Welcome
to
National e-Science Centre
Official Opening
Malcolm Atkinson
Director of NeSC
Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow
www.nesc.ac.uk
25th April 2002
Contents
UK e-Science Grid
National e-Science Centre’s Role
e-Science Institute
Where e-Science leads us
Challenges realising e-Science’s Potential
Today’s Programme
UK e-Science
e-Science and the Grid
‘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.’
John Taylor
Director General of Research Councils
Office of Science and Technology
From presentation by Tony Hey
UK Grid Network
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newcastle
Belfast
Daresbury Lab
Manchester
Cambridge
Hinxton
Oxford
Cardiff
RAL
London
Southampton
From Tony Hey 27 July 01 with adjusted geography
NeSC’s Roles
Coordinate & Stimulate e-Science in UK
e-Science Grid
Communities, workshops & training
Architecture, DB & Engineering Task Forces
Establish an international research venue
e-Science Institute
Research Visitor Programme
Participate in developing standards
GridNet, Global Grid Forum, HPDC11
Regional, National & International R&D
Collaborative industry projects
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Database Access & Integration (IBM & Oracle)
Data & Compute Grid (Sun)
e-Science Institute
e-Science Institute Events
Started August 2001
Today is our 30th Event
Four-day Globus workshop
Blue Gene Protein Folding
Web Services, Databases, Architecture, Astronomy, …
From more than 700 different participants
Some are now regulars!
Plus today’s 185 (haste ye back)
From more than 250 organisations
From more than 25 countries
Always open to suggestions
Research visitor programme
e-Science Potential
Crisis Response: Fire fighting safety,
Eruptions, Floods & Fugitive Pollutants
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs
Understanding our Universe
Engineering Design & Diagnostics
Oceans, Climate, Environment, Ecosystems
…
e-Science Potential
Demos
3, 4, 6 & 10
Demo 1
Collab. Steering
& Visualization
Crisis Response: Fire fighting safety,
Eruptions, Floods & Fugitive Pollutants
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs
Understanding our Universe
Engineering Design & Diagnostics
Oceans, Climate, Environment, Ecosystems
…
Talk
Jim Austin
Talk
Carole Goble
Demos 3 & 10
Talk
Jim Austin
Demos 16, 18 & 23
Talks
Nic Walton & David Williams
Demos 2, 7, 8, 11& 12
Demo
13 GODIVA
Demo 9
Demo 14
Demos 1, 5 & 22
The Challenge
Ambition
Data Challenge
Deluge of Data
Fire fighting safety
Do it for everything
Eruption, Flood & Pollution Response
•More, Faster Digital Streams
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
•Heterogeneous evolving models
Whole population health monitoring
it quickly
Epidemic Detection & Management
•UncertaintyDo
about
data quality
Change
it
often
Understanding Cells & Organs
In Flight problem management
Finding the Nuggets
Oceans, Climate, Ecosystems, …
Reason to Trust theDoAnswer
it often
Software Challenge
Dependability Challenge
Geographic Distribution
Composing Software
•Encapsulating understanding
Keep it running
•Multiple technologies
•Heterogeneous evolving models
•Uncertainty about component quality
Solving a Problem
Reason to Trust the Answer
An Answer in Time
•scientists, resources & instruments
•Diverse: Organisations & Countries
Pay for it people & phenomena
•Mobile: equipment,
•Uncertainty about communication quality
Sustaining
Run it for everyone
the Computation
•Problem Detection & Recovery, Security, …
Reason to Trust System Dependability
Affordable
The Big Challenge
Ambition
Data Challenge
Deluge of Data
Fire fighting safety
Do it for everything
Eruption, Flood & Pollution Response
•More, Faster Digital Streams
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
•Heterogeneous evolving models
Whole population health monitoring
it quickly
Epidemic Detection & Management
•UncertaintyDo
about
data quality
Change
it
often
Understanding Cells & Organs
In Flight problem management
Finding the Nuggets
Oceans, Climate, Ecosystems, …
Reason to Trust theDoAnswer
it often
Software Challenge
Dependability Challenge
Geographic Distribution
Composing Software
•Encapsulating understanding
Keep it running
•Multiple technologies
•Heterogeneous evolving models
•Uncertainty about component quality
Solving a Problem
Reason to Trust the Answer
An Answer in Time
•scientists, resources & instruments
•Diverse: Organisations & Countries
Pay for it people & phenomena
•Mobile: equipment,
•Uncertainty about communication quality
Sustaining
Run it for everyone
the Computation
•Problem Detection & Recovery, Security, …
Reason to Trust System Dependability
Affordable
Research & Development
Talks
Carole Goble,
Tom Rodden & Peter Buneman
Talks
Freddie Moran (IBM) &
Dave Pearson (Oracle)
Official Opening Programme
Official Opening Programme
Official Opening Programme
11:10
AstroGrid and the Virtual Observatory Concept
Dr Nicholas Walton
11:35
Grid-based on-line aeroengine diagnostics
Prof Jim Austin
12:00
e-Science in Ireland
Prof Jim Sexton
12:20
UNICORE: Seamless access to distributed resources Dr Dietmar Erwin
12:40
e-Science in Scandinavia
Prof Anders Ynnerman