1. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 EGI-InSPIRE www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 PQ13 Overview PQ13 - Summary1

2. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Key Results EGI Community Forum 2014 –Helsinki, May 19-23 rd 2014 EC review & report positive –Interest in the DRI ERIC! Federated Cloud becoming a reality –ESA, BioVel and other communities PQ13 - Summary2

3. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Resources Consumed Work Package PM Declared Committed PM PQ13 Achieved % WP1-E7.59.380.4% WP1-M10.311.292.4% WP2-E29.831.893.7% WP2-N45.546.198.7% WP4-E47.741.4115.0% WP4-N244.7244.3100.2% WP5-E19.525.576.3% WP5-N14.46.5221.2% WP7-E10.59.7108.3% WP7-G9.210.092.0% WP8-S29.231.094.2% Total:468.3466.9100.3% PQ13 - Summary3

4. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA1 Completion of PY3 reporting –Submission of results and reports to EC –EC Review in Amsterdam Preparation & analysis of PY5 survey Planning around PY5 project extension PQ13 - Summary4

5. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA2.2: Communications Preparations for EGITF 2013 & EGICF 2014 Coordinated EGI booths at: –International Supercomputing in Leipzig –9th European Biophysics Congress in Lisbon –ISMB/ECCB 2013 in Berlin. Expanded publications portfolio –Applications for Biophysics brochure –Annual Report –Why EGI? (the case for EGI) 11 news items, 2 case studies & the “Inspired” newsletter 7 articles relating to EGI published in iSGTW Web pages for the EGI Services updated PQ13 - Summary 5

6. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA2.3: Strategy and Policy Other Reports and Analysis –EGI Compendium 2012 (questionnaire, analysis, draft report) –Scientific Review Process (review, final policy document, ToR) –EGI Balanced Scorecard update VT: Scientific Publications Repository Implementation –Collaboration with OpenAIRE project VT: Scientific Discipline Classification (completed) –Final classification refinements and submission of final report –Implementation in AppDB and TMP –Accounting and Operations Portal in progress EGI Solutions and Service Portfolio –Developed, refined and published –Service management processes and procedures (FedSM) PQ13 - Summary6

7. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA2.3: Strategy and Policy MoUs / Collaborations –New MoU: Open Science Grid (Resource Provider) –In progress: VERCE, DCH and HelixNebula (EGI Federated Cloud) Communications –2 articles for EGI Inspired newsletter –1 article in the e-IRG newsletter –1 news item support (Services at cloud level) –Updates to website and wiki pages EGITF 2013 –Policies and Business Models for Open Data Track –Foundation training in federated IT Service Management Policy Groups –Pay-for-Use: Discussing billing functions and accounting mechanisms –Governance: SCG; SPG; TCB –New IGTF profile for easier access to grid certifications PQ13 - Summary7

8. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA2.5 Technical Outreach to New Communities Established VTs: ELIXIR, CTA & CMMST New VTs: Nano materials Pilots: EUDAT-PRACE, DRIHM Use Cases: ENVRI, CMMST, WeNMR, Federated Cloud Webinars: –DIRAC, Science Gateways, EGI Services, AMGA, CRM, CVMFS Collaborations: EGI-XSEDE MoU with VERCE being reviewed by VERCE Introduction to EGI lecture for the EGI MOOC Contribute to application-oriented Biophysics leaflet Finalise and release the Globus Online Cookbook VRE track of the EGITF PQ13 - Summary8

9. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 NA2.5 Technical Outreach to New Communities AppDB: http://appdb.egi.euhttp://appdb.egi.eu –Software release management permissions for Community Software Repository part –Implement science discipline classification from the related VT –Optimisation of content for search engines, such as Google –Faceted search facility –Started working on the VM image marketplace extension –Prepare for session at EGI TF Customer Relationship Management system (CRM): http://crm.egi.euhttp://crm.egi.eu –Hierarchical view of Research Institutes and Person Contacts of a project –Improvements/changes based on user feedback, EGI.eu requests –Weekly activity summary emails from the CRM to UCST automatically –June: Webinar tutorial to NILs to increase use of the tool –Prepare for demo at EGI TF Training Marketplace: http://training.egi.euhttp://training.egi.eu –New content type: Webinar –New, more modern look&feel for gadgets (to be completed in PQ14) –Preparation for demo at EGI TF 9PQ13 - Summary

10. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 SA1 Defined and placed on website: –Operations Service Portfolio –Federated Operations solution Collaborations with OSG, XSEDE and the DRIHM Core Infrastructure Platform track at EGITF13 Definition of EGI Core Activities Bidding for 2013 Extension of the accounting infrastructure –Using SSM2 for storage and cloud accounting EMI-1 decommissioning campaign completed Start migration to SHA-2 compatible software PQ13 - Summary10

11. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 SA1 Extension of the service operations security policy to support central emergency suspension of users –Preparation of implementation plan for the enforcement of the policy –New procedure for the handling of the central suspension of users Staged rollout successfully conducted in preparation to UMD 3 Evolution of GGUS to adapt to the end of EMI and IGE New prototype tools for availability and reliability computation PQ13 - Summary11

12. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 SA2 Development of Quality Criteria V6 for PQ14 –Complete review of all criteria focusing on security and interoperability Quality criteria verification –Created VMCatcher, a tool to distribute the trusted virtual machines images produced during verification –Verified a total of 89 products Federated clouds task force –Investigations into automated security monitoring and harmonised authentication authorisation infrastructure –Added contextualisation and application deployment to the federated cloud portfolio –New resource providers including a commercial provider PQ13 - Summary12

13. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 SA2 UMD 3.0.0 (14/5/13) –Major release UMD 2.5.0 (24/5/13) –Scheduled minor release UMD 2.6.0 (12/6/13) –Scheduled minor release UMD 3.1.0 (26/6/13) –Scheduled minor release UMD 3.1.1 (1/7/13) –Emergency release for a dependency issue PQ13 - Summary13

14. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 SA4 Mini projects kick-off meeting at EGI CF2013 All mini-projects up and running –Some as early as March 2013 –Latest starts in April 2013 Good collaboration with target domain –Also external contacts, e.g. TSA4.2 –Also inter-mini project, e.g. TSA4.4, TSA4.7 & TSA4.8 Tangible results –rOCCI framework 4.0.0 –Stoxy CDMI implementation for Cloud storage –Contextualisation extension for OCCI submitted to OGF –Cloud Capabilities use case evaluation and reportreport PQ13 - Summary14

15. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 JRA1 Operations Portal –Refactoring underway to use one common JavaScript library and provide a common look and feel. GOCDB –V5 deployment almost complete with support for different DB’s, use by other projects through multiple scopes EGI Helpdesk (GGUS) –Two releases with new report generator, updated support units, testing SAML/Shibboleth based access to GGUS, updated workflows post EMI & IGE Accounting Portal –Developments include inclusion of accounting records and using new SSM software Metrics Portal –Udates to collected metrics and report views PQ13 - Summary15

16. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 JRA1 Accounting Repository –CPU Accounting integrated with ARC/JURA and QCG/MAPPER, –Working on updated AUR for Globus/Gridsafe, –Testing with Desktop Grid Accounting (EDGI) and MPI Accounting –Cloud Accounting records coming from 8/10 resources –Storage Accounting work continuing with INFN on BDII sensor. SAM –Update 22 in validation phase before Staged Rollout which includes integration of EMI probes Various messaging updates EGITF13 JRA1 related sessions –Advancement of the EGI Operation Tools; –Accounting Training: APEL Client, Regional APEL Server and Regional Accounting Portal PQ13 - Summary16

17. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Milestones & Deliverables IdDeliverable / Milestone Title Original Delivery date(*) Revised delivery date(*) D2.23EGI-InSPIRE Presentation3739 MS238Marketing and Communication Handbook 3840 MS431Deployed Middleware Support Unit Operations Procedures 3839 MS516 Software Provisioning Process3840 PQ13 - Summary17

18. www.egi.eu EGI-InSPIRE RI-261323 Next Steps Complete DoW amendment –Confirm extension: 1, 6 or 8, 12 months –Confirm activities and budget levels –Need to know EGI.eu funding levels PQ13 - Summary18