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The e-VLBI Effelsberg Inauguration European
Commission perspective
Effelsberg, 19 November 2008
Jean-Luc Dorel European Commission - DG
INFSO Jean-luc.dorel_at_ec.europa.eu
"The views expressed in this presentation are
those of the author and do not necessarily
reflect the views of the European Commission"
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a new vision for Science
a new vision for Science

• Global complex challenges with high societal
  impact
• Data deluge born digital material virtual-labs
• Cross-disciplinarity
• Spread of skills and competences

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GÉANT connecting Europe
GÉANT connecting Europe

• Pan-European coverage (40 countries /4000
  institutions / 30 million students)
• Hybrid architecture
• connectivity at 10 Gb/s (aggregated traffic)
• dark fiber wavelengths(demanding communities)
• NREN aggregator
• Global reach
• GEANT3

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a staged approach
a staged approach
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involving scientific communities
involving scientific communities
network grids data
generic e-Infrastructure user communities
involvement
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policy debate
policy debate

• ESFRI European Strategy Forum on Research
  Infrastructures
• e-IRG e-Infrastructures Reflection Group

• ENPG European Network Policy Group
• Council of European Union research
  infrastructures, scientific data, regional
  dimension
• ERA (European Research Area) green book
• Communications to the Council and Parliament
  scientific data, ICT infrastructures for Science

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conclusions
conclusions

• e-Infrastructures implement a key EU policy and
  strategy.
• Each project has a dual role to reach its own
  objectives, to ensure the advancement of
  e-Infrastructures. The nature of infrastructure
  highlights this second objective. The value of a
  project is directly proportional to its ability
  to establish synergies within the domain.
• EXPReS and e-VLBI is part of this strategy by
  both advancing the radio-astronomy towards new
  ways of doing science as well as a promoting the
  usage of e-infrastructure
• www.cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/e-infrastructure/