The EUChina GRID EUMed Grid Projects Roberto

The EUChina. GRID & EUMed. Grid Projects Roberto Barbera Univ. of Catania and INFN ICTP/Democritos International Grid School 16 February 2006

Outline • • Introduction The Eu. China. Grid Project The Eu. Med. Grid Project Summary and conclusions

Extending GRIDs outside EU • GRID is a reality which allows new ways of sharing resources (not all of them completely exploited) in scientific collaboration (e. Science) and, hopefully in other fields (e. Government, e. Health, e. Business, etc. ) • EU has largely invested in GRID technology in the past 4 years and is planning to invest much more in FP 7. • Few countries outside EU and USA are anyway actively involved in the deployment of a (national) GRID infrastructure. • A World Wide GRID infrastructure is the natural objective of this technology and will enhance the potential benefits for all the applications in 2 main ways: – Fostering new international groups/applications – Enabling new kind of world-class collaborative solutions

Mediterranean & China • Mediterranean area is of particular interest due to the neighborhood to many EU countries. Extending the European Research Area (ERA) to all the Mediterranean area is one of the present priorities in the European strategy of Research and many initiatives and projects are already active (EUMEDIS, EUMEDCONNECT, etc. ) EUMEDGRID • China is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with a specific program for GRID (CNGRID). Many groups of scientists in Europe have already established good relationships with Chinese Research Groups and grids can provide an infrastructure to enhance the level of collaboration, deploying new common applications and shared access to scientific data EUChina. GRID

The Network in the Medirranean

The links with China

EUChina. GRID FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA 026634 http: //www. euchinagrid. org

Main Objectives O 1 Contribute to the creation of an human network promoting international collaboration. O 2 Disseminate European experience in China and confront with Chinese experience. O 3 Support interoperability of EGEE with the corresponding infrastructure in China, fronting the multi-protocol (IPv 4/IPv 6) network infrastructure. O 4 Use existing network infrastructure and foster its development O 5 Foster interoperability of solutions across different disciplines to achieve broader scale uptake of Grid technology. O 6 Harmonize European, and Chinese e. Science user and infrastructure requirements in terms of resources needed, Grid services, and application software. Provide recommendations for adapting the present best practices and tools (Virtual Organizations, Certification Authority, Policies, etc. ). ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Participants 1 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – INFN (IT) (coordinator) 2 European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN (CH) 3 Dipartimento di Biologia - Università di Roma Tre (IT) 4 Consortium GARR (IT) 5 Greek Research & Technology Network (GR) 6 Jagiellonian University, Cracow (PL) 7 School of Computer Science and Engineering – Beihang University Beijing (CN) 8 Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences – Beijing (CN) 9 Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing (CN) 10 Peking University – Beijing (CN) ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Third Parties 4 ACADEMIA SINICA GRID COMPUTING CENTRE (ASGC), TAIPEI (Partner: CERN) 4 INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICATION AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS, ATHENS (Partner: GRNET) 4 ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI, THESSALONIKI (Partner: GRNET) 4 Physics Department – UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMATRE – ROMA (Partner: INFN) ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

EUChina. GRID WP’s 4 WP 1 – Project Administrative and Technical Management 4 WP 2 – Network planning and interoperability study • Specific activity to study IPv 4/IPv 6 GRID interoperability. 4 WP 3 – Pilot infrastructure operational support 4 WP 4 – Applications • EGEE applications (LHC, Bio, etc. ) • ARGO-YBJ and Gamma Ray Bursts • Never Born Proteins 4 WP 5 – Dissemination 4 24 Months duration starting on 1 January 2006 ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

