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Grid projects funded by the EU under FP5

Grid-related projects monitored by Unit F2

The following Grid-related projects funded by the EU under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) are being monitored by Unit F2 (Grid Technologies) of the European Commission's DG Information Society:

ASP-BP
Focus: Development of a framework for 6 experiments regarding ASP technology-based applications applied in different industrial fields.
Start date: 01/05/2002, End date: 30/04/2004, Contract Type: Accompanying Measure
Commission Project officer: Max Lemke
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
CROSSGRID
Focus: Development of techniques for large-scale grid-enabled real-time simulations and visualisations.
Start date: 01/03/2002, End date: 28/02/2005, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Maria Tsakali
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 117KB)
FLOWGRID
Focus: On-demand CFD (Computational Fluids Dynamics) simulation and visualisation using Grid computing.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 31/12/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Vincent Obozinski
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 88KB)
GRACE
Focus: Development of a search and categorisation engine for flexible allocation of computational and data storage resources in Grid environments.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 28/02/2005, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Maria Tsakali
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 80KB)
GRASP
Focus: Development of architecture and business models for delivering ASP services over the Grid-enabled networks.
Start date: 01/04/2002, End date: 30/09/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Eoghan O'Neill
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 79KB)
GRIA
Focus: Development of business models and processes that make it feasible and cost-effective to offer and use computational services securely in an open Grid marketplace.
Start date: 01/12/2001, End date: 30/11/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Vincent Obozinski
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 88KB)
GRIDLAB
Focus: Development of software capable of fully exploiting dynamic resources.
Start date: 01/01/2002, End date: 31/12/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Franco Accordino
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 81KB)
GRIDSTART
Focus: Accompanying measure with objective of maximising the impact of EU-funded Grid and related activities through 'clustering'.
Start date: 01/04/2002, End date: 31/03/2005, Contract Type: Accompanying Measure
Commission Project officer: Max Lemke
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
GRIP
Focus: Interoperability of Globus and UNICORE, two leading software packages central to the operation of the Grid.
Start date: 01/01/2002, End date: 29/02/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Vincent Obozinski
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 102KB)
OPENMOLGRID
Focus: Development of tools for molecular design based on UNICORE enabled distributed computing environments.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 30/11/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Franco Accordino
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 110KB)
SELENE
Focus: Identification of technologies for managing, syndicating and personalising online education resources.
Start date: 02/11/2002, End date: 31/10/2003, Contract Type: Accompanying Measure
Commission Project officer: Eoghan O'Neill
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
WEBSI
Focus: Data-centric web services integration to support the development and deployment of ASP-based business applications.
Start date: 01/05/2002, End date: 30/04/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Franco Accordino
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 80KB)

Grid-related projects monitored by other Units

The following on-going Grid-related projects are being monitored by other services in the European Commission's DG Information Society:

DAMIEN
Focus: Development of essential software supporting the Grid infrastructure.
Start date: 01/01/2001, End date: 30/06/2003, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: TBC
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 96KB)
DATAGRID
Focus: Development of techniques supporting the processing and data-storage requirements of next generation scientific research.
Start date: 01/01/2001, End date: 31/12/2003, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Kyriakos Baxevanidis, Unit F3 (Research Infrastructure)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 92KB)
DATATAG
Focus: Development of techniques to support reliable and high-speed collaboration across widely distributed networks.
Start date: 01/01/2002, End date: 31/12/2003, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Kyriakos Baxevanidis, Unit F3 (Research Infrastructure)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
EUROGRID
Focus: Development of core Grid software components.
Start date: 01/11/2001, End date: 31/10/2003, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Kyriakos Baxevanidis, Unit F3 (Research Infrastructure)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 80KB)
MAMMOGRID
Focus: Application of Grid technology to develop a European-wide database of mammograms and to support effective co-working between EU healthcare professionals.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 31/08/2005, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Sofie Nørager, Unit C4 (ICT for Health)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 79KB)
LeGE-WG
Focus: Thematic Network facilitating the establishment of a European Learning Grid Infrastructure by supporting the systematic exchange of information and by creating opportunities for close collaboration between the different actors.
Start date: 01/08/2002, End date: 31/07/2004, Contract Type: Thematic Network
Commission Project officer: Carlo Ferigato, Unit E3 (Technology-enhanced Learning)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
BIOGRID
Focus: Trial for the introduction of a grid approach in the biotechnology industry.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 31/08/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Sofie Nørager, Unit C4 (ICT for Health)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 77KB)
COG
Focus: Demonstration of the applicability of Grid technologies to industry.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 29/02/2004, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Pierre-Paul Sondag, Unit E2 (Knowledge & Content Technologies )
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet
GEMSS
Focus: Development of new Grid-enabled tools for improved diagnosis, operative planning and surgical procedures.
Start date: 01/09/2002, End date: 28/02/2005, Contract Type: RTD
Commission Project officer: Yves Paindaveine, Unit C4 (ICT for Health)
Project Web site, CORDIS factsheet - Achievement sheet (PDF, 79KB)


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