CoreGRID: The Unique European NoE for Grid and P2P Technologies European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for

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CoreGRID: The Unique European NoE for Grid and P2P Technologies

European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed,

GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

Pierre KuonenEcole d’Ingénieurs et d’architectes de Fribourg (HES-SO/EIA-FR)

E-mail: [email protected]

www.eif.ch/gridgroup

mailto:[email protected]

European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

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Network of Excellence (NoE)

Definition– A Network of Excellence is an instrument for strengthening

excellence by tackling the fragmentation of European research, where the main deliverable is a durable structuring and shaping of the way that research is carried out on the topic of the network.

Aims and Objectives– NoE are designed to strengthen scientific and technological

excellence on a particular research topic through the durable integration of the research capacities of the participants. They aim to overcome the fragmentation of European research by:

• gathering the critical mass of resources• gathering the expertise needed to provide European leadership

– NoE also have to spread excellence beyond the boundaries of its partnership.


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CoreGRID NoE objectives

To build a European-wide research laboratory– To avoid fragmentation of Grid research activities in Europe– Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such worldwide – To achieve integration and sustainability

To build solid foundations for GRID and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technologies – Both on a methodological basis and a technological basis.– Support medium and long term research activities

Achieve and promote scientific and technological excellence within & beyond the Grid research community

Gather and disseminate European research

A think-tank for spin-off projects– EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperations, …


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Network priorities

Excellence– CoreGRID brings together a European critical mass of

well-known experts in GRID and P2P research allowing to compete with research and development in North America and Asia

– An ambitious joint program of activities to deal with well identified challenges

Long-term integration & structuring– Set-up a sustainable European research laboratory with

an associated management• With several Institutes• With research groups assigned to Institutes


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Operating the Network

• Administrative & Financial Management– ERCIM

• Bruno Le Dantec (Administrative & Financial Coordinator)

• Celine Bitoune (Assistant to the AFC)

• Scientific & Technical Management– INRIA

• Thierry Priol (Scientific Coordinator)• Päivi Palosaari (Assistant to the SCO)


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CoreGRID Membership

40 partners from 18 Countries(1 from S. America)

CoreGRID researchers– Sep 2004: 118 researchers– Aug 2005: 145 researchers– 7 researchers left the Network,

34 new ones were included

CoreGRID PhD students– Sep 2004: 163 PhD students– Aug 2005: 169 PhD students– 22 left the Network, 28 new

ones were included

U. Cyprus

INRIACNRS

ERCIM

CETICUCL

CNR-ISTIINFNU. CalabriaU. Pisa

CLPP-BAS

Delft U.Vrije U.

EPFLHES-SO

FhGFZJUSTUTTU. MuensterUNI DOU. PassauZIB

ICS-FORTH

ICRAL-CCLRCU. BelfastU. CardiffU. ManchesterU. NewcastleU. Wesminster

KTHSICS

SZTAKI

VTT

U. CoimbraUPC

Masaryk U.

U. Chile

PSCCYFRONET


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Organizational map

ExecutiveCommittee

Scientific Advisory Board Industrial Advisory BoardSpecific Task Forces

- NPTF: New Participants

Integration Monitoring CommitteeChair: R. Perrott (U. Belfast)

Head of the“Collaboration Gateway”

Administrative &Financial Co-ordinator

Scientific Co-ordinator

MembersGeneral

Assembly

Head of the“Integrated Activities”

Head of the“Spreading Excellence”

Heads of CoreGRIDInstitutes

Chair:D. Laforenza(CNR-ISTI)


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Joint Program of Activities

Joint Programme of ActivitiesJoint Programme of ActivitiesJoint Programme of ActivitiesJoint Programme of Activities

Integrated Integrated ActivitiesActivities

Integrated Integrated ActivitiesActivities

Jointly Executed Jointly Executed ResearchResearch

Jointly Executed Jointly Executed ResearchResearch

Spreading ofSpreading of ExcellenceExcellence

Spreading ofSpreading of ExcellenceExcellence

Knowledge & Knowledge & Data ManagementData Management

Knowledge & Knowledge & Data ManagementData Management

Programming ModelProgramming ModelProgramming ModelProgramming Model

System ArchitectureSystem ArchitectureSystem ArchitectureSystem Architecture

Grid Information andGrid Information andMonitoring ServiceMonitoring Service

Grid Information andGrid Information andMonitoring ServiceMonitoring Service

Resource ManagementResource ManagementAnd SchedulingAnd Scheduling

Resource ManagementResource ManagementAnd SchedulingAnd Scheduling

Coordinated ProgrammingCoordinated Programmingof Partners’ activitiesof Partners’ activities

