The e-Science Initiative has been subjected to an international review by members of the international grid community and has received valuable and complementary comments on its wide range of activities.
Vision
The UK government has launched the Science and Innovation Investment Framework which is a 10 year forward look for science investment. e-Science and e-infrastructure are a part of that framework. It is too early to know what the specific impact and funding will be for e-Science. However, the government’s long-term commitment to increase the ratio of the total UK R&D spending as a proportion of GDP from the current level of around 1.9% to 2.5% by 2014.
Strategy
Within the various components of the e-Science Initiative roadmaps are being developed, for example OMII has developed a road map which is available on their web site. In addition, the e-Science Steering Committee is monitoring the developments within the individual Research Councils and planning and proposing the incorporation of e-Science as an embedded part of the activities of all the Research Councils’ funding. In addition, the Director of the Core Programme is developing a future strategy.
Joint Initiatives and Projects
Several joint bilateral initiatives have been established with a number of countries and promoted by means of workshops and exchange visits. Joint project funding is difficult as a result of different funding mechanisms and rules.
Recommendations
The e-Science Initiative has been devised with a specific set of phases and components to exploit the activities and expertise of both the academia and industrial communities in the UK. In a relatively short space of time it has had a major impact on scientific research and industrial development and exploitation. The model is appropriate for consideration and for rolling out across Europe.
Annex
Organisational information and committees
The Director of the Core e-Science Programme is Professor Tony Hey who is seconded to the EPSRC to direct the programme on behalf of all the Research Councils. Dr Anne E Trefethen acts as Professor Hey’s deputy and Dr Jim Fleming is the Associate Programme Manager at the EPSRC. In 2003 Dr Rebecca Steliaros, an Associate Programme Manager at EPSRC, also joined the team. Krys Bartoszewska and Carol Becker provide the programme support at EPSRC. The DTI team consists of Ray Browne, who is the e-Science team leader at the DTI and who co-ordinates all the DTI activity within the programme and his colleagues Lee Vousden and Jackie Whalley.
The e-Science Programme is overseen by a Steering Committee chaired by Professor David Wallace, Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University. The membership of the Steering Committee includes representatives from industry and commerce as well as all the Research Councils.
In addition there is an infrastructure consisting of a number of advisory committees:
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Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
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The Technical Advisory Group is made up of UK and international academics and industrial members, who are able to advise the Director on the directions of the Programme, and who act as reviewers for the e-Science Centres and their projects.
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Architecture Task Force (ATF)
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The Architectural Task Force, led by Professor Malcolm Atkinson, was established to develop an architectural model for the UK's contributions to grid middleware. The group have been active in helping to develop the OGSA architecture and have continued to advise the directorate on the likely near and long-term developments in grid technologies.
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Engineering Task Force (ETF)
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The Grid Engineering Task Force was formed to guide the construction, testing and demonstration of a prototype UK e-Science Grid. It contains members from each of the UK e-Science Centres and the Grid Support Centre.
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Security Task Force (STF)
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The Security Task Force has been formed to help understand and prioritise the security issues of the Grid. The Task Force has created a Security Policy for the programme and is developing a technology roadmap for the UK.
