The CoreGRID Network of Excellence

European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed,

GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

Thierry PriolScientific Coordinator

INRIAhttp://www.coregrid.eu

Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

Philippe RohouAdmin & Fin Coordinator

ERCIMhttp://www.coregrid.euPhilippe.Rohou@ercim.org

Pierre Guisset, Spreading Excellence leader, CETICPierre.Guisset@cetic.be

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CoreGRID objectives

• To build a European-wide research laboratory– Avoid fragmentation of Grid research activities in Europe– Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such

worldwide – Achieve integration and sustainability

• To build solid foundations for GRID and P2P technologies– Both on a methodological basis and a technological basis– Support medium and long term research activities

• Achieve and promote scientific and technological excellence within & beyond the Grid research community

• Gather and disseminate European research results

• A think-tank for spin-off projects– EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperation…

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CoreGRID Membership

46 partners from 19 Countries

CoreGRID researchersAug 2005: 145 researchersToday: 155 researchers

CoreGRID PhD studentsAug 2005: 169 PhD studentsToday: 168 PhD students

EC initial Funding: 8.2 M€ for the first 4 years (ending 08/2008)

U. Cyprus

INRIACNRS

ERCIM

CETICUCL

CNR-ISTICNR-IHPCNINFNU. CalabriaU. PisaU. Sannio

CLPP-BAS

Delft U.Vrije U.

EPFLUASF

FhGFZJUSTUTTU. MuensterUNI DOU. PassauZIBCATNETS

ICS-FORTH

ICRAL-CCLRCU. BelfastU. ManchesterU. NewcastleU. Wesminster

KTHSICSUmea U.

SZTAKI

VTT

U. CoimbraUPC

Masaryk U.

U. Chile

PSCCYFRONET

U. Innsbruck

New U. Lisbon

Full memberAssociated member

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A European-wide Research Laboratory

DomenicoTalia

Marco Danelutto Vivi Fragopoulou

NorbertMeyer

RaminYahyapour

VladimirGetov

Knowledge Data Management

Programming Model

Architectural Issues

Grid Information, Resource &

Monitoring Services

Resource Management & Scheduling

Systems, Tools and EnvironmentsCoreGRID InstitutesCoreGRID Institutes

ResearchGroups

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ResearchGroups Research

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Organizational Chart

Scientific Advisory Board Industrial Advisory BoardSpecific Task Forces

- NPTF: New Participants

Integration Monitoring CommitteeChair: R. Perrott (U. Belfast)Members

GeneralAssembly

Chair:D. Laforenza(CNR-ISTI)

ExecutiveCommittee

Head of the“Collaboration Gateway”

Administrative &Financial Co-ordinator

P. Rohou (ERCIM)

Scientific Co-ordinatorT. Priol (INRIA)

Head of the“Integrated Activities”

S. Gorlatch (U. Muenster)

Head of the“Spreading Excellence”

P. Guisset (CETIC)

Heads of CoreGRIDInstitutes

DomenicoTalia

(U. Calabria)

Marco Danelutto(U. Pisa)

Vivi Fragopoulou

(Forth)

NorbertMeyer

(PSNC)

RaminYahyapour

(U. Dortmund)

VladimirGetov

(U. Wesminster)

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Some of the many scientific achievements

• Knowledge and data management– Data integration and query reformulation in Grids (XMAP on OGSA-DQP)

• Programming Models– Definition of a Grid component model (GCM)

• System Architecture– P2P techniques to make Grid middleware scalable and dependable

• Grid Information, Resource and Workflow monitoring service– Innovative approach to multilevel Grid checkpointing architecture

• Resource Management and Scheduling– A common scheduling architecture for future Grid systems

• Grid Systems, Tools and Environments– Validation of a new componentisation methodology using Grid’5000

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Research in the area of Programming Models

• How to ease the programming of Grids ?– Component/object

• Before CoreGRID, many projects running independently:

– Assist (U. Pisa / CNR)– Fractal (INRIA)– GridCCM (INRIA)– HOC-SA (U. Muenster)– Ibis (Vrije U. Amsterdam)– ICENI (IC)– MALLBA (UPC)– Mocca (Cyfronet)– Polytop (U. Passau)– POP-C++ (UASF)– ProActive (INRIA)– REFLEX (U. Chile)– QUB (Queen’s U. Belfast)

• Leads to duplication of efforts, lack of critical mass and lack of visibility, …

INRIA

CNR-ISTIU. Pisa

Vrije U.

UASF

U. PassauU. Muenster

Queen’s Univ. BelfastICU. Wesminster

U. Chile

CYFRONET

UPC

Before…

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Towards a common Component Model for GridsThe CoreGRID Grid Component Model (GCM)

• Establish a set of requirements for a Grid component model based on the experience of CoreGRID partners

• Define specifications of what should be a component model suitable for Grid infrastructures

• Not reinventing the wheel…

• Implementation of the Grid Component Model through a spin-off project

Grid Application

Resources

After…

Main achievements after almost 4 years

• Organization of 59 meetings and 17 workshops, contributing to solving research challenges as described in the CoreGRID research roadmaps.

• Delivery of more than 447 joint technical papers accepted in peer-review conferences, workshops and journals, including 10 CoreGRID Series volumes, thus advancing European excellence.

• Publication of 137 CoreGRID technical reports, co-authored by at least two different CoreGRID partners showing the level of integration among the CoreGRID community.

• Funding of several spin-off research projects, either by the EC within FP6/7, or through national and/or regional initiatives.

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Main achievements after almost 4 years

• Managing the database of publications by CoreGRID researchers in the area of Grid and peer-to-peer computing with around 1050 references available today.

• Increased visibility of the European Grid research community through the support of highly-reputed international conferences, such as EuroPar 2005, 2006 and 2007, HPDC 2006, IEEE conference on Grid Computing in 2006 and 2007, CCGRID 2008 and events such as Grid@Work 2006 and 2007. CoreGRID also sponsored the Open Grid Forum.

• Opening up academic research agendas in order to identify business-oriented research priorities, leading to the spin-off of new CoreGRID activities, for example in service-oriented architectures and systems.

• Developing new ideas to anticipate technological trends and to promote commercially relevant and promising research.

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Main achievements after almost 4 years

• Organisation of several scientific workshops jointly with highly reputed international conferences and the CoreGRID symposium jointly held with EuroPar 2007 and EuroPar 2008.

• Organisation of four annual CoreGRID Summer Schools.

• Organisation of the CoreGRID Industrial Conference.

• Implementing Mobility Programmes - a Fellowship Programme and a Researcher Exchange Programme - increasing integration between partners, and now involving industrial partners.

• Organisation of three annual Integration Workshops.

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Integration assessment 2004

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Integration assessment 2005

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Integration assessment 2006

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Integration assessment 2007

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CoreGRID ERCIM Working Group

• To further gain international visibility and attention– Grids, P2P and Service computing (in the context of Future Internet)

• Open to everyone– Not necessary to be a member of ERCIM

• Main activities– Workshops– Project proposals– Mobility and fellows

• ERCIM support financially the WG Chair up to €15,000

• Action proposal to be submitted to FP7

Scientific Advisory BoardThierry Priol (CoreGRID)

Klaus Pohl (S-Cube)

Working Group LeaderFrédéric Desprez (INRIA)

Thank YouPierre Guisset

pierre.guisset@cetic.be

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