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Mission statement
The mission of the Unit is to contribute to the development of technologies and tools for next generation Grid systems, services and applications for use by science, industry and business. These developments are expected to support, in particular, the take-up and validation of Grids in new application domains and to tackle complex problems that cannot be solved with present technologies. In addition, work will include the conceptualisation and/or development of "network-centric Grid operating systems", a key challenge to support the realisation of the vision of an "invisible Grid".
Grids are a crucial enabling Information and Communication Technology for meeting the goal of the 'Lisbon Strategy' of transforming the EU into the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by the year 2010. Grid, Peer-to-Peer and other types of networked distributed computing and storage technologies, as well as emerging web-technologies, make it possible to conceive new paradigms exploiting distributed resources. Industrial and business applications will be supported, and efforts will target industrial-strength middleware and enabling application technologies as foundation for a future Grid enabled adaptive network infrastructure.
The unit's mission also encompasses an active role in the establishment of global standards, international cooperation as well as development of a coherent strategy for Europe. Development of this coherent strategy for Europe is being pursued, inter alia, through the creation of a 'European Research Area' for Grid Technologies (supporting better coordination between national and EU initiatives) and the establishment of an 'Industrial Forum' for Grids (with the aim of creating more effective routes for industrial exploitation.).
Strategic Objectives
- 2005-06 Work Programme
- 2.5.4 Advanced Grid Technologies, Systems and Services
- 2003-04 Work Programme
- 2.3.2.8 Grid-based systems for Complex Problems Solving