The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How) The EPIKH project: results and opportunities Roberto Barbera University of Catania & INFN & COMETA Consortium Workshop on the International Research Staff Exchange Scheme and the international dimension of the Marie Curie Actions Brussels,

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Outline Background and concepts; The EPIKH project; Summary and conclusions.

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, st Century Research is becoming computationally intensive research

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, st Century Research is becoming computationally intensive research

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, e-Science Virtual Organisations Applications Data Instruments e-Infrastructure

Some of the world «divides» Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions,

7 The Global Research Network (1/2)

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The Global Research Network (2/2)

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The Global Grid EELA/ GISELA OSG Teragrid/XD NAREGI EUMEDGRID BalticGrid SEE-Grid EU-IndiaGrid EUAsiaGrid EUChinaGrid DEISA/ PRACE EGEE/EGI SAGrid EU FP6/FP7 funded projects

e-Infrastructure at «world» scale Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, >330 res. centers ~3.3 ∙ 10 5 CPU cores ~80 PB of storage ~2.8∙10 7 jobs/month >150 active VOs

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The Triangle of Knowledge Research & Development Innovation Education & Training Building e-Infrastructures is a waste if we don’t “build”, at the same time, their users. Along with e-Infrastructures, t-Infrastructures and training programmes are also needed. e-Infrastructure t-Infrastructure

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The EPIKH Project ( “Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How” (EPIKH) –EU FP7- Marie Curie Actions – People - International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) Consortium “numbers”: –23 partners; –18 countries; –4 continents (Europe, Africa, Asia, and Latin America); –115 persons involved; –>650 researcher-months; –>500 secondments; Duration: March, 1, 2009 – February, 28, 2013 (48 months) EC contribution: 1,188,000 €

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The EPIKH Partners (

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, The EPIKH goals Strategic aims: –Reinforce the impact of e-Infrastructures in scientific research defining and delivering stimulating programme of educational events, including Grid Schools and High Performance Computing courses; –Broaden the engagement in e-Science activities and collaborations both geographically and across disciplines. Specific actions: –Spreading the knowledge about the “Grid Paradigm” to all potential users: both system administrators and application developers through an extensive training programme; –Easing the access of the trained people to the e-Infrastructures existing in the areas of action of the project; –Fostering the establishment of scientific collaborations among the countries/continents involved in the project.

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, EPIKH secondments’ programme 1 st Phase: Non-EU → EU (selected) Res. Programs 2 nd Phase: EU → Non-EU Grid Schools (with 1 st phase tutors) Final Workshops

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Grant opportunities ( ) The call for grants is open !

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, grant requests received so far; 50 selected List of CVs and profiles Trainer Trainee

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, EPIKH secondments done so far (

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, EPIKH events in the world (

Forthcoming EPIKH schools ( Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions,

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, EPIKH Schools (1/2) 1-week tutorials for site administrators (with remote installations) More than 10 new Grid sites already installed in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Grid Schools 2 entire weeks devoted to applications’ “gridification” call for applications widely open A total of 24 1-month Grid & HPC schools and related thematic workshops foreseen in the period 3/ /2013. EPIKH Schools (2/2)

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Training statistics ( >4 participant∙years of training already done! Feedback always >4.5/6

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Applications’ “virtuous cycle” of EPIKH Dissemination (workshops) Training events (schools) “Gridification” Deployment on large Infrastructures and inclusion in the portfolio of demonstrative applications

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Call for applications (

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, EPIKH applications’ lifecycle

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, MoUs with other projects 2 more MoUs in preparation with INDICATE (Digit. Cult. Heritage) and ANKABUT (UAE NREN) EUMEDGRID-Support EU-IndiaGrid2 GISELA CHAIN DEGISCO

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, List of already “gridified” applications ( Total = 42

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Example of application description

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Application statistics (

Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, Summary and conclusions e-Infrastructures are: –changing the way to do scientific research; –allow to tackle unprecedented challenging multi-disciplinary problems; –are considered key enablers of the progress of a country; EPIKH can represent for young brilliant scientists and technologists a unique occasion to learn and adopt the Grid paradigm through stimulating research programs; EPIKH can offer free technical support for anyone willing to organize local training events on Grid computing: –It can be undergraduate courses, M.Sc. courses, Ph.D. curricula, tutorials, Grid Schools, etc.; Thanks to EPIKH, large projects → National Grid Initiatives → campuses can easily setup Grid infrastructures and deploy/run on them scientific applications; I’m very willing to discuss possible ways of collaboration inclu- ding the expansion of EPIKH in the context of already open or forthcoming Marie Curie calls.

Thank you very much ! Any questions ? Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions,

Useful information on the web Brussels, Workshop on IRSES and Marie Curie Actions, ContentAddress Web sitewww.epikh.eu Wiki sitewiki.epikh.eu Calendaragenda.epikh.eu Librarydocuments.epikh.eu Training infrastructurehttps://gilda.ct.infn.it Training materialshttps://grid.ct.infn.it/twiki/bin/vie w/GILDA/WebHome Call for Grantshttp://wiki.epikh.eu/index.php ?option=com_wrapper&view= wrapper&Itemid=108