Cyber-Infrastructure in Horizon 2020
EU-Brazil cooperation
Cloudscape Brazil 2014
Rio de Janeiro, 20 June 2014
Augusto de Albuquerque
Minister Counsellor
EU Delegation in Brazil
With
Francisco Medeiros
European Commission, Software and Services, Cloud Computing, DG CNECT.E2
Carlos Morais Pires
European Commission, e-Infrastructures, DG CNECT.C1
Author’s views do not commit the European Commission
Summary
Cyber-infrastructure
1. E-Infrastructure
• strategic relevance of research infrastructures
• e-infrastructures: moving, processing and managing data
• coherent strategies and opportunities to implement them
2. Cloud Computing
3. Coordinated Calls
Cyber-Infrastructure
The two faces of Cyber-Infrastructure
E-Infrastructure developing the on-line ERA supporting
research and innovation across all scientific domains with high
speed connectivity, high performance computing and data
infrastructure. This is part of the “Excellence in Science” pillar of
H2020.
Cloud computing strategy to speed up the adoption and
increase of cloud computing across all sectors of the economy
Times of change: research logic machines
Research Data collected at observation or experimentation
phase were registered in the scientists notebooks, which
used to be paper books
Now research data is stored in digital form. Easier to be
processed by "logic machines" programmed with complex
models able to dig into the data
Logic machines are made of human scientific knowledge
and creativity, software and the underlying hardware
Scientist notebooks can now be linked to a huge amount of
other data resources (including scientific papers), computers
with unprecedented capacity, eventually connected to global
networks
Europe riding the research data wave
Vision: "data e-infrastructure that
supports seamless access, use, re-use,
and trust of data.
In a sense, the physical and technical
infrastructure becomes invisible and the
data themselves become the
infrastructure a valuable asset on which
science, technology, the economy and
society can advance".
The High Level Expert Group on
Scientific Data presented Riding
the Wave in October 2010
Russell's quote could be extended:
“without data and computing infrastructures few men
can achieve much in 21st century’s science”
Who is involved?
data generators
research projects, big research
infrastructure, installations or
medium size laboratories,
simulation centres, surveys or
individual researchers
discipline-specific data services
providing data and workflows as
a service
generic common data services
computing centres, libraries,…
researchers as users
using (and producing) data for
science and engineering
community driven data infrastructure,
including ESFRI, ESFRI clusters and others
Issues to be addressed (policy framework)
Are publically funded research data a public good?
How do we ensure preservation and access?
How to we make data discoverable and exchangeable?
How to ensure integrity and reliability of data?
How do we ensure appropriate recognition?
How do we manage intellectual property?
How do we deal with privacy in the research context?
How do work the long term funding and cost/benefit?
How to work at European and global levels?
How to foster cooperation with developing countries?
etc…
Issues to be addressed (e-infrastructure)
The EC in coordination with EU Member States is looking after
research data as an infrastructure
As a valuable and a strategic resource, research data opens at
least three key issues to be addressed(*):
• How data can be networked
• How to envision and set up data governance on a global scale
• How the EU can play a leading role in helping start and steer
this global trend
(*) Fred Friend, Jean-Claude Guédon Herbert van Sompel “Beyond Sharing and Reusing: Toward Global Data Networking”
Research
Infrastructures
Horizon 2020
Developing new
world-class RI
Integrating
and opening
existing
national RI of
pan-European
interest
Development,
deployment &
operation of
e-Infrastructures
Fostering the innovation potential
of Ris and their human capital
Reinforcing European RI policy and
international cooperation
WP 2014-2015
190 million Euro
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE (E-INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHLIHGTED)
Work Programme 2014-2015
CALL 1
DEVELOPING NEW
DESIGN
STUDIES
WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURES
CALL 2
INTEGRATING AND OPENING
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
OF PAN-EUROPEAN INTEREST
SUPPORT TO
PREPARATORY PHASE
OF ESFRI PROJECTS
CALL 3
E-INFRASTRUCTURES
CALL 4
SUPPORT TO INNOVATION,
HUMAN RESOURCES,
POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
FOR RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES
CALLS IN 2014
DEADLINES SEPT 2014 AND JAN 2015
INITIATIVES STARTING IN 2015 UNTIL 2018
