Panagioits Zervas's presentation at the eROSA Workshop “Towards Open Science in Agriculture & Food”, a side event to High Level conference on FOOD 2030, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (13/6/2018)

1. Towards a Pan-European e-infrastructure in Agri-Food
Panagiotis Zervas
(pzervas@agroknow.com)

2. PRESENTATION
CHAPTERS
THE PAST
THE PRESENT
ARCHITECTURAL PRINCIPLES
ABSTRACT FUTURE ARCHITECTURE
TOWARDS MISSION-DRIVEN RESEARCH
THE FUTURE

3. THE
PAST

4. WHAT WERE THINGS LIKE?
EACH ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED ITS RESEARCH IN ITS OWN INFRASTRUCTURE (AND
OFTEN PREMISES)
ISOLATED RESEARCH AND DATA SILOS
INFORMATION AND DATA EXCHANGE WAS INDIRECT (PUBLICATIONS, PROVISION OF DATA
AND MODELS UPON REQUEST, MANUAL SEARCHES)

5. THE PAST
SCIENTIFIC DOMAIN
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED /
AD-HOC
SERVICES
PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED /
AD-HOC
SERVICES
PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED /
AD-HOC
SERVICES
PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE
ORGANIZATION
DEDICATED /
AD-HOC
SERVICES
PHYSICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE

6. THE
PRESENT

7. WHAT ARE THINGS LIKE NOW?
A SET OF BASIC, CROSS-COMMUNITY SERVICES ARE HORIZONTALLY USED BY ALL
STAKEHOLDERS
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (COMPUTATIONAL AND STORAGE RESOURCES) ARE SHARED
AND ACCESSIBLE TO MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS
MORE INTRICATE OPERATIONS, THOUGH COMMON, ARE SERVED BY DISJOINT SERVICES,
EVEN WITHIN THE SAME COMMUNITIES
INTEGRATION AND SHARING OF SUCH SERVICES IS PERFORMED AT A GENERIC LEVEL,
LEAVING MORE COMPLEX FUNCTIONALITY OUTSIDE THE SHARED BASEGROUND

8. THE PRESENT
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
AUTHENITCATION
& AUTHORIZATION
MINING
SERVICE #1
MINING
SERVICE #2
LINKING
SERVICE #1
SEMANTIC
ENRICHMENT
SERVICE #1
MINING
SERVICE #3
DATA
QUALITY
SERVICE #1
OPTIMIZATION
SERVICE #1
ANNOTATION DISCOVERY SHARING
STORAGE
MANAGEMENT
HORIZONTAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY - SPECIFIC SERVICES COMMUNITY - SPECIFIC SERVICES

9. COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
HORIZONTAL SERVICES
COMMUNITY - SPECIFIC SERVICES
USING COMMON TECHNOLOGIES
GENERIC COLLABORATIVE SPACES
INTEGRATING SUBSETS OF SERVICES
AUTHENITCATION
& AUTHORIZATION ANNOTATION DISCOVERY SHARING STORAGE MANAGEMENT
STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE

10. THE
FUTURE

11. WHAT WILL THINGS BECOME LIKE?
EXTEND THE SET OF HORIZONTAL SERVICES TO INCLUDE TECHNOLOGIES ALREADY MATURE
IN THE CONTEXT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT CAN BE USED WITHIN DIFFERENT
DOMAINS
OPTIMIZE THE USAGE OF SHARED PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EACH COMMUNITY /
COMPUTATIONAL TASK
PROVIDE THE MEANS TO EASILY CUSTOMIZE AND CONFIGURE THE HORIZONTAL SERVICES TO
FULLY ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF A SPECIFIC COMMUNITY
SEAMLESSLY INCORPORATE NEW SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES TO THE BIG PICTURE

12. THE FUTURE
THE FARM
HORIZONTAL SERVICES
THE LAB
COMPUTATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC
CONFIGURATIONS
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC
CONFIGURATIONS
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC
CONFIGURATIONS
RESEARCH FACILITIES & ESFRI
MINING
SEMANTIC
ENRICHMENT
OPTIMIZATION LINKING
QUALITY CONTROL
AUTHENTICATION &
AUTHORIZATION
ANNOTATION DISCOVERY SHARING
STORAGE
MANAGEMENT
CLOUD COMPUTING /
CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT / HPC
ONLINE STORAGE / LONG-TERM STORAGE /
DATA TRANSFER

13. ARCHITECTURAL
PRINCIPLES

14. WHAT WILL BE THE FUTURE STATE?
BUILD AND MANAGE AT LARGE-SCALE COMMON SEMANTIC SPECIFICATIONS FOR DATA AND
SERVICES, USING WIDELY AGREED STANDARDS AND FORMATS
INCORPORATE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER A FEDERATION LAYER, OPTIMIZING THEIR
USAGE AND SHARING
MAKE CROSS-COMMUNITY SERVICES AVAILABLE VIA SEMANTICALLY ENRICHED
DESCRIPTIONS AND ALLOWING THE AUTOMATION OF THE INTERFACING PROCESS
AUTOMATE THE INCORPORATION OF EXISTING / NEW SERVICES BY ESTABLISHING API
FACTORIES ENSURING THEIR INTEROPERABILITY VIA THE USAGE OF THE COMMON
SEMANTICS AND SPECIFICATIONS

15. ABSTRACT FUTURE ARCHITECTURE
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC SERVICES
SERVICE #1 SERVICE #2
API FACTORY
API API
ABSTRACTION LAYER
HORIZONTAL SERVICES
FEDERATION LAYER
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
SPECIFICATIONLAYER

16. PRIORITIES & TIME PLAN TOWARDS THE FUTURE STATE
STANDARDS & SEMANTICS
HORIZONTAL SERVICES ABSTRACTION
COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC SERVICES SPECIFICATION
ABSTRACTION LAYER DESIGN
API FACTORY DESIGN & IMPLEMENTATION
CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT & PILOT DEMONSTRATION
COMMUNITY ASPECTS: TRAINING & COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT
GOVERNANCE & BUSINESS MODELS
SERVICEINTEGRATION

17. ACTIVATING GOVERNING BODIES FOR IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND SETTING GOALS AND
PRIORITIES
ESTABLISH MISSION CONTROL FRAMEWORKS BY:
EMPLOYING TASK FORCES FOR THE SPECIFICATION OF SEMANTICS AND STANDARDS,
COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, ASSETS TO BE MOBILIZED
DESIGNING AND EXECUTING SYSTEMATIC TRAINING AND AWARENESS EVENTS FOR
THE USAGE AND BENEFITS OF THE NEW PARADIGM
TOWARDS MISSION DRIVEN RESEARCH (OUTLOOK FOR HORIZON
EUROPE)

18. Dr. Panagiotis Zervas (pzervas@agroknow.com)
Agroknow