e-Science Centres
National e-Science Centre (www.nesc.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
Principal Investigator
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
OGSA-DAI
|
Atkinson
|
IBM,Oracle
|
1,035,000
|
1,961,000
|
2,996,000
|
GridWeaver
|
Kavoussanakis
|
HP
|
132,000
|
143,170
|
275,170
|
SunDCG
|
Parsons
|
SUN
|
437,500
|
450,000
|
887,500
|
MS.NetGrid
|
Jackson
|
Microsoft
|
112,500
|
112,500
|
225,000
|
PGPGrid
|
Cockshott
|
Peppers Ghost Productions
|
262,500
|
362,500
|
625,000
|
Bridges
|
Atkinson
|
BRC, IBM UK
|
342,300
|
499,100
|
841,400
|
FirstDig
|
|
FirstPlc
|
90,000
|
90,000
|
180,000
|
OGSA-DAIT
|
Atkinson
|
IBM
|
591,402
|
591,402
|
1,182,804
|
|
|
Total
|
3,003,202
|
4,209,672
|
7,212,87
|
Belfast Regional Centre (www.qub.ac.uk/escience)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
GeneGrid
|
Perrott/Donachy
|
Fusion Antibodies Ltd Amtec Medical Ltd
|
406,572
|
413,533
|
820,105
|
GridCast
|
Harmer/Perrott
|
BBC, BT
|
462,331
|
540,000
|
1,002,331
|
Gridmil
|
Harmer
|
Qinetiq
|
26,675
|
21,000
|
47,675
|
GEDDM
|
Perrott/Donachy
|
Datactics Ltd
|
266,037
|
292,200
|
558,237
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,161,615
|
1,266,733
|
2,428,348
|
Cambridge Regional Centre (www.cms.cam.ac.uk/grid.html)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
Teleconferencing using Grid Technologies
|
Graves
|
WACN, Siemens
|
265,000
|
225,000
|
490,000
|
National Cosmology Grid and Remote Visualisation
|
Rankin
|
SGI
|
70,728
|
60,000
|
130,728
|
Molecular Informatics Standards for the Grid
|
Glen
|
Unilever
|
282,964
|
342,000
|
624,964
|
Electromagnetic Scattering by Aircraft
|
Spivack
|
BAE Systems
|
224,241
|
381,000
|
605,241
|
Distance CFD for Supercomputing Industry
|
Cant
|
Rolls Royce
|
181,000
|
182,429
|
363,429
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,023,933
|
1,190,429
|
2,214,362
|
Cardiff Regional Centre (www.wesc.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
CoVite
|
Miles
|
ActivePlan
|
176,760
|
166,000
|
342,760
|
Rave
|
Walker
|
SGI
|
186,534
|
150,000
|
336,534
|
DIPSO
|
Rana
|
Avantis World Emorphia Lloyds TSB
|
96,403
|
124,500
|
220,903
|
GECEM
|
Walker
|
BAE Systems, HP Lab
|
102,500
|
250,000
|
352,500
|
Conoise-G
|
Gray
|
BT Exact
|
124,000
|
595,000
|
719,000
|
GEMS
|
Walker
|
BAE Systems
|
300,000
|
300,000
|
600,000
|
|
|
Totals
|
986,197
|
1,585,500
|
2,571,697
|
London Regional Centre (www.lesc.ic.ac.uk)
-
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
EPIC
|
Darlington
|
SUN
|
605,296
|
960,000
|
1,565,296
|
OSCAR
|
Darlington
|
Compusys, Intel
|
249,769
|
167,000
|
416,769
|
Computational Markets
|
Darlington
|
NAG Ltd, Realtime Engineering, SUN, SGI, Oracle
|
375,000
|
275,000
|
650,000
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,230,065
|
1,402,000
|
2,632,065
|
North East Regional Centre (www.neresc.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
GridMist
|
Watson
|
HP-Arjuna
|
100,000
|
100,000
|
200,000
|
OGSA-DAI
|
Watson
|
IBM, Oracle
|
97,000
|
167,796
|
264,796
|
e-Demand
|
Xu
|
SUN, Sharp, Sparkle, Citrix, CISCO
|
307,565
|
329,335
|
636,900
|
GridShed
|
Mirani
|
BT
|
218,500
|
209,000
|
427,500
|
eSACS
|
Young
|
Sapphire Technologies, e-Therapeutics
|
179,690
|
180,000
|
359,690
|
GridWeld
|
Austin
|
Sun Microsystems Cybula Ltd, Vita Nuovea
|
120,267
|
113,536
|
233,803
|
OGSA-DAIT
|
Watson
|
IBM
|
68,571
