1. Information Technology Research Areas Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Data acquisition and filteringComputing platforms, data analysis, simulationData storage and long-term data preservationCompute provisioning (cloud) Data analytics Networks Medical applications

2. Who we are involving Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab New partners

3. New professional profiles Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab Multicore CPU programming, graphical processors (GPU), multithreaded software Software & Computing Engineers Data analysis platforms, statistics, mathematics, data visualization, monitoring, security, etc. Data Scientists Applications of physics to medical research (hadron therapy, etc.), simulation software Multidisciplinary applications

4. A Solid Educational Program › At CERN  Regular workshops  Special workshops and lectures  Requirements workshops  Training courses on hardware platforms,  Parallel programming, etc. › Outside the lab:  CERN School of Computing in Nicosia (August 2013)  Thematic CSC in Split (June 2013) › ISEF Winners Program › Summer student program › The ICE-DIP project Programs is highly structured, with different tiers and specializations – students, young researchers, professional researchers and experts - including summer student lectures as well as numerous invited talks at CERN Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

5. Started February 2013 Recruited 5 fellows Model can be extended next year to other areas (e.g. data analytics) Centre of Excellence? Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

6.  EU openlab (temporary codename)  EINFRA-5-2014: Centres of Excellence for computing applications  http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/po rtal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/2 143-einfra-5-2015.html http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/po rtal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/2 143-einfra-5-2015.html  Deadline 14 Jan 2015 Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

7.  Establishing a limited number of Centres of Excellence (CoE) is necessary to ensure EU competitiveness in the application of HPC for addressing scientific, industrial or societal challenges Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

9.  Community-driven at the level of governance  Application communities looking for expertise and short-term prototyping resources  Diverse scientific domains as represented by the different labs  Open to research and industry users Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

10.  Provision of Technical expertise from labs and industry members Access to technology Short-term computing and data services (at prototype level Definition of paths to move from prototypes to production scenarios with professional service/technology providers Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

11.  Expert training  Thematic workshops across scientific domains  Exploit existing training/educational activities  Close collaboration with universities to structure focused academic programs Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab

12.  Initial pre-incubation support for innovative ideas Technical and business aspects Identify opportunities for further support from venture capital funds Alberto Di Meglio – CERN openlab