1. AAA/SWITCH Overview Christoph Witzig christoph.witzig@switch.ch

2. © 2010 SWITCH 2AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Outline Introduction: –AAA/SWITCH - e-Infrastructure for e-Science Where are we today? –Current project status Where are we going? –Changes and important dates for 2010 Where do I find more information?

3. © 2010 SWITCH 3AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 e-Infrastructure for e-Science (1/4) Good infrastructure offer competitive advantages… … particularly if users can use it for a long time

4. © 2010 SWITCH 4AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 e-Infrastructure for e-Science (2/4) Purpose of SWITCH foundation is to enable e-infrastructure for research and education –Network, Mobile, AAI, … Purpose of AAA/SWITCH is to enable key components of an e-infrastructure in the area of –“the third A” of AAI: accounting, auditing, assurance levels,… – e-Learning – Grid – support for virtual organizations e-infrastructures components are used through services by the user

5. © 2010 SWITCH 5AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 e-Infrastructure for e-Science (3/4) Key criteria for AAA/SWITCH projects: –Applicability –Benefit for the user –Innovation –Sustainability Evaluation of the projects: –4 criterias given above –Matching funds –Project management

6. © 2010 SWITCH 6AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 e-Infrastructure for e-Science (4/4) AAA/SWITCH covers all three types of universities in Switzerland –Cantonal universities –Institutions of the ETH domain –Universities of Applied Sciences Why AAA/SWITCH Info Day? All stakeholders are offering services within the academic sector Use of common infrastructure components Networking and information exchange between stakeholders Between institutions Between participants of AAA/SWITCH projects Within institutions for present and future projects

7. © 2010 SWITCH 7AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Outline Introduction: –AAA/SWITCH - e-Infrastructure for e-Science Where are we today? –Current project status Where are we going? –Changes and important dates for 2010 Where do I find more information?

8. © 2010 SWITCH 8AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Funding Kantonale Universitäten ETH Bereich Fachhoch- schulen Uni Projekte4.72501.0 Wettbewerb1.6752.41.0 SWITCH1.60.60.5 Total8.03.02.5 Note: Federal cuts may lower available funding

9. © 2010 SWITCH 9AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Projects Project list available at http://www.switch.ch/aaa/projectshttp://www.switch.ch/aaa/projects DomainProjectsCompleted AAA82 Grid120 eLearning195 VO31 Total428

10. © 2010 SWITCH 10AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 AAA AAA = “the third A” of AAI: accounting, auditing, assurance levels,… AMAAIS: general monitoring and accounting for AAI (UZH.6) AAI and printing: –Uni Bern: finished project –AMAAIS printing use-case –Cindos: UniLU Exchange performance data: (ETHZ.2) SOA support for administration of master study program (UniFR) AAA projects at UniL: –Assurance levels, group management –AAI Portal delegation use-case (Underlined projects will be presented later in the day)

11. © 2010 SWITCH 11AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 e-Learning Online exams –SIOUX, SEB, E-OSCE –Quality Assessment of online exams (UNISG.1/2) Handling of multi-media data –Access and exchange (ETHZ.4, UniGE.2) –Recording and handling of lectures / online videos (UniGE.3, ZFH.1) Digital copyright for e-Learning Moodle extensions –Sharepoint-Moodle platform, Moodle SMS Gateway, GISMO

12. © 2010 SWITCH 12AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Grid Inter-institutional Grids –Swiss Multi-Science Computing Grid (UZH.2) –Virtual EZ-Grid (HES-SO.1) Access to Grids through portals –USI.3, UZH.7 Campus Grids –EPFL, USI, UniL, UZH  EPFL.1, USI.1, USI.4, UNIL.1, UZH.1

13. © 2010 SWITCH 13AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Support for Virtual Organizations Overview of VO Tools –SUPSI ShanghAI: UZH B-Fabric SWITCH started to develop a generic AAI-based VO platform upon which various VO tools can be built

14. © 2010 SWITCH 14AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Outline Introduction: –AAA/SWITCH - e-Infrastructure for e-Science Where are we today? –Current project status Where are we going? –Changes and important dates for 2010 Where do I find more information?

15. © 2010 SWITCH 15AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Important dates for 2010 Competitive bids: –Spring: March 31, 2010 –Fall: Sept 30, 2010 –Please make sure that you  Inform contact person/SWITCH early if you intend to submit a proposal  Submit a very advanced draft to the contact person / SWITCH two weeks before the deadline For contact persons: –Spring/fall meeting with SWITCH

16. © 2010 SWITCH 16AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 Extension of AAA/SWITCH beyond 2011? SUC co-operation projects are scheduled within the period 2008-2011 SUC decided to adjust this four-year cycle to the congressional cycle Consequence: Existing SUC co-operation projects can –Terminate as planned by 31.12.2011 –Extend for one year until 31.12.2012 –Extend with additional funding until 31.12.2012 Decision: fall 2010

17. © 2010 SWITCH 17AAA/SWITCH Info Day January 13, 2010 AAA/SWITCH: Staying Informed –Website: http://www.switch.ch/aaahttp://www.switch.ch/aaa –Contact: aaa@switch.chaaa@switch.ch  Petra Kauer-Ott  Christoph Witzig –General announcements:  aaa-announce@switch.ch : low volume mailing list for general announcements for the general public, register on the AAA website aaa-announce@switch.ch