Annual report for download - CoreGRID Network of Excellence
Annual report for download - CoreGRID Network of Excellence
Annual report for download - CoreGRID Network of Excellence
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30Spreading<strong>Excellence</strong>Website visibilityhas increased to anaverage <strong>of</strong> 11,100unique visitors permonth coming fromall parts <strong>of</strong> the world.Pierre GuissetSpreading <strong>Excellence</strong> Leader, CETIC▼<strong>CoreGRID</strong> aspires to influence the European Gridand peer-to-peer research community, therebymaking a true contribution to the economic growthand wealth <strong>of</strong> the European ICT industry.Excelling as a research organisation isthere<strong>for</strong>e an absolute necessity. Butthis can only be achieved if we alsoexcel at spreading excellence outsidethe <strong>Network</strong>, implementing a set <strong>of</strong>activities to disseminate scientificresults and knowledge generatedwithin the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> Institutes.To gain the highest visibility andraise public participation andawareness, the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>Network</strong>has implemented an integratedprogramme <strong>for</strong> spreading excellenceby targeting researchers andindustry-based computer scientistsand leaders. Activities includedissemination and communication,liaison with industry, andscientific dissemination, as wellas training and education.Major <strong>CoreGRID</strong> “Spreading <strong>Excellence</strong>”achievements in 2007 have been to:• Establish an Industrial TaskForce in order to tightenthe links with Industry;• Initiate the IndustrialFellowship programme;• Increase activities withinOGF and NESSI;• Increase public awareness andvisibility through marketingmaterial (brochure, annual<strong>report</strong>) and communicationactions (press campaign);• Strengthen the benefits <strong>for</strong>researchers to belong to <strong>CoreGRID</strong>,thanks to an active and appropriateinternal network communicationpolicy, as well as internal workshops.Dissemination andCommunicationActivities<strong>CoreGRID</strong> publicwebsiteIn 2007, the public website www.coregrid.eu (also found at www.coregrid.net) has continued toincrease its visibility within theGrid research community. The<strong>CoreGRID</strong> public website is anessential means <strong>of</strong> presenting the<strong>Network</strong> to the international Gridcommunity as a unified Europeanwideresearch laboratory. Thesite not only communicates Gridresearch in<strong>for</strong>mation to the <strong>CoreGRID</strong>network, but also to the overall ICTresearch community and industry.Website visibility has increased to anaverage <strong>of</strong> 11,100 unique visitors permonth, coming from all parts <strong>of</strong> theworld. www.coregrid.eu still appearsin first position when searchingGoogle <strong>for</strong> “Grid European research”.The Google PageRank index remainsat 8/10. (PageRank is a method <strong>of</strong>determining a page relevance orimportance and is a good meansto benchmark website visibility).www.coregrid.eu statistics
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