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EUMEDGRID-Support Project
Federico Ruggieri(Project Director)
Cairo 26 January 2010
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• Project data & Partners• Objectives & strategies• Main activities planned• Next events• Conclusions
Outline
Project Status
• Support Action co-funded by European Commission under: Capacities specific program - Research Infrastructures - FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2009-1
• Project ID 246589• Duration: 24 months• Start: 1st January 2010• Budget (EU contribution): 740 k€ • Budget (Total): 867 k€
Project Partners
CERIST
CYNET
EUN
J UNET
University of MaltaCNRST
IUGAZA
HIAST
CCK
TÜBİTAK,ULAKBIM
INFN, GARR,COMETA
CNRS-IDGHealthGrid
TRUST-IT
[ Partners & Third Parties]
14 Partners + 2 Third Parties from 13 Countries
The EUMEDGRID e-Infrastructure25 EUMEDGRID sites have been deployed in 13 countries,
giving a total of 1800 connected Servers and about 84 TBs of storage capacity
Objectives & Strategic Lines
• Support the consolidation and expansion of the EUMEDGRID Infrastructure with a special emphasis on sustainability.
• Hi Level Policy Dissemination• Create a Two Level network of Competence Centres• Widen the existing human network involving new user
communities• Strongly cooperate with other projects and initiatives
relevant for the Mediterranean
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User Support and ROC
• User support will be provided by a 2 levels support structure:– First level, local support to users– Second level centralized support
• Extensive training will be provided to site administrators– Enabling new resources for local support
• An EUMED Regional Operation Centre (ROC) will spin off during the project
• Initial support and training on ROC procedures and tools provided by the IGI ROC (Italian Grid Infrastructure)
Country-level tasks
NGI
MonitoringMonitoring
AccountingAccounting
M/W M/W Repo.Repo.
Cert. Auth.Cert. Auth.
VOMSVOMS
11stst Level Leveluser supp.user supp.
DataDataCatalogsCatalogs
Info. Syst.Info. Syst.
L&BL&BWMSWMS
“EUMED”-level tasks
MED
M/W releaseM/W release
MonitoringMonitoring
AccountingAccounting
Catch-all CACatch-all CA
Global VOMSGlobal VOMS
22ndnd Level Leveluser supp.user supp.
Gen. Info. Gen. Info. SystemSystem
Knowledge repo.Knowledge repo.
High levelHigh levelGrid servicesGrid services
Application lifecycle
– Formal agreements/Memorandum of Understanding are to state explicitly what the interested party needs from the project and what they will offer in return
– Facilitates the relationships between those projects and EUMEDGRID activities
– Extends technical work leveraging similar or complementary working carried out by other projects
– Help projects interact and share their experiences– Multiplies promotional activities
Community Engagement
Strategic Projects
www.eumedgrid.eu
• Serve as a point of contact for projects which are collaborating or wish to collaborate with the project and establish formal collaboration agreements
Hi Level Policy Dissemination
• 3rd EUMED Event in Brussels 31st March 2010• Organised in cooperation with
EUMEDCONNECT2 and GEANT3.• Participation of stakeholders and policy makers
of the Mediterranean Countries.
First Thematic Workshop
• Rome 25-27 October 2010 - “Environmental Radioactivity: New Frontiers and Developments”
• Details:– Venue: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy– Social Events: Visit to Gran Sasso National Laboratory – INFN– Main Sponsors: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italian
Ministry of Education and Research, Italian Ministry of Environment, IAEA, INFN, University of Roma Tre, CINFAI, ENEA, ISPRA, ISS, EUMEDGRID-Support
– 1 Day dedicated to eInfrastructures for Environment.
EUMEDGRID-Support Website
www.eumedgrid.eu
www.eumedgrid.eu
Conclusions
• EUMEDGRID-Support is officially started on 1 January 2010 – Brand new Web Site: ww.eumedgrid.eu– Launch Event in Cairo 26 January 2010.
• It builds on the results of EUMEDGRID– Resuming its pilot infrastructure– Basing on its exploited human network
• Will focus on e-Science in– Sustainability– High Level Policy Dissemination– Education and Training for long term support– Promoting best practices, sharing experience– Liaising EU and the Mediterranean scientists, Projects, User Communities
and other eInfrastructures
Thank you for your kind attention !
Any questions ?
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