Directors’ ForumNWeS Centre

Malcolm Atkinson

Director e-Science Institute & e-Science Envoy

www.nesc.ac.uk12th April 2007

“Action this day” (from July 2006)

Develop the common goalsIdentify urgent & achievable priorities

Strengthen the alliancesCentres OMII-UK NGS …

Integrate effortCommit to collaboration

Within the UKInternationally

Focus on Concepts and MethodsThen technology should follow & support

E-Science

E-Science is the systematic development of methods using advanced informatics to enable better research.

E-Science: Three Elements

Research projects applying e-Science methods

Research advancing e-Science methods and pioneering new technology to enable them

Investment in support that helps researchers benefit from e-Science.

Today’s Challenges

Establishing a Strategy at SAT

Sustaining the Synergy & Alliances

Finding Resources

Flying the Flag of e-Science

Producing evidence of value

Our place in Europe - home of UK NGI

Support Synergy> Five Years of Successful e-Science

Three Significant Strengths EstablishedTheir synergy is vital

Support of Communities & Breadth of Applications

Research Projects e-Infrastructureinnovation

Slides from EPSRC SAT meeting Edinburgh 27th March 2007

Changes Expected

Ubiquitous & mobile computingWeb2.0 effectsIndustry effectsGrowth in breadth of applications

All EPSRC disciplines

Increase in uptakeInternational collaboration

Leading to Integration

All scales of researchIndividual to global team

All scales of computationComputational mites to HECToR

All scales of dataEarth observation to a single field observation

All time scalesDecades of observation to quick experiment

Public and private science

Winning strategies

Being more adept atFinding information and partnersAssembling and supporting a research teamAssimilating ideas and methodsAdapting and integrating methods for the research goalDelivering supporting evidence for publication or patent faster

Depends onNetworks, Education & UK critical mass

Action needed

Encourage interdisciplinary researchInvest in Research in e-Science

MethodsTechnology that enables methodsSystematic & transferable

Support EPSRC researchersTo adopt e-Science methodsWith economic and suitable e-Infrastructure

Interdisciplinarity

How do we support it?How do we encourage it?How do we recognise it?

E-Science Innovation

How do we stimulate the invention of new methods?How do we demonstrate their value?How do we create the technology that enables them?

Support for e-Science

What support is needed?How do we support researchers adopting new methods?How do we support e-Infrastructure?How do we persuade others to collaborate towards the e-Infrastructure the UK researchers need?

Evidence of Value

How do we measure the value of e-Science?

How do we show the value of sharing?

Endangered Species?

Do computing science researchers need protection?

Resources

Where can we find resources?How much can we find through alliances?What proportion should we allocate to each goal?

Discussion

Malcolm’s Model - take 1

eSCP5py

Other RCs~5py

Research>5py

Researchdrivers

e-Science Methods Research

e-Infrastructuresupport

JISC~5py

~2

~3

~5

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~2?

~1

~5

~6

~2

>5

EPSRC ICT~2py

NGS & NGI

S/W & data

OTE &Consulting

Decisions

Action on SC07Note outcome at SATEmail from John GordonCollaborate with UK HPC presence?

MOST Chinese visitJune 2007 - tour of sites

Selection of site & time for e-Science AHM 2008Where?Partnered?

Action on UK OGF Board deputyAction on OGF-Europe bid

Letter of Support requestAction at e-IRG meetingsAction send students to ISSGC’07Follow on to SUPER

Recent Engagements

EPSRC Pilots’ AHM, NeSC, 28 March 07

Planned Engagements