CNGRID ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

ARGO – YBJ Laboratory • Unique High Altitude Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m) Tibet, 90 km North to Lhasa. Chinese-Italian collaboration. • The Experiment data rate to be transferred is 250 TB/Year requiring a steady transfer rate of the order of 100 Mbps to Beijing and from there to Italy. ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Never Born Proteins 4 The number of natural proteins on Earth, although apparently large, is only a tiny fraction of the possible ones: • with 20 different co-monomers (the 20 different natural amino-acids), a polypeptide chain with 60 residues (n=60) can exist in 2060 different chain structures. • In nature, we have around 1013 -14 different proteins, so that the ratio between the possible and the actual number is staggeringly large. 4 This means that there is an astronomically large number of proteins that have never been seen on Earth - an incredibly large number of “never born proteins” (NBP). 4 In particular, the present research in the field is based on a computational approach to study a large library of NBP (109 protein sequences) to the aim of clarifying the structural principles that characterize them and of selecting a reasonable number of sequences which can potentially give rise to stably folded proteins. ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Project Status EUChina. GRID is a Specific Support Action (SSA) project. The official start of the project is the 1 January 2006. 24 Months duration (starting on 1 st January ’ 06). EU Contribution of 1, 299, 998 €. A total of 495 Person Months (325 Funded). Contract N. 026634 signed by INFN before Christmas. Signature by European Commission in progress. 4 Kick-Off Meeting held in Athens on 24 -25 January 2006. 4 First Project Conference in Beijing (Cina) in June ’ 06. 4 4 4 ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

What we have already done 4 RB + BDII at CNAF 4 VOMS at CNAF https: //voms 2. cnaf. infn. it: 8443/voms/euchina/ 4 Grid. Ice at CNAF 4 Sites linked: • • • Roma 3 CNAF Catania Athens 2 sites in Beijing ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

VOMS ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Sites map ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Sites monitoring ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Tentative training program 4 April and June 2006 - China 4 September 2006 - Rome 4 December 2006 - Krakow or Athens 4 More tutorials in 2007 in China ICTP/Democritos International Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

[Empowering e. Science across the Mediterranean] EUMEDGRID FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 www. eumedgrid. org

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Objectives (1/2) 4 [O 1] Stimulate the formation of National Grid Infrastructures (NGI) in the Mediterranean Countries, thus contributing to the creation of a “virtual Grid-based research space” (“horizontal action” of the project). It is expected that in the majority of the third countries a National Grid event will take place. 4 [O 2] Promote awareness in the region regarding Grid developments through the organization of a number of dissemination and outreach events, which will promote the project results to the private and public sector, ultimately reaching the general public. 4 [O 3] Establish a dialogue regarding policy developments for research and education networking and provide input to the agenda of national funding bodies and if possible governments. This is to be done as part of NGI establishment (O 1) as well as in a form of dedicated policy workshop. ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Objectives (2/2) 4 [O 4] Capture local e. Science user requirements in terms of resources needed, Grid services, and application software. 4 [O 5] Provide guidelines and technical cookbooks to guide regional integration in the Euro. Mediterranean infrastructures. 4 [O 6] Carry out the regional integration in the Euro-Mediterranean infrastructures by supporting the establishment of pilot Grid resource centres at each country in the region. Adapt and implement the operational and organisational management techniques of the existing production Grids and bring the region up to speed with production-level operations. Pilot Grid Resource Centres are intended to be the major vehicle of this process, becoming the seeds of National Grid Infrastructures in the Mediterranean Countries. 4 [O 7] Build upon and exploit the infrastructure provided by the Gigabit Pan-European Research & Education Network (GEANT) and the Mediterranean Research and Education Networking (EUMEDCONNECT) initiative in the region. The coordination of NGI into a Regional (Mediterranean) infrastructure will take advantage from the existing human network created within the EUMEDCONNNECT project; on the other hand, such human network will be a trigger towards the creation of a physical backbone connecting directly all EUMEDGRID actors, to maximize the effectiveness of the pilot grid infrastructure, which in a first phase will mainly build upon Gèant 2 network and the EUMEDCONNECT links towards the Mediterranean 4 [O 8] As a proof of principle, support the deployment of EGEE applications (High Energy Physics, Bio. Med) and other Grid applications of regional interest on the pilot infrastructure, with the involvement of local user community; actively encourage new user communities to join the EUMEDGRID community and deploy their own applications on the Pilot infrastructure. ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Partic. Role* Partic. No. Participant name Partners Participant short name Country Date enter proje ct ** Date exit projec t ** CO 1 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare INFN Italy M 1 M 24 CR 2 European Organisation for Nuclear Research CERN Switzerland M 1 M 24 CR 3 Cyprus Research and Academic Network CYNET Cyprus M 1 M 24 CR 4 Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe DANTE UK M 1 M 24 CR 5 Consortium GARR Italy M 1 M 24 CR 6 Greek Research and Technology Network GRNET Greece M 1 M 24 CR 7 Entidad Pública Empresarial RED. ES Spain M 1 M 24 CR 8 University of Malta UOM Malta M 1 M 24 CR 9 Centre de Recherche sur l’Iformation Scientifique et Technique CERIST Algeria M 1 M 24 CR 10 Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique CNRST Morocco M 1 M 24 EUN Egypt M 1 M 24 HIAST Syria M 1 M 24 MSRTDC Tunisia M 1 M 24 CR 11 Egyptian Universities Network CR 12 Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology CR 13 Ministry of Scientific Research, Technology and Competency Development CR 14 The Scientific and Technological Research TUBITAK Turkey Council of Turkey ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Third Parties FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Partner Relevant WP’s INFN WP 4 Dipartimento di Fisica – Università di Roma. Tre INFN WP 4, WP 5 CRS 4 GARR WP 4 ICTP INFN WP 4 GARR WP 4, WP 5 Laboratoire CRISTAL - Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l'Informatique MRSTDC WP 4, WP 5 Research Unit of Technologies of Information and Communication – University of Tunis MRSTDC WP 4, WP 5 Bilkent University TUBITAK WP 4 JUNet, Jordan GRNET WP 5 PADI 2, Palestine GRNET WP 5 Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, Athens, Greece GRNET WP 3 Third Party Università di Messina – Dipartimento di Matematica IUCC (Inter University Computing Center) - ISRAEL ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Workplan FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Workpackage No Work-package title Lead contractor No Personmonths Start month End month WP 1 Project administrative and technical management 1 (INFN) 37. 4 (25. 4) M 1 M 24 WP 2 Requirement capture and analysis 8 (Uo. M) 42 (36. 4) M 1 M 7 WP 3 Pilot infrastructure operational support 6 (GRNET) 144. 9 (123. 6) M 6 M 24 WP 4 Applications support 1 (INFN) 103. 7 (82. 5) M 6 M 24 WP 5 Dissemination and Outreach 5 (GARR) 152. 6 (123. 8) M 1 M 24 480. 6 TOTAL (391. 7) ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Project Status 4 EUMEDGRID is a Specific Support Action (SSA). 4 The official start of the project is the 1 January 2006. 4 24 Months duration. 4 14 partners: 9 Member States or AS, 5 non-MS. 4 EU Contribution of 1, 646, 500 € 4 A total of 481 Person Months (392 Funded). 4 Contract N. 026024 was signed by INFN before Christmas. Signature by European Commission in progress. 4 Kick-Off Meeting in Malta 6 -7 February 2006. ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

