EGI Technical Forum

Virtual Research Communities

Not scheduled

1h 30m

Lyon Conference Centre

Speaker

Steve Brewer (EGI.EU)

Description

Within EGI the model for scalable user support is the Virtual Research Community (VRC). This model serves both large and small communities by offering structured research communities a sustainable mechanism with which to interact with EGI. VRCs are groups of researchers, possibly widely dispersed, working together effectively through the use of information and communications technology (ICT). With the help of EGI the VRC researchers can collaborate, communicate, share resources, access remote computers or equipment and produce results as effectively as if they, and the resources they require, were physically co-located. EGI through its partners provides a set of services for VRCs, which includes the following: - Computing, data storage and other types of resource made available by EGI stakeholders through open source middleware software solutions. - A requirement gathering process and tracking system run by the User Community Support Team of EGI.eu to capture, detail and investigate communities’ requirements and to provide solutions directly or through third parties. - Assistance and training to become routine user of the infrastructure, to adapt of VRC-specific applications and data to EGI technologies. While VRCs benefit from these existing services they also develop and operate services that would be in the interest of other VRCs. The 2 x 90 minutes long session will provide opportunity for VRCs to present their experiences of being part of the EGI community and about the services they use and offer within the European Grid Infrastructure. In addition to the VRC presentations, the representatives of the EGI User Community Support activity will introduce the technical services provided for VRCs and NGIs, including the Application Database, the Training Marketplace and the Services and Dashboards for VO Managers.