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Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Introduction EGEE/EGEE-II transition meeting Bob Jones, EGEE-II Project Director CERN [email protected] www.eu-egee.org EGEE-II INFSO-RI-031688 Agenda - Wednesday Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Wednesday 12 April 2006 9:00 Wednesday morning 9:00 Introduction and presentation of the Project Bob Jones 9:30 EGEE-II reporting procedures Anna Cook & Dita Mocova 10:15 Coffee Break in 600-R-017 10:45 Presentation of the PPT tool, time sheets and cost claims Katarzyna Pokorska & Dita Mocova 11:30 Registration Procedures, computer accounts, access to CERN Karin Burghauser & Marie-Laure Bourgeois-Schutz 12:00 Lunch 14:00 Wednesday afternoon 14:00 Technical and managerial reporting procedures, requirements and tools Anna Cook 14:30 Presentation of templates and supporting documents Anna Cook & Alistair Mills 15:00 Project dissemination and procedures Owen Appleton 15:20 15:50 Coffee Break in 600-R-017 Presentation of the EDMS interface and functionalities 17:30 EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 David Widegren (EDMS group) Aperitif in Restaurant 2 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 2 Agenda – Thursday Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Thursday 13 April 2006 9:00 Thursday morning 9:00 EGEE Programme of Work Bob Jones 9:30 Technical Overview Erwin Laure 10:00 SA1 – Grid operations Ian Bird 10:30 Coffee Break in 600-R-017 11:00 SA2 – Network provisioning Mathieu Goutelle 11:15 SA3 – Middleware integration Markus Schultz 11:45 JRA1 – Middleware re-engineering Claudio Grandi 12:15 Lunch 14:00 Thursday afternoon 14:00 NA3 - Training Malcolm Atkinson/ David Fergusson 14:15 NA4 – Application support Cal Loomis 15:00 NA2 – Dissemination & outreach Hannelore Hämmerle 15:15 Coffee Break in 600-R-017 15:45 JRA2 - Quality Assurance and Security Gabriel Zaquine 16:10 NA5 – Policy and cooperation Fotis Karayannis 16:30 Related Projects Dieter Kranzlmueller 17:00 Discussions EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 3 The EGEE project Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • EGEE – 1 April 2004 – 31 March 2006 – 71 partners in 27 countries, federated in regional Grids • EGEE-II – 1 April 2006 – 31 March 2008 – 91 partners in 32 countries – 13 Federations • Objectives – Large-scale, production-quality infrastructure for e-Science – Attracting new resources and users from industry as well as science – Improving and maintaining “gLite” Grid middleware EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 4 EGEE Mission Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • Infrastructure – Manage and operate production Grid for European Research Area – Interoperate with e-Infrastructure projects around the globe – Contribute to Grid standardisation efforts • Support applications from diverse communities – – – – – – – – – – • Astrophysics Computational Chemistry Earth Sciences Finance Fusion Geophysics High Energy Physics Life Sciences Multimedia … Business – Forge links with the full spectrum of interested business partners + Disseminate knowledge about the Grid through training + Prepare for sustainable European Grid Infrastructure EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 5 A global, federated e-Infrastructure Enabling Grids for E-sciencE BalticGrid NAREGI SEE-GRID OSG EUChinaGrid EUMedGrid EUIndiaGrid EELA EGEE infrastructure ~ 200 sites in 39 countries ~ 20 000 CPUs > 5 PB storage > 10 000 concurrent jobs per day > 60 Virtual Organisations EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 6 EGEE – What do we deliver? Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • Infrastructure operation – Currently includes >200 sites across 39 countries – Continuous monitoring of grid services in a distributed global infrastructure – Automated site configuration/management • Middleware – Production quality middleware distributed under business friendly open source licence • User Support - Managed process from first contact through to production usage – – – – – • Training Documentation Expertise in grid-enabling applications Online helpdesk Networking events (User Forum, Conferences etc.) Future – Expand on interoperability with related infrastructures EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 7 Related EU projects Enabling Grids for E-sciencE ISSeG GRID EU BEinGRID Diligent A DIgital Library Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 8 Industry and EGEE-II Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • Industry Task Force – Group of industry partners in the project – Links related industry projects (NESSI, BEinGRID, …) – Works with EGEE’s Technical Coordination Group • Collaboration with CERN openlab project – IT industry partnerships for hardware and software development • EGEE Business Associates (EBA) – Companies sponsoring work on joint-interest subjects • Technical developments & Transfer of know-how and services to industry • Business modelling • Exploitation strategies & Market Surveys • Industry Forum – Led by Industry to improve Grid take-up in Industry – Organises industry events and disseminates grid information Next event: Paris 27th April http://www.eu-egee.org/events/industryday/first-egee-industry-day/ Further events across Europe are being planned EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 9 Key EGEE documents Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • Contract with the European Commission – Description of Work (i.e. technical programme of work) is annex to the contract • Consortium Agreement The operation of the consortium and work of the project is governed by these documents EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 10 Management structure Enabling Grids for E-sciencE 1 rep. / partner Meets annually Elects PMB 1 rep. / fed. Meets quarterly Project resource & strategy issues PMB interacts with reports to CB recommends