Wrap-up Roberto Barbera (Univ. of Catania & INFN) 2 nd EC Review Brussels, 08/12/2011

1. Wrap-up Roberto Barbera (Univ. of Catania & INFN) 2nd EC Review Brussels, 08/12/2011

2. Outline • Concepts and analogies “the same equations have the same solutions” • The GISELA business strategy • Summary and conclusions GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

3. Some concepts… • Sustainability: in a general sense, is the capacity to maintain a certain process or state indefinitely; the term has its roots in ecology as the ability of an ecosystem to maintain ecological processes, functions, biodiversity and productivity into the future • Sustainable development: is a pattern of resource use that aim to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future • The three pillars: sustainable development must involve social and economic development, and environmental protection GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

4. Some concepts… GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

5. VRCs e-Infrastructures’ sustainable development Sustain. e-Infra. CLARA/ NRENs + RCs SGs + IdFs … and some analogies Key analogy: e-Infrastructures are complex “ecosystems” of services “sold” by resource providers and “bought” by virtual research communities. Real world • Social • Environment • Economic e-Infrastructures • VRCs • Access and accountability (Science Gateways and Identity Federations) • CLARA/NRENs and the Resource Centres GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

6. Generic business models… GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

7. … and the GISELA implementation Knowledge Dissemi- nation User supp. Fostering e-Science International dimension Domain specific applications e-Research EU and LA research groups CLARA NRENs Resource Centres (RC) e-Infrastruc- ture and applications as a service SGs and IdFs We are competitive w.r.t. commercial providers e-Infrastructurepay per use back to the RCs GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

8. Summary and conclusions (1/3) e-Infrastructures can be very beneficial platforms for e-Science, provided they are «easy to use»; Science Gateways, Identity Federations and Social Networks, can revolutionize the way Grid infrastructures are used, hugely widening their potential user base; The adoption of standards (JSR 286, SAGA, SAML, etc.) in the GISELA Science Gateway represents a concrete investment towards sustainability; GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

9. Summary and conclusions (2/3) Now that millions of users can potentially access and use our Science Gateways, we need to develop new «marketing» and «communication» strategies and create a portfolio of «appealing» applications to attract them; A new training format and programme as well as a more focused dissemination activity are being developed and implemented; The Science Gateway model has been adopted by CLARA and it is at the centre of its business model; GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011

10. Summary and conclusions (3/3) The components (i.e., the portlets – our “Lego bricks”) of the GISELA Science Gateway have maximum re-usability and, indeed, they have been already adopted in/by other projects (e.g., agINFRA, CHAIN, DECIDE, EUMEDGRID-Support, INDICATE); In the last three months GISELA have worked hard to define a sustainable model «backward compatible» → We now have clear ideas and goals, the (standard-based) tools and a roadmap to achieve them, and the strength of choices largely shared and supported by other projects. GISELA - Second Project Review - Brussels - 08/12/2011