EGEE-II INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks EGEE – paving the way for a sustainable infrastructure Bob Jones EGEE-II Project Director CERN OSG Consortium Meeting Seattle, August 2006

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August The EGEE project EGEE –1 April 2004 – 31 March 2006 –71 partners in 27 countries, federated in regional Grids EGEE-II –1 April 2006 – 31 March 2008 –91 partners in 32 countries –13 Federations Objectives –Large-scale, production-quality infrastructure for e-Science –Attracting new resources and users from industry as well as science –Improving and maintaining “gLite” Grid middleware US partners in EGEE-II: Univ. Chicago Univ. South. California Univ. Wisconsin RENCI

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Infrastructure operation –Currently includes sites across 39 countries –Continuous monitoring of grid services & automated site configuration/management Middleware –Production quality middleware distributed under business friendly open source licence User Support - Managed process from first contact through to production usage –Training –Expertise in grid-enabling applications –Online helpdesk –Networking events (User Forum, Conferences etc.) Interoperability –Expanding geographical reach and interoperability with related infrastructures Main lines of the EGEE project TWGRID KnowARC

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Inter-operability Inter-operability between grids is essential to provide services to the user communities EGEE works with national grid projects and peer projects around the world Excellent relations with OSG on technical, operational and policy issues Further work needed and the Grid- Interoperability-Now is providing a good environment for this EGEE also working on inter-operability with UNICORE, ARC and NAREGI GINGIN

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Applications on EGEE Applications from an increasing number of domains –Astrophysics –Computational Chemistry –Earth Sciences –Financial Simulation –Fusion –Geophysics –High Energy Physics –Life Sciences –Multimedia –Material Sciences –… Book of abstracts: Strong links with OSG for HEP but what can we do together for other application domains?

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August WISDOM

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Example: Determining earthquake mechanisms Seismic software application determines epicentre, magnitude, mechanism Analysis of Indonesian earthquake (28 March 2005) –Seismic data within 12 hours after the earthquake –Analysis performed within 30 hours after earthquake occurred  10 times faster on the Grid than on local computers –Results  Not an aftershock of December 2004 earthquake  Different location (different part of fault line further south)  Different mechanism  Rapid analysis of earthquakes important for relief efforts Peru, June 23, 2001 Mw=8.4 Sumatra, March 28, 2005 Mw=8.5

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Future ITER Fusion reactor –Applications with distributed calculations: Monte Carlo, Separate estimates, … –Multiple Ray Tracing: e. g. TRUBA –Stellarator Optimization: VMEC –Transport and Kinetic Theory: Monte Carlo Codes

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Support for digital repositories GÉANT. INFRASTRUCTURE GRID. INFRASTRUCTURE KNOWLEDGE. INFRASTRUCTURE 3 layered model to support access to heterogeneous information and connect resources through common shared services Grids for digital repositories: Sharing of resources Secure Access Control Data management Execution of computationally demanding applications (e.g. multi- media content)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August EU projects related to EGEE EUGRID

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Sustainability: Beyond EGEE-II Need to prepare for permanent Grid infrastructure –Ensure a reliable and adaptive support for all sciences –Independent of short project funding cycles –Infrastructure managed in collaboration with national grid initiatives

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Structure Federated model bringing together National Grid Initiatives (NGIs) to build an international organisation EGEE federations could evolve into NGIs Each NGI is a national body Recognised at the national level Mobilises national funding and resources Contributes and adheres to international standards and policies Operates the national e-Infrastructure Application independent, open to new user communities and resource providers

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August e-Infrastructure - Key Services Based on experience gathered during EGEE, key services have been found necessary for a central organisation in coordination with the National Grid Initiatives –Coordination of infrastructure operations –Middleware testing and certification –Application support –Dissemination and outreach –Training Now working with European Commission and member states, national grid representatives and user communities to develop the details of such a structure and how it can be put in place

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August Summary Grids are all about sharing – it is a means of working with groups around the world Inter-operability is key to providing the level of support required for our user communities EGEE has already put in place a support structure for many applications and is willing to work with more scientific communities to further extend grid usage Preparing for the long-term –EGEE, related EU projects, national grid initiatives and user communities are working to define a model for a sustainable grid infrastructure that is independent of short project cycles

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-II INFSO-RI OSG, August EGEE’06 Conference EGEE’06 – Capitalising on e-infrastructures –Keynotes on state-of-the-art and real-world use –Dedicated business track –Demos and business/industry exhibition –Involvement of international community September 2006 Geneva, Switzerland