eIRG – e-Infrastructure Reflection Group

Dieter Kranzlmüllere-IRG Chairman

http://www.e-irg.org/kranzlmueller@gup.jku.at

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e-IRG Mission

… to support on the political, advisory and monitoring level, the creation of a policy and administrative framework for the easy and cost-effective shared use of electronic resources in Europe (focusing on Grid-computing, data storage, and networking resources) across technological, administrative and national domains.

Drafted in Rome on 10 December 2003.

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e-IRG Focus

Focus on high-level policy, and the information required to define policy rather than on technical detail.

Topics: e-infrastructures in FP7 policies for resource sharing a registry/repository for European resources coordination of new national and EU funding

programs better links and synergies between Europe and other

regions (e.g. USA, Japan) engaged in similar activities

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e-IRG Members

Consists of government appointed delegates from EU Member, Accession and Associated States, and EC officials http://www.e-irg.org/members

Troika 1H2006: Dieter Kranzlmüller (Chair, Austria) Malcolm Read (UK) Leif Laaksonen (Finland)

e-IRGSP: Support Team Coordinator: Patrick Aerts (The Netherlands)

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e-IRG Objectives

To support creation of a framework (political, technological and administrative) for the easy and cost-effective shared use of distributed electronic resources across Europe

To define and recommend best practices for each of the (pan-)European grid efforts.

To describe the ideas and recommendations in a White Paper that is augmented upon each presidency.

http://www.e-irg.org/publ

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e-IRG Delegates Meeting, London, 12/2005

e-IRG Recommendation:

“The e-IRG recognises that the current project-based financing model of grids (e.g., EGEE, DEISA) presents continuity and interoperability problems, and that new financing and governance models need to be explored – taking into account the role of national grid initiatives as recommended in the Luxembourg e-IRG meeting.”

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e-IRG Delegates Meeting, London, 12/2005

e-IRG Recommendation:

“The e-IRG will establish a Task Force to take up this issue.”

“In order to facilitate international collaboration the e-IRG wishes to reaffirm the importance of the national e-infrastructure initiatives that aggregate on a national level relevant e-infrastructure activities.”

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e-IRG Task Force “Sustainable e-Infrastructures”

Current members: Leif Laaksonen (TF Chair, e-IRG Troika) Victor Alessandrini (DEISA) Bob Jones (EGEE) Mirco Mazzucato (INFN) Anne Trefethen (UK e-Science) Klaus Ullmann (NREN/GEANT/DANTE) Malcolm Read (e-IRG Troika) Dieter Kranzlmüller (e-IRG Troika)

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e-IRG TF Tasks

Develop a strategy to answer the following questions: What impacts do e-Infrastructures have on the research process

in general and on which areas in particular? What is needed in terms of policies and funding to be

sustainable over the long term? What can be done to increase the acceptance and convenience

of non-e-Infrastructure-enthusiasts? How to integrate industrial efforts and SMEs into sustainable e-

Infrastructures?

Once these questions are answered, and only then: How to achieve sustainability?

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e-IRG Workshop

Date: April 10-11, 2006

Location: Joh. Kepler University Linz, Austria

Planned Agenda: e-IRG White Paper Report + Discussion from the eIRG Task Force on

Sustainable e-Infrastructures

http://www.austriangrid.at/e-irg

e-IRG: e-Infrastructure Reflection Group

http://www.e-irg.org/