INTEGRATING AND OPENING
EXISTING NATIONAL AND REGIONAL
RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES OF
PAN-EUTROPEAN INTEREST
MANAGING, PRESERVING
AND COMPUTING WITH
BIG RESERACH DATA
Centres
of Excellence
for Computing
applications
INNOVATION
SUPPORT
MEASURES
POLICY MEASURES
FOR RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURES
SUPPORT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
CROSS-CUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE
SERVICES AND SOLUTIONS FOR
CLUSTER OF ESFRI AND OTHER
RILEVANT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
INITIATIVES IN A GIVEN THEMATIC AREA
SUPPORT TO THE
INDIVIDUAL IMPLEMENTATION
AND OPERATION
OF ESFRI PROJECTS
E-INFRASTRUCTURES
FOR OPEN ACCESS
Network of
HPC Competence
Centres for SMEs
PROVISION OF
CORE SERVICES
ACROSS
E-INFRASTRUCTURES
INNOVATIVE PROCUREMENT
PILOT ACTION IN THE FIELD OF
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
FOR RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURES
Pan-European
High Performance Computing
infrastructure and services
TOWARDS GLOBAL DATA
E-INFRASTRUCTURES:
RESEARCH DATA ALLIANCE
RESEARCH AND
EDUCATION
NETWORKING –
GEANT
STRENGTHENING THE
HUMAN CAPITAL OF
RESEARCH
INFRASTRUCTURES
E-INFRASTRUCTURES FOR
VIRTUAL RESEARCH
ENVIRONMENTS (VRE)
NEW PROFESSIONS
AND SKILLS
FOR E-INFRASTRUCTURES
E-INFRASTRUCTURE
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND
INTERNATIONAL
COOPERATION
NETWORK OF
NATIONAL CONTACT
POINTS
Research Data Alliance:
a funder’ perspective
Societal challenges of our time transcend borders
Data and computing intensive science is made of global
collaborations
Research data are global
The European Commission has been supporting the set-up of
the Research Data Alliance (RDA) to enable data exchange on a
global scale
The initial phase of RDA has been supported by the
collaboration between the European Commission, the US
National Science Foundation and National Institute of Standards
and Technology and the Australian Ministry of Research
RDA projection wall
Environment
Atmosphere/Space
Physics
Aggregated Data Sets
(Temporary or Permanent)
Other Data
VRE
Scientific Data
(Discipline Specific)
VRE
Workflows
Aggregation Path
Researcher 2
Scientific World
Researcher 1
Tools for virtual
research environments
Tools for virtual
research environments
Open Access:
participatory, distributed infrastructure
Generic services:
preservation, curation storage and computation
Non Scientific World
Take five
5 principles describing the benefits of a global
research data infrastructure (G8+O6)
Data is:
Discoverable – IDs, Descriptive Metadata, ...
Accessible – Acknowledgment, License, Terms of Use,
Intellectual Property, Legal ...
Understandable – Semantics, Analysis, Quality,
Language translation ....
Manageable – Responsibility, Costs, Preservation ...
People (Usable) - Workforce, Cultural, Training, ...
E-Infrastructures, main issues
Data e-Infrastructures increase scope, depth and economies
of scale of the scientific enterprise
Horizon 2020 provides tools and opportunities addressing
data and computing e-infrastructures
If taken with appropriate resources and critical mass, can
project Europe into the new world of data driven science
The objective is to combine the expertise of scientific
communities with the expertise of ICT communities capable of
exploring the limits of high bandwidth communication, highperformance computing, open scientific software and virtual
research environments
2. EU Cloud computing strategy:
vision and priorities
 Commission Communication of 27 September 2012
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0529:FIN:EN:PDF
 Also known as the "European Cloud Strategy"
 Strategy designed to speed up the adoption and
increase the use of cloud computing across all
sectors of the economy
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-12-1025_en.htm
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Expected benefits
Motivation for the fast adoption of cloud computing
 Cost savings in the deployment of IT services (infrastructures,
installations, human resources)
 Forecast of expenditure on 'public cloud' services in the EU until
2020
€35 billion without policy intervention
€78 billion if appropriate policy initiatives are implemented
Impact on all sectors of the economy
 Increase of the EU GDP in the year 2020 due to cloud computing
€88 billion without policy intervention
€250 billion if appropriate policy initiatives are implemented 16
European Council Conclusions
EU Heads of State and Government (25 October 2013)
Chapter on "Digital Economy, Innovation and Services"
 Several strategic technologies such as Big Data and Cloud Computing
are important enablers for productivity and better services. Cloud
Computing should improve access to data and simplify their sharing.
