information society and media directorate-general unit grid technologies grid@asia workshop -...

1

Information Society and Media Directorate-General Unit Grid Technologies

Grid@Asia Workshop - Beijing, 21-23 June 2005

EU Grid Research – Priorities for Call 5 EU Grid Research – Priorities for Call 5

Jorge GasósGrid Technologies UnitEuropean Commission

[email protected]://www.cordis.lu/ist/grids

Architecture,

of the next generation GRID

Enabling

application

technologies

Design and

Development

2



Projects: some factsProjects: some facts

Collaborative research projects: involving industry, research centers and universities from several member states

Partial European Commission funding

Four types of instruments: Integrated Projects, Networks of Excellence, STREP, Support Actions

Submission of proposals: On the initiative of the participants. We just define the content of the call

Evaluation by external experts (1 out of 7 is funded)

3



NextGeneration

Grids

• End

-use

r em

pow

erm

ent

• Life

-sup

port

to b

usin

ess

proc

esse

s

• Societal behaviour (millions of self-organising nodes)• Computational semantics, ontologies, meta-descriptions• Pervasive virtual organisations

• Continuously changing requirem

ents

• Grid services developm

ent environments

Virtualization

End-U

ser V

ision

Software Vision

Architectural Vision

Simplification Abstraction

““Next Generation Grid(s) - European Grid Research 2005 - 2010”, June 2003Next Generation Grid(s) - European Grid Research 2005 - 2010”, June 2003 “Next Generation Grids 2 – Requirements and Options for European Grids “Next Generation Grids 2 – Requirements and Options for European Grids

Research 2005–2010 and beyond”, August 2004Research 2005–2010 and beyond”, August 2004

Next Generation Grid(s) – Expert Group Report Next Generation Grid(s) – Expert Group Report 3-fold vision3-fold vision

4



inteliGRIDSemantic Grid based virtual organisations

ProvenanceTrust and provenance

for Grids

DataminingGridDatamining

tools & services

UniGridSExtended OGSA

Implementation based on UNICORE

K-WF GridKnowledge based

workflow & collaboration

GRIDCOORDBuilding the ERA in Grid research

Grid Research Projects in FP6Grid Research Projects in FP6

Start: SUMMER 2004Start: SUMMER 2004EU Funding: 53 MILLIONEU Funding: 53 MILLION

OntoGridKnowledge Services for the semantic Grid

HPC4UFault tolerance,dependability

for Grid

Grid-based generic enabling application technologies to facilitate

solution of industrial problemsSIMDAT

EU-driven Grid services architecture for businesS

and industry NextGRID

Mobile Grid architecture and services for dynamic

virtual organisations Akogrimo

European-wide virtual laboratory for longer term Grid research-creating the foundation for next generation Grids

CoreGRID

Specific support action Integrated project Network of excellence Specific targeted research project

Grid@Asia (Spring 2005) Towards EU-Asian Co-operation

5



Work Programme 2005-2006Work Programme 2005-2006Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and ServicesAdvanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services

Application Pull

TechnologyPush

Network-centric Grid Operating SystemsPotential new fabric layer for future

distributed systems and services

Grid FoundationsArchitecture, design and development of technologies

and systems for building the invisible Grid

Grid-enabled Applications & Servicesfor business and society

Research, development, validation and take-up of generic environments and tools

e-bus, e-health, e-goy, e-learning

Environment, …

Advanced Grid

Technologies,Systems

and ServicesA

pplication

Sector 3

Ap

plicationSector 2

Ap

plicationSector n

Ap

plicationSector 1

IST Call 5Open May 2005Close Sept 2005

Budget: ~70M€

6



Research and development on new or enhanced fabrics Research and development on new or enhanced fabrics

layer for future distributed systems and serviceslayer for future distributed systems and services

• Two alternative approaches:

Development, testing and validation of an enhanced fabrics based on

existing OSs (Grid built-in functions or modules leading to a meta OS)

Research and conceptualization on new fabrics replacing existing OSs

(Network-centric Grid Operating Systems)

• Simplify the use, management and programmability of Grid systems and

services, supporting mobility and pervasiveness, enhancing performance

and security

Focus 3 – Network-Centric Grid Focus 3 – Network-Centric Grid Operating SystemsOperating Systems

7



Architecture, design and development of technologies Architecture, design and development of technologies and systems for building the invisible Grid and systems for building the invisible Grid

Scale-independent, adaptive and dependable Grid architectures enabling the management of large networked distributed resources characterised by evolutionary, non-functional behaviours

Agent-based approaches and peer-to-peer technologies

Self-organising, fault-tolerant autonomous systems virtualisation

New models and environments for programming the Grid

Semantic & agent technologies for resource brokering / management

Focus 1 – Grid FoundationsFocus 1 – Grid Foundations

8



Research, development, validation, Research, development, validation, take-uptake-up of generic of generic environments / toolsenvironments / tools

