1. Introducing Belgium as an EGI partner
NGI-NOAD Webinar
Introducing Belgium as an EGI partner

2. Belgian landscape overview
Two regional e-infrastructures :
Vlaamse Supercomputer Centrum (VSC) for Flanders ( )
Consortium des Equipements de Calcul Intensif (CÉCI) for Wallonia ( )
Both have similarities :
Organized as federations of sites managed by universities
High-broadband fiber networks provided by BELNET linking sites
Focus on High Performance Computing
High level of integration through common facilities :
Shared GPFS filesystems for distribution of users’ files and data and of software
Centralized management of users’ accounts
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BEgrid :
promoted by BELSPO (the Belgian Office for Science Policy)
Has its own infrastructure delivering grid and cloud resources as well as support

3. Belgian NGI Liaisons’ goals and activities
Belgian NILs :
Stéphane Gérard (VUB, VSC)
Dr. Olivier Devroede (VUB)
Goals :
Build bridges between Belgian projects/e-infrastructures and EGI
Promote grid and cloud computing
Increase the visibility of BEgrid
Activities :
New BEgrid website coming soon
Update of BEgrid wiki (technical documentation for end-users)
Writing new training material about grid computing
Hands-on “Introduction to grid computing” planned for the end of this year
Meetings planned with people from University of Ghent who are building the VSC Tier-1 level cloud about the opportunity to join the FedCloud
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4. Collaboration with Belgian NOAD(s)
We are constantly seeking to reach out new users, especially from outside of physics. In this context, collaboration with NOAD(s) would help us in growing our network so that we could gain in visibility.
We would like to understand how we can help and start collaborating with our NOAD colleagues.