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CHAIN EU IndiaGrid2 Workshop CHAIN – EU-IndiaGrid2 Workshop

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Across Europe, India and the Asia-Pacific Area New Delhi, 24 August 2011

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Bernhard Fabianek European Commission - DG INFSO GÉANT & e-Infrastructure Unit

“ 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

• in producing knowledge through research
• in diffusing it through education

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• in applying it through innovation
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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

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Experimentation in silico, simulation

• Use of high-performance computing

Use of high performance computing

ICT a fundamental enabler for research & innovation

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e-Infrastructure Infrastructure

(Grids empowered) (Grids empowered)

e-Infrastructure Infrastructure

(Grids empowered) (Grids empowered)

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Connecting the finest minds Sharing the best scientific resources

Weather Biomedics Astrophysics

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Sharing computers, instruments and applications Sharing and federating scientific data

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Linking at the speed of the light

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Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual Virtual Community Community

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Community Community

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Community Community

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Virtual Laboratories

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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

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EGI

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What if your peer Scientist is … C t ? a Com puter?

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

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

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EUDAT Open AIRE

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generic e-Infrastructure… user com m unities involvem ent

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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 d i t 8 diff t t t t t f 300,000 compounds against 8 different target structures of Influenza A neuraminidases, 2000 computers were used during 4 weeks – the equivalent of 100 years on a single computer) 4 q y g p )

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Credit: Y-T Wu

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

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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 i ( l d i ) governance issues (e.g. related to supercomputing) Exploit the innovative aspects of e-Infrastructures and the l t d ti b d i accumulated expertise beyond science (e.g. e-Health, e-Government)

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Support international collaborations that are strategic for global scientific partnerships, thus i f i Gl b l Vi t l R h C iti reinforcing Global Virtual Research Communities Consolidate e-Infrastructures as a multi-disciplinary l tf f l b l ll b ti platform for global collaborations 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)

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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

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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

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The Bits in Science and I nnovation The Bits in Science and I nnovation The Bits in Science and I nnovation The Bits in Science and I nnovation

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