ERCIM slides

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European Research Consortium for Informatics
and Mathematics
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Members
ERCIM is a consortium of leading research
institutions from 13 Europeancountriescommitted
to the advancement of information technology
and applied mathematics.
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• Figures

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General informations

• Contract n 2000-28156
• 3 years contract
• Started 1 September 2001
• 15 partners, 1 associated partner
• Maximum cost 4 596 651 euros
• Funding
• 2 070 998 euros Europe
• 930 000 euros Latin America

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Partnership

• European Research Consortium for Informatics and
  Mathematics Europe
• Institut National de Recherche en Informatique
  et en Automatique France
• Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique
  France
• AppliTek Belgium
• Gent University Belgium
• Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium
• Council for the Central Laboratory of the
  Research Council UK
• Società di Progettazione Elettronica e
  Software Italy
• University of Santiago de Compostela Spain
• National Agency for New Technologies -
  ENEA Italy
• AGRALCO, S. COOP Spain
• Pierre Lemaire France
• SAUZA Mexico
• Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico
• ALLIED DOMECQ UK UK
• ALLIED DOMECQ BR BR

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Financial informations

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• Co-ordination and Management

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Kick off meeting

• Confirm goals and milestones
• Agree management and administrative processes
• Agree technical and quality standards
• Develop common system view

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Coordinating partner

• ERCIM INRIA
• Coordinating the work, especially the interaction
  between workpackages
• Controling the work, project objectives are
  achieved
• Resolving conflicts between partners
• Representing the project to the Commission

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Management structure (1)

• Co-ordination
• Consortium level
• Technical work-packages
• Interactive model
• Each work-package has a responsible
• WP 1 USC WP 5 CCLRC
• WP 2 AppliTek WP 6 ERCIM
• WP 3 INRIA WP 7 ERCIM
• WP 4 INRA
• Horizontal working-groups

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Management Structure (2)

• Project Management Committee
• Chaired by the project co-ordinator
• One representative per partner
• Decision on project management
• Technical Board
• Chaired by the project co-ordinator
• Work package leaders
• Decision on scientific issues

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Working Flow
Management Committee
Project manager WP7
Technical Board
WP 1 leader
WP 2 leader
WP 3 leader
WP 4 leader
WP 5 leader
Partners managers
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Management tools

• Communication flow
• Common format to exchange documents Word and
  pdf
• Web site
• Public pages include http//www.ercim.org/telemac/
  
• Restricted pages include (login member
  password telemac)
• Staff and students exchange
• Collaborative tools ?

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• EC Rules

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Information flow
Activity Progress reports Deliverables Cost
statements Changes
EC
Review reports Cost statement reports Payments
Amendments
Co-ordinator
Partners
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Reports and meetings

• Quarterly report (3 months)
• Project Progress Report (each year)
• Deliverables
• Costs Statements (6 or 12 months)
• Final report
• Technical implementation plan
• Concertation meetings ( First 19 september 2001)
• Review meetings