Armenian      Research  &  Educa1onal  

E-­‐Infrastructure    

Yuri  Shoukourian  Na1onal  Academy  of  Sciences  of  Armenia  

Vice-­‐president      

Eastern Partnership Event, November 7-8, 2011, Bucharest, Romania

Armenian  e-­‐infrastructure  •  Armenia   a?aches   great   importance   to   the  deployment   and  

implementa1on   of   the   state   of   art   e-­‐infrastructures.  Development  of  S&E  e-­‐infrastructure   is  under   the   influence  of  scien1fic  efforts  to  solve  the  problems  associated  with  the  country's  needs  in  economy,  science,  etc.  

•  Armenian   R&E   network   infrastructure   is   composed   of   two  networks:  Academic   Scien1fic  Network  of  Armenia   (ASNET-­‐AM)   and   Armenian   Research   and   Educa1onal   Networking  Associa1on  (ARENA).  Due  the  projects  FP7  -­‐  BSI  and  HP-­‐SEE,  an  united  network  space  has  been  established.    

•  GEANT   connec1vity,   Armenian   Grid   infrastructure   using  ASNET-­‐AM   facili1es  have   crucial  meaning   for   the  Armenian  e-­‐infrastructure  sustainability.  

Users  Community  and  Fundraising  Users  Community  •  Stakeholders:  Ministries   (Educa1on   and   Science   Emergency  

Situa1ons,   Nature   Protec1on),   Presidium   of   NAS   RA  (Na1onal  Academy  of  Science  of  Armenia)  

•  Research  Organiza1ons:  NAS  RA  (40  Ins1tu1ons),  YerPhI  •  Universi1es:   Yerevan   State   University.   Armenian   State  

Engineering  University  and  more  than  30  universi1es  •  Libraries    and  Industry  research  network    

Fundraising  •  Regular  state  support  to  maintenance  the  e-­‐infrastructure  •  State  framework  programmes  to  support  of  user  community  

(Meteorology,  Seismology,  Biology,  Physics)  •  State  support  to  integrate  with  EU  ERA  ICT  and  bridging  the  

digital  divide  

Sustainability  

•  Long  term  state  funding  not  depend  on  short  1me  state  and  interna1onal  programmes  is  crucial.  

•  State   support   of   innova1on   processes   by   special  services  of  e-­‐infrastructure    

•  Common   vision   on   ICT   development   in   Armenia   in   e-­‐infrastructure  by  the  means  of  Armenian  Grid  Ini1a1ve,  Geant  connec1vity,  etc.  

•  Advanced   usage   of   e-­‐infrastructures   by   Stakeholders  and  R&E  organiza1ons.  

•  Extension of collaboration with international correspondent units (TERENA, CEENet, ISOC, EGI, etc..).

Thank  you