D4Science

Research-Project
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name=D4Science
title=DIstributed colLaboratories Infrastructure on Grid ENabled Technology 4 Science


image_caption = D4Science logo
keywords=grid computing, e-infrastructure, science, scientific communities, research, environmental monitoring, fisheries and aquaculture resources management, European Commission, FP7
fundingAgency=European Union
frameworkProgramme=FP7
programme=Capacities
projectType=I3
projectReference=RI212488
researchObjective=Deploy the e-Infrastructures built so far by the EGEE and DILIGENT projects so that they address the needs of several new scientific communities
coordinator=GEIE ERCIM (ERCIM)
participants=
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR), Engineering - Ingegneria Informatica - SpA (ENG) ,
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN),
European Space Agency (ESA),
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (WorldFish Center),
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(NKUA),
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),
Universität Basel (UNIBASEL),
University of Strathclyde (BDM-USTRATH), 4D SOFT Számítástechnikai Kft (4D SOFT)
budget=3.92 million Euro
funding=3.15 million Euro
start= January 2008
end= December 2009
website=http://www.d4science.eu

D4Science is a European e-Infrastructure project, involving 11 participants and co-funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development.

D4Science aims to continue the path that the GÉANT, EGEE, and DILIGENT projects have initiated towards establishing networking, grid-based, and data-centric e-Infrastructures that accelerate multidisciplinary research by overcoming several crucial barriers that stand in the way, primarily those related to heterogeneity, sustainability and scalability.

Objectives

The main objective of the D4Science project is to deploy the e-Infrastructures built so far by the EGEE and DILIGENT projects so that they address the needs of several new scientific communities affiliated with the broad disciplines of Environmental Monitoring and Fisheries and Aquaculture Resources Management.

References

*Related technologies: [http://www.gcube-system.org/ gCube] , gCore
*Related projects: [http://www.geant.net/ GÉANT] , [http://www.eu-egee.org/ EGEE] , [http://www.diligentproject.org/ DILIGENT]

Further reading

* [http://cordis.europa.eu/wire/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.Detail&rcn=17667 How e-Infrastructures can help Environment and Biodiversity ]

External links

* [http://www.isti.cnr.it/ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (ISTI-CNR)] , Italy
* [http://www.eng.it/ Engineering - Ingegneria Informatica - SpA (ENG)] , Italy
* [http://public.web.cern.ch/ European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)] , Switzerland
* [http://www.esa.int/ European Space Agency (ESA)] , France
* [http://www.ercim.org/ GEIE ERCIM (ERCIM)] , France
* [http://www.worldfishcenter.org/ International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (WorldFish Center)] , Malaysia
* [http://uoa.gr/ National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)] , Greece
* [http://www.fao.org/ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)] , Italy
* [http://www.unibas.ch/ Universität Basel (UNIBASEL)] , Switzerland
* [http://www.strath.ac.uk/ University of Strathclyde (BDM-USTRATH)] , United Kingdom
* [http://www.4dsoft.eu/ 4D SOFT Számítástechnikai Kft (4D SOFT)] , Hungary