--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EGI BROADCAST TOOL : https://operations-portal.egi.eu/broadcast/send --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication from : Tiziana Ferrari <Tiziana.Ferrari(a)egi.eu> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues I am happy to announce the annual conference of the EGI Federation - EGI2024 - from September 30th until October 4th, 2024: https://go.egi.eu/EGI2024 The conference is the a venue were you can share your results, insights and trends about innovative technical solutions advancing the field of computing in data-intensive science. This year, EGI is proud to partner up with CMCC - the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change - to host the conference in beautiful Lecce, Italy, a Mediterranean gem in Salento, between the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas. We encourage you to submit an application to the conference and wish to see many of you in person in Lecce! Thanks in advance for sharing this announcement with your networks. Best regards, Tiziana Ferrari Contribution types: - Short Talk (max. 10 mins): when accepted, your talk will be added to the agenda of the appropriate session - Long talk (max 20 mins): when accepted, your talk will be added to the agenda of the appropriate session - Poster: format A0, will be displayed throughout the conference + dedicated networking during opening reception + 1’ pitch presentation opportunity - Demonstration (max 30’): demonstrations showing a service, tool, or product + with dedicated networking during opening reception + 1’ pitch presentation opportunity Topics (1) Needs and solutions in scientific computing: - Digital twins: Digital twins for the modelling of complex objects and phenomena - Artificial Intelligence: Federated learning; Distributed AI/ML analytics; AI-powered services for science; Advancements in the “AI on Demand” platform - Compute continuum: Hybrid compute infrastructures and the convergent use of HTC, HPC, cloud, container, edge and serverless technologies - Platforms and gateways: Integrated and scalable online environments for scientific communities (2) National perspectives on advanced computing: - Services and approaches: New developments, challenges and opportunities in national e-infrastructures and scientific communities - Federated operation: Tools, services and approaches for the delivery of computing services in federated environments - Business models: Novel business models and sustainability approaches for data-intensive science in academia and industry (3) Data innovations: - Data spaces: Scalable solutions for data exchange and analysis in highly distributed ecosystems - Data management and integration: Platforms, tools, services and data lakes for high performance data access and analytics - Processing of sensitive data: Trusted services and environments for the exchange and analysis of sensitive data (4) Environmental informatics: - Green computing: Lowering the environmental impact of digital services, software and data analytics applications - Climate Change/Environment: Advancing climate change research and addressing environmental challenges with advanced computing (5) Trust and Security: - Trusted computing: Solutions and standards for trust and security in distributed and federated environments - Access control: Effective but non intrusive infrastructure controls - Interoperability: Novel approaches for ensuring interoperable security across distributed service ecosystems. (6) EOSC and Open Science - Reproducible open science: Practices and solutions for FAIR, open and reproducible science - EOSC: European Open Science Cloud developments and perspectives, in particular contributions of the EGI community to EOSC Timeline: Call for Abstracts open: March 21st Deadline for proposals: April 25th Confirmation of acceptance: on or before June 7th Registration is planned to open mid-May Please note that EGI2024 is intended to be an in-person event. All contributors (or their representatives) are expected to attend the conference on the premises. -- Tiziana Ferrari Director | EGI Foundation | M: 0031.6.3037.2691 EGI: Advanced Computing for Research | https://www.egi.eu/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- link to this broadcast : https://operations-portal.egi.eu/broadcast/archive/3023 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------