1. www.eu-eela.eu E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America Creating and operating a Grid infrastructure: a use case from Europe & Latin America Bernard M. Marechal EELA-2 Project Coordinator CETA-CIEMAT (Madrid - Spain) & UFRJ (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) Philippe Gavillet EELA-2 Deputy Project Coordinator CETA-CIEMAT (Madrid - Spain) & CERN WSIS’08 - ICT / e-Science 21.05.2008 (3 rd Facilitation Meeting on Action Line C7 e-Science)

2. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 2 KEY WORDS Grid: Multi-CPU Computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing with large storage capabilities e-Infrastructure: Distributed Grid infrastructure e-Science: Global collaborative scientific research, usually based on an e-Infrastructure JRU: Joint Research Unit NGI: National Grid Initiative

3. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 3 MOTIVATIONS, PROBLEM AREA EELA (E-infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America) under FP6www.eu-eela.orgwww.eu-eela.org –Bridge consolidated e-Infrastructures in Europe and emerging ones in Latin America –Create and operate a transcontinental Grid infrastructure –Address cost-effectively regional problems –Enhance Research in developing counties EELA-2 (E-science grid facility for Europe and Latin America) under FP7www.eu-eela.euwww.eu-eela.eu –Set up a high capacity, production quality, scalable Grid Facility –Ensure round-the-clock, worldwide access to distributed computing and storage resources –Support a wide spectrum of applications for both European and Latin American scientific communities

4. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES EELA –Aim at building a Latin American e-Infrastructure at the level of European standard –Focus on e-Science-related applications, profiting from a stable, performant networking infrastructure (RedCLARA & GÉANT) –Disseminate the Grid culture (Decision makers) and train local communities of all kinds (Users, System Administrators) EELA-2 –Provide empowered Grid facility with versatile services fulfilling all application requirements –Ensure long-term sustainability of the e-Infrastructure beyond the term of the project (from 2010 onward)

5. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 5 RESEARCH APPROACH EELA –Establish scientific network –Enlarge and train (hands-on workshops) communities –Establish a pilot Grid supporting proof-of-concept applications –Close collaboration with other EC funded projects –Grid Cluster deployment, definition and enforcement of operational schemes and policies EELA-2 –Expand the current EELA infrastructure –Provide the full set of Grid Services needed by all types of applications –Collaborate with NRENs and create Regional Operation Centres –Support actively the creation of National Grid Initiatives (NGI)

6. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 6 MAJOR OUTCOMES / RESULTS EELA –Provide European researchers early access to a new, well-supported e-Infrastructure and enable them to speed up the processing of scientific data –Strengthen scientific communities in Europe and Latin America –Successful building of a reliable and almost “production quality” e- Infrastructure in Latin America –Grid technology skills acquired to autonomously support the Latin American Grid on the long term –Entrance and consolidation of Latin American communities in worldwide collaborations –Amplification of the e-Infrastructures relevance, blazing the trail towards Latin American e-Science initiatives and/or NGIs

7. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 7 EELA-2 COUNTRIES / RESOURCES France Ireland Italy Portugal Spain Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia CLARA (International) Cuba Ecuador Mexico Peru Venezuela 14 Countries 16 Partners (9 JRUs) 53 Members

8. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 8 EELA in numbers –21 partners from 10 countries (7 in Latin America and 3 in Europe), including 2 international organisations (CERN and CLARA) –EC support: 1.7 MEuro for 2 years –Additional CIEMAT funds (400 KEuro) for Latin America –4 Work Packages (Management; Pilot Test-bed operation and support; Support of applications; Dissemination activities) –1700 CPUs; 500,000 jobs successfully executed, i.e. 500 CPUs.year delivered to EELA users –15 applications deployed on the EELA infrastructure –18 tutorials (about 700 participants enrolled, i.e. 2000 participants.day) –2 EELA Grid schools (Concept of Stand-alone Grid; 30 students deployed 12 applications in 2 X 10 days)

9. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 9 EELA-2 in numbers –16 JRU-type partners (6 from Europe, 9 from LA and 1 International Institution CLARA) in 14 countries (5 from Europe, 9 from Latin America) –53 institutions, most of them clustered in 9 Joint Research Units (JRU) –EC support of about 2.1 MEuro (+ 300 KEuro from CIEMAT) –6 Activities (Management, Dissemination and training; Application support; Infrastructures services; Network resource provision; Development of services for applications and infrastructure) –30 Resource Centres; 3000 computing nodes; 700 TB of storag –Foreseen growth over the project duration: 20 % in computing and 15% in storage –About 50 applications selected (Biomedical, High Energy Physics, Earth Sciences, Climate, e-Learning, e-Government, e-Industry)

10. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 10 SURVEY: APPLICATION DOMAINS Biomedicine: 45% HEP: 14% Earth Sciences: 14%

11. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 11 SURVEY: APPLICATIONS PER COUNTRY BR: 29% ES: 27% CL: 8% AR=FR=MX=PT: 6%

12. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 12 SURVEY: POTENTIAL IMPACTS (1) Scientific: –Consensus that the Grid model is (will be) useful and should open new perspectives for Applications. Social: –Half of Applications will have positive outcomes socially  Biomedicine:  HEP: It induces social benefits, but delayed beyond the project time scale (e.g. Hadron therapy)  Earth Sciences:  Comment: Running Biomedicine & Earth sciences Applications on EELA-2 will substantially contribute to enhance their socially useful results (higher accuracy of predictions, diagnosis, rates)

13. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 13 SURVEY: POTENTIAL IMPACTS (2) Industry: –A rather large fraction of Applications is claimed to induce Industry spin- offs. Arguments are:  Biomedicine Induce better medical methods for observation, diagnosis, therapy / new tools General feeling: By nature results should interest industry, but no clear link yet  HEP: Grid boosts simulation studies, leading to more efficient detector R&D in collaboration with Industry.  Earth Sciences: Enhance forecasts (seismic, weather,..) for agriculture, industry activities  Comments: In fact, basically NO industry sector concerned by EELA-2 Applications is currently using a Grid model. Studies are outsourced to University teams (through University-Industry contract) which use a Grid for higher efficiency (faster, more accurate results) Challenge is to get Industry (especially SMEs) to use the EELA Grid.

14. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 14 CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK –EELA was a success, recognized by the highest EC ranking –EELA drastically changed the perspectives about e-Science in Latin America –The mature grid empowered EELA Test-bed improved scientific collaborations between European and Latin American scientists –EELA-2 was recently presented at IST-Africa’08 (7-9 May 2008) with interesting exchanges: –EELA know-how could perfectly be “exported” through its powerful, comprehensive Training program (e.g. Grid Schools)  EELA-2 is willing to share resources and knowledge with other institutions from other countries  New collaboration is usually established via MoU

15. www.eu-eela.eu UNESCO - WSIS’ 08 (ICT / e-Science) - Geneva 21.05.2008 15 Thank you for your attention Marechal@if.ufrj.br Philippe.Gavillet@cern.ch