EPIKH

Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How

Coordinatore	COMETA CONSORZIO MULTI ENTE PER LAPROMOZIONE E L ADOZIONE DI TECNOLOGIE DI CALCOLO AVANZATO    more  Organization address address: VIA SANTA SOFIA 64 city: CATANIA postcode: 95100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Angela Cognome: Torrisi Email: send email Telefono: +39 095 3785374 Fax: +39 095 3785293
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	0 €
EC contributo	1˙188˙000 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008
Funding Scheme	MC-IRSES
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-03-01   -   2013-02-28

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	COMETA CONSORZIO MULTI ENTE PER LAPROMOZIONE E L ADOZIONE DI TECNOLOGIE DI CALCOLO AVANZATO  Organization address address: VIA SANTA SOFIA 64 city: CATANIA postcode: 95100 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Angela Cognome: Torrisi Email: send email Telefono: +39 095 3785374 Fax: +39 095 3785293	IT (CATANIA)	coordinator	1˙188˙000.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Europe is heavily investing to create a continental e-Infrastructure based on Grid technology in order to turn the vision of a European Research Area (ERA) into reality. Nowadays, e-Science and e-Infrastructures are considered key enablers of the progress and sustainable development of a country and are concrete means to address the problems of the “digital divide” and the “brain drain” which are endemic in large parts of the world. In the context of its Framework Programmes, EC has already co-funded several projects to stimulate and foster e-Science and Grids well outside its borders and in several parts of the world such as Asia, Latin America and the Mediterranean. However, the adoption of the “Grid paradigm” and the effective usage of e-Infrastructures require a capillary activity of knowledge dissemination and training to help scientists to make use of distributed computing capabilities for/in their scientific applications. The strategic aims of the EPIKH project are to: • Reinforce the impact of e-Infrastructures in scientific research defining and delivering stimulating programme of educational events, including Grid Schools and High Performance Computing courses; • Broaden the engagement in e-Science activities and collaborations both geographically and across disciplines. These ambitious goals translate into the following specific actions: • Spreading the knowledge about the “Grid Paradigm” to all potential users: both system administrators and application developers through an extensive training programme; • Easing the access of the trained people to the e-Infrastructures existing in the areas of action of the project; • Fostering the establishment of scientific collaborations among the countries/continents involved in the project.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Under the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7), the EC funded an exchange project involving 23 partners from 18 countries of 4 continents to connect research with education. The initiative stands to increase the number of users and applications of the e-infrastructure currently being built worldwide.