Report of the e-Infrastructure – Advisory Group

This report sets out the findings and recommendations of the e-Infrastructure Advisory Group commissioned and chaired by BIS into the activities and recommendations put forward by the 2009 RCUK International Review of e-Science and the 2010 report “Delivering the UK’s e-Infrastructure for Research and Innovation”.

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Recommendations

To address the key points identified the Advisory Group makes the recommendations that:
– Future development of activities be taken forward via a stranded approach recognising the fact that each element of the overall e-infrastructure has its own timescales with respect to methodological and technological development;
– The following strands form the focus for developments: Research Networks, People & Skills, Data, Compute Infrastructure, Software Development and Security & Authentication;
– The continuing provision and development of a UK Research Intensive Network Infrastructure be treated as the highest priority. It is further recommended that this strand be taken forward with the full engagement of UK Research Funders and research leaders;

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