|
68,571
|
137,142
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,091,593
|
1,168,238
|
2,259,831
|
North West Regional Centre (www.esnw.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
Utopia
|
Goble
|
SUN, EMBnet
|
120,000
|
120,000
|
240,000
|
OGSA-DAI
|
Paton
|
IBM, Oracle
|
97,000
|
97,000
|
194,000
|
GOAT
|
Goble
|
GSK
|
81,000
|
81,000
|
162,000
|
IX Grid
|
|
IX Imaging
|
22,233
|
20,000
|
42,233
|
Op3D Grid
|
|
SGI
|
54,917
|
55,000
|
109,917
|
BioQuery
|
Goble
|
Genetic Xchange Sagitus Solutions
|
39,695
|
91,284
|
130,979
|
Grenade
|
|
SGI
|
58,913
|
68,200
|
127,113
|
Must
|
|
BTExact
|
170,000
|
168,960
|
338,960
|
Computational Markets
|
|
CSC Ltd, NAG Ltd Realtime Engineering SUN, SGI, Oracle
|
328,102
|
328,102
|
656,204
|
COSMICGRID
|
|
MASA, IBM, ESTEEM
|
27,000
|
32,000
|
59,000
|
OGSA-DAIT
|
Paton
|
IBM
|
77,601
|
77,601
|
155,202
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,076,461
|
1,139,147
|
2,125,608
|
Oxford Regional Centre (e-science.ox.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
Videoworks for the Grid
|
Shotton
|
IBM, Virage, Square Box Systems, Boxer Systems Ltd, Int. DOI Foundation
|
327,066
|
352,016
|
679,082
|
Remote Microscopy
|
Cockayne
|
AEAT, BNFL, JEOL
|
250,000
|
250,000
|
500,000
|
Climate Prediction
|
Allen
|
Met Office, RiskMan Soln, Tessella
|
224,903
|
505,294
|
720,197
|
Ediamond, Grid Workload Management
|
Heisig
|
IBM
|
114,053
|
114,053
|
228,106
|
|
Totals
|
|
916,022
|
1,221,363
|
2,137,385
|
Southampton Regional Centre (www.e-science.soton.ac.uk)
Project Title
|
PI
|
Industrial Partners
|
Programme Investment
|
Industrial Investment
|
Total
|
G-Ship
|
Keane
|
Wolfson Unit
|
127,377
|
127,377
|
254,754
|
G-CEM
|
Cox
|
Mesophotonics
|
127,230
|
127,230
|
254,460
|
G-Yacht
|
Keane
|
Wolfoson Unit
|
127,377
|
127,377
|
254,754
|
G-Civil
|
Keane
|
Keynetix Ltd, Mott MacDonald, Groundwater White Plc
|
273,080
|
337,500
|
610,580
|
G-Hydro
|
Keane
|
Lloyds Register
|
272,000
|
272,000
|
544,000
|
Computational Markets
|
Cox
|
CSC Ltd, NAG, Realtime Engineering, SUN, SGI, Oracle
|
140,987
|
141,000
|
281,987
|
|
Totals
|
|
1,068,051
|
1,132,484
|
2,200,535
|
List of Current Pilot Projects
A Co-operative Clinical e-Science Framework
|
(CLEF)
|
A GRID Database for biomolecular simulations
|
(BiosimGRID)
|
A problem solving environment for global biodiversity: prototype and demonstrator
|
(BiodiversityWorld)
|
An e-Science resource for High Throughput Protein Crystallography
|
(E-HTPX)
|
Artificial Neural Networks in Individual Cancer Management
|
(ANN)
|
AstroGrid
|
(AstroGrid)
|
Bio-Logical: an intelligent database for knowledge discovery in functional genomics
|
(Bio-Logical)
|
Biological Atlas of Insulin Resistance
|
(BAIR)
|
Biology of ageing e-science integration and simulation system
|
(BASIS)
|
Climateprediction.net: Distributed computing for a global climate (NERC Pilot)
|
(ClimatePrediction.net)
|
Co-ordination, integration and distribution of sequence and structural family data
|
(N/A16)
|
Discovery Net: An e-Science test Bed for High Throughput Informatics
|
(DiscoveryNet)
|
Distributed Aircraft Maintenance Environment
|
(DAME)
|
e-PROTEIN: A distributed pipeline for structural-based proteome annotation using GRID technology
|
(e-PROTEIN)
|
Environment from the molecular level: an e-Science proposal for modelling the atomistic processes involved in environmental issues.
|
(e-Minerals)
|
EROPS- the Protease Database
|
(EROPS)
|
eScience Pilot Project in Integrative Biology
|
(Integrative Biology)
|
Exploring Chemical Structures: Fast Track to New Engineering and Biomedical Materials
|
(Exploring Chemical
Structures)
|
Grid Based Information Models to Support the Rapid Innovation of High Value Added Chemicals (GOLD)
|
(GOLD)
|
Grid Enabled Integrated Earth system model
|
(GENIE)
|
Grid Enabled Optimisation & Design Search for Engineering
|
(GEODISE)
|
GRID for Environmental Systems Diagnostics and Visualisation
|
(GridESDV)
|
Grid-enabled Modelling Tools and Databases for neuroinformatics
|
(N/A18)
|
Integration of Sequenece and Structural Family Data
|
(ISSFD)
|
Mouse Atlas Database
|
(eMAP)
|
MYGRID: Directly Supporting the E-Scientist
|
(myGrid)
|
Profiling for Breast and Colorectal Cancer
|
(Profiling for Breast and Colorectal Cancer)
|
Structure-Property Mapping: Combination Chemistry & the Grid
|
(Comb-e-Chem)
|
The Grid for UK Particle Physics
|
(GridPP)
|
The NERC Datagrid
|
(NERC Datagrid)
|
The RealityGrid - a tool for investigating condensed matter & materials
|
(RealityGrid)
|
List of Interdisciplinary Research Projects
Collaborative Advanced Knowledge Technologies in the grid.
|
(CoAKTinG)
|
Dependability IRC: Dependable, Service-centric Grid Computing
|
(Dependability IRC)
|
Environmental e-Science IRC: Linking Environmental e-Science in the lab and in the Field
|
(Environmental e-Science IRC)
|
Grid Based Medical Devices for Everday Health
|
(Medical Devices IRC)
|
Grid enabled knowledge services: collaborative problem solving environments in medical informatics
|
(Medical Informatics IRC)
|
MIAS-Grid. A Medical Image and Signal Research Grid
|
(MIAS-Grid)
|
List of current Demonstrator Project
3D OPT Microscopy Grid: Bringing the Grid to the Biomedical workbench
|
(3D OPT)
|
3Dmouse Grid
|
(3Dmouse Grid)
|
Chemical Structures
|
(Chemical Structures)
|
Climateprediction.net: Distributed Computing for Global Climate Research - Demonstrator Project
|
(Climateprediction.net Demonstrator)
|
Collaborative Visualisation
|
(Collaborative Visualisation)
|
Dynamic Brain Atlas
|
(Brain Atlas)
|
e-Star: Demonstrating the Power of Grid Computing to Solve Complex, ill defined problems
|
(e-Star)
|
GODIVA: Grid for Ocean Diagnostics, Interactive Visualisation and Analysis
|
(GODIVA)
|
GRAB: Biodiversity and the Grid
|
(GRAB)
|
Health Care Planning with Data Driven Resource Allocation
|
(HYDRA)
|
Medical Imaging on the Reactor
|
(Reactor)
|
NeSC ePortal Demonstration
|
(e-Portals)
|
OGSA-DAI Demo for Genetics
|
(ODD-GENES)
|
Seamless Access to Multiple Datasets - An ESRC e-Science Demonstrator
|
(SAMD)
|
Telemedicine on the Grid
|
(Telemedicine)
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