Speaker
Sverker Holmgren
(VR-SNIC)
Description
The e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG) consists of delegates appointed by European member states, associated countries and the EC. The group provides recommendations to its members covering the whole domain of e-infrastructures. In the e-IRG White Paper 2013, e-IRG describes the European e-Infrastructure Commons as the future framework for providing the technological and administrative framework for an easy and cost-effective shared use of European distributed electronic resources for research. An essential feature of the Commons is the provisioning of a constantly evolving but clearly defined, comprehensive, interoperable and sustained set of services, provisioned by several e-Infrastructure providers to fulfil specific needs of the users. This set should be minimal in the sense that all services are explicitly motivated by user needs and that any overlap of services are thoroughly motivated. The Commons should provide a platform for coordination, provisioning of sustainable and interoperable e-infrastructure services, and innovation projects.
