scholarly journals FTS improvements for LHC Run-3 and beyond

2020 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 04016
Author(s):  
Edward Karavakis ◽  
Andrea Manzi ◽  
Maria Arsuaga Rios ◽  
Oliver Keeble ◽  
Carles Garcia Cabot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Third Party ◽  
File Transfer ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Fundamental Component ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Service Scalability

The File Transfer Service (FTS) developed at CERN and in production since 2014, has become a fundamental component for the LHC experiments and is tightly integrated with experiment frameworks. Starting from the beginning of 2018 with the participation to the European Commission funded project eXtreme Data Cloud (XDC) and the activities carried out in the context of the WLCG DOMA TPC and QoS working groups, a series of new developments and improvements have been planned and performed taking also into account the requirements from the experiments in preparation for the LHC Run-3. This paper provides a detailed overview of these developments; more specifically, the integration with OpenID Connect (OIDC), the QoS integration, the service scalability enhancements, the support for XRootD and HTTP Third Party Copy (TPC) transfers along with the integration with the new CERN Tape Archive (CTA) system.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION OF THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF FORENSIC SCIENCE INSTITUTES (ENFSI) AND FORENSIC INSTITUTIONS OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 170-182
Author(s):  
T. Kryvak ◽  
N. Baiurko
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Forensic Science ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
European Network ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
External Work ◽  
Internal Interaction ◽  
Forensic Institutions ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Expert Community

The article deals with the main aspects of the activities of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), which is the largest European network of forensic institutions and, at the same time, one of the most significant. The main structural components of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) are analyzed. In particular, there are highlighted the main tasks and goals that the Board and the ENFSI Secretariat, expert working groups, standing committees set for the achievement of aims. The purpose of this article was to show the main internal directions of the work of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), in particular, what are the work of expert groups, the standing committees, their interaction between themselves and expert-working groups. There are also highlighted basic principles of ENFSI standing committees within the framework with the European Commission. It is also drawn attention to the main projects of the ENFSI standing committees, which are so-called Monopoly projects and which are funded by the European Commission. The article reveals not only the internal interaction of ENFSI, but also the external work of the network: in the International Forensic Expert Alliance (IFSA), interaction with Interpol and Europol. Interpol, being the most developed international organization in the fight against crime, pays significant attention to interaction and cooperation with forensic institutions. For these purposes, Interpol organizes and conducts international symposia on the entire range of forensic examinations, including forensic. The cooperation between ENFSI and Europol is no less fruitful, since Europol has extensive experience in hosting pan-European databases. Due to the interaction between ENFSI and Europol, it has been launched the Expert Platform (EPE) which offers a set of common functions customized to the needs of each expert community. Forensic institutions of Ukraine are closely involved in international cooperation in the field of forensics. In particular, the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, is a member of ENFSI, is actively involved in international activities, including participating in the work of working groups within the framework of ENFSI, as well as international symposia, seminars and projects.

The EU ECENTRE Project

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-21
Author(s):  
Denis Edgar-Nevill
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Cyber Terrorism ◽  
Internet Crime ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Considerable Problem ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The Eu

Since the EU Cybercrime Convention in 2000 (EU 2001), there has been a clear recognition of the accelerating threats to society posed by those who would exploit computers for crime and the logical progression to cyber-terrorism and cyberwarfare. Since that time the capacity to deal with cybercrime (crimes involving the use of computers) has improved but the problem has grown alarmingly. The European Commission recognises the increasing threat of cybercrime and has committed significant research and development funding in seeking to protect the community from cybercrime and cyberwar. This paper discusses a new European Commission funded project ECENTRE – England's Cybercrime Centre of Excellence Network for Training, Research and Education. On 20th December 2012 the European Commission signed the €0.935million (£760,000) contract for the project. The contract is awarded under the Programme Prevention of and Fight against Internet Crime Targeted Call – ISEC 2011 Action Grants– Project Number HOME/2011/ISEC/AG/INT/4000002226. The author is the Project Manager and Principal Investigator for the project. ECENTRE forms part of a wider European network of centres of excellence to share expertise, promote best practice and provide training opportunities for law enforcement across the EU. The challenges in establishing effecting cooperation and sharing are discussed. The considerable problem of keeping pace with the fast-developing, complex, problem posed by threats to national infrastructure, organisations and individuals is examined; highlighting the role of education as a fundamental weapon in the fight. The more we know about a threat (real or potential) – the better protected against it we become.

