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NREN Users in Eastern Europe CEENGINE Work Package #2Dr. Krasimir Simonski – Chair of CEENet

NREN Users in Eastern Europe CEENGINE Work Package #2Dr. Krasimir Simonski – Chair of CEENet

www.ceengine.eu

Krasimir Simonski, [email protected]

http://www.ceengine.eu/

http://www.ceengine.eu

WP#2: Support for Users and User Consultancy

Monitoring of NREN User communitiesAnalysis of NREN users requirements and

their segmentationUser consultancy

CEENGINE User Database 1.0

What are the users? What are their legal names and contact data? Where are they located (geographically and

logically)? What are their research interests, do they have

partners in CEENGINE region and in Europe? How do they participate in ERA, do they plan to do

so, if yes – in which areas? Do they use (or plan to use) GEANT Network?


www.ceengine.eu/usershttp://www.ceengine.eu

Definition of Scope

105 recommendations of NREN Power Users to be contacted and analyzed if they fit the definition of an NREN Power user

Research for additional Power Users country by country – 24 countries included

Profile the NREN Power UsersDesign and develop a database of all Power

UsersWiki the database


Develop the profile

Contact informationDescription of the institutionDescription of the research potentialRelevance to Networking ResearchRelevance to the GEANT services:

list of the GEANT services latest status of the services

Use of the GEANT connectivityFuture plans


GEANT Services

eduroam (Allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop)

eduGAIN, (provides the means for achieving interoperation between different Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI))

eduPERT (A federated PERT (Performance and Enhancement Response Team) that combines independent PERTs (the GÉANT PERT and the National, Local and Project PERTs) with a portfolio of central services to aid them in their network investigations)

perfSONAR (multi-domain diagnostics service) eduPKI (a “trust factory” able to serve those GN3 services needing PKI

certificates) educonf (pan-European videoconferencing service) MD BoD (Multi-Domain Bandwidth-on-Demand) (end-to-end, point-to-point

connectivity service for data transport over multiple domains)


GEANT global connectivity

EUMEDCONNECT2: connecting seven NRENs across North Africa and the Middle East

CAREN: (Central Asia Research and Education Network) interconnecting Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan (Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan also eligible to join)

TEIN3 in Asia: 13 beneficiary partners (BD, BT, KH, IN, ID, LA, MY, NP, PK, PH, LK, TH, VN) and 6 non-beneficiary partners (AU, CN, JP, KR, SG, TW)

AfricaConnect: UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN and Association of African Universities

USA: Internet2, NISN (NASA), NLR, USLHCNet; ESNet America: CANARIE, CEDIA, CoNARE, CUDI, INNOVA|RED, RAAP, RAGIE,

RAICES, RAU2, REACCIUN2, RedCyT, RENATA, REUNA, RNP


Wiki database

Design a template Graphical Structure Overall design – colors, pictures, fonts..

Structure the database By countries Hyperlinking

Enter information manuallyFirst version release



Profile of Bulgarian Supercomputer Center


Profile of Dogus University - Turkey


Profile of Georgia GTU

The scope of work

150 universities, research labs and institutes were researched

57 NREN Power Users were profiled18 countries included:

Armenia, Azerbadjan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vietnam


Lack of NREN Power Users

1.Croatia2.Montenegro3.Turkmenistan4.Uganda5.Uzbekistan


EU countries with strong Power Users but not listed

1.Czech2.Slovakia 3.Slovenia 4.Estonia 5.Lithuania

not been primary targets for the WP2 research


Others

1. Albania - no NREN yet

2. Kosovo – no NREN yet

3. Tajikistan – in progress

4. Bangladesh – no successful contact yet, and therefore was removed from the list

5. Afghanistan – no NREN and no successful contacts yet, so it was removed from the list.


Key findings – 1 of 2

The region is underdeveloped in the applied sciences which demand high technology and expensive equipment for research


The research, although declared as national priority, is in crisis for lack of financing and re-structuring

Key findings – 2 of 2

University model of research is under development – from pure education to mixed – “education & research” model


“National research network” is quite often understood as the network of academies of sciences

A university may have connectivity to several providers and even no research network

Fields of Related Research

Computer Sciences - GRID systems, high-performance computers,

Physics - new materials, high energy, and Nano-technology

Astronomy and observatories

Geology and seismology - seismic active regions of southeastern Europe


Research partnership

NREN Power Users are EU-centric in their international research collaboration utilizing their long-term relations with research teams from the countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Czech, Hungary


Research power

Research institutions from the region have capacity to partner with EU partners, but hardly can assume leadership in projects or activities


Connectivity

Non-GEANT connected usually suffer from low quality of connection but are concerned about the costs of GEANT


NREN Power Users refer to the GEANT as a good opportunity for collaboration with European partners, rather than essential for their research and practice

Education is eager for more educational content and services such as distance learning, video-conferencing, and others

Mapping the NREN Power Usershttp://www.ceengine.eu

NREN Power User Country Field 1 Field 2 Partnership Link Research Power

1 Armenia Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory Armenia Astronomy Local 0 3

2 Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology

Armenia Seismology Local 2 3

3 Institute for Informatics and Automation Problems

Armenia Computer Sciences

Europe 2 2

4 Armenia Institute of Microbilogy Armenia Biology International 2 2

5 Armenia Telemedicine Association Armenia Medicine International 2 3

6 Yerevan Physics Institute Armenia Physics Space Europe 2 2

7 Baku State University Azerbadjan

Computer Sciences

Mathematics International 2

8 The United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Belarus Computer Sciences

Geology Europe 3 2

9 B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus


Physics Europe 2 2

10 Belarusian State University Belarus Computer Sciences

Economy Europe 3 2

11 Belarusian National Technical University Belarus Computer Sciences

Physics Europe 2 2

12 Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics


Europe 2 2

Map objectives

Associate the NREN services with the relevant research areas

Advise on how to consult the individual NREN Power Users on using the GEANT services and connectivity

Understanding the role of NRENs Realize the NRENs need for specific help

and treatment Describe the situation in the region and by its

design and technology


Conclusions

The other research areas are also demonstrating growing demand for collaborative services and should be considered in future


The GEANT services demand centralization at national level so no other entities but NRENs can meet this challenge

NRENs need specific regional approach and understanding the problems and needs of the region as a whole!

Summary

The best adoption of GEANT network and services in the region can be achieved by orchestrating a set of activities leading to integration of research institutions from the targeted region into EU research projects


Only intensified collaboration with EU partners can increase the demand for GEANT and its services in the region, in opposition to the approach where the NRENs must procure rather costly and virtually not-used connectivity to GEANT

Approach

Continuous consultations with GEANT team on GEANT services Overlapping between GEANT and CEENet

members GEANT Promotional team

Involving Power Users in updating the database Identify owners Establish and maintain contact with them

Developing a consultancy resource kit


Consultancy resource kit

User Consultancy web page Links to services FAQ Involve GEANT experts

BrochurePresentation Database manual


[email protected]

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