The EGI blog - Policy category

New Scientific Discipline Classification for EGI – Open for Comments

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:48:46 GMT

A proposal for a new classification of scientific disciplines for EGI is now available for comments until 30 April 2013. The proposed classification is an output of a dedicated virtual team that investigated the current usage of scientific disciplines in EGI, looked into more than ten publically available classifications, and analysed how the classification impacts each EGI tool separately. Ultimately, the classification is based on the Frascati FOS Classification.

The RAMIRI Handbook

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:41:00 GMT

RAMIRI (Realising And Managing International Research Infrastructures) is an initiative pioneered by Prof. John Wood to develop a training program and networking platform for managers of research infrastructures (RIs) in Europe. Driven mainly by the ESFRI roadmap, it just concluded the second phase led by Prof. Carlo Rizzuto with a final workshop held in Brussels this 3-4 April 2013 where the first edition of the RAMIRI Handbook was published.

Discussing prospects of common e-Infrastructures governance for digital research

Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:57:00 GMT

In November 2012, the EGI Council endorsed the “EGI.eu transition plan to ERIC”, a report depicting motivations, scope, governance and possible roadmap, for a new entity for e-Infrastructures dedicated to Digital Research under the ERIC legal framework. This report is the result of various discussions held during 2012 to evaluate the potential benefits for EGI, and ultimately the wider e-Infrastructure community, to consider the adoption of a new legal entity that has been introduced to deal with research infrastructures needs.

Addressing gender equality to enhance excellence in research and science

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 13:18:00 GMT

The Gender Summit 2012, co-convened byEuropean Science FoundationandgenSET, took place on 29 -30 Nov 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels. This year the event focused on 'Aligning Agendas for Excellence' and it brought together top scientists, ...

Adding Pay-for-Use Models within EGI

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:56:46 GMT

Recently, a thought experiment was presented to and endorsed by the EGI Council on how pay-for-use models for EGI resources could be implemented where users are billed for the usage of resources.

Broadening Horizons from Brussels

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:06:00 GMT

Last week I attended an interesting conference “SciTech Europe: Broadening Horizons – Creating a Single Market for Knowledge, Research and Innovation”. It was an ideal place to get an update regarding the newest developments across the European science community and the needed strategic initiatives that will make up the new EU Framework Programme on Research and Innovation Horizon 2020.

The EGI Compendium 2011 is Out

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:51:00 GMT

The first edition of EGI Compendium is out! Would you like to know more about the status of NGI infrastructures and technologies, what research areas are served by each NGI, NGIs list of services, number of VOs and NGI governance, strategy and sustainability? Have a look at the first comprehensive knowledge base about the major EGI stakeholders that will improve your understanding of the largest European federated infrastructure formed by autonomous and evolving organisations that span multiple countries.

Three new articles from EGI to the world

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:10:00 GMT

Just a quick note to let everyone know about three recent articles published about EGI and EGI's activities in the general press... Federating clouds to aid researchers (iSGTW) - Matteo Turilli, head of the EGI Federated Cloud Task Force, reports on his ...

Strengthening the European Research Area

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:20:00 GMT

On 17th July the European Commission's published a Policy Communication on the European Research Area (ERA).

The EGI Glossary

Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:51:31 GMT

As the EGI community is large and distributed, working in structured groups or ad hoc collaborations, terms tend to assume different meanings in different contexts.

"Words are chameleons, which reflect the color of their environment." - Learned Hand