This document discusses Work Package 5 (WP5) of the ESCAPE project, which aims to develop a Science Analysis Platform (ESAP) to facilitate access to data and software for researchers. WP5 involves several tasks: T5.1 focuses on data aggregation and staging; T5.2 on software deployment and virtualization; T5.3 on an analysis interface and workflows; and T5.4 on integrating the platform with high-performance computing infrastructures. The document outlines the goals, components, milestones, and timeline of WP5 and its coordination with other Work Packages to develop the ESAP.

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WP5 - ESAP
ESFRI Science Analysis Platform
Zheng Meyer-Zhao
ASTRON, The Netherlands
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Integration with Data Lake - distributed computing and storage
Access to
software &
services in
ESCAPE-EOSC
catalogue
Connect science
platform with
existing
astronomical data
archives and VO-
enabled data
collections

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T5.1 - Data aggregation and
staging
● Stage data in the Data Lake (WP2)
● Data discovery, VO (WP4) - to be expanded
● Dynamically allocate user workspace across distributed
infrastructure
● Tools to estimate availability & latency
● Demonstrate for a range of data collections (CTA, ESO,
EST, FAIR, JIVE, LOFAR,...)

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T5.2 - Software deployment and
virtualisation
● Integrate software and service repository (WP3),
allow access to software components developed by
ESFRIs
● Provide access to software repository metadata
● Support containerisation of additional tools
● Demonstrate with variety of examples (ESO, FAIR,
JIVE, LOFAR)

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T5.3 – Analysis interface, work flows and
reproducibility
● Interactive analysis interface which Integrates data
access & staging (T5.1)
● Provides access to EOSC software repository (T5.2)
● Simplify porting workflows to science platform
environment
● support common deployment language (e.g. CWL)
● deploy across EOSC infrastructure
● promote preservation & sharing of workflows
● Start with small number of representative workflows
● Evaluate performance, monitor compliance w/ FAIR
principles

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T5.4 - Integration with HPC and HTC
infrastructures
● Deploy user-initiated workflows on HPC and HTC
infrastructure
● but... maintain interactivity and responsiveness
● Obviously close links with WP2 – integrate Science
Platform with Data Lake
● Expand number of ESFRIs supported

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Links with other ESCAPE WPs
• WP1 - General EOSC policy for services &
infrastructure access
• WP2 - Integration with Data Lake - distributed
computing and storage, AAI
• WP3 - Access to software & services in ESCAPE-EOSC
catalogue
• WP4 - connect science platform with existing
astronomical data archives and VO-enabled data
collections
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ESAP Components
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ESAP Tasks
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Related tools/projects
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ESAP and other Work Packages
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Deliverables
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Milestones
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(ESFRI) Use Cases
8 February 2019
● Identify one or more use case(s) that represent:
● Your research/instrument data
● Data processing requirements
● Data distribution requirements
● ...
● We will provide a template for preparing the use cases
● Provided use cases will be used as input for the ESAP
design

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TODO’s
8 February 2019
● Identify WP5 communication channel
● Identify task leader from Task leading institutes
● Task 5.1: (CERN, CNRS-LAPP, FAIR GMBH, NWO-I-Nikhef)
● Task 5.2: (FAIR GMBH, JIVE, NWO-I-ASTRON)
● Task 5.3: Zheng Meyer-Zhao (NWO-I-ASTRON)
● Task 5.4: Giuliano Taffoni (INAF)
● Task 5.5: Michiel van Haarlem (NWO-I-ASTRON)
● Within each task:
● Coordination of regular Telecon
● Communication with other work packages
● Task 5.1 ↔ WP4 & WP2
● Task 5.2 ↔ WP3
● Task 5.4 ↔ WP2

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WP5 Effort and Contacts
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Discussions
8 February 2019
● WP5 F2F meeting
● How often?
● Co-organize with other WPs?
● WP5 hackathon
● The goal is to coordination and communication
across tasks in order to get things done
● 3-4 times per year
● Developers from WP5 and possibly other WPs at
one location
● Organize trainings together with other WPs to
demonstrate the science analysis platform

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WP5 workshop on Science
Platform design and requirements
8 February 2019
● When: 16-17 April 2019
● Where: ?
● More information will follow in the coming weeks

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Thank you !