Chinese Delegation visit Malcolm Atkinson Director nesc.ac.uk 18 th November 2004

1. Chinese Delegation visitMalcolm AtkinsonDirectorwww.nesc.ac.uk18th November 2004

2. What is e-Science? • Goal: to enable better research in all applications • Method: Invention and exploitation of advanced computational methods • to generate, curate and analyse research data • From experiments, observations and simulations • Quality management, preservation and reliable evidence • to develop and explore models and simulations • Computation and data at extreme scales • Trustworthy, economic, timely and relevant results • to enable dynamic distributed virtual organisations • Facilitating collaboration with information and resource sharing • Security, reliability, accountability, manageability and agility Does e-Science warrant new collaborations?

3. The Primary Requirement … Enabling People to Work Together on Challenging Projects: Science, Engineering & Medicine

4. EPSRC Breakdown + Industrial Contributions £25M UK e-Science Budget (2001-2006) + £100M via JISC Total: £213M Staff costs - Grid Resources Computers & Network funded separately Source: Science Budget 2003/4 – 2005/6, DTI(OST)

5. Globus Alliance Digital Curation Centre The e-Science Centres e-Science Institute NationalCentre fore-SocialScience Grid Operations Support Centre Open Middleware Infrastructure Institute National Institute for Environmentale-Science CeSC (Cambridge) EGEE

6. The European dimension • EGEE: Enabling Grids for E-Science in Europe • … and beyond • 32M Euro, 10 regions, 70 partners • Additional funding from NSF (USA) • 50% production, 30% development, and 20% dissemination and training • “The Grid Infrastructure in Europe” • Deploy a production Grid across Europe • Initially based on LHC Computing Grid UK NGS will converge and run same e-Infrastructure

7. Importance of collaboration: VDT • A highly successful collaborative effort • VDT Working Group • VDS (Chimera/Pegasus) team • Provides the “V” in VDT • Condor Team • Globus Alliance • NMI Build and Test team • EDG/LCG/EGEE • Middleware, testing, patches, feedback … • PPDG • Hardening and testing • Pacman • Provides easy installation capability • Currently Pacman 2, moving to Pacman 3 soon Used by many projects Systematic testing Rich integration of components China should be part of this – exploit test bedcontribute componentsProductise our M/W with this testing & packaging Thanks to Miron Livny

8. 1st & 2nd International Grid Summer Schools • Built on CERN Summer school Experience • International collaboration - GGF- Multi-national Sponsors • High profile engaging teachers • Carefully Designed Syllabus • This year’s event was attended • by 84 selected advanced • students – from all around the world

9. Where Next for e-Infrastructure • Put people and teams first • Invest in building a community • The creative force • The repository of Experience, Skills and Knowledge • Focus on Major Priorities • Developing well-defined Flexible Agreements • Embraced as standards • High-level Software Investment • Applications & Requirements led • Explore & Evolve Common & Shared Infrastructure • Recognise and respond to differences • Celebrate and support commonalities • International Collaboration Essential • Global Research • Standards and interoperation

10. Job Submission Brokering Workflow Structured Data Integration Registry Banking Authorisation Data Transport Resource Usage Transformation Structured Data Access Structured Data Relational XML Semi-structured - Infrastructure Architecture Data Intensive X Scientists Data Intensive Applications for Science X Simulation, Analysis & Integration Technology for Science X Generic Virtual Data Access and Integration Layer OGSA OGSA-DAI Grid or Web Service Infrastructure Compute, Data & Storage Resources Distributed Virtual Integration Architecture

11. Database Growth PDB Content Growth

12. Biochemical Pathway Simulator • (Computing Science, Bioinformatics, Beatson Cancer Research Labs) • DTI Bioscience BeaconProject • Harnessing Genomics Programme Walter Kolch Now largest EU project in the Life Sciences – see http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/news/pressreleases/scottishscientists_22july04 Slide from Muffy Calder, Glasgow

13. e-Science Institute Figures for 3 Years We have run just under 7 per month (up from just over 6 average for first two years) • 19,456 delegate days • 248 events • 8,329 delegates (many ‘repeats’) • 421 event days (in  750 working days) • Further statistics exclude GGF5, as we did not handle registration so cannot do a detailed analysis.

14. Attendance from different countries Involvement in EGEE reflected in increase in EU participation

15. Take home messages • E-Science is for everybody & every discipline • Environment, health, safety, design, science, humanities • To enable it • Build “people grids” • Educate & train • And “institution e-Infrastructures” • The Technology • Will support useful work now • But still too hard to use & hard to sustain • Work on the Technology • Middleware, Portals, Security, Networks collaboratively