DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES for RESEARCH 2018 | Serving the user base

Towards Environmental Research Infrastructure as a Service for the Open Science Cloud

Date: 
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 09:00

Overview:

The European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) will enable digital science by introducing IT as a Service to the public research sector in Europe. In this session, we will invite environmental science research infrastructure (RI) communities to discuss how to build an “Environmental RI-as-a-Service” that can contribute to the EOSC, along with what we have and what is needed. Through invited talks and panel discussions, we aim to:

  • Develop an understanding of the common computational challenges encountered by environmental science communities 
  • Share best practices in managing and processing big scientific data using e-infrastructure technology
  • Identify the expected features and functionalities of Environmental RI-as-a-Service.

Expected impacts:

  • Establishment of a technology discussion forum for environmental scientists and technology providers.
  • Promotion of new collaborations between user communities and e-infrastructure service providers.
  • Formulation of a conceptual paradigm for Environmental RI-as-a-Service for Open Science Cloud.

Structure

  • Four invited talks from representative European environmental RIs on scientific use cases and service solutions (15 mins * 4) 
Talk 1 EISCAT-3D: a Data Centric Design for the Extreme Scale Computing
Talk 2 Collection and Analysis of Ocean Big Data: Building the EMSODEV Data Management Platform using EGI Federated Cloud
Talk 3 A Climate Model Intercomparison Data Analysis experiment in the CMIP5 context
Talk 4 The Role of the ENVRI Reference Model in the Development of European Research Infrastructures
  • One mini-panel discussion on “Environmental RI-as-a-Service: a viewpoint from common challenges and interoperable solutions” (30 mins)
Chair Dr Zhiming, Zhao
Panel Members Speakers and Dr Yin Chen
Structure
Special support EU H2020 ENVRIPLUS (Theme2), VRE4EIC, and SWITCH

Target Audience:

  • E-infrastructure technology providers who want to understand community requirements. 
  • Environmental research communities who want to know existing practices for utilising e-infrastructure.

Benefits for Audience:

  • Establishment of a technology discussion forum for environmental scientists and technology providers. 
  • Promotion of new collaborations between user communities and e-infrastructure service providers.
  • Formulation of a conceptual paradigm for Environmental RI-as-a-Service for Open Science Cloud.

Topic 1: Challenges facing users and service providers

 

Presenters Organisation
Yin Chen EGI.eu
Dr Zhiming Zhao University of Amsterdam