Overview Full project name: Remote Instrumentation in Next-

generation Grids

Type of project: SSA

Project start date: October 1st, 2006

Project duration: 18 months

Number of partners: 10 (incl. two consortia: Italy and Latin America) from 11 countries (Poland, Austria, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Italy, United Kingdom)

Coordinator: PSNC

Participants (1)

Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland

Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz, Austria

Greek Research And Technology Network S.A., Greece

Central Laboratory Of Mineralogy And Crystallography - Acad. Ivan Kostova, Bulgaria

Universitatea Tehnica "Gh. Asachi" Iasi, Romania

Participants (2)

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico

Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas, Uruguay

Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni, Italy

The University of Surrey, UK

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy

Participants - map

Objectives

Identification of instruments and user communities, definition of requirements

Synergy between remote instrumentation and next-generation high-speed communications networks and grid infrastructures

Trend analysis and recommendations for designing next-generation remote instrumentation services

Promoting egalitarian access to european e-Infrastructure opportunities

Dissemination of project results to scientific and business groups of users

Interactivity

Interactive access to equipment is under special attention in this project

Workpackages

WP1 - Project management

WP2 - Identification of instruments and user communities, definition of requirements

WP3 - Evaluation and requirements for infrastructures

WP4 - Future emerging trends and recommendations

WP5 - Dissemination, standardisation and cooperation with other projects

WP6 - Prototyping and verification

WP1 - Project management

Workpackages – WP2

Identification of instruments and user communities, definition of requirements

WP Leader: Yuri Kalvachev (CLMC)

Participants: CLMC, TUI, UNAM, CLARA

Start date: M1

Workpackage title:

Identification of scientific instruments for integration with Grid

environment

Identification of user groups and instrument owners as potential

beneficiaries of remote instrumentation systems

Creation of a database of user groups, instrument owners and other

relevant EU communities, which would potentially benefit from their

knowledge and expertise

Description of the state of the art in the domain of remote

instrumentation.

WP2 – Objectives (1)

Definition of instrument and instrument owner technical and policy

requirements

Definition of potential beneficiary (end user) requirements

Influence on the work of ESFRI and e-IRG forums

Carrying out extended research to identify further groups of users

potentially interested in remote instrumentation

Evaluation of cost savings through the use of remote instruments as

compared with the conventional use, rented or owned equipment

WP2 – Objectives (2)

WP2 – Deliverables

D2.1 Identification of scientific instruments and user communities – month 3 (Report)

Survey and report, summarizing the process of identification of high level scientific instruments with the potential of applying the remote instrumentation approach (…)

D2.2 User communities and potential beneficiaries list – month 4 (Report)

Creation of a database of different users, institutes, groups and communities, which could potentially benefit from sharing remote access to high-performance equipment.

D2.3 Requirements analysis – month 5 (Report)

Analysis of requirements by the identified user communities, instrumentation owners, and other scientists associated with this research domain – establishing mailing lists and other kinds of discussion environments.

WP2 – Milestones

M2.1 Identification of scientific instruments and user communities – month 4 (Report)

Once report D2.1 (identifying scientific instruments and potential beneficiaries) is ready, the requirements definition process can start and forms of cooperation can be agreed with all identified institutions (…)

M2.2 Workshop on requirements specification – month 5 (Report)

This will summarize the requirement collection process and will facilitate the creation of D2.3, which is one of the key elements for further work on WP3 & WP4

Workpackages – WP3

Evaluation and requirements for infrastructures

WP Leader: Dieter Kranzmueller (GUP)

Participants: PSNC, GUP, GRNET, TUI, CLARA,

CNIT, CNR/ISTI, UNIS

Start date: M3

Workpackage title:

Evaluation of the existing network and grid infrastructure available

for the remote instrumentation communities identified in WP2

Analysis of the scientific instrument requirements with respect to the

present research network infrastructures

Analysis of the scientific instrument requirements with respect to the

present state of the art of grid middleware and other grid- enabled

software

Requirements definition of infrastructures for remote instrumentation

systems

Provision of the information service with analysis results

WP3 – Objectives

WP3 – Deliverables

D3.1 State of the art in networks and grid infrastructures – month 4 (Report)

This deliverable will provide the state of the art of current networks and grid infrastructures with respect to remote instrumentation.

