Directors’ MeetingOxford e-Research Centre

Malcolm Atkinson

Director e-Science Institute & e-Science Envoy

www.nesc.ac.uk10th October 2006

“Action this day” (from July)

Develop the common goalsIdentify urgent & achievable priorities

Strengthen the alliancesCentres OMII-UK NGS …

Integrate effortCommit to collaboration

Within the UKInternationally

Focus on Concepts and MethodsThen technology should follow & support

Strengths of UK e-Science

Enthusiastic researchers, Many interacting communities & Breadth

Projects: Pioneering methodsDemonstrating resultsInfecting academia &Industry

e-Infrastructure: DeliveringResources & Services

Connecting & SupportingCommunitiesMutual

Dependence&

Growth

Next Steps for UK e-Science

PrioritiesRetain balance & interdependenceBuild each aspect’s strength

New projects – demanding advances – RCs + Industry New e-Infrastructure – NGS, OMII-UK, DCC, … + new OSI e-

Infrastructure plan + European e-Infrastructure New researchers – improved access & outreach – Centres +

JISC + Grid Computing Now!

StrategyIncrease visible identity & evidence of valueInvest current resources wellPlan for future resources

Increase Visibility & Evidence of Value

Increased VisibilityIntegrated view of all UK e-Science

Built on NeSC but with many more direct contributions Projects, centres, services, people, results

Refresh web sites Ensure e-Science evident Even if you have chosen another name for your centre! To cross-reference each other

Evidence of ValueThe e-Science role

Action Malcolm & Carole last time

Collation building on Carole & Jim’s work

Invest Current Resources well

Current budgets @OMII-UKNGSDCCeSICentres & Projects

Influence the allocation from JISCCurrent and planned call

Join up well with EU projects& FP7 call

Make inputthroughSUPER

Plan for Future Resources

Through Research Councils and JISCDevelop case & plan for after CSREnsure as much synergy as possible

Through the development of the OSIE-Infrastructure plans

Through DTI, DoH, …

This requires we have a common vision

Today’s Issues

Future support for communitye-Science Centres

NeSC, Funded regional centres, unfunded centres

e-Science Services NGS, OMII-UK, eSI, DCC, …

JISC programmesResearch Council plans

Naminge-Science Directors’ Forume-Science + HPC = ?

Different names but common purpose?

Meetings

4th International Summer School in Grid Computing, IschiaGFSG F2F, HaynesGGF18, WashingtonAHM, NottinghamSAB Research Centre Meeting, BelfastEGEE Conf., CERNKeynote at Grid 2006, BarcelonaE-IRG, Helsinki

Planned Meetings

ICEAGE, Catania, tomorrowSC06, TampaE-IRG & IST2006 Helsinki2nd International e-Science Conf., AmsterdamOGF19, Chapel Hill, NC, USAOGF20, Manchester, UK