34<strong>CoreGRID</strong>and Industry▼<strong>CoreGRID</strong> Institutes are maintaining closerelationships with industry. The objective is tomaximise the impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>CoreGRID</strong> integratedresearch activities on European ICT industryby facilitating technology transfer and focusingresearch activities on challenges that match midandlong-term industry requirements.Liaison with industry is an objective that is spreadthrough the whole <strong>CoreGRID</strong> network, involving everyresearch team. Activities are being organised as part<strong>of</strong> Spreading <strong>Excellence</strong> in a series <strong>of</strong> major initiatives.
The IAB meeting in Pisa35<strong>Annual</strong>Report2007The <strong>CoreGRID</strong> IndustrialLinks Task ForceIn order to boost the links betweenthe <strong>CoreGRID</strong> Research Institutes,the <strong>Network</strong> has set up an IndustrialLinks Task Force. Its objectives areto improve technology transfer plansand to define a strategy towardstransferring activities based on anapplication-level view in collaborationwith industry representatives.The <strong>CoreGRID</strong> Industrial LinksTask Force is composed <strong>of</strong>:- Thierry Priol, Scientific Co-ordinator,IRISA/INRIA- Philippe Rohou, Administrative andFinancial Co-ordinator, ERCIM- Pierre Guisset, Spreading<strong>Excellence</strong> Leader, CETIC- Domenico Talia, Leader <strong>of</strong> theKnowledge and Data ManagementInstitute, Università della Calabria- Marco Danelutto, Leader<strong>of</strong> the Programming ModelInstitute, Università di Pisa- Paraskevi Fragopoulou, Leader<strong>of</strong> the Institute on ArchitecturalIssues Foundation <strong>for</strong> Researchand Technology – Hellas Institute<strong>of</strong> Computer Science FORTH-ICS- Norbert Meyer, Leader <strong>of</strong> theGrid In<strong>for</strong>mation, Resource andWorkflow Monitoring ServicesInstitute, Poznan Supercomputingand <strong>Network</strong>ing Centre- Ramin Yahyapour, Leader <strong>of</strong> theResource Management and SchedulingInstitute, Universität Dortmund- Vladimir Getov, Leader <strong>of</strong> the GridSystems, Tools and EnvironmentsInstitute, University <strong>of</strong> WestminsterThe Industrial Links Task Forceinteracts with industry keyrepresentatives in order to:- address and collect theirexpectations, use casesand applications;- identify long-term partnershipopportunities; and- support efficient transfer <strong>of</strong>knowledge between <strong>CoreGRID</strong>Institutes and industry inmedium/long-term technologicaland market perspectives.The <strong>CoreGRID</strong> IndustrialAdvisory Board (IAB)The Industrial Advisory Board is themajor communication link betweenthe <strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>Network</strong> and industry.The Board was constituted withinthe first six months following<strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial launch. Itsseventeen members represent largecompanies, SMEs, service providers,hardware or s<strong>of</strong>tware vendors,and users <strong>of</strong> grid technologies:- ALGOSYSTEMS SA, Yannis Perros- ATOS ORIGIN, Santi Ristol- DATAMAT, Federico Rossi- EADS CCR, Guillaume Alleon- ERICSSON, Jesus Renero- EUROPEAN MICROSOFT INNOVATIONCENTRE, Fabrizio Gagliardi- FUJITSU SIEMENS COMPUTERS,Bernd Kosch- HITACHI EUROPE SAS, VincentFranceschini & Alessandro Bassi- IBM GRID COMPUTING, John Easton- LMS – NOESIS, Nick Tzannetakis- NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS,Daniel Fey- ORACLE, Monica Marinucci& Andrew Sutherland- SAMTECH - OPENENGINEERING, Igor Klapka- SAP RESEARCH CENTRE,Burkhard Neidecker-Lutz- SUN MICROSYSTEMS,Philippe Trautmann- T-SYSTEMS, Michael FehseThe IAB has four primary objectives:- Keep the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>Network</strong>updated on the long-term Gridrelatedtechnology needs andchallenges <strong>of</strong> European industry.- Provide the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> <strong>Network</strong>with Grid validation cases.- Help identify the market sector(s) tobe addressed within the Grid usercommunity to ensure quick adoption<strong>of</strong> Next Generation Grid technologieswithin European industry.- Report recommendations to the<strong>CoreGRID</strong> Scientific Advisory Boardwith respect to future strategicGrid-related research objectives.Its mission is to ensure that <strong>CoreGRID</strong>research significantly supports theEuropean ICT industry and contributesto accelerating Europe’s drive toturn its substantial Grid researchinvestment into tangible economicbenefits. IAB meetings are chaired byPierre Guisset (Spreading <strong>Excellence</strong>Leader). Monica Marinucci (ORACLE)has taken the role <strong>of</strong> Board Secretary.Taking the opportunity <strong>of</strong> having most<strong>of</strong> the IAB members attending theOGF20 event, the third IAB meetingwas organised at the University<strong>of</strong> Manchester on May 10, 2007,following the request expressedduring the <strong>CoreGRID</strong> Industrialconference to organise the thirdIAB meeting during a Grid event.
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