D3.2 Status of grid middleware and corresponding emerging standards for potential usage in sharing scientific instruments via (international) networks – month 7. (Report)

This deliverable will define and evaluate user requirements in terms of Grid infrastructure and software in network.

D3.3 Summary of requirements and needs to be currently fulfilled to efficiently introduce the remote instrumentation idea into practice - month 9 (Report)

Final report will present the summary of the guidelines, good practices, requirements needed for the deployment of infrastructures for remote instrumentation systems.

WP3 – Milestones

M3.1 State of the art in (research) networks and grid infrastructures with respect to remote instrumentation - month 4

Collection of information about existing infrastructures (grid environments, networks, standards) regarding their applicability for remote instrumentation on the grid.

M3.2 Status of grid middleware and corresponding emerging standards for potential usage in sharing scientific instruments via (international) networks – month 9

Identification of requirements for remote instrumentation on each aspect of the measurement scenarios.

Workpackages – WP4

Future emerging trends and recommendations

WP Leader: Franco Davoli (CNIT)

Participants: PSNC, GUP, CLMS, CLARA,

CNIT, UNIS

Start date: M7

Workpackage title:

WP4 – Objectives

Analysis of the impact of next-generation multi-gigabit network

infrastructures (e.g. Geant 2) and networking technologies

advances (e.g. IPv6, QoS support, MPLS) on the use of remote

instrumentation services

Analysis of future trends concerning network technologies that may

be used to access remote instrumentation services and virtual

research laboratories.

Guidelines for the development of new software services enabling

user-friendly interactions (e.g. access, control, monitor) with remote

scientific devices

Recommendations for the development of virtual research

laboratories to reduce access costs and expand accessibility to top-

level instruments.

WP4 – Deliverables (1)

D4.1 Virtual research laboratories in Europe and third-party countries: from the current state of the art towards the future technologies according to users’ expectations – month 12 (Report,Publication)

This deliverable will aim to provide a survey on the differences between users’ expectations and the current state of the art with regard to the utilisation of remote instrumentation services. Current issues concerning virtual laboratories and remote instrumentation control will be highlighted in the deliverable. Requirements for future technologies will be identified.

D4.2 Influence of the remote instrumentation trends on the development of the network infrastructure and grid services – month 10 (Report, Publication)

This deliverable will analyse the evolution of grid and network infrastructures with respect to remote instrumentation services and virtual laboratories deployment. Advantages and drawbacks of current grid services when applied to remote instrumentation services will be clearly pointed out. Moreover, the main features of grid middleware which allows users to access remote instrumentation in a seamless manner will be identified.

WP4 – Deliverables (2)

D4.3 Final Report – month 12 (Report, Publication)The final report will provide a short term vision concerning the evolution of remote instrumentation services and the creation of virtual research laboratories, as well as guidelines and recommendations.

WP4 – Milestones (1)

M4.1 Assessment of future technologies to be adopted – month 9 (Report)

Identification of relevant instrumentation resources, grid and networks infrastructure features and trends with respect to users’ requirements for future remote instrumentation services. Provision of guidelines concerning the design of next generation remote instrumentation services.

M4.2 Definition of basic functionalities and network requirements for remote instrumentation services – month 10 (Report)

Analysis of the dependencies between the functionalities of remote instrumentation for cooperative use and the grid/network infrastructures. Improvement of middleware/network interaction. Guidelines for the deployment of new remote instrumentation services, also considering the economical aspects of its utilization over next generation networks.

WP4 – Milestones (2)

M4.3 Recommendations and Input for standardization – month 11 (Report)

Recommendations and contributions concerning the standardization of remote instrumentation services and virtual laboratories based on future grid and network infrastructures.

Workpackages – WP5

Dissemination, standardisation and cooperation with other projects

WP Leader: Marcin Lawenda (PSNC)

Participants: ALL

Start date: M1

Workpackage title:

WP5 – Objectives

Raising project awareness among user communities

increasing involvement of user communities in common European

research

specific dissemination objectives:

• setting up and maintaining a portal for project-related activities

• the preparation and distribution of information material

• preparation of seminars, taking part in conferences

close cooperation with initiatives and projects from the field of

Remote Instrumentation

taking part in standardization bodies

• setting up a GGF group devoted to Remote Instrumentation

WP5 – Deliverables

D5.1 Final Plan for using and Disseminating Knowledge – month 2 (Report)

D5.2 RINGrid Web portal - month 2 (Other)

D5.3 Project leaflet/brochure - month 6 (Other)

D5.4 GGF workgroup creation - month 9 (Event)

D5.5 Report on dissemination - month 12 (Report)

D5.6 Project leaflet/brochure - month 16 (Other)

D5.7 Seminar presenting future guidelines - month 18 (Event)

D5.8 Report on Raising Public Participation and Awareness - month 18 (Report)

WP5 – Milestones

M5.1 Report on dissemination – month 12

It will sum up/assess dissemination efforts done in the first year.

