Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA/ERCIM Thierry.Priol@inria.fr

1. CoreGRID: European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies Thierry PRIOL Scientific Coordinator INRIA/ERCIM Thierry.Priol@inria.fr http://www.coregrid.net

2. CoreGRID objectives • To build a European-wide research laboratory • Create the European “Grid Lighthouse” and be seen as such worldwide • To achieve integration and sustainability • To build solid foundations for GRID and Peer-to-Peer (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 • A think-tank for spin-off projects • EC funded, bilateral projects, … European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

3. Network priorities • Excellence • CoreGRID brings together a European critical mass of well-known experts in GRID and P2P research • An ambitious joint program of activities to deal with well identified challenges • Long-term integration & structuring • Set-up a sustainable European research laboratory with an associated management • With several Institutes • With research groups assigned to Institutes European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

4. A set of well identified research challenges • Knowledge & Data Management • Handling information/data that are required/produced by a wide range of diverse processing power • Programming Model • Making the programming of Grid infrastructures as simple and transparent as possible • System Architecture • Designing the next generation Grid middleware • Grid Information and Monitoring Services • Scalable information service to implement a service view of the Grid • Resource Management & Scheduling • Scheduling jobs/applications/tasks/computation within a Grid environment • Problem Solving Environments, tools and GRID systems • Integrating various middleware, tools and applications for problem solving European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

5. CoreGRID membership • 42 partners • 18 Countries (1 from S. America) • 118 Researchers • 163 PhD Students • Budget: 8.2 M€ for 4 years VTT IC RAL-CCLRC U. Belfast U. Cambridge U. Cardiff U. Manchester U. Newcastle U. Wesminster KTH SICS FhG FZ-Julich HLRS U. Munster U. Dortmund U. Passau ZIB Delft U. Vrije U. PSC CYFRONET U. Chile CETIC UCL Masaryk U. INRIA CNRSERCIM EPFL UASF SZTAKI U. Coimbra CLPP-BAS UPC CNR-ISTI INFN U. Calabria U. Lecce U. Pisa ICS-FORTH U. Cyprus European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

6. Domenico Talia Marco Danelutto Artur Andrzejak Ludek Matyska Ramin Yahyapour Vladimir Getov Joint Program of Activities Joint Programme of Activities Pierre Guisset SergeiGorlatch Integrated Activities Jointly Executed Research Spreading of Excellence WP1 WP8 Coordinated Programming of Partners’ activities Knowledge & Data Management Public Website WP2 Technical report Coordinated approach to prepare project proposals Programming Model WP3 Workshops & conferences Industry Internal Collaboration and Dissemination System Architecture WP4 Industrial Advisory Board GRID User community Newsletter Annual Integration Workshop Grid Information and Monitoring Service WP5 Conferences Common Understanding Trust & Security Resource Management And Scheduling Brochures WP6 Training & Education Grid Testbed PSE, tools and GRID systems WP7 Mobility of researchers European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

7. Collaboration with other EU Grid projects Wolfgang Ziegler Collaboration Gateway • Subject to discussion in March 2004 • Subject of a two days meeting in September (16-17) WP9 Exploitation of synergies / technical concertation Joint fora for exchange and dissemination Co-ordination of standardisation efforts Repository of reference Implementations and Grid middleware Collaboration on research Inventories and roadmaps Leadership Indicators and impact assessment Training activities Leadership European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies

8. Possible collaborations with other projects • Several CoreGRID partners involved in RI projects • Will facilitate collaborations • The research programme for the first 18 months is already fixed • Other projects could contribute for the definition of the next research programme by identifying research challenges and to to report them to CoreGRID • Co-organizations of events • Summer schools, training, workshops European Research Network on Foundations, Software Infrastructures and Applications for large scale distributed, GRID and Peer-to-Peer Technologies