European Grid Initiative - e-IRG

A European Vision and Plan for aCommon Grid InfrastructureEuropean Grid Initiativewww.eu-egi.orgDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Why Sustainability?• Scientific applications start to depend on Gridinfrastructures (EGEE, DEISA, …)Jobs/month180000016000001400000120000010000008000006000004000002000000EGEE workload>50k jobs/dayother VOsplanckopsmagicSep.lhcb’06geant4fusionesregridegeodedteamcompchemcmsJan-05Feb-05Mar-05Apr-05May-05Jun-05Jul-05Aug-05Sep-05Oct-05Nov-05Dec-05Jan-06Feb-06Mar-06Apr-06May-06Jun-06Jul-06Aug-06biomedatlasJan. alice’06Virtual Organizations• New scientific collaborations have been formedthanks to the Grid infrastructure• Business and Industry are getting veryinterested but need a long term perspectiveDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Grids in Europe• Examples of National Grid projects:– Austrian Grid Initiative– Belgium: BEgrid– DutchGrid– France: Grid’5000– Germany: D-Grid; Unicore– Greece: HellasGrid– Grid Ireland– Italy: INFNGrid; GRID.IT– NDGF– Portuguese Grid– Swiss Grid– UK e-Science: National Grid Service; OMII; GridPP– …Dieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

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A European Vision …• for a universal e-Infrastructure forresearch (1)“An environment where researchresources (H/W, S/W & content) canbe readily shared and accessedwherever this is necessary to promotebetter and more effective research”(1) Malcolm Read (Ed.)http://www.e-irg.org/meetings/2005-UK/A_European_vision_for_a_Universal_e-InfrDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

e-IRG Recommendationson Sustainable e-InfrastructuresI: governments and the Commission should develop policiesand mechanisms to encourage increased investment in amore coherent and interoperable way across EuropeII: the existing e-Infrastructure projects must be superseded byintegrated sustainable services at national and EuropeanlevelsIII: e-Infrastructures must be application-neutral and open toall user communities and resource providers. Nationalfunding agencies should be encouraged to fund multidisciplinaryand inclusive infrastructures rather thandisciplinary-specific alternativesDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

e-IRG Recommendationson Sustainable e-InfrastructuresIV: e-Infrastructures must inter-operate and adoptinternational standard services and protocols in order toqualify for fundingV: the Commission should, within the seventh FrameworkProgramme, develop a pan-European e-Infrastructure whichexplicitly encourages the further integration of nationale-Infrastructure initiativese-IRG Task Force on Sustainable e-Infrastructures (SeI)http://www.e-irg.org/publ/2006-Report_e-IRG_TF-SEI.pdfDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

European Commission“…for Grids we would like to see the movetowards long-term sustainable initiativesless dependent uponEU-funded project cycles”• Viviane Reding, Commissioner, EuropeanCommission, at the EGEE’06 Conference,September 25, 2006Dieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Towards sustainable grid-empowered e-InfrastructuresSustainablegrid/data-based e-Infrastructures e-Infrastructures(utility model)(utility model)Production qualityfacilitiesBroad scale test-bedsDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.orgSlide courtesy of Kyriakos Baxevanidis, EC

The first e-Infrastructure Call in FP7Year 2007Publication: early 2007Closure: spring 20071. e-Science Grid Infrastructures2. Scientific Digital Repositories3. Deployment of e-Infrastructures for newScientific CommunitiesDRAFT•Support conceptual design studies for newRI (or Year major 2008 upgrades of Year existing 2009 ones) ofclear European dimension and interest;such studies will help to assess technicaland financial feasibility of proposed new RI•Action should also foster emergence of neworganisational models to consolidate asustainable approach to e-Infrastructures, inparticular in the domain of grids and datarepositories•New service provisioning schemes to bemore neutral and open to all usercommunities and resource providers5. New Research Infrastructures – Design studies6. New Research Infrastructures – Preparatory phase7. Support measures (studies, policy initiatives,Dieter international Kranzlmüller co-operation,…)contact@eu-egi.orgSlide courtesy of Kyriakos Baxevanidis, EC

EGI Design Study• Project Proposal to be submitted to theEuropean Commission for funding withinFP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1,1.2.1 Design Studies (May 2, 2007)• EGI Preparation Team:Participant no. Participant organisation name Short name Country1 (Coordinator) Institut für Graphische und Parallele Datenverarbeitung GUP Ader Johannes Kepler Universität Linz2 Greek Research and Technology Network – GRNET S.A. GRNET GR3 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare INFN I4 CSC – Scientific Computing Ltd. CSC FI5 CESNET, z.s.p.o. CESNET CZ6 European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN CH7 Verein zur Förderung eines Deutschen FoschungsnetzenDFN D– DFN-VereinDieter 8 Kranzlmüller Science & Technology Facilities Council contact@eu-egi.orgSTFC UK9 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS F

www.eu-egi.org/workshopEuropean Grid InitiativeEGI WorkshopFebruary 26-27, 2007, Munich, GermanyGoals:• to inform interested parties (NGIs) about theplanned EGI Design Study proposal• to discuss the status of the different NGIs inEurope with respect of their involvement in EGI• to ask the NGIs for their support in the EGIeffortsDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

DraftEuropean Grid Initiative• Federated model bringing together NGIsto build a European organisation• Main goal: to coordinate the operation of acommon multi-national, multi-disciplinary Gridinfrastructure– Enables and supports international Grid-basedcollaboration– Provides support and adds value to NGIs– Liaises with corresponding infrastructures outsideEurope• Responsibilities between NGIs and EGI are splitto be federated and complimentaryDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

DraftCharacteristics of NGIsEach NGI• … should be a recognized national body with asingle point-of-contact• … should mobilise national funding andresources• … should operate the national e-Infrastructure• … should supports user communities(application independent, and open to new usercommunities and resource providers)• … should contribute and adhere to internationalstandards and policiesDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Getting Involved• EGI Advisory Board (AB):– The AB Consists of representatives from the National GridInitiatives (NGIs) of the EU27 and other eligible countries—oneNGI/representative per country.– The AB is the formal forum for the NGIs to guide the EGI DesignStudy.– The AB and the involvement of the NGIs are essential for theproject, since the outcome of the EGI Design Study, theproposed EGI organization, must be established and governedby the NGIs.– The whole work of the EGI Design Study is dedicated to this goaland as much as possible consensus with AB members has to beachieved in all steps necessary to design and later establish theEGI.Dieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Getting Involved• EGI Advisory Board (AB): (continued)– The AB is created before the start of the project to accompanythe preparation of EGI Design, providing in-formation, feedbackand advice for the achievement of the overall project goals.– Participating NGIs formally appoint their representatives in theEGI Design Project AB as soon as possible.– The project will organize a series of at least four workshops,where interaction between the AB and the project partners willbe enabled.– A mailing list for internal AB communication will be set up and allrelevant material on the project will be available on the EGI webpage, thus allowing contributions from the NGI representatives.Dieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

Getting Involved• EGI Advisory Board: NGI Representatives• EGI Workshops:– 10/07: Requirements Consolidation & Use Case Def.– 03/08: Discussion of Interim Papers of WP3, 4, 5– 07/08: Draft final Papers on EGI Structure– 03/09: Transition of EGEE3 to EGI like Structure– 10/09: EGI Launch Workshop• NGI Mailinglist: ngi-rep@eu-egi.org• EGI Webpage: www.eu-egi.orgDieter Kranzlmüllercontact@eu-egi.org

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