User and resource environments: Trusted VREs and EOSC Federation Model

The EOSC Federation Model will be introduced to guide infrastructure, Virtual Research Environment (VRE) and other service providers on the technical requirements to join the EOSC Federation.

This session aims to explore the technical procedures to enrol as a Node or onboard services to a pre-existing EOSC Node.


Participants will learn about fostering sustainable community spaces via “subdomains”, advanced data integrations such as Zenodo and Copernicus, and innovations in AI, highlighting FAIR principles and the Galaxy Training Network’s (GTN) contributions to sustainable, interoperable research. Towards linking with the European Common Data Spaces, federated and interoperable systems will be demonstrated through trusted VREs for securely identifying, sharing, processing and reusing FAIR data.

  • Present the EOSC Federation Handbook and first experiences from the EOSC Beyond pilots to start an interactive discussion and gather feedback on the enrolment and onboarding processes for the EOSC Federation.
  • Discuss technical topics, including “Bring Your Own” paradigm: Data (BYOD) with EUDAT, EGI and EU-Node integration, Compute (BYOC) using Pulsar and cloud platforms (including EGI Cloud), and Storage (BYOS) leveraging S3, iRODS, EGI DataHub (OneData) to users.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON

Room: ROTA

Timeslot Title Format Moderator Rapporteur Content Project
14:00 – 14:20Processes for infrastructure, VRE and other service providers to join the EOSC FederationPresentationNicola Fiore (EOSC Beyond)Kaori Otsu, Diego Scardaci (OA4 Co-lead)Relevant information on the EOSC Federation Achitecture will be presented with inputs from the EOSC Federation Handbook and the EOSC Beyond project. The technical procedures to enroll as a Node or onboard a services on a pre-existing EOSC Node will be explored.EOSC Beyond
14:20 – 14:40Enrolling in the EOSC Federation: first experience from the EOSC Beyond Pilot NodesPresentationNicola Fiore, Roksana Wilk (EOSC Beyond)Nicola Fiore (EOSC Beyond)First experiences from the EOSC Beyond pilot nodes will be shared with the audienceEOSC Beyond
14:40 – 15:00AI modules from AI4EOSC Marketplace to EOSC EU Node’s Tools HubDemonstrationAmanda Calatrava, Miguel Caballer (AI4EOSC)Kaori Otsu (EOSC Focus)Demo showing the execution of an AI model coming from the AI4EOSC marketplace in the resources offered by EOSC EU NodeAI4EOSC
EOSC Focus
15:00 – 15:30Interactive discussion after the presentations on the proposed enrollment and onboarding proceduresFeedback, iterationBjörn Grüning and Diego Scardaci (OA4 co-leads)Marie Josse (FAIR-EASE) and Sebastian Luna-Valero (ESG)An interactive discussion on the current enrollment/onboarding processes to gather feedback and requirements from relevant stakeholders.EOSC Beyond, ESG, OSCARs, FAIR-EASE
15:30 – 16:00Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:30Galaxy in the EOSC FederationPresentationBjörn Grüning (ESG),
Marie Josse (FAIR-EASE),
Sebastian Luna-Valero (ESG),
Samuel Keuchkerian (FAIR-EASE)
Sebastian Luna-Valero (ESG)Integration opportunity with EOSC EU Node services such as Virtual Machines and Cloud Container PlatformESG, FAIR-EASE
16:30 – 17:00Preparing the report for the plenaryJoint work sessionKaori OtsuDiego ScardaciPreparation of the final report from the sessionEOSC Beyond, ESG, OSCARs, FAIR-EASE
17:00-18:00Reporting Plenary
WEDNESDAY MORNING

Room: ROTA

Timeslot Title FormatModerator Rapporteur Content Project
9:30-10:00Data storage and handlingPresentation + DemoMarie Josse,
Samuel Keuchkerian,
Sebastian Luna-Valero
Björn Grüning,
Álvaro López García
Support to open data repositories and key solutions (S3 bucket with EGI, EUDAT, Nextcloud, ownCloud etc.)AI4EOSC, ESG, FAIR-EASE
10:00-10:30Inference for AI modelsPresentation + Demo + DiscussionÁlvaro López García
Björn Grüning
Amanda Calatrava,
Marie Josse,
OSCAR from AI4EOSC, Galaxy, AI4EOSC models in EOSC EU NodeAI4EOSC, ESG, FAIR-EASE
10:30-11:00Graphical composition of AI pipelinesPresentation + Demo + DiscussionAmanda Calatrava
Björn Grüning
Sebastian Luna-Valero,
Marie Josse
AI4Compose, GalaxyAI4EOSC, ESG, FAIR-EASE
11:00-11:15Coffee break
11:15-11:40Large Language Model (LLMs)Demonstration + DiscussionAmanda CalatravaÁlvaro López García,
Björn Grüning
AI4EOSC approach and ChatGPT in GalaxyAI4EOSC, ESG, FAIR-EASE
11:40-12:00Preparing the plenary reportJoint work sessionBjörn GrüningKaori OtsuPreparation of the final report from the session
12:00-13:00Reporting Plenary
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Room: ROTA

Timeslot Title Format Moderator Rapporteur Content Project
14:00-14:30Secure Interactive Environments for SensiTive data Analytics (SIESTA) in the EOSC ecosystemPresentationÁlvaro López GarcíaAmanda CalatravaSensitive data re-use in European ResearchSIESTA, TITAN
14:30-15:00Trusted cloud-based environments for reproducible scienceDemonstration + DiscussionÁlvaro López GarcíaAmanda CalatravaSensitive data re-use in European ResearchSIESTA, ENTRUST
15:00-15:30VREs for Common European Data SpacesPresentation + DiscussionMark Dietrich
Joan Maso
Diego ScardaciThe status of developing the Green Deal Data Space, including the EGI involvement in relevant projects such as GREATDIGITAL programme (GREAT, SAGE, SIMPL)
15:30-16:00Coffee break
16:00-16:30EU Missions and Green Deal Data SpaceDemonstration + DiscussionStelios Ninidakis,
Kaori Otsu
Samuel KeuchkerianUnder the EU Water Mission and Green Deal Priority, use cases are shared to explore connecting to EOSC thematic nodes and the Green Deal Data SpaceBlue-Cloud, FAIR-EASE, AquaINFRA
16:30-17:00Preparing the plenary reportJoint work sessionKaori OtsuDiego ScardaciPreparation of the final report from the session
17:00-18:00Reporting Plenary

Sub-committee members

  • OAEG4: Diego Scardaci, Björn Grüning, Amanda Calatrava, Alvaró Lopez Garcia, Kaori Otsu, Marie Jossé
  • EOSC-A Board Liaison: Bob Jones, Ignacio Blanquer

Support team

  • EOSC Focus: Kaori Otsui