Enlighten Your Research travels around the world Leonie

Enlighten Your Research - travels around the world Leonie Schäfer (DFN) and Mary Hester (SURFnet) GÉANT Partner, User & Stakeholder Relations DI 4 R 2018, Lisbon www. geant. org 1 | www. geant. org

Enlighten Your Research (EYR) is a programme that • • • promotes the use of computer network resources fosters international collaborations accelerates the research and discovery process enhances the visibility for researcher’s projects and Serves as marketing instrument for NRENs EYR helps to build communities, develops use cases, and advocates around the R&E infrastructure www. geant. org

Enlighten Your Research - Multiple “Flavours” National program Global program Regional programs www. geant. org

EYR - General Programme Process 1) Submission of Initial Proposal (via Google Online Form) • Research Abstract • Aspirational needs 2) Review of proposals by Organising Partners • Short list of promising proposals 3) Final proposal Submission • Online form • PDF/Word template 4) Partners review final proposals to identify winners • Judging criteria: technical feasibility www. geant. org

Enlighten Your Research offers • “Free” resources for a defined duration of time • Provided by the participating NRENs • Network service(s) • Engineering support • Depending on the Programme Partners • Computing Hours (PRACE, PSNC and SURFsara) • Guidance to Open Data and Open Science (Open. AIRE) • Cultural heritage digitisation (PSNC) • Presentation platform at a conference • Travel support www. geant. org

EYR Challenges & Possible Outcomes • Expectations • Wide range of attractive proposals • Engaged researchers • NRENs interested to promote or to take up possible research results • How to reach the desired audience ? • Communication Strategies in Ea. P Countries and Asia differ from the European approach • NRENs are often not directly in contact with researchers www. geant. org

EYR India 2 Europe • Two Partners • GÉANT • NKN - National Knowledge Network connects over 1600+ research & education institutions in India • Main objectives • To bring EU / India user communities closer together • To further strengthen the partnership between NKN and GÉANT • To promote the newly established 10 G link between Mumbai and Amsterdam • To gain insights into the traffic stats of the new 10 G link • Timetable • Call for Proposals Open: January – April 2018 • Award Ceremony @ NKN Annual Conference in ~December 2018 www. geant. org

Two Award Winners Co. Sim: Cloud Crop Simulation • Partners: • • Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, (GBPUAT), India Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Ecosystem Modelling, Germany • Resources required: Improved Network Connectivity, Access to Satellite Data Orchestrating High Performance Computing (HPC) Based Web Services for Rapid Analytics : A Framework for Disaster Monitoring • Partners: • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, CSRE, Geo-Ccmputational Systems and Io. T Group, India • Geo. Labs, France • Resources required: Cloud Resources www. geant. org

Eastern Partnership - Ea. PConnect Scope € 13 M (95%) EU funding from DG NEAR, July 2015 to 2020 • Connectivity & equipment procurements • Service portfolio & competency growth • Knowledge transfer & outreach events Partners • • Beneficiaries: IIAP NA RA (Armenia), IIT of ANAS (Azerbaijan), UIIP NASB (Belarus), GRENA (Georgia), RENAM (Moldova) & URAN (Ukraine) Associates: AARNet, BREN, DFN, ESnet, GARR, LITNET, PSNC, Ro. Edu. Net, REANNZ EYR @ EAP • • 3 rd Eastern Partnership E-infrastructures Conference ( Ea. PEC 2018) in Chisinau, Moldova, 17 -18 October 2018 3 rd regional Enlighten Your Research call – record response with 30+ entries 9 | www. geant. org

EYR @ Ea. PConnet 2018 • 7 projects selected • Wide range of topics • • • Biomedical Imaging & Deep Learning High Energy Physics Tomography Environmental Management & Education Electro-Acoustic Music Composition & Artistic Research • Resources requested • Compute resources in collaboration with PRACE • Guidance on Open Data and Open Science with Open. AIRE • Cloud Resources • Timetable • Call for Proposals Open: February – March 2018 • Award Ceremony @ Ea. PEC 2018 Conference in October • Awarded Projects are implemented: December 2018 – December 2019 www. geant. org

Future of EYR • Strong Tendency to Regional EYRs • Latest edition: EYR South-America • Focused EYRs: Specialised Calls on • Cyber. Security • Use of Cloud Infrastructure Resources www. geant. org

Thank you Any questions? www. geant. org © GÉANT Association on behalf of the GN 4 Phase 2 project (GN 4 -2). The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 731122 (GN 4 -2). 12 | www. geant. org