Coordinated ProgrammingCoordinated Programmingof Partners’ activitiesof Partners’ activities

Coordinated approach to Coordinated approach to prepare project proposalsprepare project proposalsCoordinated approach to Coordinated approach to prepare project proposalsprepare project proposals

Internal Collaboration Internal Collaboration and Disseminationand Dissemination

Internal Collaboration Internal Collaboration and Disseminationand Dissemination

Annual Integration Annual Integration WorkshopWorkshop

Annual Integration Annual Integration WorkshopWorkshop

Systems tools and Systems tools and EnvironmentsEnvironments

Systems tools and Systems tools and EnvironmentsEnvironments

Public WebsitePublic WebsitePublic WebsitePublic Website

Technical reportsTechnical reportsTechnical reportsTechnical reports

Workshops & conferencesWorkshops & conferencesWorkshops & conferencesWorkshops & conferences

NewsletterNewsletterNewsletterNewsletter

IndustryIndustryIndustryIndustry

GRID User communityGRID User communityGRID User communityGRID User community

ConferencesConferencesConferencesConferencesCommon UnderstandingCommon UnderstandingTrust & SecurityTrust & Security

Common UnderstandingCommon UnderstandingTrust & SecurityTrust & Security

Grid TestbedGrid TestbedGrid TestbedGrid Testbed

Mobility of researchersMobility of researchersMobility of researchersMobility of researchers

SergeiGorlatch

DomenicoTalia

MarcoDanelutto

ViviFragopoulou

NorbertMeyer

RaminYahyapour

VladimirGetov

PierreGuisset

BrochuresBrochuresBrochuresBrochures

Training & EducationTraining & EducationTraining & EducationTraining & Education

CoreG

RID

InstitutesC

oreGR

ID Institutes


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Collaboration with other EU Grid projects

CoreGRID is participating to the EU Concertation Activities of FP6 Grid Projects through its Collaboration Gateway and leads two activities :

• Roadmaps• Trainings

Collaboration GatewayCollaboration GatewayCollaboration GatewayCollaboration Gateway

Exploitation of synergies /Exploitation of synergies /technical concertationtechnical concertation

Exploitation of synergies /Exploitation of synergies /technical concertationtechnical concertation

Joint fora for exchangeJoint fora for exchangeand disseminationand dissemination

Joint fora for exchangeJoint fora for exchangeand disseminationand dissemination

Co-ordination of Co-ordination of standardisation effortsstandardisation efforts

Co-ordination of Co-ordination of standardisation effortsstandardisation efforts

ReRepository of reference pository of reference Implementations and GridImplementations and Grid

middlewaremiddleware

ReRepository of reference pository of reference Implementations and GridImplementations and Grid

middlewaremiddleware

Collaboration on researchCollaboration on researchInventories and roadmapsInventories and roadmapsCollaboration on researchCollaboration on researchInventories and roadmapsInventories and roadmaps

Indicators and impactIndicators and impactassessmentassessment

Indicators and impactIndicators and impactassessmentassessment

WolfgangZiegler

Training activitiesTraining activitiesTraining activitiesTraining activities

Leadership

Leadership


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A set of well identified research challenges

Knowledge & Data Management– Handling information/data that are required/produced by a wide range

of diverse processing powerProgramming Model

– Making the programming of Grid infrastructures as simple and transparent as possible

System Architecture– Designing the next generation Grid middleware

Grid Information, Resource and Monitoring Services– Scalable information service to implement a service view of the Grid

Resource Management & Scheduling– Scheduling jobs/applications/tasks/computation within a Grid

environmentSystems, Tools and Environments

– Integrating various middleware, tools and applications for problem solving


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CoreGRID Integration Workshop

• Annual workshop to discuss . . .– possible overlappings and synergies between partners within

every Institute, and between Institutes,– interdisciplinary topics within the NoE,– future collaboration activities.

• Workshop schedule– Workshop 2004: Future Generation Grids

• 1.-5.November 2004, Dagstuhl/Germany• 45 invited participants, about 40 from CoreGRID• Selected papers after reviewing --> second book in the CoreGRID

Series by Springer-Verlag

– Workshop 2005: To present and discuss the results of integration in Year 1 (held 28-30.11.05 in Pisa)

– Workshop 2006: To be held in Krakow on October 19-20, 2006


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Durable mobility of researchers

• Internal mobility is essential for integration and to ensure stronger co-operation among partners, promote career development and mobility

• 2 activities :– Fellowship Programme - Young researchers hosted by two

institutes for two distinct periods ~ 600 k€• CALL 1, JANUARY 2005 (12 applications and 3 candidates selected)• CALL 2, MAY 2005 (28 applications and 4 candidates selected)• CALL 3, DECEMBER 2005 (5 positions offered)

