1st Workshop of Ro-eIRG

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The event marks the start-up of the Romanian e-Infrastructure Reflection Group , under the acronym Ro-eIRG. The meeting creates the opportunities to discuss about similar initiative at European level, to identify the Romanian competences in e-Infrastructure and the potential directions of a strategic R&D agenda, as well as to establish the connections between the Romanian group and eIRG.

What	Kick of meeting of Ro-eIRG
When	Jul 10, 2010 from 08:00 AM to 08:00 PM
Where	West University of Timisoara, Romania
Contact Name	Dana Petcu
Contact Phone	+40-745-405523
Attendees	e-IRG representatives Delegates of Romanian National Authorities in charge with e-Infrastructures Delegates of Romanian institutions with e-Infrastructure capacities Representatives of e-Infrastructure user groups
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1st Workshop of the Romanian e-Infrastructure Reflection Group

Aim

The meeting creates the opportunities to discuss about

the European e-Infrastructure Reflection Group - its role, organisation and visionary papers
the Romanian competences and capabilities in e-Infrastructure
the potential directions of a national strategic R&D agenda,
the connections between the Romanian group and eIRG.

Tentative agenda

July 10th, 2010

Session 1 - Introduction

The aim of the session is to understand the approaches for e-Infrastructure at European level, the need for actions an national level, the vision of e-IRG.

09:30 - 09:40 Viorel Negru (UVT). Welcome. SPRERS support for national technological platforms

09:40 - 10:30 Patrick Aerts (NWO & coordinator 3rd Support Project of e-IRG): eIRG roles and visions

10:30 - 10:50 Dana Petcu (UVT): Towards Ro-EIRG

10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break

Session 2 - National e-Infrastructures

The aim of the session is to discuss the status of Romanian e-Infrastructures, the national agenda in e-Infrastructures.

11:10 - 11:35 Octavian Rusu (RoEduNet) - RoEduNet

11:35 - 12:00 Sorin Zgura (ANCS) - Romanian e-Infrastructures strategies & SEERA-EI

12:00 - 12:25 Emil Slusanschi (UPB) - Case study: HPC @ UPB

12:25 - 12:50 Dorian Gorgan (UTCN) - Case study: Grid @ UTCN

12:50 - 13:45 Lunch break

Session 3 - National competences

The aim of the session is to discuss the Romanian competences in e-Infrastructures.

13:45 - 14:10 Titi Preda (ISS) - GRID, HTC and GPU @ ISS

14:10 - 14:35 Mitica Craus (TUIASI) - Grid @ TUIASI

14:35 - 15:00 Ioan Lucian Muntean (UTCN) - HPC @ UTCN

15:00 - 15:25 Gheorghe Stefanescu (UBUC) - Parallel computing @ UBUC

15:25 - 15:50 Ovidiu Nemes (UTCN & UBB) - Center for Molecular modeling and computational quantum chemistry - Cluj-Napoca

15:50 - 16:10 Coffee break

Session 4 - Round table: Towards a Romanian e-IRG

The aim of the session is to discuss the proposals for Ro-eIRG manifesto, action plan, organization, papers, recommendations, benefits and expected impact.

16:10 - 17:25 Moderator: Dana Petcu (UVT)

17:25 - 17:30 Closing

Documents

SPRERS proposal: Ro-eIRG Manifesto
Romanian Committee for Research Infrastructures: Report on Research Infrastructures
COST Action I0805: ComplexHPC - Open Network for High-Performance Computing on Complex Environments
Knowledge base of e-IRG about Romanian e-Infrastructure: Knowledge base
e-IRG white paper from 2009: White paper
e-IRG roadmap from 2010: Roadmap
e-IRG task force reports
SPRERS deliverable: Green paper of Ro-eIRG (September 2009)
Call for studies in Service Science: PNII - Capacities Call