Co-ordination & Harmonisation of
Advanced e-Infrastructures
for Research and Education Data Sharing
Research Infrastructures
Grant Agreement n. 306819
CHAIN-REDS Project Overview
Federico Ruggieri, INFN (Coordinator)
e-AGE 2012 – Dubai 12-13 December 2012
The many faces of eInfrastructures

The High Speed Communication Network

The High Performance Computing for highly
parallel applications

The Grid for High Throughput Computing and
resource sharing

The Clouds for elastic resource provisioning

Data Infrastructures with several issues such as:
Large data volumes, Curation, Access, High
Availability, etc.

The Human Network: researchers working together
sharing motivations, objectives, tools and
resources
2
Why ?
eInfrastructures
support wide
geographically
distributed
communities
Grids and networks
allow the access of
many researchers to
scientific resources
(laboratories and
data)
enhance
international
collaboration of
scientists
promote
collaboration in
other fields.
Disparity can be reduced and larger
participation and contributions to high
quality research.
The e-Infrastructures promote the
usage of network connectivity and
stimulate scientific and technical
development of countries
contribute to fight the digital
divide and brain drain.
Regional Grid infrastructures
CNGrid
NKN &
Garuda
GISELA
SAGrid &
SANREN
4
EUAsiaGrid
Status

Co-ordination & Harmonisation of Advanced e-Infrastructures for
Research and Education Data Sharing

Research Infrastructures – Support Action

Grant Agreement n. 306819

Total Costs of € 2.3 M

Max. EC contribution: € 1.52 M

Start date: 1 December 2012

Duration: 30 Months
5
Partners and roles

INFN (IT) – Coordinator

CIEMAT (ES) – WP4 Leader

GRNET (GR) – WP3 Leader

CESNET (CZ) – WP5 Leader

UBUNTUNET (MW) – Africa

CLARA (UR) – Latin America

IHEP (CN) – China

ASREN (DE) – Arab States

SIGMA-ORIONIS (FR) – WP2 Leader

[PSA (IN) – India]
6
CHAIN-REDS Objectives

Extend and consolidate international cooperation of Europe with other
regions of the world in the domain of e-Infrastructures for Research and
Education

Promote, coordinate and support the effort of a critical mass of non-European
e-Infrastructures for R&E to collaborate with Europe addressing
interoperability and interoperation of Grids and other DCIs

Study the opportunities of data sharing across different e-Infrastructures and
continents widening the scope of the existing CHAIN Knowledge Base to
Data Infrastructures and Cloud implementations

Promote trust building towards open Scientific Data infrastructures
across the world regions, including organisational, operational and technical
aspects

Demonstrate the relevance of intercontinental cooperation in several
scientific data fields addressing existing and emerging VRCs and propose
pragmatic approaches that could impact the everyday work of the single
researcher, even if not structured in a VRC

Provide guidance and recommendations for roadmaps for long-term
global collaboration in e-Infrastructures and harmonization of existing polices
7
8
Interoperation &
Coordination of
eInfrastructures
(WP3)
Federations &
Clouds
Identity
Federations
Data Infrastructures
(WP4)
Support to small
groups and
emerging
communities
(WP5)
ROCs
CHAIN
Knowledge Base
Collaboration
with other
projects
MoUs with VRCs
Science Gateways
Recommendations
Dissemination, Training and Outreach
WP2
Work-plan
Extend Knowledge Base to Data
www.chain-project/knowledge-base
9
Support Regional Operation Centres
http://roc.africa-grid.org
10
Promote the Science Gateway model
Embedded Applications
App. 2
.......App. N
Science
Gateway
App. 1
Administrator
Power User
Basic User
Standard-based
middleware-independent
Grid Engine
Brasil
Europe, Africa, Asia
Pacific, Latin America
China
India
Users from
different
organisations
having different
roles and
privileges
11
Worldwide Interoperability Demo
12
science-gateway.chain-project.eu
13
Other objectives/activities
Cloud
for Research and Education
• Support for coordination of Cloud developments for Research &
Education with other regions (e.g. China, India, Latin America)
IDF
Federations of Identity Providers
• Foster the creation of Identity Federations in cooperation with
Certification Authorities; promote and coordinate their usage. Support
integration of different AA approaches
14
Considerations for the Arab Region




Capacity building:

new professional skills are needed

high qualified training is fundamental
Community building:

Scientists and users have to be involved and supported

New communites should be created
National Organisation:

National Research and Education Networks are key for community building

National Grid Initiatives create the necessary Distributed Computing
Infrastructure
Regional Organisation (ASREN):

Extend the organisation with new shareholders

Create a group of technical people to support the community

Provide services to the community
15
www.chain-project.eu
16
Kick-Off Meeting in Dubai 14 December 2012
co-located with e-AGE 2012
Thank you !
17