Big Data aims to process, collect, store and analyse large amounts of
data
 EU action should provide the right framework conditions for a single
market for Big Data and Cloud Computing, in particular by promoting
high standards for secure, high-quality and reliable cloud services
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What about research and innovation?
• COM(2012)529 of 27 September 2012:
• - Make full use of other instruments, notably through research
and development support under Horizon 2020 on long term
challenges specific to cloud computing as well as assisting the
migration to cloud-based solutions
• Current status: significant resources (€100 million) allocated to
support advanced cloud computing infrastructures and services
 H2020 WP2014-2015: €95 million
 EU-Brazil: €3.5 million
 EU-Japan: €1.5 million
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3. 3rd EU-Brazil R&D Call: Cooperation
in Advanced Cyber Infrastructure
Proposals with balanced participation of EU and Brazilian partners
should make a substantial contribution to the identified themes
indicating the benefits of a joint effort
• EUB1–2015:
[€3.5 million
• EUB2–2015:
[€2.0 million
• EUB3–2015:
[€1.5 million
Cloud Computing, including security aspects
EU contribution]
High Performance Computing
EU contribution]
Experimental Platforms
EU contribution]
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Formalities and schedule
H2020-EUB-2015: funding from 2015 budget
Formal adoption by the Commission: 23 July 2014
Opening date: 15 October 2014
Deadline: 21 April 2015 @17h00 (Brussels time)
Result of evaluation: before 21 September 2015
Signature of grant agreements: before 21 December 2015
Additional eligibility criteria:
 Proposals submitted to this call, which do not include coordination with
a Brazilian proposal will be considered ineligible
 The proposed project duration shall not exceed 36 months
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EUB1–2015: Cloud Computing,
including security aspects
Specific Challenge: data are motivating a profound
transformation in the culture and conduct of scientific research in
every field of science and engineering. Advancements in this area
are required in terms of cloud-centric applications for big data, as
well as in creating novel cloud technologies that provide effective
utilization and optimization of heterogeneous resources (such as
storage and communications) in big data scenarios, in particular
addressing privacy, security and other Quality-of-Service issues*
* In line with statement of EU Heads of State and Governmnet in October 2013
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EUB1–2015: scope
Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)
 The focus of the joint research will be the development of innovative
technologies combining advanced Clouds and Big Data approaches to
address the challenges stemming from different application domains
in business and societal contexts. The technologies developed should
take into account interoperability and data portability issues and aim
towards future standardization
Coordinated and Support Actions (CSA)
 One CSA for the research coordination and policy activities, including
research roadmapping and supporting further future common
activities, i.e. dissemination, organisation of workshops, preparation of
future coordinated call topics, etc.
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Expected impact
The joint EU-Brazil research will develop innovative technologies in the
area of cloud based service provision by integrating approaches and
aspects of distributed Clouds and Big Data
This collaboration will facilitate policy coordination in the relevant areas
between the EU and Brazil, subsequently to be expanded to other LAC
partners. In particular:
 Facilitate the development of cloud-enabled applications through
robust standardized global technologies
 Development of technologies integrating cloud and big data in terms
of architecture, middleware and services
 Joint contributions to International Standardization and/or Forum
activities
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Further information
Horizon 2020
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/
Participants Portal
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html
EU-Brazil R&D Cooperation in Advanced Cyber Infrastructure
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/c
alls/h2020-eub-2015.html#tab2
Digital Agenda – Cloud Computing
https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/telecoms-and-internet/cloud-computing
Open web consultation on Future Topics of common interest
http://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/eu-brazil-ict-cooperation
EU-BR Consultation Workshop
Contact: cnect-eu-brazil@ec.europa.eu
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Augusto de Albuquerque
Augusto.dealbuquerque@eeas.europa.eu
Thank you!