Transnational student associations in the European multi-level governance of higher education policies

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 365-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manja Klemenčič ◽  
Fernando Miguel Galán Palomares
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Student Interest ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Higher Education Policies ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
European Students ◽  
The Eu

The article seeks to advance understanding of the involvement of transnational student associations in European governance of higher education policies within the European Union (EU) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). Specifically, the article explores the mechanisms for interest intermediation that exist for transnational student associations in both policy arenas. Three transnational student associations stand out in terms of their involvement: European Students’ Union (ESU), Erasmus Student Network (ESN) and European Students’ Forum (AEGEE). The findings point to two distinct models of student interest intermediation in European policy-making. Within the EU, the European Commission interacts with all three transnational student associations; however, ESU and ESN participate in more expert and working groups. The roles afforded to each association in relation to the European Commission are demarcated and functionally differentiated. Within EHEA, in neo-corporatist fashion, ESU, as a representative platform of national student unions, holds representational monopoly. In the EHEA and the EU, the involvement of transnational student associations in policy-making can be attributed to the evolving nature of transnational governance regimes in which participation of transnational student associations not only brings expertise to but also aids the legitimacy of the policy processes and outcomes.

Third-Party Project Management Services

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-251
Author(s):  
Christian Baumhauer
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Service Provider ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Third Party ◽  
New Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Good Behaviour ◽  
Management Services

This article analyses the emergence of a new type of service provider, specializing in third-party management services (TPMSPs), and investigates the impact of their involvement in collaborative projects. After assessing the benefits and risks of using TPMSPs, the author suggests that a code of conduct should be elaborated and puts forward initial ideas on what such a code might include. Finally, he suggests that the European Commission should facilitate the access of consortia to these types of services while at the same time enforcing rules of ‘good behaviour’.

scholarly journals A Landscape Analysis of Standardisation in the Field of Artificial Intelligence

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Main Part ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
International Level ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Funded Project ◽  
European Standards ◽  
Respective State

While projects, developments and applications addressing and using artificial intelligence (AI) are rather multifaceted and their number is constantly increasing, the standardisation activities in the field of artificial intelligence are limited, their number is significantly lower and does not increase at the same pace. The European funded project StandICT.eu aims at supporting European experts’ presence in and contributions to international standardisation activities in ICT. The focus of the project is on the 5 priority domains identified by the European Commission (Cloud Computing, IoT, Big Data, Cyber Security, 5G) and on Artificial Intelligence while being open for other relevant topics defined in the annual European Rolling Plan for ICT Standardisation. The project has two main outcomes: (i) increased contribution of European experts in international standardisation through support by providing grants for planned contributions of successful applications of experts, and (ii) an online observatory of published standards and ongoing standardisation activities in the areas mentioned before. This observatory (called Standards Watch) is accessible through the project’s web site and open for contributions and comments from registered users. As part of the effort for the Standards Watch the projects has prepared a comprehensive analysis of the international standardisation landscape in the AI field, that comprises a description of the ICT standards and ongoing work at international level in the field of AI across the standardisation organisations already active in the field. In this article we will present results of our work where we have analysed the work of the 5 international and European Standards Development Organisations (SDOs) IEEE,1 ISO/IEC,2 ITU-T,3 ETSI4 and CEN-CENELEC5 developing standards in the field of AI. The first 4 bodies have already been active several years in AI standardisation at the time of writing this article. CEN-CENELEC has launched a focus group in 2019 which aims at producing a roadmap for AI standardisation. For these 4 SDOs information on their active groups, details of their work and the respective state/outcome is provided in the main part of this article. Followed by the same exercise for the two identified Standards Settings Organisations (SSOs): W3C6 and IRTF,7 their active groups and the respective state/outcome. With this information an initial analysis of the AI standardisation landscape as Q3 2019 is performed with the main outcomes that (i) the number of working groups chaired by Europeans is significant and (ii) that there is room for European experts contributing to ongoing and future standardisation work. The article is concluded by considerations on future priorities.

