EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction
“The EPSRC e-Science Programme organises annual meetings to bring the funded EPSRC e-Science projects together;
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for the projects to learn more about each other (raise general awareness, build on existing links between projects, look for commonality and ways to leverage results to avoid repetition, and to share experience & knowledge of wider e Science Grid issues) and to
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support it could provide.
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Learn more about the e-Science Programme and what demonstrate what results have been achieved to date”

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction
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An evaluation meeting for EPSRC
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6-monthly reports to do that The Meeting IS
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Networking opportunity for all EPSRC Pilot Projects
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A “self-evaluation” meeting in front of your peers Look to spread Best Practise
• Technical issues • Management issues • Presentational issues

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction
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• Talks • Invited Speakers • Updates from Projects • “Surgeries” • Security Task Force • Usability Task Force • Project Managers Forum • Dinner

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Demos
• Meeting is structured around the demo sessions • Mixture of 
Break/Lunch sessions – all projects
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Timetabled demos
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Crammond/Swanston Rooms

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Talks
• Two invited speakers; • Alistair Dunlop (Open Middleware
Infrastructure Institute)
• Jeff Kephardt, IBM US • Introductions from new Pilots (GOLD, IB) • 30 min Project Updates • Main Lecture Theatre

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Surgeries Or rather, “Surgeries”……
• Security Task Force (today) 
Security Policy
• Usability Taskforce (tomorrow) 
Advise on making Grid middleware “usable through the stack”
• Dean Room

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Project Managers Forum
• Look at Best Practise (“do’s and don’ts”) • Informal – no EPSRC • Lead by Tom Jackson & Sharon Lloyd • Dean Room (tomorrow)

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Dinner
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Carlton Hotel, North Bridge (few mins walk)
• Buffet • Longer Breaks/lunch sessions 
Demos & networking

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Computer Science for e-Science (tomorrow)
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Bring together with Pilot Projects
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Pilot Projects can inform on life at the coalface CS Projects can suggest where possible long term solutions might come from
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8 CS Talks – breadth CS Poster Sessions

EPSRC e-Science Meeting - Introduction Thanks
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Everyone for coming Effort producing demos/posters etc
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NeSC for help organising (Lee, Gill, Mark et al)

EPSRC e-Science Programme - Highlights of Pilots

EPSRC e-Science Programme - Highlights of Pilots
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1 st Call for Outlines launched Feb 2001 Closing date April 2001
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Briefing Meeting for shortlisted projects May 2001
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Decision made end July 2001 Projects start October 2001 – Feb 2002
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Projects end ……… to Sept 2005

APM (from programmes) attached to each project
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(standard)
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All projects submit 6 monthly progress report Obliged to attend EPSRC e-Science meeting and AHM annually
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Final report & “Theme Day” evaluation

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collaboration between the statisticians and the chemists on design of experiments
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successful deployment of 'Bruno', the robot which is at the heart of the National Crystallography databases service, and the associated grid-enabling
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chemists working with another discipline very successfully
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work on Security JGF Chair of the UK e-Science User Group

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DAME have successfully produced their mid term demonstrator
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well received by Rolls Royce
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Contribution to latest Foster & Kesselman (as have others)
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Involvement in White Rose Grid
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Experience of building & using “real” Grids

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SC2002 Prize (& SC2003)
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won the HPC Challenge Award Innovate Data-Intensive Application
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Range of applications (esp. Bioinformatics & Environmental monitoring)
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International Links for Most

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Links to other projects & Core Programme
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Strong links to/interplay with industrial projects through SeSC Involvement in BBSRC/NERC projects XML Toolbox for Matlab (>300 downloads)
• other toolboxes

my
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International links Links to real use cases
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Highest profile “Biology” project?
Large publication record Availability of my Grid s/w on www Interest from BBSRC/MRC bids

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Excellent 1 st Annual Workshop Good multi site interactions SC2003 – TeraGyroid
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won the HPC Challenge Award Innovate Data-Intensive Application for Most
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Highlighting Usability Issues (& “lightweight” Grids)

Very good progress to date
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Generally excellent links
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across disciplines
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across institutions across whole e-Science Programme
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GGF Industry (Generally) Good source of up-to-date material on www Key issues arise from how Projects complete