The “eumed” VOMS FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 (https: //voms 2. cnaf. infn. it: 8443/voms/eumed/) New registrations at: https: //voms 2. cnaf. infn. it: 8443/voms/eumed/webui/request/user/create ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

The FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 EUMEDGRID e-Infrastructure (from the Technical Annex) ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

The FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 EUMEDGRID e-Infrastructure (NOW! - from Grid. ICE) GRNET INFN-CNAF INFN-RM 3 TUBITAK INFN-CT ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

The EUMEDGRID Grid. ICE FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 (http: //eumed-gridice. cnaf. infn. it: 50080/gridice) ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

The EUMEDGRID GStat FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 (http: //goc. grid. sinica. edu. tw/gstat/eumed/) ry na i ry e lim e pr V ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006 !

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 Grid Applications 4 Biomed applications (already EGEE pilot applications) 4 HEP applications (already EGEE pilot applications) 4 New candidates: • Earth science (hydrology, see presentation later) • e-Learning (multi-media content on-demand) 4 Others to be selected by WP 2 ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

FP 6− 2004−Infrastructures− 6 -SSA-026024 SWIMED Groundwater modeling 4 Aim: estimate sustainable extraction scheme - improve management 4 CODESA-3 D: Density-dependent 3 D coupled groundwater flow and transport simulations 4 Data requirement • Geology • Topography • Meteorology • Water extraction by the farmer • Aquifer properties • Soil maps • Land use One simulated map of water levels ICTP/Democritos Internationa Grid School, Trieste, 16. 02. 2006

Conclusions • EUChina. GRID and EUMEDGRID are EU funded projects, related to EGEE, started on 1 st January 2006 and with a lifetime of 2 years. • There are several fields of possible collaboration with EELA, EGEE-2, SEEGRID-2, and other EU funded projects (on Training, Dissemination, Support of Applications, Networking, etc. ).