e-Infrastructure

European Commission Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

Description

Scientific data : accessing knowledge
Research policy and organisation
Information policy
Target audience: Specialised/Technical

Informations

• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 19
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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building Global Virtual e-infrastructure: the policy contetx
research communities
T he Lisb on Strate g y aims to build “ the mos t comp etitive and dy namic k nowle dge -
base d e conomy in the world ” in resp onse to to day ’ s e conomic and so cial chal-
lenges. T he Europ ean Research Area (ER A) is a key comp onent of the Lisb on Strate g y
Practical information:b e cause it b o os t s research inf ras truc tures, promotes indus tr y inves tment in Euro-
p eanresearchandcontributestothecreationofsus t ainablegrow thandjobs . e-infrastructure
• http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/home_en.html
• http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/information_society/index_en.htm
e - Inf r as tr u c ture is o n e of th e ce ntr al p illar s of the ER A an d sup p o r t s the i 20 1 0 is changing the way
initiati ve. T his is th e E U p o lic y f r am ewo rk fo r the info r matio ns o cie t y an d m e dia . It science is carried fos te r s th e us e of info r matio n an d co mmunic atio ns te chno l o g y (I C T ) fo r res earch
thro u gh: out!”
• b uil din g a co mm o n E uro p ean info r matio n sp ace: e - Inf r as tr u c tures k now no
b o rd e r s , all ow res earch e r s to co - o p er ate, f acilit ate fl ow of info r matio n across What is e-infrastructure?
E uro p ean db eyo n d,an dareeasil yaccessib l e;
• s tre n g th e nin g I C T res earch an d it s d ep l oy m ent in E uro p e: as earl y a d o pter s of • a co mb inatio n of I C T - b as e d res ources an d ass o ciate d to o ls an d s er v ices su ch
n ew I C T d eve l o p m e nt s , e - Inf r as tr u c tures are v alidating I C T res earch result s an d asne t wo rk s ,co mp utings ys temsan ds cientifi cdat arep osito ries
p a v in g th e w ay fo r f ur th e r inn ov atio n . T hey are an e xce ll ent e xamp l e of how • a new way of co llab o r ating an d sharing res ources in d ep en d entl y of the
I C Tc anb eus e dtomakes cie n cem o ree ffe c tive; res earcher ’ sg e o gr ap hic all o c atio n
• p ro m otin g an in clusi ve info r matio n s o cie t y : e - Inf r as tr u c tures make s cience • akeyenab l erfo rv ir tualgl o b alres earchco mmunities
accessib l e to all. by f acilit atin g access to s cientifi c dis coveries an d increasing • adriverfo rs o cialan de co no micwe ll - b einginE uro p e
e-INFRASTRUCTURE: inte r natio nalco - o p e r atio n .
e-infrastructure by theme
e - Inf r as tr u c ture is ro ote d in th e C ap acities o bje c tive of the E U ’ s S eventh R es earch
F r am ewo r k Pro gr amm e (F P7) an d insp ire d by the p o lic y wo rk • Link ingid easatthesp e e doflight :GÉANTScientific
c ar r ie d o ut in the co nte x t of E uro p ean S tr ate g y Fo r um • Sharingtheb es ts cientifi cres ources:e-Science grids
o n R es earch Inf r as truc tures ( E SF R I ) , e - Inf r as truc- • Accessingk now l e d g e:scientific data
turesR e fl e c tio nG roup( e - IRG)an dtheER A . • D esigningf uturef acilities:novel e-InfrastructureData
• Innov atinginthes cientifi cp ro cess:global virtual research communities
Accessing
Knowledge
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the data challenGe What do digital repositories do? Scientific communities building digital repositories improVed access to research results
D igit al re p osito r ies ha ve b e co m e a s tr ate gic inf r as tr u c ture to EURO-VO-AIDA (astronomy): m ov ing the as tro no mic al E uro p ean V ir tual O bs er-
Do you expect to see smoking tubes and coloured solutions in a sup p o r tres earchasth ey v ato r yintoaf ull yf unc tio ningo p er atio nalp has e e - Inf r as tr u c tures ha ve the p otential to imp rove
modern biological laboratory? • p rov i d e n ew , inte gr ate d s o urces of info r matio n in an accessib l e w ay access to lates t k now l e d g e in s tr ate gic areas , cr u cial
N o, n ot n ow a days! R es earch is c ar r ie d out differentl y to day . Fo r e xamp l e, the tos cie ntis t san ds tu d e nt s; GENESI-DR (Earth observation): o p en an d s eaml ess access to E ar th s cience fo rtheE uro p eanres earchco mp e titiveness .
S a n g e r I n s t i t u t e , w h i c h i s a g e n o m e - s e q u e n c i n g c e n t r e l o c a t e d n e a r C a m b r i d g e , • e nab l e s cie ntis t s to us e info r matio n f ro m a multitu d e of dat a s o urces aro un d re p osito r ies( sp ace,airb o r nean din -situs ens o r sdat a )
