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EGI-In. SPIRE EGI-Engage Competence Centres http: //www. egi. eu/news-and-media/newsfeed/news_2014_026. html Gergely Sipos EGI. eu EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 1 www. egi. eu

Our goals and agenda • Inform EGI networks about CC opportunity • Problem solving • Discuss potential CCs • Agenda: – Gergely: CC concept and call for EGI-Engage – Q&A – Voluntary CC presentations • Kostas/Eleni - Atmospheric Modelling CC (Amos-CC) • Ricardo - DIRAC technology oriented CC • Franck – Life Science/ELIXIR EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 2 www. egi. eu

https: //documents. egi. eu/document/2187 call EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 To. R template 3 www. egi. eu

EGI-Engage • Project proposal name: EGI-Engage • Duration: 2. 5 years (30 months) • Call: – WP 2014 -2015, EINFRA-1 topic, activity 6 • Expected start: 1. January 2015. • Maximum EC contribution: 8 m. Euro – For Competence Centres: approx. 2 m. Euro – CCs selected with an open call (DCC – the network of CCs selected for Engage) EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 4 www. egi. eu

EINFRA 1, action (6) “Support to the evolution of EGI (European Grid Infrastructure) towards a flexible compute/data infrastructure capable of federating and enabling the sharing of resources of any kind (public or private, grid or cloud, etc. ) in order to offer computing and storage services to the whole European scientific community. The proposal will address operations for supplying services (Iaa. S, Paa. S, Saa. S) at European level, engagement of and tailoring of services to new user communities and dissemination activities. “ EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 5 www. egi. eu

Competence Centres - goals • Ensure continued support to existing and prospective user communities – – – FET flagships and large-scale science-driven initiatives RIs, such as from the ESFRI roadmap and their ERICs. s r International DCI user communities se u e Industrial user communities (with European footprint) h t hby NGI teams) t i Long-tail of science No! (They will be reached w • Meet new user requirements by rk o s, w r of EGI platforms – Supporting technical development e s u. HTC) (core and/or cloud and/or e h adopting new ICT technologies t – testing, integrating and o t s k n • Facilitate the adoption of EGI services by i l e s – Integration of Virtual Research Environments o l C – Training and specialised support EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 6 www. egi. eu

Activities of a CC 1. Capture and define ICT requirements of research communities, and address them by using and/or extending EGI technologies (mandatory) 2. Test new technical solutions in testbeds (mandatory) 3. Test new technical solutions in pre-production (if applicable) 4. Define production requirements such as service levels, reporting, SLAs, etc. (if applicable) 5. Provide support and training (mandatory) Production operation and sustainability of services: outside of the CC EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 7 www. egi. eu

Types of CC • Science-oriented CC: – Works with one specific scientific discipline – Develops, provides custom services for bridging EGI and the community • Technology-oriented CC: – Works with multiple user communities from different scientific domains – Develops solutions that are applicable to all EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 8 www. egi. eu

CC workplans • Must consists of projects : E – 3 -12 month project (pathfinder) R I cts P S In proje – 13 -24 month project (lighthouse) I G am_ E n (Note: the CC itself can run for 30 month!) ts i Te _ l a c irtu e j o _V • Review of the CC, review ofnthe pr projects d i e i Fund m s _of_ • Size a ize rview s e – Funding per project: e v m O a / iki 120 k. E for lighthouse : spathfinder; r • 60 k. E for w / a e gi. eu y / E k i. eof projects total for training and support 0 k i 6 • : //+20% w s least 2 pathfinder OR 1 lighthouse per CC –ttp. At h – In-kind contributions are also expected from ‘associated partners’ (e. g. testbed providers) EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 9 www. egi. eu

Rules of participation • Eligibility and admissibility rules of H 2020 EINFRA 1 apply – Users • Represented by 1/more organisations (e. g. ERIC) – Service providers (existing/prospective) • must be associated to a JRU (NGI) and participate in the council. ( fee applies) – Technology providers • must have at least an Mo. U with EGI – Associated partners • Self-funded EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 10 www. egi. eu

Review of CCs • Review of the CC and its individual projects • Criteria: – Excellence – Impact – Quality and efficiency of implementation EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 11 www. egi. eu

EGI-In. SPIRE Preparation of CC proposals EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 12 www. egi. eu

Available for CCs • Infrastructure resources through e-GRANT • Wiki, email list, document server, webex – Request through ucst@egi. eu • 1 -on-1 CC proposal consultancy: – Gergely Sipos – Tiziana Ferrari EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 13 www. egi. eu

Known interests • Shared Excel sheet https: //docs. google. com/spreadsheets/d/1 u 37 sn. PBu. PJFZdf. Oa 9 MCo. SDm 9 Y 4 B_b 2 V 2 d 8 F 585 IL 2 M/edit? usp=sharing • Presentations in Helsinki: https: //indico. egi. eu/indico/conference. Display. py? conf. Id=2125 – CMMST, EISCAT-3 D, Life. Watch, Structural Biology and INSTRUCT, EPOS, ELIXIR, Regional atmospheric models and observations + interest presentations from OSG, AP, Dutch e. SC EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 14 www. egi. eu

Timeline • 4 th of July: – Deadline for submitting CC proposals • July: – Review by an EGI. eu committee – Selection of CCs and their projects • August: – Finalise the accepted CC proposals – Merge into the EGI-Engage proposal • 2 nd of September: – EINFRA 1 deadline EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 15 www. egi. eu

New: ESFRIs prioritised 26 th May, 2014: – http: //ec. europa. eu/research/infrastructures/index_en. cfm? pg=esfri 1. Priorities & ready for immediate action for member states: 2. 3. 4. d e r – EPOS, ELIXIR and the European Spallation Source e d s i s Additional project recommended for support onto member RI states: c F SSKA, CLARIN and e. ELI, CTA, – ECCSEL, EISCAT-3 D, EMSO, BBMRI, E b ld with DARIAH u o h g srequire n Implemented projects that additional support i s g e a Social Survey ti the n. European g i – CESSDA, SHARE and r o ne i r p e RIs that can be linked together to deliver Potential for distributed e h s w for greater scientific impact: e services I h integrated G T E – in biomedical by research: INFRAFRONTIER, EATRIS and ECRIN - 2 – in environmental research EURO-ARGO, IAGOS, ICOS and LIFEWATCH EGI-In. SPIRE RI-261323 16 www. egi. eu

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