Operated by the EGI Foundation on behalf of the EGI Federation, the Node provides scalable compute, storage, data management and advanced digital research services for data-intensive science. It delivers EOSC Core and Federating Capabilities including AAI, catalogue, monitoring, accounting, helpdesk and application deployment management, while supporting multi-node use cases in reproducible workflows, AI, sensitive data analysis, machine learning and federated LLM services.
EGI for EOSC
EGI Node
Key Objective in Capacity as a Node
To act as a Node for data-intensive computing and large-scale research data exploitation, enabling seamless, cross-border access to FAIR data, advanced analytics, AI/ML models, compute, storage, workflow and federating capabilities for EOSC.
Impact
Science Areas
The EGI Node is multidisciplinary, operating in the following areas:Â
- Data-intensive science
- Cloud computing
- High-throughput computing
- High-performance computing
- Artificial Intelligence and machine learning
- Cross-disciplinary research
Scientific Impact
EGI enables large-scale interdisciplinary data exploitation by combining compute, storage, workflows, data services, AI/ML models and EOSC federating capabilities across a distributed European infrastructure.
Use Cases
- Reproducible workflows
- AI validation on sensitive health data
- Cross-node machine learning pipelines
- Federated LLM services
- Large-scale cross-node data processing
FAIR Data
- Scientific datasets accessible through EGI DataHub and integrated NGI/RI resources.
- Domain data services such as EODC Data Catalog, HAL, Recherche Data Gouv, FAIDare API, WeNMR, DATAlife, yProvStore and PITHIA e-Science.
- FAIR-enabling services for data access, transfer, storage, provenance and reuse.
Status
The EGI Node currently has the status of Candidate Node.
Technical status
- Federated AAI
-  “Onboarded service catalogues (initially EGI Services for Research catalogue; later NGI and RI service resources and other EGI services)
- Application workflow management
- Service monitoring
- Service and research product accounting
- Order management
- Helpdesk
- Management system
Timeline and milestones
Phased deployment roadmap for 2026-2027, with use cases expanded through EOSC Mesh and ongoing operation of EOSC federating capabilities.
Deliverables
- Project charter
- Integration with Federating Capabilities: AAI and Catalogue
- Application Deployment Management API – Software Release
- Report: Use cases – Lessons learnt and next steps
- Integration with Federating Capabilities: Helpdesk, Monitoring, SMS
- Stakeholders and communities’ engagement strategy
- EOSC Mesh Cross-Node use case analysis and implementation plan
How to access the node
Services offered through the EGI EOSC Node are provided in accordance with the EGI User Access Policy (UAP) and Acceptable Use Policy and Conditions of Use (AUP).
Individual services may define additional or service-specific access conditions reflecting their specific characteristics, funding model, technical requirements or target communities. Where a service has a customised User Access Policy, the applicable policy is provided on the service’s web page.
Capabilities of the Node
Node Core Capabilities
- EGI Node operates a mature portfolio of production services delivering all functions required by the Node Core Capabilities defined in the Handbook: AAI, Catalogues, Helpdesk, Service Monitoring, Service and Research Product accounting, Configuration Management System, User Space & Order Management, Application Deployment Management, Resource Provisioning.
- These Node Core Capabilities are also offered as building blocks to other aspiring EOSC Nodes.
Services for Research
- A rich portfolio of services for data-intensive computing and large-scale research data exploitation including scalable compute and storage resources, cloud and container platforms, workflows, research data repositories, AI/ML models, and applications.
- The offering will be progressively complemented by research environments and repositories integrated with the EGI infrastructure provided by EGI members (NGIs), research infrastructures and scientific communities at the national and European levels.
Node Coordination & Structure
Coordination
Dr. Diego Scardaci, EGI Foundation
Contributing organisations
- EGI Foundation
- EGI Federation
- National Grid Initiatives (NGIs)
- Research infrastructures and scientific communities integrated with EGI
Internal organisational structure
- Operated by EGI Foundation on behalf of EGI Federation
- Federated research data centres across Europe and beyond
- NGI and RI service providers
- Aspire to act as Federator / hub in the EOSC Federation delivering and operating Core federating capabilities
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