Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European and Asian Cooperation

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Advanced Grid Research Workshops through European
and Asian Co-operation

• The GRID_at_Asia Project
• Bruno Le Dantec
• http//www.gridatasia.net
• E-mail bruno.le_dantec_at_ercim.org

Shanghai - 20-22 February 2006
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Some figures

• Project
• 18 months, starting date 1 April 2005
• Financed by Unit F2
• Budget 300 000 euros
• Partnership
• EEIG ERCIM - INRIA, CNR, FhG
• Beihang University (China)
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
• KISTI (Korea)
• implement locally the organisation adopted by the
  project
• stimulate extensive participation of the local
  academic and industrial experts
• raise local political awareness and participation

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What do we want ?

• Goal
• Foster collaboration in Grid research and
  technologies between the European Union and at
  least two Asian countries China and South Korea
• 3 steps
• Mapping of Chinese and South Korea key Grid
  players
• Grid focused workshops on Research and industrial
  agendas
• Dissemination and sustainability through
  participation in joint projects (FP6 and FP7)
• Results
• Initiate co-operation between European and Asian
  grid communities
• Validate capabilities and extend sustainable
  co-operation with leading Grid actors in Asia

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Beijing Workshop

• 21 to 23 June 2005 - Beihang University
• 90 participants, 17 from europe
• Before EC call 5
• Chinese, korean and European Grid Programmes
• Grid middleware
• Grid applications
• Tools and programming environment
• Session on co-operation
• Funding opportunities
• EC project mechanisms and IPR issues
• Networking session

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Beijing Workshop (2)

• More than 90 participants (16 from Europe)

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Topics of interest for China

• Emergency response and disaster prediction
• National Geological Survey Grid, Earthquake
  Prediction, Digital Forestry Grid, Meteorological
  application Grid, SeisGrid
• Bio Grid
• Bioinformatics Application Grid, New Drug
  Discovery
• Research Grid
• Image Processing Grid, Computational Fluid
  Dynamics Grid, Data Processing Grid, High-energy
  Physics Grid
• Grid and industry
• Aviation Manufacturing Grid, Transportation
  Simulation, Intelligent Transportation, Equipment
  Grid
• Cultural heritage Grid
• Grid for Digital Library, University Digital
  Museum Grid

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Shanghai workshop

• 20 to 22 February 2006 - Shanghai Jioa Tong
  University
• Strong focus on Grid application
• Emergency response and disaster prediction
  (Flooding, Climate, disease)
• Advanced manufacturing Grid supporting extensive
  collaborative design and simulation
• Bioinformatics Application Grid
• New Drug Discovery
• Traffic simulation
• Joint Research Institutes (assets and added
  value)
• LIAMA
• JSI
• Chinese feedback from past and potential EC
  Projects

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IST Familiarization day

• Wednesday 22 February from 1.00 to 5.30 PM
• Organised by the european Commission
• Overview of International Co-operation activities
  in DG INFSO
• Overview of International Co-operation activities
  in The Shanghai Science and Technology Commission
• Proposal submission and evaluation. Instruments.
• Overview of Call 6
• Grid Technologies targeted research action with
  China.
• Digital Broadcasting / Mobile Convergence
  targeted research action with China
• "Proposers Forum Presentations of proposal
  ideas
• Opportunity for participants to discuss and meet
  other attendees

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www.gridatasia.net

• Information on Grid programmes in China and Korea
  soon available
• Web site to provide information on running joint
  projects
• Next workshop will be organised in Korea in fall
  2006

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• We hope you will enjoy this event
• and
• will create long term partnership(s)
• Xie xie