1 European policies for e- Infrastructures Belarus-Poland NREN cross-border link inauguration event Minsk, 9 November 2010 Jean-Luc Dorel European Commission - DG INFSO Géant and e-Infrastructures unit

2 Adoption of ICT changes the scientific discovery process Tools: computing and simulation ‐ The very small, the very big and the very complex Process: automation; remote collaboration ‐ Cost and time efficiency; cross-discipline collaboration; virtual research communities Dissemination: of information and results ‐ Open Science ICT for Science

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The ‘map of science’ Journal Nature (Dec 2006): This map was constructed by sorting roughly 800,000 published papers into 776 different scientific paradigms (shown as pale circular nodes) based on how often the papers were cited together by authors of other papers. […]

5 5 Scientific resources..... Linking at the speed of the light Sharing computers, software and instruments Sharing and federating scientific data e-Infrastructures Vision empower research communities through ubiquitous, trusted and easy access to services for data, computation, communication and collaborative work

6 6 Linking at the speed of the light: GÉANT Accessing knowledge: scientific data Innovating the scientific process: global virtual research communities Experimenting in silico: simulation and visualisation Sharing the best computational resources: e-Science clouds, grids, supercomputing e-Infrastructures: areas of action

7 7 Three vectors of a renewed European strategy: ICT infrastructures for e-Science COM(2009) 108 e-Infrastructure Europe as hub of excellence in e-Science Sustainable and continuous services of production quality 24/7 Innovation by exploiting know-how beyond science (public services, large scale experimentation,…)

8 8 Member States should (art. 15):  Coordinate investments in research infrastructures in order to develop research and innovation clusters FI, HPC, green ICT, nano, cognitive, photonics, embedded,…  Foster trans-national coordination of e-Infrastructures Optimise resources Seamless and safe access for end users The Commission should (art. 16):  Propose financial incentives for jointly developing and sharing research infrastructures in ICT E.g. in exa-scale computing Competitiveness Council Conclusions of 3 December 2009 (1/2)

9 9 Member States and the Commission should (art. 17):  Extend e-Infrastructures to industrial research and innovation, to public services and SMEs  Explore governance models for efficient, seamless and technologically leading public services  Examine incentives for pre-commercial procurement, including for the deployment of e-Infrastructures  Better coordinate efforts and develop/share strategies in key areas such as […] the GEANT network; avoid fragmentation  Pool investments in HPC under PRACE …use, development and manufacturing  Major research infrastructures to enjoy e-I support  Broaden access to scientific data and open repositories and ensure coherent approach to data access and curation Competitiveness Council Conclusions of 3 December 2009 (2/2)

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11 Digital Agenda for Europe the policy context DAE is one of the flagships of "Europe 2020: a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth"

12 GÉANT infrastructure - supporting Research and Education ++ - self-organised & self- governed community - support and reliability - FP7 funding & cost model - impact of cross-border - security - value is not reduce to cost - networking activities - joint research activities

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14 “Our vision is a scientific e-infrastructure that supports seamless access, use, re-use, and trust of data. In a sense, the physical and technical infrastructure becomes invisible and the data themselves become the infrastructure – a valuable asset, on which science, technology, the economy and society can advance.” high-level experts group on Scientific Data vision 2030 high-level experts group on Scientific Data

15 e-Infrastructures home page: e-infrastructure/home_en.html e-infrastructure/home_en.html