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Next Generation Grid (NGG) Expert Group
Starting in 2004, the European Commission has convened a group of high-level experts, named the Next Generation Grid (NGG) expert group, to develop a European vision for Grid research. Driven by the need and opportunity of bringing Grid capabilities to business and citizens, the NGG vision underpins the evolution of Grid from a tool to solve compute- and data-intensive problems towards a general-purpose infrastructure enabling complex business processes and workflows across virtual organisations (VOs) spanning multiple administrative domains. The NGG vision consists of three complementary dimensions: the end-user perspective where the simplicity of access to and use of Grid technologies is exemplified; the architectural perspective where the Grid is seen as a large evolutionary system made of billions of interconnected nodes of any type; and the software perspective of a fully programmable and customisable Grid. The expert group, which has been convened three times since its inception in 2004 is comprised of leading figures from the Grid research academic community and from industry. To date they have published 3 public reports, details of each and links to them are provided below:
- The third report of the Next Generation Grids Expert Group (PDF, 405KB) convened by the European Commission was published in January 2006. This report, entitled "Future for European Grids: GRIDs and Service Oriented Knowledge Utilities." outlines vision and research directions 2010 and beyond.
- Expert Group final report (PDF, 377KB)
This second report of the Expert Group convened to complement, enhance, and where necessary extend the original Next Generation Grid report published in June 2003. - Next Generation Grid(s), European Grid Research 2005 - 2010 (PDF, 260KB)
Expert Group Report published in June 2003 outlining 5 to 7 year research priorities for Europe