1. Welcome to National e-Science Centre Official Opening
Malcolm Atkinson
Director of NeSC Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow
25th April 2002

2. Contents UK e-Science Grid National e-Science Centre’s Role
e-Science Institute
Where e-Science leads us
Challenges realising e-Science’s Potential
Today’s Programme

3. UK e-Science
From presentation by Tony Hey

4. UK Grid Network From Tony Hey 27 July 01 with adjusted geography
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Newcastle
Belfast
Manchester
Daresbury Lab
Cambridge
Oxford
Hinxton
RAL
Cardiff
London
Southampton
From Tony Hey 27 July 01 with adjusted geography

5. NeSC’s Roles Coordinate & Stimulate e-Science in UK
e-Science Grid
Communities, workshops & training
Architecture, DB & Engineering Task Forces
Establish an international research venue
e-Science Institute
Research Visitor Programme
Participate in developing standards
GridNet, Global Grid Forum, HPDC11
Regional, National & International R&D
Collaborative industry projects
Database Access & Integration (IBM & Oracle)
Data & Compute Grid (Sun)

6. e-Science Institute

7. e-Science Institute Events
Started August 2001
Today is our 30th Event
Four-day Globus workshop
Blue Gene Protein Folding
Web Services, Databases, Architecture, Astronomy, …
From more than 700 different participants
Some are now regulars!
Plus today’s 185 (haste ye back)
From more than 250 organisations
From more than 25 countries
Always open to suggestions
Research visitor programme

8. e-Science Potential Crisis Response: Fire fighting safety,
Eruptions, Floods & Fugitive Pollutants
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs Understanding our Universe
Engineering Design & Diagnostics
Oceans, Climate, Environment, Ecosystems …

9. e-Science Potential Crisis Response: Fire fighting safety,
Demos
3, 4, 6 & 10
Demo 1
Collab. Steering & Visualization
Crisis Response: Fire fighting safety,
Eruptions, Floods & Fugitive Pollutants
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs
Understanding our Universe
Engineering Design & Diagnostics
Oceans, Climate, Environment, Ecosystems …
Talk
Jim Austin
Talk
Carole Goble
Demos 3 & 10
Talk
Jim Austin
Demos 16, 18 & 23
Talks
Nic Walton & David Williams
Demos 2, 7, 8, 11& 12
Demo
13 GODIVA
Demo 14
Demo 9
Demos 1, 5 & 22

10. The Challenge Ambition Data Challenge Software Challenge
Fire fighting safety
Eruption, Flood & Pollution Response
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs
In Flight problem management
Oceans, Climate, Ecosystems, …
Ambition
Do it often
Run it for everyone
Do it for everything
Do it quickly
Keep it running
Pay for it
Change it often
Data Challenge
Deluge of Data
More, Faster Digital Streams
Heterogeneous evolving models
Uncertainty about data quality
Finding the Nuggets
Reason to Trust the Answer
Software Challenge
Composing Software
Encapsulating understanding
Multiple technologies
Heterogeneous evolving models
Uncertainty about component quality
Solving a Problem
Reason to Trust the Answer
An Answer in Time
Dependability Challenge
Geographic Distribution
scientists, resources & instruments
Diverse: Organisations & Countries
Mobile: equipment, people & phenomena
Uncertainty about communication quality
Sustaining the Computation
Problem Detection & Recovery, Security, …
Reason to Trust System Dependability
Affordable

11. The Big Challenge Make e-Science Affordable Make e-Science Dependable
Fire fighting safety
Eruption, Flood & Pollution Response
Diagnosis & Treatment Planning
Whole population health monitoring
Epidemic Detection & Management
Understanding Cells & Organs
In Flight problem management
Oceans, Climate, Ecosystems, …
Ambition
Do it often
Run it for everyone
Do it for everything
Do it quickly
Keep it running
Pay for it
Change it often
Data Challenge
Deluge of Data
More, Faster Digital Streams
Heterogeneous evolving models
Uncertainty about data quality
Finding the Nuggets
Reason to Trust the Answer
Make e-Science Affordable
Make e-Science Dependable
Software Challenge
Composing Software
Encapsulating understanding
Multiple technologies
Heterogeneous evolving models
Uncertainty about component quality
Solving a Problem
Reason to Trust the Answer
An Answer in Time
Dependability Challenge
Geographic Distribution
scientists, resources & instruments
Diverse: Organisations & Countries
Mobile: equipment, people & phenomena
Uncertainty about communication quality
Sustaining the Computation
Problem Detection & Recovery, Security, …
Reason to Trust System Dependability
Affordable
Make e-Science Trustworthy

12. Research & Development
This will take
more than 10 years
of Research & Development
Talks
Carole Goble,
Tom Rodden & Peter Buneman
Talks
Freddie Moran (IBM) & Dave Pearson (Oracle)

13. Official Opening Programme

14. Official Opening Programme

15. Official Opening Programme
11:10 AstroGrid and the Virtual Observatory Concept Dr Nicholas Walton
11:35 Grid-based on-line aeroengine diagnostics Prof Jim Austin
12:00 e-Science in Ireland Prof Jim Sexton
12:20 UNICORE: Seamless access to distributed resources Dr Dietmar Erwin
12:40 e-Science in Scandinavia Prof Anders Ynnerman