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e- -Infrastructures Infrastructures Taking stock and looking ahead an European perspective p p p CHAIN – EU-IndiaGrid2 Workshop CHAIN EU IndiaGrid2 Workshop on Research Applications of High Speed Connectivity Across Europe, India and the Asia-Pacific Area New Delhi, 24 August 2011 Bernhard Fabianek European Commission - DG INFSO GÉANT & e-Infrastructure Unit • • • 1 “ The view s expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view s of the European Com m ission”

To be a genuinely com petitive in the knowledge econom y, one m ust be better g y, in producing knowledge through research � � in diffusing it through education g g � in applying it through innovation • • • 2

� Collaboration between European and worldwide research teams; access to rare/ remote resources � Global high-speed communication infrastructures � Global Virtual Research Communities � Data-intensive science and innovation � Use and manage exponentially growing sets of data g p y g g � Experimentation in silico , simulation � Use of high-performance computing Use of high performance computing � ICT a fundamental enabler for research & innovation • • • 3

e- Infrastructure e- Infrastructure Infrastructure Infrastructure (Grids empowered) (Grids empowered) (Grids empowered) (Grids empowered) • • • 4

Connecting the finest minds Sharing the best scientific resources g Building global virtual communities Weather Weather Biomedics Biomedics Astrophysics Astrophysics Forecast VO VO VO Sharing and federating scientific data Sharing computers, instruments and applications Linking at the speed of the light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • 5

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Innovating the scientific process: global virtual research com m unities Accessing knowledge: scientific data – first global endeavours Sharing the best resources: e-Science grid: EGI + global extensions Linking the ideas at the speed of the light: GÉANT + global extensions Designing future facilities: novel e-Infrastructures: PRACE • • • 7

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South Caucasus Regional network and link to GÉANT, integrating scientific potential in the region Serving Serving the the European European astro astro- nomical community, remote access to Chile ESO facilities European wide “technology agnostic” ti ” experimental i t l i f infra- structure (virtualisation) • • • 11

VOs on seismology, meteorology and environment, supported by south-eastern Europe grids h id Grid for European neuroscientists Grid for European neuroscientists working in the field of imaging of Alzheimer’s disease Modelling capabilities for ITER and future fusion devices using d f t f i d i i parallel Grid computing and HPC • • • 12

IMPACT EUDAT METAFOR data Open EuroVO AIDA EuroVO-AIDA AIRE AIRE ds d GENESI-DR neuGRID EUFORIA EUFORIA PRACE PRACE k grid D4SCIENCE EGI ETSF FEDERICA FEDERICA network EVALSO GÉANT NeXPRES ORIENTplus ORIENTplus generic e-Infrastructure… user com m unities involvem ent • • • 13

EGEE Grid a tta cks Av ia n Flu During April 2006, a collaboration of Asian and EU laboratories has During April 2006, a collaboration of Asian and EU laboratories has analysed 300,000 possible drug components against the avian flu virus H5N1 using the EGEE Grid infrastructure (for the docking of 300,000 compounds against 8 different target structures of d i t 8 diff t t t t t f Influenza A neuraminidases, 2000 computers were used during 4 weeks – the equivalent of 100 years on a single computer) 4 q y g p ) H5 N1 C Credit: dit Y-T Wu • • • 14

� Support Global Virtual Research Com m unity � Support Knowledge and Innovation Com m unities S t K l d d I ti C iti � Increase efficiency of research and innovation � Raise awareness on the opportunities Highlight already existing im pact � Share best practice � Investigate organizational m odels • • • 15

� Investments in infrastructures require a long term perspective � Operation continuity and long-term sustainability p y g y � Reinforce, combine and coordinate the efforts of national and EU funding authorities to ensure the most efficient and effective use of resources � Address strategic, policy, technical, financial and governance issues (e.g. related to supercomputing) i ( l d i ) � Exploit the innovative aspects of e-Infrastructures and the accumulated expertise beyond science l t d ti b d i (e.g. e-Health, e-Government) • • • 16

� Support international collaborations that are strategic for global scientific partnerships, thus reinforcing Global Virtual Research Communities i f i Gl b l Vi t l R h C iti � Consolidate e-Infrastructures as a multi-disciplinary platform for global collaborations l tf f l b l ll b ti � Reinforce European research capacity in the domain of high performance computing (HPC) high performance computing (HPC) � Adopt adequate organizational and governance models � Use e-Infrastructures as platforms for technology experimentation at large scale (e.g. Future Internet) • • • 17

e-Infrastructures in a Com m on Strategic Fram ework for EU Research & Innovation HORIZON20 20 : � Provide the collaboration structures and enabling ICT Provide the collaboration structures and enabling ICT services for European researchers and scientists and their partners around the globe � e-Infrastructures need to provide the (enabling) support to Research and Innovation addressing Global Societal g Challenges and for Excellence in Science • • • 18

� e-Infrastructures provide the underlying platforms for computationally intensive applications that enable international collaboration combining knowledge from different fields of science collaboration combining knowledge from different fields of science � e-Infrastructures integrate and make widely available national infrastructures and resources infrastructures and resources � e-Infrastructures implement a key EU policy and strategy - the European Research and Innovation Area p � e-Infrastructures “facilitate” cohesion, standards, industry, etc. � New forms of organizations – Global Virtual Research New forms of organizations Global Virtual Research Organisations – emerge using high performance computing • • • 19

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