– Research Exchange Programme - Researcher or student from 1 member to another, two weeks to six months~ 480 k€

• Exchange visit in Dortmund (8 weeks)• Exchange visit in Cyprus (20 weeks)

• Search for external sources of funding is also needed, e.g. the Marie-Curie-Programme

• Mobility web portal available at the CoreGRID web site

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Public Website

www.coregrid.net• Internal and External Communication

• Regularly updated• Visitors counted since mid April 05

– Apr 14: 90,508 visits – May 31: 123,000 visits– Aug 26: 227,701 visits– Dec 2: 337,631 visits

• Visibility: score of 8/10 in the Google PageRank

36% from non-european countries

% of Visits per Country

netw orks

17%

United States

11%

Educational

Institution9%

France

9%

Commercial

6%

United Kingdom

6%

Germany

5%

Brazil

5%

Chile

5%

Netherlands

5%

Colombia

4%

Hong Kong

4%

Thailand

3%

China

2%

Norw ay

2%

Portugal

2%

Canada

2%

Czech Republic

2%

Italy

2%

Turkey

2%

Autres

13%


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CoreGRID Publications

Objectives– To gather information on publications in journals, edited

books, proceedings of conferences and workshops from CoreGRID researchers

– To disseminate the results of the network by publishing Technical Reports

– To publish white papers related to Grid technologies

Results– Many joint scientific publications

in proceedings, journals and edited books during the first year

– 40 CoreGRID Technical Reports available– 3 planned White Papers – A publication database with more than 400 entries …


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CoreGRID Springer series

CoreGRID negotiated a series of books with Springer

1. Vol 1: Component Models and Systems for Grid Applications (2005)

2. Vol 2: Future Generation Grids (2005)

3. Vol 3: Proceedings on the 1st CoreGRID Workshop on Knowledge and Data Management in Grids (to appear)

4. Vol 4: Proceedings on the CoreGRID Integration Workshop 2005 (to appear)

Knowledge and Data Management in

Grids

IntegrationWorkshop 20052005


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Grid User Community & Newsletter

Grid User Community– Electronic mailing list– Scientific – Industry – Public– Expanded through other Newsletter mailing

lists

Quarterly Newsletter– 6 newsletters already published– Editorial board: Berengère Fally , Rosa

Badia, Ron Perrott, Vladimir Getov, Thierry Priol, Domenico Laforenza and Per Brand

– Sent to the GUC– Infos relayed by other Newsletters


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Training & Education activities

• Training and Education Website

• Annual CoreGRID Summer Schools

• In 2005, 42 participants of 13 nationalities came to Lausanne and in 2006, 55 participants of 12 nationalities came to Bonn


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Swiss institutions involved in CoreGRID

Two Swiss institutions are involved in CoreGRID– Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

• Dr Ralf Gruber Computational Engineering Laboratory

– Ecole d’ingénieurs et d’architectes de Fribourg (HES-SO)• Prof. Pierre Kuonen

Communication and Information Technologies Dept. Leader of the GRID & Ubiquitous Computing Group


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Swiss involvement in CoreGRID

WP1: Integrated activities– HES-SO is member of the Integration Monitoring Committee

WP6: Resource Management and Scheduling – EPFL and HES-SO– ISS project : SwissGRID initiative

WP3: Programming Model – HES-SO– HES-SO is leader of task 3.1: Basic programming models

WP8: Spreading Excellence – EPFL and HES-SO– HES-SO is leader of task 8.9: Training and Education– EPFL was the local organizer of the 2005 CoreGRID Summer

SchoolWP9: Collaboration Gateway – HES-SO

– HES-SO is the contact person for collaboration with EGEE• P.Kuonen is member of the external reviewers panel of the EGEE NA3

Training Activity


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Forthcoming CoreGRID events

– Integration Workshop 2006 in Krakow on – October 19-20, 2006

– 1st CoreGRID Industrial Conference Sophia Antipolis, November 30th, December 1st 2006

– FP7 GRID-Day & Swiss GRID Crunching Test,HES-SO, Fribourg, December 7th 2006, organized by Euresearch, in collaboration with CSCS and EGEE

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Contacts

At HES-SOProf. Pierre KuonenEcole d’ingénieurs etd’architectes de Fribourg Bd de Pérolles, 801705 Fribourg+41 26 429 65 [email protected]/gridgroup

At EPFLDr. Ralf GruberComputational EngineeringLaboratory1015 Lausanne +41 21 693 59 [email protected]

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CoreGRID: The Unique European NoE for Grid and P2P Technologies European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for