to 3 external advisors reviewers at rehearsals EAC 1 rep / activity Weekly phone conf Day-to-day issues CB EAC EU PD PD assists assists Supports Proj Mgmt report to Activities (NA1-5, SA1-3, JRA1-2) PEB PMB PO AFC PO assists AFC PEB advises Collaboration Board External Advisory Committee European Union Project Director INFSO-RI-508833 EU 1 rep. / fed. Admin/reporting issues Project Execution Board Project Management Board Project Office Administrative Fed. Committee EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 11 Project Management Board (PMB) Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Members Alternates Federations W. von Rüden F. Hemmer CERN G. Wormser, IN2P3/CNRS J.l. Archimbaud, UREC-CNRS France R. Middleton CCLRC N. Geddes, CCLRC Ireland, UK M. Kunze, FZK MC Sawley CSCS Germany, Switzerland M. Mazzucato, INFN Padova G. Maggi, INFN Italy CEGC Chair (rotating): L. Matyska, CESNET I. Maric (6 months rotation) Central-Europe (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) Per Öster, KTH Jack Koester, UiB Northern (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands) F. Karayannis, GRNET Rotating alternate South-East (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey) M. Delfino, PIC J. Salt South-West (Spain, Portugal) V. Ilyin, SINP MSU A. Kryukov, SINP MSU Russia A. Blatecky, RENCI M. Livny, UWISCON USA E. Valente, GARR K. Ullmann, DFN EU-NRENS L. Robertson, CERN C. Eck, CERN LCG (non-voting member) S. Lin, ASGC J. Lee, KISTI Eric Yen (2nd alternate) (ASGC) ASIA INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 12 Project Execution Board (PEB) Enabling Grids for E-sciencE NA1 Project Director Deputy Technical Director Secretary R. Jones D. Kranzlmueller E. Laure K. Gunne NA2 Dissemination, Outreach and Communication Manager Alternate H. Hammerle O. Appleton NA3 Training & Induction Manager TBC NA4 Applications, Identification & Support Manager Alternate C.Loomis NA5 Policy and International Cooperation Manager TBC SA1 Grid Operations, Support and Management Manager Alternate I. Bird M. Barroso-Lopez SA2 Networking Support Manager Alternate M. Goutelle J.P Gautier SA3 Integration, Testing and Certification Alternate M. Schulz L. Field JRA1 Middleware Re-engineering Manager Alternate C. Grandi J. White JRA2 Quality Assurance Manager Security Manager Alternate G. Zaquine A. Edlund D. Kelsey INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 13 Admin Federation Committee (AFM) Enabling Grids for E-sciencE Federations Administrative Contacts CERN A. Cook, D. Mocova Central Europe (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia) M. Polak France C. Bosaro Germany and Switzerland M. Kunze Ireland and the United Kingdom R. Middleton Italy G. Maggi Northern Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden) Russia A. van Rijn V. Ilyin South-East Europe (Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia & Montenegro, Turkey) A. Loukakou South-West Europe (Portugal, Spain) M.C. Porto NRENS (National Research and Education Networks) E. Valente United States Asia INFSO-RI-508833 M. Livny TBC EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 14 EGEE-II Project Office Enabling Grids for E-sciencE – – – – – – – – – – – – – Bob Jones – Project Director Dieter Kranzlmueller – Deputy Project Director (until July’06) Erwin Laure – Technical Director Kristina Gunne – Directors’ Assistant Anna Cook – Project Secretary Dita Mocova – Finance Officer Karin Burghauser – User registration and related projects Marie-Laure Bourgeois-Schutz – User registration and web admin Frank Harris – Network activities coordination Hannelore Hämmerle – NA2 activity manager Owen Appleton – NA2 Jo Lawson – NA5 Florida Estrella Cainglet, Roberta Faggian Marque - Related projects – Yari Estublier - Intern EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 15 Sustainability: Beyond EGEE-II Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • Need to prepare for permanent Grid infrastructure – – – – Maintain Europe’s leading position in global science Grids Ensure a reliable and adaptive support for all sciences Independent of project funding cycles Modelled on success of GÉANT Infrastructure managed in collaboration with national grid initiatives Sustainable e-Infrastructure EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 16 Important EGEE-II events Enabling Grids for E-sciencE 1 April 2006 EGEE-II start 27 April 2006 Industry day (Paris) 23-24 May 2006 EGEE final review (CERN) 25-29 Sept 2006 1st Project Conference (Geneva) Q1 2007 1st User Forum event May 2007 EGEE-II periodic review Autumn 2007 2nd Project Conference Q1 2008 2nd User Forum event 31st March 2008 EGEE-II completion May 2008 EGEE-II final review EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 Partners can bid to host these events Need rehearsals Prepare organisation to manage sustainable infrastructure EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 17 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE’06 Conference • EGEE’06 – Capitalising on e-infrastructures – – – – Demos Related Projects Industry International community (UN organisations in Geneva etc.) • 25-29 September 2006 • Geneva, Switzerland • Registration will start by the end of April! http://www.cern.ch/egee-intranet/conferences/EGEE06 EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 18 Summary Enabling Grids for E-sciencE • EGEE Infrastructure – world’s largest multi-science production grid service • EGEE-II is the opportunity to expand on this existing base both in terms of scale and usage • Use this transition meeting as the occasion to meet your fellow partners and clarify any grey areas in the programme of work • Need to prepare the long-term – EGEE, related projects, national grid initiatives and user communities are working to define a model for a sustainable grid infrastructure that is independent of project cycles EGEE-II-INFSO-RI-031688 EGEE-EGEE II Transition Meeting 12 April 2006 19