Session 4: 'e-Infrastructures for Open Science'
WEDNESDAY 17 - 14:40 - 15:40
Session Chair:
Annabel Grant (GÉANT)
GÉANT & EOSC - Setting the scene
Presenter: Annabel Grant (GÉANT)
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Key objectives of EDI
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Key objectives of EOSC
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Cooperation across national boundaries
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Compare ViSEEM project
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OpenAire Advanced
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EDI
EOSC-hub support to the European Open Science Cloud Implementation EOSC Hub-Project
Presenter: Tiziana Ferrari (EGI Foundation)
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The presentation will provide an overview of the H2020 project EOSC-hub and how it will contribute to the implementation of the EC's European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) initiative. The purpose is to discuss how EaPConnect partners can participate in the EC's EOSC initiative with the support of EOSC-hub.
EOSC-hub creates the integration and management system (the
Hub) of the future EOSC that delivers a catalogue of services, software and data from the EGI Federation, EUDAT CDI, INDIGO-DataCloud and major research e-infrastructures. The Hub builds on mature processes, policies and tools from the leading European federated e-infrastructures to cover the whole life-cycle of services, from planning to delivery.
The Hub aggregates services from local, regional and national e-infrastructures in Europe and worldwide. The Hub acts as a single contact point for researchers and innovators to discover, access, use and reuse a broad spectrum of resources for advanced data-driven research. Through the virtual access mechanism, more scientific communities and users have access to services supporting their scientific discovery and collaboration across disciplinary and geographical boundaries. The project also improves skills and knowledge among researchers and service operators by delivering specialised training and establishing competence centres to co-create solutions.
The project creates a Joint Digital Innovation Hub that stimulates an ecosystem of industry/SMEs, service providers and researchers to support business pilots, market take-up and commercial boost strategies.
EOSC-hub builds on existing technology already at TRL 8 and addresses the need for interoperability by promoting the adoption of open standards and protocols. By mobilising e-infrastructures comprising more than 300 data centres worldwide and 18 pan-European infrastructures, this project is a ground-breaking milestone for the implementation of the EOSC.
Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE)
Presenter: Marjolein Oorsprong (PRACE)
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PRACE is an international not-for-profit association (aisbl) with its seat in Brussels. It has 26 member countries whose representative organisations create a pan-European supercomputing infrastructure, providing access to computing and data management resources and services for large-scale scientific and engineering applications at the highest performance level.
The computer systems and their operations accessible through PRACE are provided by 5 PRACE members (BSC representing Spain, CINECA representing Italy, ETH Zurich/CSCS representing Switzerland, GCS representing Germany and GENCI representing France). Four hosting members (France, Germany, Italy, and Spain) secured funding for the initial period from 2010 to 2015. In 2016 a fifth Hosting Member, ETH Zurich/CSCS (Switzerland) opened its system via the PRACE Peer Review Process to researchers from academia and industry. In pace with the needs of the scientific communities and technical developments, systems deployed by PRACE are continuously updated and upgraded to be at the apex of HPC technology.
