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Global Science Communities
Tiwonge Msulira Banda
e-AGE 2016
1-2 December 2016
Outline
• MAGIC Project Brief
• Global Science Communities
• Engagement
• Lessons Learnt so far
About MAGIC Project
• MAGIC: Middleware for collaborative Applications and
Global vIrtual Communities
• 2 year H2020 project co-funded by the EC, from May 2015
• Aim: Seeks to establish a set of agreements for
participating World Regions, aiming at consolidating and
completing the building blocks of middleware necessary for
the establishment of a marketplace of services and real-
time applications for international and inter-continental
research groups which facilitates mobility and the work of
global science communities.
Project Partners
• Grant Partners– RedCLARA (Latin America)
– GÉANT (Europe)
– RENATA (Colombia)
– RNP (Brazil)
– SURFnet (Netherlands)
– REUNA (Chile)
– CEDIA (Ecuador)
– CUDI (Mexico)
– RENATER (France)
– GRNET (Greece)
– CESNET (Czech Republic)
– CKLN (Caribbean)
– UbuntuNet Alliance (S&E Africa)
– WACREN (W&C Africa)
– ASREN (Arab States)
– TEIN*CC (Asia-Paci c)
– CAREN NOC – NITC (Central Asia)
– NIIFI (Hungary)
– CSIR (South Africa)
• MoU Partners
– InnovaRed (Argentina)
– APAN (Asia Pacific)
– AARNet (Austraria)
– EthERNet (Ethiopia)
Activities at a Glance
• …consolidating and completing the building blocks of
middleware necessary for the establishment of a
marketplace of services and real-time applications for
international and inter-continental research groups…
Activities at a Glance
• Federated Group Management (FGM) Standard
• Applications that will adopt the FGM Standard
• Pilot portals for the participant regions
• Deployment of a pilot Federated Cloud Sevice Model for NRENs
Global Science Communities
• Groups of experts
(researchers and/or
academics) from
different parts of the
world with a
common interest,
working together on
activities, sharing
best practice,
knowledge and
experiences
Working Strategy
• Regional approach… regional reps work with NRENs
Region Organisation Responsible Person
Arab Region ASREN Yousef Torman
Eastern and Southern
Africa
UbuntuNet
Alliance
Tiwonge Banda
West and Central African WACREN Omo Oaiya
Asian countries TEIN*CC Patch Lee
Caribbean countries CKLNA Colleen Wint
Latin America CLARA Tania Altamirano
Europe GEANT Tom Fryer
Establishing the Communities
• Contacts requested through regional reps, who in turn
contacted NRENs
– WACREN Focal Points proved very useful
• Invitations sent directly to the contacts to join the GSCs
• Community spaces created on Virtual Collaboration
Platform, Colaboratorio: https://colaboratorio.redclara.net
• Champions and anchors identified
• Initial engagement events organised in February 2016
Colaboratorio GSC working
places
Four Communitieis
E-HealthFirst meeting: Feb 2nd
Members: 58
Thematic Leader: Luiz Ary Messina,
National Coordinator of Rute (Rede Universitária de Telemedicina), Brazil.
EnvironmentFirst meeting: Feb 18th
Members: 28
Thematic Leader: David C. Smith,
Coordinator Intitute for Sustainable Development, The UWI, University of the
West Indies, Jamaica.
Remote IntrumentationFirst meeting: Feb 25th
Members: 16
Thematic Leader: Patricia Santiago,
Associate Professor Physics Institute, Universidad Autònoma de Mèxico
(UNAM), Mexico.
BiodiversityFirst meeting: Feb 11th
Members: 31
Thematic Leader: José Ramón Martínez
Professor and researcher of the Universidad Autònoma de santo Domingo
(UASD), Dominic Republic.
Communitiy Activities
• Funding and Partner opportunities through Colaboratorio
and email alerts
• Exchanging ideas and information sharing
• Virtual events (Webinars) on key topics specific to the field
and/or of general interest
– e-Health Grand Rounds
– Remote Instrumentation in Medical Applications
– Webinar on Science Communication
– Webinar on H2020 funding Opportunities
• All presentations and materials available online
• Plan is to see a project emerge from the GSCs
GSC on Biodiversity
Some stats:
• 36 Members
• 17 Countries
GSC on Biodiversity
Lessons Learnt
• GSCs are a forum or platform where people with special
interests come together
– Removes isolation
• Low participation from the Arab World and Africa
– Dissemination?
– Interest?
– Connectivity?
– Tools?
• Not easy to attract in existing communities
• NRENs (and institutions?) need to catch up with services
– Connectivity
– Identity Providers/Federations
Closing the gap
• How can we close the gap between NRENs and End User
Communities (small or big/organised)?
• How can we bring more participation from the Arab World
and Africa?
• Participation is open
Thank you for your
attention!www.magic-project.eu
@MAGIC_our_voice
