1. ROSCOE Robust Scientific Communities for EGI
C. Loomis — Lyon, France — 14 October 2009

2. Contents Context Aim of the Project Scientific Communities Fact Sheet
Work Program
EGI Landscape
Conclusions

3. Past, Present & Future
Current grid infrastructure is the result of many projects:
EDG, EGEE, EGEE-II, EGEE-III
WLCG, NDGF, CrossGrid, SEE-GRID, ...
VOs: 160+ Users:

4. Indispensable Scientific Platforms
Smooth transition!
Operations:
Continuous services
“No” API/MW changes
No data loss
User communities:
Accept more responsibility
Better overall coordination
Prepare for transition

5. Aim of the Project Develop robust scientific communities for EGI!
EGI itself cannot directly support the full user community (even with a large amount of help from the NGIs).
EGI will not have the expertise to help users with domain-specific applications, techniques, and data sets.
EGI cannot safeguard the expertise developed within communities.
For EGI to work, mature user communities must be as self-reliant and self-supporting as possible, leaving resources to new communities and new users.

6. EGI-User Interaction
User community and support services organized into series of Specialized Support Centers (SSCs).
Generic support: Training, application porting, ...
Support SSCs, Horizontal SSCs, Generic SSCs
Domain-specific support: HEP, LS, ...
Scientific SSCs, Vertical SSCs
Virtual Research Communities (VRCs)

7. VRC Goals
VRC must be a central, long-lived hub for grid activities within a given scientific community.
Increase number of active users in the community
Promote use of grid technologies within the community
Encourage cooperation within the community
Safeguard grid knowledge and the expertise of the community
Develop scientific collaboration within and between communities

8. VRCs in ROSCOE Mature communities: High-Energy Physics Life Sciences
Comp. Chem. and Material Science Tech.
Grid Observatory
“New” communities:
Photon Science
Complexity Science
Humanitites

9. Fact Sheet Planned start: June 2010 Duration: 36 months
55 partners, 14 (funded) countries
8.5 (28) M€ EC (Total) cost
I3 Project
Networking Activities
Service Activities
Joint Research Activities
France
Switzerland
Czech Republic
Germany
Spain
Finland
Greece
Israel
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
United Kingdom

10. Networking Activities (NA)
Improve the collaboration within the project and within the communities.
NA1: Project Coordination
NA2: SSC (VRC) Coordination
NA3: Dissemination & Training

11. Service Activities (SA)
Lower the barrier for using the grid.
SA1: User Support
SA2: Scientific Gateways
SA3: Targeted Application Porting

12. Joint Research Activities (JRA)
Invest in improvements to the grid’s capabilities.
JRA1: Data Management Evolution
JRA2: Contributions to Sustainable Operations

13. EGI Landscape EGI-InSPIRE: Core EGI proposal for grid “operations”.
CUE: Dissemination, training, and business outreach.
TAPAS: Application porting support.
SAFE: Astronomy, astrophysics, fusion, earth science
ROSCOE: HEP, LS, CCMST, GO, PS, CS, H
EMI: gLite, ARC, and UNICORE middlewares
EGI-SGI: Science gateway initiative

14. Future Short term: Technical work plan coming together.
Need to work on political/socio-economic areas of proposal.
Overlaps between projects are a concern.
Medium term:
See how EGEE-III NA4 activities can help transition.
Long term:
Stable VRCs and solid management, logistical support in EGI