Grid-based environments for dynamic service creation and provision supporting distributed collaborations spanning multiple administrative domains

Grid business models and Grid economics

Intelligent tools and interfaces supporting ubiquitous Grid access

Grid-enabled decision support services

Focus 2 – Grid-enabled Applications Focus 2 – Grid-enabled Applications

and Services for Business and Societyand Services for Business and Society

9



InstrumentsInstruments• IPs – Focus 1, 2, 3IPs – Focus 1, 2, 3

To achieve ambitious scientific and technological objectives, integrating critical mass of activities and resources

Include industrial stakeholders from all relevant levels of the value chain

• IPs – Focus 2IPs – Focus 2 User-driven Generic technologies addressing common requirements

across different disciplines and applications in business, e-science, and society

Include a technology take-up phase Emphasise SME participation as technology providers,

service providers, and end-users • STREPSSTREPS

Longer term research issues Conceptionalisation Advanced Grid technologies in innovative applications

10



Coordination of research activities within Europe (ERA) and beyond (international collaboration)

Preparing future research agenda and building research community

Creating EU-wide stakeholder initiatives supporting early and wide adoption

Actions supporting the collaboration of running and future IST Grid projects on horizontal and strategic issues

Focus 4 – Horizontal IssuesFocus 4 – Horizontal Issues

11



Main MessagesMain Messages

• Continuation and consolidation of main Grid research Continuation and consolidation of main Grid research topics; new area: network-centric operating systemstopics; new area: network-centric operating systems

• Grids as enabler for Service Oriented ArchitecturesGrids as enabler for Service Oriented Architectures

• Industrial involvement along the value chainIndustrial involvement along the value chain

• Grid “Business Pilots” with cross-sectoral Grid “Business Pilots” with cross-sectoral technology Take-Up phase call for central role of technology Take-Up phase call for central role of service providersservice providers

• Increased contribution to global developments and Increased contribution to global developments and standardisationstandardisation

12



Jan 2005:Jan 2005: Preparatory workshopPreparatory workshop

May 2005: May 2005: Opening Call 5 « Advanced Grid Opening Call 5 « Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Technologies, Systems and Services » (Services » (~ ~ 70 M€)70 M€)

30 May 2005:30 May 2005: Information Day Call 5Information Day Call 5

Sept 2005: Sept 2005: Closing Call 5Closing Call 5

Oct/Nov 2005:Oct/Nov 2005: EvaluationEvaluation

Q1-Q2 2006:Q1-Q2 2006: Project launchProject launch

Tentative Timetable Tentative Timetable WP 2005-06 IST Call 5WP 2005-06 IST Call 5

Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems & ServicesAdvanced Grid Technologies, Systems & Services

13



2005 calls on e Infrastructure and RN Testbeds

Year 2006Year 2006Year 2005Year 2005

Research Networking Test-beds • Optical, Wireless, Security, Grids, other technologies.• Real world settings / user involvement• Technology & services interoperability / open source• ‘Open’ test-bed infrastructure • Roadmaps, strategic guidance for eInfrastructure

eInfrastructure – Grids initiatives Continue building advanced Grid-empowered infrastructuresEmphasis on:• Production quality & ready-to-use • SW-infrastructures• Address industry requirements• Environments dynamically adaptable to user needs

14



Publication: 11 May 2005 Submission: 7 September 2005

EC Budget: € 55 Million Potential Projects Start: Early 2006 Instruments: Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (I3), SSA, CA

Call b4: Grid initiatives (RI)

Infrastructures exhibiting production-level performance capabilities

Distributed facilities at gigabit/terabit scales for use by a broad range of different research disciplines.

Emphasis on initiatives to lead to production-quality and ready-to-use software for both science and engineering

Complement and add value to national Grid-initiatives

Favor interconnection to major Grid-based experimental infrastructures in other parts of the world

15



Call “Research Networking Testbeds” IST SO2.5.6

MarketMarket

Other R&DOther R&D

Experimentation of different technologiesinvolving different constituencies

takeup

Feedback to constituencies (e.g. scalability)

Incr

ease

d l

eve

l o

f co

nfi

den

ce in

te

chn

olo

gy

Security, Mobility, Broadband for all, optical, QoS, clusters/high performance

computing technology…

eScience, eGovernment, eWork, eLearning, eHealth, eInclusion, …




TestbedsTestbeds

Towards deployment(e.g. IPv6, Grids)

MarketMarket

Other R&DOther R&D

Experimentation of different technologiesinvolving different constituencies

takeup

Feedback to constituencies (e.g. scalability)

Incr

ease

d l

eve

l o

f co

nfi

den

ce in

te

chn

olo

gy







TestbedsTestbeds

Towards deployment(e.g. IPv6, Grids)