Challenges in Medical Informatics: Perspectives of an International Medical Informatics Organization

2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (01) ◽  
pp. 60-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. C. Lun
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
International Medical ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Leadership Challenges ◽  
Organizational Challenges ◽  
Working Groups ◽  
Research Advance ◽  
Goals And Objectives

Summary Objective: As an international organization with the missions to promote informatics in health care and biomedical research, advance international cooperation, stimulate research, development and education, and disseminate and exchange information, the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) must be constantly cognizant of new developments in medical informatics and address the challenges to the discipline. From an international organization standpoint, it perceives three major challenges viz. the Identity, Organizational and Leadership challenges. Method: This paper attempts to identify and discuss these challenges and to offer ways to overcome them through the activities of an international organization for medical informatics. Results and Conclusion: From an international organization standpoint, IMIA can help overcome these organizational challenges by ensuring strong leadership throughout its echelon, actively promoting its goals and objectives worldwide through its national and institutional members as well as its regional groups and encouraging strategic partnerships between its many Working Groups and Special Interest Group on Nursing with other international organizations and industry to further promote the awareness and the perception of the relevance of medical informatics to health and medicine by the international community.

scholarly journals Understanding the Role of Device Level Interoperability in Promoting Health - Lessons Learned from the SmartPersonalHealth Project

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 87-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Stroetmann ◽  
R. Thiel ◽  
K. A. Stroetmann ◽  
M. Romao ◽  
M. Strubin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Imaging Informatics ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Patient Representatives ◽  
Business Cases ◽  
Funded Project

SummaryTo summarize lessons learned from the European Commission (EC) co-funded project SmartPersonalHealth, a project to promote a greater understanding of the value of interoperability among Personal Health Systems (PHS) and between them and other eHealth systems, in the landscape of continuity of care and across multi-cultural environments in Europe.Key concepts in PHS interoperability, challenges, barriers and benefits were discussed with stakeholders (policy makers, regulators, procurers, healthcare providers, health professionals, patient representatives, industry, researchers) in three consultation workshops and a final conference. The results were synthesized in final report to the European Commission.The survey and analysis presented, which are designed to set the scene on the key requirements of device level interoperability within a context of using sensors, signals and imaging informatics in healthcare, set out key interoperability standards for PHS as provided for in the Continua Health Alliance Guidelines and explores further the need for wider organisational and regulatory aspects of interoperability.Achieving interoperability of eHealth systems is a complex process involving various actors and challenges far beyond technical and standardisation issues. For harnessing the key benefits of PHS, any interoperability scenario needs to account for value-based business cases for all stakeholders involved. It must foresee to enable seamless and consistent data and information flows by integrating and mixing devices used by patients/consumers at home, for remote monitoring, for home hospitalisation and/or within the hospital.

scholarly journals Global Laboratories of Third-Party Funding Regulation

AJIL Unbound ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Victoria Shannon Sahani
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Legal Representation ◽  
New Developments ◽  
Regulatory Issues ◽  
The Public ◽  
True Prevalence ◽  
Party Funding ◽  
To Receive

Third-party funding, also known as “dispute finance,” is a controversial, dynamic, and evolving arrangement whereby an outside entity (“the funder”) finances the legal representation of a party involved in litigation or arbitration, whether domestically or internationally, on a non-recourse basis, meaning that the funder is not entitled to receive any money from the funded party if the case is unsuccessful. It has been documented in more than sixty countries on six continents worldwide—including in many of the jurisdictions highlighted in this symposium that are experimenting with other aspects of international commercial dispute resolution. Indeed, funding greases the wheels of this experimentation. The true prevalence of third-party funding is likely far greater than we know since disclosure is not presently mandated everywhere. This essay argues that the three biggest global regulatory issues with respect to dispute finance are disclosure, definition, and delegation of oversight and that the global laboratories of dispute finance remain firmly within the control of the private sector with the public regulators continuously struggling to understand and address new developments in the industry. An apt analogy would be that the dispute financiers are driving cars and building spaceships with respect to their innovative financing arrangements, while many of the regulators are aiming their sights at the classic “horse-and-buggy” third-party funding arrangements that are rapidly falling out of use.

scholarly journals ENERCA: e-Learning Platform

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-92
Author(s):  
Patricia Aguilar-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
European Network ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Funded Project

ENERCA (the European Network for Rare and Congenital Anemias) is a European Commission funded project since 2002 [...]

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