Polkadot JAM Slides - Token2049 - By Dr. Gavin Wood
Eastern Europe Partnership Event - 010 yuri shoukourian
1. Armenian
Research
&
Educa1onal
E-‐Infrastructure
Yuri
Shoukourian
Na1onal
Academy
of
Sciences
of
Armenia
Vice-‐president
Eastern Partnership Event, November 7-8, 2011, Bucharest,
Romania
2. Armenian
e-‐infrastructure
• Armenia
a?aches
great
importance
to
the
deployment
and
implementa1on
of
the
state
of
art
e-‐infrastructures.
Development
of
S&E
e-‐infrastructure
is
under
the
influence
of
scien1fic
efforts
to
solve
the
problems
associated
with
the
country's
needs
in
economy,
science,
etc.
• Armenian
R&E
network
infrastructure
is
composed
of
two
networks:
Academic
Scien1fic
Network
of
Armenia
(ASNET-‐
AM)
and
Armenian
Research
and
Educa1onal
Networking
Associa1on
(ARENA).
Due
the
projects
FP7
-‐
BSI
and
HP-‐SEE,
an
united
network
space
has
been
established.
• GEANT
connec1vity,
Armenian
Grid
infrastructure
using
ASNET-‐AM
facili1es
have
crucial
meaning
for
the
Armenian
e-‐infrastructure
sustainability.
3. Users
Community
and
Fundraising
Users
Community
• Stakeholders:
Ministries
(Educa1on
and
Science
Emergency
Situa1ons,
Nature
Protec1on),
Presidium
of
NAS
RA
(Na1onal
Academy
of
Science
of
Armenia)
• Research
Organiza1ons:
NAS
RA
(40
Ins1tu1ons),
YerPhI
• Universi1es:
Yerevan
State
University.
Armenian
State
Engineering
University
and
more
than
30
universi1es
• Libraries
and
Industry
research
network
Fundraising
• Regular
state
support
to
maintenance
the
e-‐infrastructure
• State
framework
programmes
to
support
of
user
community
(Meteorology,
Seismology,
Biology,
Physics)
• State
support
to
integrate
with
EU
ERA
ICT
and
bridging
the
digital
divide
4. Sustainability
• Long
term
state
funding
not
depend
on
short
1me
state
and
interna1onal
programmes
is
crucial.
• State
support
of
innova1on
processes
by
special
services
of
e-‐infrastructure
• Common
vision
on
ICT
development
in
Armenia
in
e-‐
infrastructure
by
the
means
of
Armenian
Grid
Ini1a1ve,
Geant
connec1vity,
etc.
• Advanced
usage
of
e-‐infrastructures
by
Stakeholders
and
R&E
organiza1ons.
• Extension of collaboration with international
correspondent units (TERENA, CEENet, ISOC, EGI,
etc..).
