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THE ICT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

2007- 2013

Grzegorz Żbikowski

Department of Information Systems for Science

Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Cracow Grid Workshop CGW-08

13.10.2008

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ICT research infrastructure development in Poland

Polish Government have been supporting ICT research infrastructure since early 90s.

5 HPC centers in Warsaw, Kraków, Poznań, Gdańsk, Wrocław 21 academic Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)

PIONIER Programme

Polish Optical Internet – Advanced Aplicatons, Services and Technologies for the Information Society 2000 – 2005

countrywide PIONIER network advanced tools, services and applications for e-Science facilitated integration of Polish research community with the European

Research Area

Internet7,5 Gb/s

GDAŃSK

POZNAŃ

ZIELONA GÓRA

KATOWICE

KRAKÓW

LUBLIN

WARSZAWA

BYDGOSZCZ

TORUŃ

CZĘSTOCHOWA

BIAŁYSTOK

OLSZTYN

RZESZÓW

MAN

KOSZALIN

SZCZECIN

WROCŁAW

ŁÓDŹ

KIELCEPUŁAWYOPOLE

RADOM

BASNET 155 Mb/s

CESNET, SANET 2x10 Gb/s

2 x 10 Gb/s(2 )

SDH 2,5 Gb/s

CBDF 2x10 Gb/s

GÉANT 10+10 Gb/s

DFN 2x10 Gb/s

GÉANT/Internet7,5 Gb/s

1 Gb/s

GORZÓW

BIELSKO-BIAŁA

URAN 155 Mb/s

Topology of the PIONIER network (2008)

HPC

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Polish GRID projects enabling the resource sharing and delivering e-Science services

SGI-Grid – Virtual Laboratory

CLUSTERIX – National Cluster of LINUX Systems

Virtual Library of Science (BWN)

many others

Grids as a part of Polish e-Infrastructure

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The ICT Research Infrastructure Development Programme 2007- 2013

Vision of a further development of the e-Infrastucture in Poland

The ICT Research Infrastructure Development Programme 2007- 2013

preparation and consultations (January - June 2007)

cooperation: ICT Infrastructure Expert Group (ZII), PIONIER Consortium, Ministry of Science and Higher Education

adopted on 28 June 2007

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Objectives of the Programme (I)

Provide advanced network infrastructure to ensure equal opportunities of the network access for all research entities in Poland

Support the development of services and infrastructure in High Performance Computing Centers

Set up a pool of universal tools and services of the middleware/grid level, which will allow to achieve the integration of aplications and services of the upper level

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Develop advanced ICT services and applications for research community in Poland (e-Science)

Support development and implementation of ICT solutions in diverse application domains: e-Education, e-Health, e-Government etc.

Objectives of the Programme (II)

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Activities eligible for funding (I)

Investments in the development of scientific network infrastructure and ICT equipment

Development of supercomputing centers leading to creation of more advanced infrastructures, services and tools for the research community (including also support for grid projects)

Provide researchers with continuous and common access to knowledge management systems and e-Science resources (e.g. support to the Virtual Library of Science)

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Activities eligible for funding (II)

Provide connectivity to GÉANT network and transboundary links to the neighbouring countries

Other important activities related to the development of e-Science

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Sources of funding

SCIENCE BUDGET

(Ministry of Science and Higher Education)

STRUCTURAL FUNDS (Operational Programme Innovative Economy

2007-2013)

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Calls for proposals announced every year by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Institutions eligible for funding: higher education establishments, research institutes

National funding

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e-Science projects supported by the Structural Funds: Development of e-Infrastructures

Digital content, scientific repositories and databases

Advanced ICT applications and services

Budget (2007-2013): ~ € 260 M

85% EU resources

15% Polish co-funding (Science budget)

EU-Structural Funds for e-Science (I)

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3 Calls for proposals envisaged (2008, 2009, 2010)

1st Call closed on 29 August’08 (budget € 80 M)

projects of transregional and countrywide coverage

proposals under evaluation

first contracts expected in 2009

EU-Structural Funds for e-Science (II)

Thank you for your attention

grzegorz.zbikowski@nauka.gov.pl

Tel. +4822 529 22 40

www.nauka.gov.pl