On the 5th and 6th of March 2025, the Launch Event for the National Federated Compute Services NetworkPlus was held in London, at One Moorgate Place.
On the first day of this two day event, the focus of the talks and discussions was on exploring the purpose of the NetworkPlus and Federation. It included an introduction to NFCS-N+ project and its goals and objectives, followed by invited talks from national and international federation projects. This was followed by sessions focusing on the three pillars of NFCS-NP: Community, Technology, and Governance.
The second day focused on building networks and community, in the context of the three pillars of NFCS-N+, and exploring ideas for projects that might attract funding to support the goal of this NetworkPlus. As well as sharing ideas, it also provided the opportunity for participants to meet with potential future collaborators.
The event allowed for remote participation, slides and talk recordings are available here.
Day 1: Wednesday 5th March
- Welcome – aims and goals of the project: Sophie Janacek UKRI – Video recording
- Overview and pillars of the project: Governance, Community, Technology: Jon Hays (QMUL) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- UK SKA Regional Centre: Enabling radio astronomy in the exabyte era: Louise Chisholm (UCL) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- AIRRFED – DSIT /UKRI AI Research Resource Federation Demonstrator Project: Paul Calleja (University of Cambridge) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- SATRE – A UK Specification for Trusted Research Environments: Chris Cole (University of Dundee) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- FirecREST: a common interface for HPC and AI workflows: Elia Palme (CSCS) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- FRIDGE: Federated Research Infrastructure by Data Governance Extension: Martin O’Reilly (Turing Institute) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- UK’s National Edge AI Hub: Raj Ranjan (Newcastle University) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- Plenary Discussion: How can we maximise success of the flexible funding call – Slides (pdf)
Day 2: Thursday 6th March
- Summary of Day 1: Jo Beech-Brandt (EPCC)Working with UK Industry & Public Sector: Adam Sanderson & Vassil Alexandrov (Hartree Centre) – Video recording
- Extreme Scale Computing Competence profiles: Education and Training RTP pathways: Evguenia Alexandrova (Hartree Centre) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
- Governance in EOSC : Juan Bicarregui (STFC) – Slides (pdf) – Recording not available
- Earth System Grid Federation : Phil Kershaw (Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, RAL Space, STFC) – Slides (pdf) – Recording not available
- Token based authorisation : Jens Jensen (UKRI-STFC) – Slides (pdf) – Video recording