Foster early deployment of Next Generation ICT based infrastructures

16



Call IST SO 2.5.6. – Research Networking Testbeds

Publication: 17 May 2005 Submission: 21 September 2005

EC Budget: € 18 Million Potential Projects Start: 2006 Instruments: IP, NoE, STREP, SSA, CA Integrate, test, validate and demonstrate new fixed and

wireless networking technologies and services in real-world settings and production environments. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs)

Provide open test infrastructures for third party researchers. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs)

Foster interoperability of solutions to achieve broader-scale up-take of new state-of-the-art infrastructure technology and promote open-source. (IPs, NoEs, STREPs)

Develop roadmaps and strategic guidance for infrastructure development in Europe… (SSAs, CAs)

17



Further Info on Grid ResearchFurther Info on Grid Research

• Brochure: Building Grids for EuropeBrochure: Building Grids for EuropeFP6 Grid Project Fact Sheets, FP5 Grid Project Result Sheets

• Expert Group ReportsExpert Group Reports “Next Generation Grid(s) – European Grid Research 2005-2010”, 2003

“Next Generation Grids 2 – Requirements and Options for European Grids Research 2005–2010 and beyond”, August 2004

• FP5 Gridstart “IST Grid Projects Inventory and FP5 Gridstart “IST Grid Projects Inventory and Roadmap”Roadmap”

• Brochure: “Achievements of EU Grid Projects”Brochure: “Achievements of EU Grid Projects”

• IST Work Programme 2005/2006 IST Work Programme 2005/2006 www.cordis.lu/istwww.cordis.lu/ist

and more: www.cordis.lu/ist/gridswww.cordis.lu/ist/grids

18



Web pagewww.cordis.lu/ist/rn/

Workshops

Further information on eInfrastructures

Ne

ws

lett

erB

roc

hu

res

19



FP6 experience of Integrated projects:FP6 experience of Integrated projects:

• Target audience: Industry (incl. SMEs), research Target audience: Industry (incl. SMEs), research institutions. Universities – and in some cases institutions. Universities – and in some cases potential end-userspotential end-users

• Typical duration: 36-60 monthsTypical duration: 36-60 months

• Optimum consortium: 10-20 participantsOptimum consortium: 10-20 participants

• Total EU contribution: €4-25m (average around €10m)Total EU contribution: €4-25m (average around €10m)

• Flexible implementation: Yearly update of workplanFlexible implementation: Yearly update of workplan

• Possibility for competitive calls for enlargement of Possibility for competitive calls for enlargement of consortiumconsortium

Integrated projects - Main characteristicsIntegrated projects - Main characteristics

20



Instrument: Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3)

Joint research(up to 50% funding)

Joint research(up to 50% funding)

Three types of activity

Service Specific(up to 100% funding, connect. costs 50%)

Service Specific(up to 100% funding, connect. costs 50%)

Networking (up to 100% funding)Consortium Management funding up to 7% of

Community contribution

Networking (up to 100% funding)Consortium Management funding up to 7% of

Community contribution

Funding aimed at upgrading a RI not building a new

21



FP6 experience of STREP projects:FP6 experience of STREP projects:

• Purpose: Objective driven research more limited Purpose: Objective driven research more limited in scope than an IPin scope than an IP

• Target audience: Industry incl. SMEs, research Target audience: Industry incl. SMEs, research institutes, universitiesinstitutes, universities



• Total EU contribution: €0.8-3m (average €1.9m)Total EU contribution: €0.8-3m (average €1.9m)

• Fixed workplan and fixed partnership for durationFixed workplan and fixed partnership for duration

Specific targeted research projectsSpecific targeted research projects

22



• Each SSA shall have a work plan, which may consist of Each SSA shall have a work plan, which may consist of one or more (as appropriate on a case by case basis) of one or more (as appropriate on a case by case basis) of the following activities:the following activities:Conferences, seminars, working groups and expert groups;Studies, analysis;Fact findings and monitoring;Trans-national technology transfer and take-up related services;Development of research or innovation strategies;High level scientific awards and competitions; Operational support and dissemination, information and

communication activities.

• SSA proposal may be presented by a consortium or a SSA proposal may be presented by a consortium or a single organisation, from any country or countriessingle organisation, from any country or countries

Specific support actionsSpecific support actions

23



FP6 experience of SSA projects:FP6 experience of SSA projects:

• Support programme implementation, preparation Support programme implementation, preparation of future actions, dissemination of resultsof future actions, dissemination of results

• Target audience: Research organisations, Target audience: Research organisations, universities, industry incl. SMEuniversities, industry incl. SME



• Total EU contribution: €0.03-1m (average €0.5m)Total EU contribution: €0.03-1m (average €0.5m)

• Fixed workplan and partnership for the durationFixed workplan and partnership for the duration

Specific support actionsSpecific support actions

information society and media directorate-general unit grid technologies grid@asia workshop -...

Documents

advanced grid technologies

grid foundations slide

inteligrid semantic

dependable grid architectures

eu grid research priorities

longer term grid research

development of technologies

society research