Information Technology Research Areas

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Data acquisition and filtering

Computing platforms, data analysis, simulation

Data storage and long-term data preservation

Compute provisioning (cloud)

Data analytics

Networks

Medical applications

Who we are involving

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

New partners

New professional profiles

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Multicore CPU programming,

graphical processors

(GPU),multithreaded

software

Software & Computing Engineers

Data analysis platforms,statistics,

mathematics,data

visualization,monitoring,

security, etc.

Data Scientists

Applications of physics to medical research (hadron

therapy, etc.),simulationsoftware

Multidisciplinary applications

A Solid Educational Program

› At CERN Regular workshops Special workshops and lectures Requirements workshops Training courses on hardware platforms, Parallel programming, etc.

› Outside the lab: CERN School of Computing

in Nicosia (August 2013) Thematic CSC in Split (June 2013)

› ISEF Winners Program

› Summer student program

› The ICE-DIP project

Programs is highly structured, with different tiers and

specializations – students, young researchers, professional researchers and experts - including summer student

lectures as well as numerous invited talks at CERN

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Started February 2013Recruited 5 fellows

Model can be extended next year to other areas (e.g. data analytics)

Centre of Excellence?

EU openlab (temporary codename) EINFRA-5-2014: Centres of Excellence for

computing applications http://

ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/2143-einfra-5-2015.html

Deadline 14 Jan 2015Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Establishing a limited number of Centres of Excellence (CoE) is necessary to ensure EU competitiveness in the application of HPC for addressing scientific, industrial or societal challenges

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Community-driven at the level of governance

Application communities looking for expertise and short-term prototyping resources

Diverse scientific domains as represented by the different labs

Open to research and industry users

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Provision of• Technical expertise from labs and industry

members

• Access to technology

• Short-term computing and data services (at prototype level

• Definition of paths to move from prototypes to production scenarios with professional service/technology providers

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Expert training Thematic workshops across scientific

domains Exploit existing training/educational

activities Close collaboration with universities to

structure focused academic programs

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

Initial pre-incubation support for innovative ideas• Technical and business aspects

• Identify opportunities for further support from venture capital funds

Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab