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A (short) EOSC OverviewThe doers’ points of view

Damien Lecarpentier, Plan-E meeting

Amsterdam, 29 October 2018

• EUDAT CDI / LTD

LTD shareholder, Secretariat, Service provider

(incl. as part of EOSC-hub)

CSC in EOSC relevant initiatives

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• EOSC Pilot

Governance, service management framework

• EOSC-Hub

Project direction, strategy, services

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• FAIRsFAIR

FAIR standards

• …

Towards EOSC

May

2015

A “research cloud” as

part of the DSM strategyMars

2018April

2016

January

2017

EOSC launch

October

2017

European Cloud Initiative(Communication)

EOSC as “a trusted, open environment for the

scientific community forstoring, sharing and re-using scientific data and

results”

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Novembe

r 2018

EOSC Declaration

EOSC as a “process” guided by set of principles (Data, Architecture, Governance)

EOSC ImplementationRoadmap

Detailed roadmap coveringarchitecture, data, services, access & interfaces, rules of

participation, and governance

Now

Close future

* Implementation Roadmap for the European Open Science Cloud (SWD(2018)83)

Current situation: 6 lines of action of the EOSC model *

FAIR data management and tools. A common data language to ensure data stewardship across borders/disciplines based on FAIR principles.

b. Data

Rules of participation for different EOSC actors. An opportunity to comply with existing legal and technical frameworks and increase legal certainty & trust.e. Rules

Architecture of the federated infrastructures as the solution to the current fragmentation in research data infrastructures which are insufficiently interoperable. a. Architecture

Governance of the EOSC, aiming at ensuring EU leadership in data-driven science but requiring new governance frameworks.

Mechanisms/interfaces for accessing EOSC. A simple way for dealing with open data obligations or accessing research data across different disciplines.

d. Access & Interface

Available services from a user perspective. A rich environment offering a wide range of services covering the needs of the users.

c. Services

f. Governance

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Governance

Community

Implementation

INFRAEOSC-05a

INFRAEOSC-05c

INFRAEOSC-05b

INFRAEOSC-01 Access to commercial services

Support to the EOSC Governance

INFRAEOSC-06 Enhancing the EOSC portal and connecting thematic clouds

INFRAEOSC-04 Connecting ESFRI infrastructures through Cluster projects

INFRAEOSC-02 Prototyping new innovative services

INFRAEOSC-03 Integration and Consolidation….

EOSC is made of multiple projects

EOSC-hub receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 777536.

eosc-hub.eu

@EOSC_eu

Integrating and managing services for the European Open Science Cloud

100 Partners, 76 beneficiaries (75 funded)

- Including EUDAT, EGI, INDIGO-DataCloud & 26 research communities

3,874 PMs, 108 FTEs, more than 200 technical and scientific staff involved

Budget: €33,331,180

36 months: January 2018 – December 2020

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EOSC-hub strategic positioning within EOSC

EOSC-hub is one entry point to the EOSC

EOSC-hub as a shared hub for accessing open data and services

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Strategic goals

Architecture

Data

Services

Access and Interface

Rules of Participation

EOSC Implementation

Roadmapaction line

EOSC-hub’s role in promoting

the action line

EOSC Service Integrator

Facilitator of FAIR data discovery

Service Portfolio Manager

Aggregator of demand and supply

Maintainer of a corpus of RoP

Strategic goals set in D2.1

1. Organise and operationalise an inclusive EOSC-hub

2. Strengthen digital capabilities, expertise, and adoption of the FAIR

principles

3. Co-create and integrate open and user-driven services and solutions

4. Facilitate exploitation of research data and decrease service fragmentation

5. Prototype a EOSC business model and procurement

6. Build a sustainable

and participatory

mode of operations

for stakeholder

dialogue

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Roadmap 1/2

Now

Close future

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The EOSC portal

The EOSC Portal is a European-level entry point to services and resources needed by European researchers to perform science in a collaborative, open and cost efficient way.

A universal entry point, but not exclusive of other access channels.

It will be launched on November 23rd in Wien, during an EOSC event.

Some upcoming key projects / partners for the realisation of EOSC

• Connecting ESFRI Infrastructures through Cluster Projects

(INFRAEOSC-04-2018)

oWhat to expect: greater harmonisation of practices across diciplines, stronger role of ESFRI in defining the EOSC agenda and architecture (rules, services, etc.)

oSome challenges: defining EOSC as a « common platform », how to articulate multiple service delivery channels, etc.

• Support to EOSC Governance: FAIR data uptake and compliance

in all scientific communities (INFRAEOSC-05-c-2018-2019)

oWhat to expect : an operational framework for discussing FAIR & a compliance « badge »

oSome challenges: getting support across scientific communities, scalingout & answering demand for certificates

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Some upcoming key projects / partners for the realisation of EOSC

• Support to EOSC Governance: Coordination of EOSC relevant

national initiatives accross Europe and support to EOSC

prospective service providers (INFRAEOSC-05-b-2018-2019)

oWhat to expect: greater participation and role taken by national service providers, better consideration of national perspectives, etc.

oSome challenges : how to articulate national & European perspectives

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Three layer structure as per

Horizon 2020 WP 2018-2020

➢ EOSC Board of MS/AC and

EC representatives to ensure

effective supervision of EOSC

implementation

➢ Executive Board of

stakeholder representatives to help

ensure proper EOSC

implementation and accountability

➢ Stakeholder Forum to provide

input from a wide range of actors

EOSC Governance (as proposed by the EOSC Implementation Roadmap)

Decisions

Input

EOSC « projects »

Coordination & Support

Some (personal) concluding remarks

• EOSC is not the new philosopher’s stone!

o It will not change bad services & data into gold

o It will not make resources suddenly free for all

• However, there are great benefits to expect from greater

federation, integration and interoperability across resources

o Interoperability is probably the greatest challenge of all (and where the next focus should be)

oThe « common » EOSC platform still needs to be defined

• There is a need for stronger coordination (and leadership?)

across initiatives

oWill the new EOSC governance able to take this up?

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Damien Lecarpentier

Programme Director, Research Data

Head of EUDAT CDI Secretariat

CSC - IT Center for Science

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