eChallenges e2009 PPT Template

What is EGI?The European Grid Infrastructure enables access to computing resources for European scientists from all fields of science, from Physics to Humanities.2

What is a grid?A grid is set of distributed resources, managed by separate organisations.These resources can be used systematically and securely by external users.Resources can include:Commodity or HPC clustersDisk or tape storageInstrumentsData archivesDigital librariesDesktop gridsCloud resources3What does a grid do?

Avian flu researchNeuroscienceSharing medical records securelyWhat does a grid do?

Species mappingEarthquake impact modellingHigh energy physics

European Grid InfrastructureArcheologyAstronomyAstrophysicsCivil ProtectionComp. ChemistryEarth SciencesFinanceFusionGeophysicsHigh Energy PhysicsLife SciencesMultimediaMaterial SciencesStatus Jan 2011 (yearly increase)13800 users: +38%288000 LCPUs (cores): +18.5%117PB disk: +192.5%91.5PB tape: +50 %28 million jobs/month: +86.7%340 sites: +7.25%56 countries: +7.7%217 VOs: +24%30 active VOs: constantEGI.euEGI = European Grid InfrastructureThe resources used by over 13,000 scientists across EuropeEGI.eu = Stichting European Grid InitiativeBased in AmsterdamDirector is Steven NewhouseGoverned by an Executive BoardOverseen by a larger Council with representatives from 33 NGIs (countries) & / EIROs (research communities)Celebrated our first birthday on 8th February!

EGI-InSPIRE Integrated Sustainable Pan-European Infrastructure for Researchers in EuropeA 4 year project with 25M EC contributionProject cost 72MTotal Effort ~330MEffort: 9261PMs

Project Partners (47) EGI.eu, 37 NGIs, 2 EIROs Asia Pacific (8 partners)FundedUn-Funded8Will come from outside EGIMoving research technologies into productionPartnership with technology projectsEMI (European Middleware Initiative)IGE (Initiative for Globus in Europe)EDGI (European Desktop Grid Initiative)StratusLabVenusC

1/07/2010Project Presentation - July 20109

Technology innovationWill also come from outside EGIEGI is a neutral platform for applicationsEGI cannot support all services in its coreEvery community needs something differentFoster innovation within different sectorsDigital LibrariesgCube from D4Science

1/07/201010Software innovation

An infrastructure to support European ResearchersWithin the EU27Geographical EuropeInteroperability worldwide for collaborationWork with Virtual Research CommunitiesGroupings of aligned Virtual OrganisationsEnable their community specific support activity:Support, training, consultancy, requirements etc.1/07/201011Research innovation

Communications

LettersNewslettersWebsiteWikiBlogsSocial MediaEvents

Collaboration Working with e-ScienceTalk to communicate the success stories of e-Infrastructures to policy makers, general public, scientists and students