Research Networks:A leading edge for

the European e-Infrastructure

Luis Rodríguez-RosellóDirector a.i.

Directorate “Emerging Technologies and Infrastructures. Applications”Luis.Rodriguez-Rosello@cec.eu.int

European Commission, Information Society Directorate-General

"The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission"

Table of Contents:Table of Contents:

eEuropeeEurope

ERAERA

DG INFSO and ISTDG INFSO and IST

ee-Infrastructures -Infrastructures GÉANT, Grids and Test-bedsGÉANT, Grids and Test-beds

Impact and VisionImpact and Vision

Outline of PresentationOutline of PresentationOutline of PresentationOutline of Presentation

eeEurope: part of a EU co-ordinated action on ISEurope: part of a EU co-ordinated action on ISeeEurope: part of a EU co-ordinated action on ISEurope: part of a EU co-ordinated action on IS

Green booksLiberalisation

New Regulatory FrameworkDirectivesNational RegulatoryEntities

Telecommunications policy

Multinational projects

Accompanying Measures

DemonstrationsIntegrated Projects

Networks of Excellence

Research and Development

Electronic eCommerce eContent eLearningBroadband

Security

eEurope,applications and contents

Achievements eEurope 2002

Speeding up EU decision making

Co-ordination of EU policies

Monitoring national progress

Internet on top of political agenda

New Telecom framework

Achievements eEurope 2002

Speeding up EU decision making

Co-ordination of EU policies

Monitoring national progress

Internet on top of political agenda

New Telecom framework

New priorities for eEurope 2005

Stimulate demand to:

Promote content, services and applications

Provide interactive public services on-line

Achieve digital inclusiveness

eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning and eBusiness environments

Boost enabling technologies to:

Promote broadband access

Ensure trust and confidence in cyberspace

New priorities for eEurope 2005

Stimulate demand to:

Promote content, services and applications

Provide interactive public services on-line

Achieve digital inclusiveness

eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning and eBusiness environments

Boost enabling technologies to:

Promote broadband access

Ensure trust and confidence in cyberspace

eeEurope: from 2002 to 2005 Action PlanEurope: from 2002 to 2005 Action PlaneeEurope: from 2002 to 2005 Action PlanEurope: from 2002 to 2005 Action Plan

From an increasing connectivity to an increasing effective use of Internet

Moving to a European level Research policy Strengthen co-operation between National and EU Activities Improve links between National and EU policies and schemes Take into account enlargement Development of a “shared vision” on European RTD Potential for co-funding arrangements

Realising ERA will require New thinking: more strategic and goal oriented New approach: integration, concentration, critical mass and flexibility New scope: taking account of the international dimension of RTD (greater

awareness of who’s doing what) New instruments: Integrated Projects (IPs) & Networks of Excellence (NoEs),

Integrated Infrastructure Initiatives (I3s)

ERA - a new context for EU supported RTDERA - a new context for EU supported RTDERA - a new context for EU supported RTDERA - a new context for EU supported RTD

Technologies for major societal and economic

challenges

Communications, Computing and

Software

Components and Microsystems

Knowledge technologies and Interfaces

Future & Emerging Technologies

Priority Themes of ISTPriority Themes of ISTPriority Themes of ISTPriority Themes of IST

Research Infrastructures

Policies : eInclusion, eEconomy

Future and emerging technologies

Grid-technology/middleware for complex problem solving

eInclusion

New working environment

Applied Research

Infrastructure & Testbeds

Research at the Frontier of knowledge

Grids & Advanced Commun. Testbeds

Research Infrastructures

Technology Development

DG INFSO - addressing DG INFSO - addressing ee-Infrastructures in a coherent way-Infrastructures in a coherent wayDirectorate on “Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures, Applications”Directorate on “Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures, Applications”DG INFSO - addressing DG INFSO - addressing ee-Infrastructures in a coherent way-Infrastructures in a coherent wayDirectorate on “Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures, Applications”Directorate on “Emerging Technologies & Infrastructures, Applications”

ee-Infrastructure Research (2002-2006)-Infrastructure Research (2002-2006)ee-Infrastructure Research (2002-2006)-Infrastructure Research (2002-2006)

Architecture, design and development work relevant for

e-Infrastructure

beyond extensions of existing technologies leading to

open standards including security built-in at all

levels, programming environments, customisable middleware, resource management

economic and business models for new services

interoperability with existing e-Infrastructure services (e.g. GRID and Web services)

Architecture, design and development work relevant for

e-Infrastructure

beyond extensions of existing technologies leading to

open standards including security built-in at all

levels, programming environments, customisable middleware, resource management

economic and business models for new services

interoperability with existing e-Infrastructure services (e.g. GRID and Web services)

Enabling Technologies

providing a homogeneous end-to-end networked infrastructure

enabling the seamless provision of services

interconnecting all research in Europe for solution of complex problems requiring a grid-based approach

exploiting synergies across different application sectors

Enabling Technologies

providing a homogeneous end-to-end networked infrastructure

enabling the seamless provision of services

interconnecting all research in Europe for solution of complex problems requiring a grid-based approach

exploiting synergies across different application sectors

Serving Advanced User Communities

R&D on R&D on ee-Infrastructures (RI)-Infrastructures (RI)R&D on R&D on ee-Infrastructures (RI)-Infrastructures (RI)

Deployment of Grids-empowered infrastructures to the Research Community in all scientific disciplines

further deployment of GÉANT

deployment of a second layer with widespread Grid features, able to openly provide services to a large set of application communities1

… moving from experimental pilots to stable provision of services

Indicative budget in FP6 - GÉANT infrastructure:100 M€

Indicative budget in FP6 - Grid infrastructure:100 M€

1 The deployed Grid infrastructures should exhibit production-level performance capabilities and constitute themselves distributed facilities at gigabit/terabit scales (computing, storage, communication power)

Pan-European coverage (33+ Countries/NRENs)

Gigabit connectivity at 10 Gb/s Linking more than

3100 Universities Total 200 MEuro over 4 years (80

MEuro from EU) Extend to Mediterranean, Asia

Pacific Rim, Latin America...