Workpackages – WP6

Prototyping and verification

WP Leader: Constantinos Kotsokalis (GRNET)

Participants: PSNC, GUP, GRNET, CNIT

Start date: M12

Workpackage title:

WP6 – Objectives

Specification and working out of ‘use cases’, which match the profile

of requirements set by the previous work packages

Preparation of prototype installations

Execution of tests and collection of remarks concerning results

achieved and user experiences, documenting all relevant

information in a formal report

Analysis of the verification process results and production of a

coherent list of recommendations for instrumentation grid

infrastructures

WP6 – Deliverables

D6.1 Report on prototype preparation and user experiences - month 16 (Report)

Deliverable D6.1 will report the testbed implementation procedures, documenting any issues that were raised during this phase. Then, it will include information on the way that applications are expected to be executed, and will conclude with user experiences as they were reported after evaluating the testbed.

D6.2 Report on requirements verification and final recommendations - month 18 (Report)

Deliverable D6.2 will use the input from D6.1 and the results of WP2, WP3 and WP4, in order to come up with a final, complete and coherent set of requirements and recommendations for instrumentation grid infrastructures.

WP6 – Milestones

M6.1 Prototype design – month 13By M13 the prototype test benches will be designed, including guidelines for application deployment.

M6.2 Test benches deployment – month 14By M14 the prototype test benches will be deployed with middleware and applications, ready for user communities to execute their applications and access relevant instrumentation.

M6.3 User experiences documentation – month 16By M16 the users will have finished experimenting with the test benches, and will have provided feedback, based on which D6.1 will be written.

M6.4 Final recommendations produced – month 18Two months after the release of D6.1, the release of D6.2 will follow to mark the end of the project and provide a cohesive list of recommendations for future instrumentation grids.

Definition of recommendations and guidelines for the development of new

user access solutions to Remote Instrumentation environments (deliverable

WP4, month 11),

Guidelines for the development of grid infrastructures for Remote

Instrumentation environments [deliverable WP4, month 12],

Establishing a GGF research/working group, which will focus on issues

related to ntegration remote instrumentation with grid environments (we

foresee to start the activity of the new GGF group in 2007, M4.3

corresponds to the early recommendations to the standards in the area of

Remote Instrumentation access),

Criteria of success (1)

Organisation of seminars and workshops on emerging technology trends,

combined with an international or national conference - guidelines for future

research in this field (all WPs, at least 2 seminars),

Influencing the roadmap and development of eInfrastructure in Europe

(contribution to e-IRG white papers),

Identification of new groups of users related to scientific instruments (at

least 2, month 5)

Positive feedback received from two group of users related to the prototype

based on conceptual design (month 18).

Criteria of success (2)

Testbed

Validation of the project results will base on the following testbed implementations:

PSNC Virtual Laboratory (http://vlab.psnc.pl/)

GridCC (http://www.gridcc.org/)

CLARA (http://www.redclara.net/)

RINGrid provides an architecture which integrates RINGrid provides an architecture which integrates instrumentations with eInfrastructure:instrumentations with eInfrastructure: encompasses the current state of art, near future technologyencompasses the current state of art, near future technology conceptual design of missing architectural ‘pieces’conceptual design of missing architectural ‘pieces’ supported by Grid environmentsupported by Grid environment

Prototyping and validation is foreseen in the last phase – Prototyping and validation is foreseen in the last phase – 4Q2007/1Q20084Q2007/1Q2008

RINGrid is looking for collaboration in terms of RINGrid is looking for collaboration in terms of interactivity and joint effort in GGF interactivity and joint effort in GGF

Project life time: Oct. 2006 – March 2008Project life time: Oct. 2006 – March 2008

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