UK , h os t s larg e ro o ms fill e d w ith co mp uter - co ntro ll e d D NA -s e qu encing th ewo r l dino rd e rtoo bt ainb e t te rs cie ntifi cresult s; e - Inf r as tr u c tures p rov id e new p ossib ilities of k now l e d g e
m a c h i n e s a n d r a c k s o f h i g h - p o w e r e d s e r v e r s a n d a r r a y s o f s t o r a g e d i s k s. • ta k e s e v e r a l k e y a s p e c t s i n t o c o n s i d e r a t i o n s u c h a s a v a i l a b i l i t y , p e r m a n e n c y , IMPACT (bio-informatics): imp rov ing p rotein annot atio n throu gh co o rdinatio n diss eminatio n an d sup p o r t the imp l em ent atio n of the new o p en access
qualit y ,r ightofus ean dinte ro p e r ab ilit y . an dinte gr atio nofdat ab as es p ar a digm,d e fine dasf re eaccesstos cientifi cinfo r matio noverInter ne t .
S cie ntifi c dat a ha ve co m e to th e fo re f ro nt of m o d er n s cience; it is the new way
to e x p ress k n ow l e d g e. M an y dis cip lines are d eve l o p ing into highl y dat a - inten- METAFOR (climatology): co mm o n info r matio n m o d e l an d to o ls fo r using A key o bje c tive of the o p en access p il ot , launche d by the E uro p ean Co mmis-
sive areas of s cie n ce su ch as high - e nerg y p h ysic s , as tro no my , b io - info r matic s , pioneerinG solutions climatedat aan dm o d e ls sio n inAu gus t 20 0 8 , istoensuref as tan dre liab l eaccesstoE U - f un d e dres earch
g e n o mic san dm e dic alima gin g . result s , in o rd er to drive innov atio n, a d v ance s cientifi c dis cover y an d sup p o r t
Multi-disciplinary European scientific repositories NMDB (space physics): digit al rep osito r y fo r cosmic r ay dat a , p o o ling archives the d eve l o p m ent of a s tro ng k now l e d g e - b as e d e co no my . T he unres tric te d
What is so challenging about scientific data? DRIVER II (e-Infrastructures and info-structures) - d e li ve r s a p an - E uro p ean inf r a- an dco ll e c tin go bs er v atio nsreal -tim e o nline access to E U - f un d e d res earch result s , b as e d o n the us a g e of co mm o n
S cie ntifi c e x p e r im e nt s , o bs e r v atio ns , the o ries , m o d e ls an d simulatio ns g ener ate s tr u c ture fe d e r atin g s cie ntifi c re p osito r ies . It us es o p e n s t an dards an d sup p o r t s d i g i ta l r e p o s i t o r i e s ( o p e n a r c h i v e s ) , w i l l g u a r a n t e e b e t t e r e x p l o i ta t i o n o f r e s u l t s ,the lisbon strategy
unp re ce d e nte d vo lum es of dat a w hich w ill quick l y reach the e xaby te s c al e It is co mp l e x info r matio n o bj e c t s . D igit al re p osito r ies w ill make b oth p ub lish e d an d PESI (biodiversity): t a x onomic ally validate d s t andardis e d nom enclatures for ma x imum re tur n o n E uro p ean in ves tm ent in res earch an d d eve l o p m ent as we ll aims to build “the most
s to re d in co mp l e x dat ab as es co nsis ting of numb er s , te x t , ima g es , dia gr ams an d e x p e r im e nt al dat a w i d e l y a v ailab l e fo r us e an d thus sup p o r t n ew p ar a digms fo r b io l o gic alan db io diver sit ymana g em ent asre du ce dwas teoftim ean dp ub licres ourcesindup lic ativee ffo r t .competitive and dynamic fo r mulas . res earch .
knowledge-based Support T he o p en access p il ot , to r un until the en d of F P7 , is an imp o r t ant s tep towards
Jus t to gi ve an i d ea , th e G É AN T n e t wo rk , reaching sp e e d of ter ab it / s in 20 20 Policy reflection BELIEF-II co o rdinates an d ensures e ffe c tive k now l e d g e fl ow b e t we en achiev ing the “ fif th f re e d o m” , the f re e m ovem ent of k now l e d g e am o ngs t economy in the world”.
wo ul ds tillt ake9 3daystotr ansmitane xaby tedat afil e … PARSE.Insight aims to h e lp d e fin e th e inf r as tr u c ture n e e d e d to p res e r ve e - Inf r as tr u c ture p roje c t s an d their us er s . It s D igit al Lib r ar y ho lds M emb erS t ates ,res earcher s ,in dus tr yan dthep ub licatlarg e.
an d us e th e digit all y e n co d e d info r matio n o n w hich o ur s o cie t y in creasin gl y v ar io usdat aofe - Inf r as tr u c turesp roje c t s .
W h o w ill b e ab l e to na v igate in this imm ens e s e e of info r matio n ? T hes e d e p e n dsan dw hichf utureg e n e r atio nsw illinh e r it .
e n o r m o usquantitiesofdigit all yb o r nmaterialne e dtob ep ro p erl y
c ol le c t e d, a r c h iv e d, s t or e d, c ura t e d, ma n age d a nd ac c es se d t o
b eus e f ul.
E uro p ean f un d e d p roje c t s in the d o main ofScientific
Data infrastructures share a co mm o n v isio n that
an y fo r m of s cientifi c co ntent res ource, inclu ding
s cie ntifi crep o r t s , res earch ar ticl es ,e x p erim ent al o r
o bs e r v atio nal dat a , rich m e dia e tc , should b e easil y
accessib l e throu gh us er f rien dl y e - Inf r as tr u c tures
s er v ic es .
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