1. 119 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT National Institute for Nuclear Physics and High Energy Physics Coordinates all (experimental) subatomic physics research in The Netherlands.

2. 219 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT Collaboration of –Dutch Funding Agency for Physics research (FOM) and –four universities: VU Amsterdam, U.ofAmsterdam, Utrecht, Nijmegen Research program: –CERN LHC (ATLAS, ALICE, LHCb) –DESY HERA (ZEUS, HERMES, HeraB) –USA: FNAL (D0), SLAC (Babar), RHIC (STAR) –ANTARES neutrinodetector (Mediterranean) –Theory

3. 319 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT Some figures (2003): 245 fte, 115 scientists, 130 technical and support staff (most of them at the Sciencepark location); large technical groups: –mechanical engineering and workshop: 43 fte –electronics: 35 fte –computing: 19 fte running budget: 15,7 million euro; investments: 1,0 million euro;

4. 419 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT Other organizations at the Sciencepark SARA: computing and networking services; University of Amsterdam, science faculty (including computer science); CWI: center for mathematics and computer science; AMOLF: atomic and molecular physics SMEs (‘Matrix-buildings’) AMS-IX … offering many opportunities for collaboration.

5. 519 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT Amsterdam Internet Exchange Housing services –Access control –Power- and cooling infrastructure –Hands-on assistance 156 members –Telecom operators –ISPs –(about 50% at NIKHEF) Large exchange –12 Gb/sec average Sciencepark

6. 619 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT Grid activities: –DutchGrid (www.dutchgrid.nl) NL-platform for large-scale distributed computing provides authentication services to the DutchGrid community –EDG: European DataGrid project (2001-2003) fabric management, testbed, application NL partners: SARA, KNMI (earth observation) –EU DataTAG (2002-2003) Network research, large-scale intercontinental testbed for data-intensive Grids NL partner: University of Amsterdam –NCF (National Computing Facilities) grid investments (2002-2004) partners: SARA, ASCI (Research School for Computer Science), ASTRON –pending proposals: NL: virtual laboratory for e-science (VL-E): 2004-2007 EU: enabling grids and e-science in Europe (EGEE): 2004-2007 … all aimed at positioning NIKHEF for LCG

7. 719 May 2003HEPiX/HEPNT To conclude … - NIKHEF is proud to host HEPiX/HEPNT - wish all (64) participants a fruitful workshop - enjoy Amsterdam (but beware …) Hope to see you again at some other occasion at Sciencepark Amsterdam.