Chief Technical Officer, EGI.eu
steven.newhouse@egi.eu
The Technology Coordination Board (TCB) reviews the technologies required by EGI to deliver a distributed computing infrastructure for the research community.
Prioritise requirements from the operations and end-user communities according to their functional needs and behaviour of the EGI production infrastructure.
Develop a technology roadmap for EGI to be implemented through its Unified Middleware Distribution (UMD) and other resource providers.
Source components in UMD through bi-lateral relationships with technology providers in the community.
Define evaluation criteria for new software releases.
Ensure that the supply of software components meets the requirements of operations and end-user communities.