The document discusses a meeting between researchers and innovators in Berlin to discuss cloud services for fellows through the CERN organization, which operates the Large Hadron Collider and has over 3,500 personnel from 23 member states; it also outlines the objectives and services of the OCRE project, which was formed to procure cloud-based services for the European Open Science Cloud with a budget of 9.5 million euro over three years. Analysis of applications for cloud vouchers through the OCRE project found that most applicants were PhD candidates or postdoctoral researchers interested in compute, storage, and data management capabilities.

1. Researchers meet Innovators
Berlin – 11 July
Marion Devouassoux
CERN
Cloud Services for MCAA Fellows

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Few words about CERN
~ 3 500 Member of the personnel
~ 14 000 scientific users
Budget (2019) ~1100 MCHF
European Organization for Nuclear Research:
founded in 1954
“Science for Peace”
1954: 12 Member States
Today: 23 Member States
Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom
Associate Member States: Pakistan, India, Ukraine,
Turkey
States in accession to Membership: Cyprus
Applications for Membership or Associate
Membership:
Brazil, Croatia, Lithuania, Russia, Slovenia
Observers to Council: India, Japan, Russia, United
States of America; European Union, JINR and UNESCO

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Alice
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
The largest scientific experiment to date
1 PB / second of raw physics data 3
TOTEM

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A consortium formed by
Procurement of cloud based services for the European Open Science Cloud
Budget: 9.5M euro
Starting Date: 1st of January 2019
Duration: 36 Months
Coordinating Partner: GÉANT
http://www.ocre-project.eu

5. Objectives
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Accelerate cloud adoption in the European research community
By running a pan-European tender and establishing framework agreements with cloud service
providers that meet the specific requirements of the research community
RESEARCHERS
Easy adoption
SERVICE PROVIDERS
Easy delivery
CLOUD FRAMEWORK
Building on two delivery vehicles:

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In order to stimulate the uptake
of commercial digital services
by researchers in Europe

7. Cloud Voucher Description
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Providers selected in the GÉANT Cloud
Framework invited in a mini-competition
to provide vouchers
Available as of September 2019
Main Characteristics:
Free at the point of the user
Face value: between €1000 and €5000
Valid for 1 year
Can be used anywhere in Europe

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Service and Financial Dashboard
Expected that vouchers can be used against all services
in the Cloud Provider Catalogue
Dedicated working Environment
Sufficient time to repatriate the data once the voucher
is exhausted
Vouchers in practice

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Apply for a
Voucher
• Using the online form:
https://tinyurl.com/ocre
vouchers
• Takes ⁓ 10 minutes
Vouchers Codes
are distributed
• Depending on the
services / amount
requested
• Expected date:
September 2019
Use the Voucher
• Before the end of
the validity period
(1 year)
Provide your
feedback
• Mandatory step
Process Overview

10. Researchers Requirements Gathering Activity
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Based on 65 applications (between April 1st and May 31st 2019)
Profile of the respondents:
Mainly Eurodoc researchers
Doing research in Europe, in diverse fields of research
Mostly PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher
Management Studies

11. Researchers Requirement: First analysis
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The majority (60%) of the respondents have some
experience with commercial cloud services
Researchers are mostly interested in using:
Compute
Storage
Data management
Data visualization

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Want a voucher for a cloud service?
Fill in the form:
https://tinyurl.com/ocrevouchers

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