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 RohouAdministrative & Financial Coordinators

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

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CoreGRID objectives

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

worldwide – To 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• A think-tank for spin-off projects

– EC funded, bilateral projects, international cooperations, …

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CoreGRID Membership

46 partners from 19 Countries (1 from S. America)

CoreGRID researchersAug 2005: 145 researchersToday: 155 researchers

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

Funding from the EC: 8.2 M€ for the first 4 years (ending August 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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Organizational map

ExecutiveCommittee

Scientific Advisory Board Industrial Advisory BoardSpecific Task Forces

- NPTF: New Participants

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

Head of the“Collaboration Gateway”

Administrative &Financial Co-ordinator

B. Le Dantec (ERCIM)

Scientific Co-ordinatorT. Priol (INRIA)

MembersGeneral

Assembly

Head of the“Integrated Activities”

S. Gorlatch (U. Muenster)

Head of the“Spreading Excellence”

P. Guisset (CETIC)

Heads of CoreGRIDInstitutes

Chair:D. Laforenza(CNR-ISTI)

DomenicoTalia

(U. Calabria)

Marco Danelutto(U. Pisa)

Vivi Fragopoulou

(Forth)

NorbertMeyer

(PSNC)

RaminYahyapour

(U. Dortmund)

VladimirGetov

(U. Wesminster)

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A Network operated as a European-wide Research Laboratory

DomenicoTalia

Marco Danelutto Vivi Fragopoulou

NorbertMeyer

RaminYahyapour

VladimirGetov

Knowledge Data Management

Programming Model

Architectural Issues: Scalability,

Dependability, Adaptability

Grid Information, Resource &

Monitoring Services

Resource Management & Scheduling

Systems, Tools and EnvironmentsCoreGRID InstitutesCoreGRID Institutes

ResearchGroups

ResearchGroups

ResearchGroups

ResearchGroups

ResearchGroups Research

Groups

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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) and implementation through a spin-off FP6 project (GridCOMP) involving the industry

• 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, Toold and Environments– Validation of a new software componentisation methodology using the

Grid’5000 testbed

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Integrating research in the area of Programming Models: the CoreGRID effect…

• How to facilitate the programming of Grids ?

– Component/object • Before CoreGRID, several 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

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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

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 ten highly reputed 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.

• The effective kick-off of several spin-off research projects, funded either by the European Commission within the 6th and the 7th Framework Programmes, or through national and/or regional

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Main achievements after almost 4 years

• Expanding further 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 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.

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

• 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 gain international visibility and attract funding– 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)

Final word

• CoreGRID is involved in Service Wave 2008

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