Ten steps on the
e-Science path(s)
Malcolm Atkinson
mpa@nesc.ac.uk
16 June 2011
Celebrating ten years
of e-Science in the UK
Oxford e-Research Centre
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We didn’t start from scratch!
• Tycho Brahe and
Johannes Kepler
1546-1601 & 1571-1630
• Dennis Noble uses Mercury
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The London University Computer in 1959
to demonstrate heart beats as emergent behaviour
by simulating two ion channels
2 papers in Nature 1960
 read “The Music of Life” by Dennis Noble
Think Conceptually
Definition of e-Science 2000
e-Science is about global collaboration
in key areas of science, and the next
generation of infrastructure that will
enable it.
e-Science will change the dynamic of
the way science is undertaken.
Sir John Taylor
Director General of Research Councils
Think Big
Big thinkers
building communities
deploying infrastructure
learning how to do e-Science
and Leaders
June 2001
Neil Geddes
STFC e-Science Centre
Today LHC luminosity steadily increasing; data rates
increasing; WLG outperforming plan & users happy!
+1 Amber
Boehnlein (DOE)
Fabrizio Gagliardi led
EDG & EGEE
ESFRI e-IRG
ESFRI ESFRI
e-IRG road
data map
LHC EU Data Grid EGEE
2000 2001 2002
Grid Support
Centre
2003
ESFRI
road
map 2
EGI
2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
NGS
NGS
& GSC
merge
2010 joint ESFRI/e-IRG e-Infrastructure blue paper
EU e-Infrastructure projects under negotiation
EU e-Science Environments projects under negotiation
Chaired by
Carole Goble
NGI
Collaboration
Philosophy
e-Science Research: a continuous walk together
Mutual respect not pride, prejudice or exploitation
Malcolm Atkinson
National e-Science Centre
Research themes at e-Science Institute
OGF20/EGEE UF 2007
Coordinated by:
e-Science Forum
e-Science Centres in the UK 2010
Glasgow
Access Grid
Support Centre
Digital Curation Centre
Software
Sustainability
Institute
Edinburgh
Lancaster
Newcastle
Belfast
White Rose
Grid
National Centre for
Text Mining
National Institute
for Environmental
e-Science
Manchester
& NW Grid
National Centre
for e-Social
Science
York
Leicester
Leeds
Sheffield
STFC Daresbury
Cambridge
National Grid
Service
Birmingham
STFC Harwell
Oxford + OeRC
UCL
Cardiff
Bath
eResearch South
Southampton
Reading
LeSC
KCL
September 2011, York
The 2011 UK e-Science All Hands Meeting will provide a unique opportunity for researchers
and practitioners from a wide-range of disciplines to discuss interdisciplinary research and
develop the infrastructure that supports it. The 2011 UK All Hands Meeting aims to provoke
and encourage collaboration across domains that would not otherwise meet, and will
showcase the latest state-of-the-art e-Science research.
Meeting co-chairs
Professor Jie Xu, University of Leeds
Professor Jim Austin, University of York
Further Information
www.allhands.org.uk
ahm2011@wrg.york.ac.uk
AHM 2010 in
Cardiff
Ride the Data Wave
Yi-ke Guo
London e-Science Centre
Inforsense Company
250 staff, >$25M,
>100 customers
Acquired by IDBS
Carole Goble
North West e-Science Centre
Carole Goble wins the 1st Jim Gray eScience Award 2008
Obesity eLab
Software
Sustainability
Institute (SSI)
Carole Goble Elected as Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering 2010
Chaired by
Carole Goble
Education
Exploration by Interaction
Peter Coveney
University College London
nanomaterials
simulations
sodium montmorillonite system
(V), containing approximately 10
million atoms, after 0.5ns of
simulation
sodium montmorillonite system
(V), containing approximately 10
million atoms, after 0.5ns of
simulation
Velocity magnitude flow field
pertaining to a cerebral patient
specific vascular tree, simulated with
HemeLB, an example of urgent
computing
urgent medical
simulations
Global consortium to build
virtual human physiological
human
Reading Environment
e-Science Centre
Godiva2: interactive
visualization of
environmental data
Jon
Blower
Keith Haines
Model-data
intercomparison on
the Web
Embracing Diversity
Inclusivity & Sustainability
e-Science Programme: Preparing the Ground
• e-Science Centres
• e-Science Pilot
Projects
• OMII setup to
harvest and maintain
software output of
UK e-Science Core
Programme
Web: www.omii.ac.uk
Email: info@omii.ac.uk
OMII-UK: Cultivating and Nurturing
• Emphasis on helping
existing software grow
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Cultivate and sustain community
software important to research
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Web: www.omii.ac.uk
Extra gardeners brought in
(Edinburgh and
Manchester) with their own
plant stock
Making the garden public
through initiatives like
Google Summer of Code
and ENGAGE
Inviting specialists through
the PALs scheme
Email: info@omii.ac.uk
Engineer for Intersecting Worlds
Paul Watson
North East e-Science Centre
Systems Biology of Ageing
Virtual organisations for Chemistry
Regional e-Science
knowledge transfer
Neuroinformatics
Wanted Research-Infrastructure
Engineers
• Design Increments to
Research Platforms
• balanced analysis of
(anticipated) requirements
• Interconnect with other
Research Platforms
• Supporting the whole
research journey
• smooth travel, on ramps,
off ramps, GIS guidance
• For the wide variety of
research journeys
Thank you to all who helped
Mario Antonioletti, EPCC
John Darlington, Imperial
Alex Hardisty, Cardiff
Dan Atkins, Michigan
David De Roure, Oxford
Derek Hill, UCL
Jim Austin, York
Jeremy Frey, Southampton Mike Jackson, EPCC
Rob Baxter, EPCC
Neil Geddes, STFC
Mark Parsons, EPCC
Jon Blower, Reading
Mustafa Ghanen, Imperial
Anne Trefethen, Oxford
David Britton, Glasgow
Carole Goble, Manchester David Walker, Cardiff
Neil Chue Hong, SSI
Yi-ke Guo, Imperial
Paul Watson, Newcastle
Jeremy Cohen, Imperial
Keith Haines, Reading
Jie Xu, Leeds