e-Infrastructures for e-Science: A Global View

  • Authors:

  • Giuseppe Andronico;Valeria Ardizzone;Roberto Barbera;Bruce Becker;Riccardo Bruno;Antonio Calanducci;Diego Carvalho;Leandro Ciuffo;Marco Fargetta;Emidio Giorgio;Giuseppe Rocca;Alberto Masoni;Marco Paganoni;Federico Ruggieri;Diego Scardaci

  • Affiliations:

  • Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Catania, Catania, Italy 95125 and Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics - Division of Catania, Catania, Italy 95125;Meraka Institute, Pretoria, South Africa 0001;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Centro Federal de Educaçãao Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 20271-110;Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22290-906;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123;Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Division of Cagliari, Complesso Universitario di Monserrato, Monserrato (CA), Italy 09042;Department of Physics of the University of Milano Bicocca, Milan, Italy 20126;Division of Roma Tre, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Rome, Italy 00146;Division of Catania, Italian National Institute of Nuclear Physics, Catania, Italy 95123

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Grid Computing
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

In the last 10 years, a new way of doing science is spreading in the world thank to the development of virtual research communities across many geographic and administrative boundaries. A virtual research community is a widely dispersed group of researchers and associated scientific instruments working together in a common virtual environment. This new kind of scientific environment, usually addressed as a "collaboratory", is based on the availability of high-speed networks and broadband access, advanced virtual tools and Grid-middleware technologies which, altogether, are the elements of the e-Infrastructures. The European Commission has heavily invested in promoting this new way of collaboration among scientists funding several international projects with the aim of creating e-Infrastructures to enable the European Research Area and connect the European researchers with their colleagues based in Africa, Asia and Latin America. In this paper we describe the actual status of these e-Infrastructures and present a complete picture of the virtual research communities currently using them. Information on the scientific domains and on the applications supported are provided together with their geographic distribution.