Research NetworkingResearch NetworkingResearch NetworkingResearch Networking

<2,5Gbit/s2,5Gbit/s10 Gbit/s

USEUROLINK

CanadaJapan

ChinaJapanKorea

SILK

NeDAP

NORDUnet:NORDUnet:an important partner in GÉANTan important partner in GÉANT

Transfer Volume in the European Backbone Networkbefore and after the introduction of GÉANT

GÉANT Performance FiguresGÉANT Performance FiguresGÉANT Performance FiguresGÉANT Performance FiguresTera

byte

/mon

th

12/2000 06/2001 12/2001 06/2002 12/20020

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1 Petabyte

TEN-155 GÉANT06/2003 12/2003

GÉANT – maintain and capitalise on worldwide leadership on Research Networks

FP6 GÉANT network will represent a significant step forward in terms of

services (end-to-end together with NRENs)

communities served (schools, libraries, etc.)

geographical scope (Balkans, Russia, Turkey) bandwidth (access to managed/dark fibre)

and pioneering new technologies

FP6 – Focus on GÉANTFP6 – Focus on GÉANTFP6 – Focus on GÉANTFP6 – Focus on GÉANT

Promote fast validation & pervasive penetration of state-of-the-art technology in Research Infrastructures

Scale the breadth and magnitude of technology developments in other parts of the programme

Support test-bed schemes open to all users

Focus on IP (Internet Protocol) over optical paths new routing and protocol schemes access technologies photonic networks lambda and terabit networking . . .

Test-beds in FP6Test-beds in FP6Test-beds in FP6Test-beds in FP6

Extensive European-wide IPv6 Test-bedsExtensive European-wide IPv6 Test-bedsExtensive European-wide IPv6 Test-bedsExtensive European-wide IPv6 Test-beds

To NorthTo NorthAmericaAmerica

To JapanTo Japan

To KoreaTo Korea

NORDUnet:NORDUnet:an important partner in 6NETan important partner in 6NET

GÉANT and NRENs GÉANT and NRENs collaborating collaborating on the introduction of on the introduction of new technologies new technologies

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6

GridsGrids

GridsGÉANT

Grids middleware

Moving towards an Moving towards an ee-Infrastructure-InfrastructureMoving towards an Moving towards an ee-Infrastructure-Infrastructure

In FP5, deployment of GÉANT and (e.g. IPv6/Grid) pilots

e-Infrastructure

In FP6, deployment of a Grid empowered e-Infrastructure

Moving towards an Moving towards an ee-Infrastructure-InfrastructureMoving towards an Moving towards an ee-Infrastructure-Infrastructure

Example of an e-Infrastructure:Example of an e-Infrastructure:eeVLBI Radio-Telescopes interconnected by GÉANTVLBI Radio-Telescopes interconnected by GÉANT

GÉANT changes in the way Research is done GÉANT changes in the way Research is done GÉANT changes in the way Research is done GÉANT changes in the way Research is done

Radio telescopeRadio telescopeinterconnectedinterconnectedvia NORDUnetvia NORDUnet

Enable the provision of a state-of-the-art distributed computing resource available to all researchers in Europe

Deliver a production-level Grid service platform that is manageable, scalable, robust, secure and provides training for its users

Making e-Infrastructures a Reality Making e-Infrastructures a Reality Making e-Infrastructures a Reality Making e-Infrastructures a Reality

Vision: Create an Vision: Create an e-e-InfrastructureInfrastructureVision: Create an Vision: Create an e-e-InfrastructureInfrastructure

e-Infrastructure(Grids empowered)

e-Infrastructure(Grids empowered)

security

mobility

semantic web.

automatic

managem

ent

broadband

e-Learning

e-Business

aeronautics

genomics

environment

astronomy

e-Health

e-Science

Grid

Interconnect Interconnect ee-Infrastructures-InfrastructuresInterconnect Interconnect ee-Infrastructures-Infrastructures

Central Africa

Russia

EUMEDISEUMEDconnect

Southern Africa

Virtual Silk Highway

Projects & GRIDs

India

Operational or contract signedRequest to interconnect received

Australia

@LISALICE

GÉANTGÉANT

TEIN2China

Singapore

Japan

Research Research ee-Infrastructures:-Infrastructures: ““corner-stonecorner-stone”” of ERA of ERA ““spear-headspear-head” of” of an an ““eeEurope InfrastructureEurope Infrastructure””

(e.g. broadband plus)(e.g. broadband plus) ““integratorintegrator”” of National Infrastructures of National Infrastructures powerful powerful ““instrumentinstrument”” for for

International CooperationInternational Cooperation … … cohesion, cooperation, etc…cohesion, cooperation, etc…

PoliciesPoliciesPoliciesPolicies

With the support of the IST Programme and in the With the support of the IST Programme and in the context of the context of the eeEurope action plan, a new generation Europe action plan, a new generation backbone for research has been launched - GÉANTbackbone for research has been launched - GÉANT

The EU is investing in FP6 in GRIDS, IPv6, Photonics The EU is investing in FP6 in GRIDS, IPv6, Photonics to support highly demanding user communityto support highly demanding user community

ConclusionsConclusionsConclusionsConclusions

The provision of an The provision of an ee-Infrastructure is fundamental for -Infrastructure is fundamental for

the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA)the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA)