e-Infrastructure Reflection Group
Published October 31, 2013 | Version 1.0
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e-IRG White Paper 2013

Creators

  • 1. Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • 2. Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics
  • 3. SURFnet
  • 4. RRZN, Leibniz Universität Hannover
  • 5. International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • 6. Strasbourg astronomical data centre CDS
  • 7. Technische Informationsbibliothek Universitätsbibliothek Hannover
  • 8. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC)
  • 9. Department of Information Technology, Uppsala
  • 10. Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis of the National Research Council of Italy
  • 11. Norwegian Centre for Research Data (NSD)
  • 12. European Commission
  • 13. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)
  • 14. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • 15. ATHENA Research and Innovation Center
  • 16. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
  • 17. Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Cente
  • 18. Computer Science Department of West University of Timisoara
  • 19. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
  • 20. JISC, UK
  • 21. GRNET – National Infrastructures for Research and Technology
  • 22. Leibniz Universität Hannover Institut für Rechtsinformatik
  • 23. CERN
  • 24. Athens University of Economics and Business

Description

The e-IRG Roadmap 2012 outlines a need for a European “e-Infrastructure Commons” for knowledge, innovation and science in order to meet the challenges of implementing the EU’s 2020 Strategy. To implement such an e-Infrastructure Commons, a high degree of collaboration and standardisation is required. Furthermore, to provide users with leading edge services, a constant innovation at all levels is necessary. A certain degree of competition helps to ensure high quality of services and effective service provision. As a living ecosystem, an e-Infrastructure Commons must be flexible and able to change dynamically, efficiently, and in a future-proof manner. e-Infrastructures for research will only provide real value if they can provide services which are way ahead of what commercial providers can offer. In order to achieve all this, an ecosystem of different organisations is needed, both at the national and international levels, each with their own focus but also with effective coordination between them.

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