National e-Science Centre Information Network (NIN)

国家科学中心（NeSC）自2002年成立以来一直为英国科学提供了一个重点。它由格拉斯哥大学和爱丁堡大学联合办学。它在为英国科学界提供一系列服务方面享有令人羡慕的声誉。这项建议是在未来3年内继续发展这些服务。NeSC以提供会议、研讨会和会议的场所而闻名，涉及广泛的电子科学主题，在包括国家网络、电子科学和培训在内的几个线程之间共享。自成立以来，活动团队每月举办超过7场活动，累计超过28,000个代表日（www.nesc.ac.uk/events）。我们有超过1万名参与者，其中许多人已经成为常客。今年，我们牵头将OGF20和第二届EGEE用户论坛带到英国。这次活动于2007年5月在曼彻斯特大学的支持下举行，是迄今为止GGF/OGF最大的一次会议。根据这一提议，我们将把精力集中在每年两周的沉浸式活动和英国电子科学的年度路线图活动上，并辅以响应社区要求举办的活动。我们为社会提供的知识库和网站服务备受尊重。它包括关于英国电子科学和NeSC活动的新闻和信息，与其他英国电子科学中心和社区团体的链接，关于英国电子科学项目的信息索引，以及论文和技术报告的存储库（包括AHM的会议记录）。根据这项建议，我们将继续这项工作。我们将参观其他电子科学中心，以收集资料和鼓励参与。我们将继续定期出版月刊。它包括NeSC/eSI科学作家的文章、英国电子科学特使的社论、其他电子科学中心的输入和NGS的常规页面。每个月，新闻通讯通常都在我们网站的下载量前20名之列，每月下载量在2000 - 3000之间。我们将继续管理英国e-Science技术报告系列。本丛书由专业管理，并设有国际出版号。NeSC工作的一个重要部分是在国际上推广英国电子科学，并酌情吸引其他国家参与英国电子科学计划。多年来，学院接待了来自中国、韩国、新加坡、澳大利亚、新西兰、瑞士、瑞典等国家的代表团。这项提案的资金将使我们能够继续这项工作。在过去的一年里，我们安排了英国代表团访问瑞典研究理事会，并接待了他们对英国的回访。我们还应英国高级专员的要求参加了马来西亚研究与教育网络（MYREN）。NeSC的工作人员参加了挪威电子科学计划（EVITA）的国际评审小组和新加坡电子科学评审小组。我们提供协作工具来支持英国电子科学社区的项目、用户组和工作组。NeSCForge服务器使用开源的GForge系统提供软件开发存储库。它被许多研究项目使用，并在OMII-UK的活动中发挥关键作用。我们还提供维基、博客和邮件列表，供校园网格SIG、E-SciNet等社区团体使用。这一提议将允许我们的设施继续支持英国科学的这些团体。总之，NeSC在为英国电子科学提供一系列支持服务方面有着良好的记录。本建议所申请的拨款，可让我们在未来三年继续提供这项支援。

The National e Science Centre (NeSC) has provided a focus for UK e Science since its creation in 2002. It is run jointly by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It has an enviable reputation in delivering a range of services for the UK e Science community. This proposal is to continue and develop those services for the next 3 years.NeSC is well known for providing a venue for meetings, workshops and conferences, across a wide range of e Science topics, shared between several threads including national networking, eSI and training. The events team have run over 7 events per month, amounting to over 28,000 delegate days (www.nesc.ac.uk/events) since inception. We have had more than 10,000 participants, many of whom have become regulars . This year we led the effort to bring OGF20 and the 2nd EGEE User Forum to the UK. This event, held in May 2007 with the support of the University of Manchester, was the largest meeting of the GGF/OGF to date. Under this proposal we will focus our efforts on two week-long immersive events each year and an annual roadmapping event for UK eScience, supplemented by events held in response to community requests.We are very well respected for the knowledge base and web site services we provide to the community. It includes news and information about UK e-Science and NeSC activities, links to other UK e Science centres and community groups, an index of information on UK e Science projects, and a repository of papers and technical reports (including the proceedings of the AHM). Under this proposal we will continue this work. We will visit other e-Science centres to solicit information and encourage participation.We will continue to produce a regular monthly newsletter. which includes articles by the NeSC/eSI science writer, editorials by the UK e-Science Envoy, input from other e-science centres and a regular page by the NGS. Each month, the newsletter is typically among the top 20 downloads from our web site, with a monthly download between 2,000-3,000.We will continue to manage the UK e-Science technical report series. This series is professionally managed and has an ISSN.An important part of NeSC's work is to promote UK e Science internationally, engaging others in the UK e-Science programme as appropriate. Over the years, NeSC has hosted many international delegations, including those from China, Korea, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and Sweden. The funding from this proposal will allow us to continue this work. In the past year we have arranged the UK delegation to the Swedish Research Council and hosted their return visit to the UK. We also attended and presented at the Malaysian Research & Education Network (MYREN) at the request of the British High Commission. NeSC staff were on the international review panel for the Norwegian e-Science initiative (EVITA) and on the Singapore e-Science review panel. We provide collaboration tools to support projects, user groups and working groups in the UK e-Science community. The NeSCForge server uses the open-source GForge system to provide a software development repository. It is used by many research projects and plays a key role in the activities of OMII-UK. We also provide wikis, blogs and mailing lists for use by community groups such as the Campus Grids SIG, E-SciNet and others. This proposals will allow our facilities to continue supporting these groups within UK e Science. In summary, the NeSC has an proven track record in a range of support services for UK e-Science. The funding applied for in this proposal will allow us to continue this support for a further 3 years.