Annual report for download - CoreGRID Network of Excellence

The IAB meeting in Pisa35AnnualReport2007The CoreGRID IndustrialLinks Task ForceIn order to boost the links betweenthe CoreGRID Research Institutes,the Network 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 CoreGRID Industrial LinksTask Force is composed of:- Thierry Priol, Scientific Co-ordinator,IRISA/INRIA- Philippe Rohou, Administrative andFinancial Co-ordinator, ERCIM- Pierre Guisset, SpreadingExcellence Leader, CETIC- Domenico Talia, Leader of theKnowledge and Data ManagementInstitute, Università della Calabria- Marco Danelutto, Leaderof the Programming ModelInstitute, Università di Pisa- Paraskevi Fragopoulou, Leaderof the Institute on ArchitecturalIssues Foundation for Researchand Technology – Hellas Instituteof Computer Science FORTH-ICS- Norbert Meyer, Leader of theGrid Information, Resource andWorkflow Monitoring ServicesInstitute, Poznan Supercomputingand Networking Centre- Ramin Yahyapour, Leader of theResource Management and SchedulingInstitute, Universität Dortmund- Vladimir Getov, Leader of the GridSystems, Tools and EnvironmentsInstitute, University of 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 ofknowledge between CoreGRIDInstitutes and industry inmedium/long-term technologicaland market perspectives.The CoreGRID IndustrialAdvisory Board (IAB)The Industrial Advisory Board is themajor communication link betweenthe CoreGRID Network and industry.The Board was constituted withinthe first six months followingCoreGRID official launch. Itsseventeen members represent largecompanies, SMEs, service providers,hardware or software vendors,and users of 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 CoreGRID Networkupdated on the long-term Gridrelatedtechnology needs andchallenges of European industry.- Provide the CoreGRID Networkwith Grid validation cases.- Help identify the market sector(s) tobe addressed within the Grid usercommunity to ensure quick adoptionof Next Generation Grid technologieswithin European industry.- Report recommendations to theCoreGRID Scientific Advisory Boardwith respect to future strategicGrid-related research objectives.Its mission is to ensure that CoreGRIDresearch 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 ExcellenceLeader). Monica Marinucci (ORACLE)has taken the role of Board Secretary.Taking the opportunity of having mostof the IAB members attending theOGF20 event, the third IAB meetingwas organised at the Universityof Manchester on May 10, 2007,following the request expressedduring the CoreGRID Industrialconference to organise the thirdIAB meeting during a Grid event.