e-Infrastructures Group

The main goal of the e-INFRA WG is to analyse the investment strategies of the Member States in e-infrastructures for research and innovation, including high performance and distributed computing, scientific data and networks, and formulate recommendations for how mechanisms for coordinating these strategies could be implemented. 

The Working Group on Investment Strategies in e-Infrastructures – eINFRA WG – was set-up in 2015 in order to respond to the Conclusions of the Council that “INVITES ESFRI to explore mechanisms for better coordination of Member States’ investment strategies in e-Infrastructures, covering also HPC, distributed computing, scientific data and networks”. To comprehensively respond to the invitation by the Council and to ensure optimal coverage of the competences needed, ESFRI decided to draw also on the competence of the e-Infrastructure Reflections Group (e-IRG) and created an ad hoc working group that provides input and draft recommendations. 1 The main goal of the e-INFRA WG is to analyse the investment strategies of the Member States in e-Infrastructures for research and innovation, including high performance and distributed computing, scientific data and networks, and formulate recommendations for how mechanisms for coordinating these strategies could be implemented. Since direct knowledge and decision-making power of the current funding models, governance strategies and best practices at Member State level is a necessary element for formulating effective recommendations, experts are sought whose profile includes these competences. Also, the competence of the group should cover national and European aspects of both horizontal (generic) and vertical (topical) e-Infrastructure and Research Infrastructures, including both strategic planning and governance.