policies (e.g. the eIRG eInfrastructure Reflection Group) Agenda includes moving from eScience to Industry and business eInfrastructure is a building block for an European Research Area eInfrastructures promote growth ensuring cohesion and they are

conceived as a vehicle to foster international co-operation, essential to address the challenges of modern eScience

eInfrastructures in the main stream of new Research policy agenda (EU FP7)

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