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ICT Infrastructures
for e-Science
COM(2009)108
The Communication by the Commission
and the case of Networking
Málaga, 8 June 2009
Kostas Glinos
European Commission - DG INFSO
Head of Unit, Géant and e-Infrastructures
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"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"
Science and ICT
 Scientific advances more important than ever
‐ Global challenges with high societal impact
‐ Innovation and economic development
 Adoption of ICT changes the scientific discovery process
‐ Computing, simulation and data
‐ Tackling the very small, the very big and the very complex
‐ Cost efficiency
‐ Open, cross-border and cross-discipline collaboration
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The e-Science paradigm shift
e-Science
computational science
experimental
theoretical
empirical
towards a scientific Renaissance
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e-Infrastructures for science
…ubiquitous research environments for accessing and
sharing resources and tools…
Sharing and federating scientific data
Sharing computers, software and instruments
Linking at the speed of the light
.......
Scientific facilities
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e-Infrastructures today
Innovating the scientific process:
global virtual research communities
Accessing knowledge:
scientific data
Experimenting in silico:
simulation and visualisation
Sharing the best computational resources:
e-Science grid, supercomputing
Linking at the speed of the light:
GÉANT
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World Leadership
 GÉANT: biggest research & education network in the
globe
 EGEE: world leading grid-infrastructure
 DEISA: peering European supercomputing capability with
that of other regions
 Data infrastructures: laying down the foundations
 multi-disciplinary use, easy and open access
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Future challenges
 World leadership requires ever-increasing efforts
 Scientific progress poses new requirements; e.g.
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simulations soon at exa-scale level
handling mind-boggling quantities of data
new applications and tools
networking at 100 Gbps
 Widespread use demands sustainable quality services
 ICT changes; HW performance increases rapidly
e-Infrastructures need to embrace new paradigms and include
richer functionalities … to support multi-disciplinary teams to
transform bits, bytes & flops into scientific discoveries &
engineered products
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A renewed strategy
Europe: hub of
excellence in
e-Science
Sustainable and
continuous services
Innovation: exploit
(production quality
know-how beyond
24/7)
science (public
services, large scale
experimentation,…)
e-Infrastructure
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Call for Action
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 Networking :
 Reinforce the coordination of national and
European policies in the area of RENs
 Persistent connectivity, higher performance, lower access barriers to
distributed resources and instruments
 GEANT to integrate latest technological trends…
to support and use GEANT as an experimental
platform leading towards the Internet of the Future
 Commission will continue to provide support to
GEANT to reinforce its capacity and global
perpsective
 Encompassing both advanced and developing regions
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Strategy for ICT R&D and
Innovation
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• Member states and regions to collaborate in
planning, implementing and sharing ICT R&D
infrastructures
• E.g. experimental facilities for networks, software
and services
• Building on experience with GEANT and Grids
• Commission to provide support for collaboration
platforms
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Conclusions of Competitiveness
Council
29 May 2009
• Highlight strategic importance of e-Infrastructures
• …key to overcome fragmentation and digital divide
• Member States to consider e-Infrastructures in
their national roadmaps
• Commission to ensure
• Sustainability
• Global connectivity and interoperability
• Unimpeded use
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European R&E Networking:
the ambition
• GEANT to be the leading global Research and
Education Network
• Federating NRENs…
• … to serve global e-Science collaborations
• Leading in technology… leading the internet of the
future, but also…
• …seamless production-level services 24/7
• Joining forces
• Member States, REN community and Commission
• Governance is key
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European R&E Networking:
Guiding principles?
• Public service mission at European level
– Universality
– Equal minimal fair access (bridge digital divide)
• Technological leadership
– World class e-Science infrastructure
– GEANT - the core of experimental testbeds for Future Internet
– GEANT as innovation platform
• Service orientation
– Common service portfolio (within limits of ability)
– Agreed service obligations (towards communities, facilities,
projects,…)
– Production-level service, efficient delivery workflows
• Global reach
– Global connectivity policy
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Final words
• New impetus for e-Infrastructure develop’t
• GEANT at a turning point
– Renewed commitment from the Commission
– Technology, market and governance challenges
– Lead the Future Internet (r)evolution
• Political process for FP8 to start soon
– Time to take stock
• TNC 2009: unique forum to discuss challenges
and opportunities
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further information
www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/
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