Speaker
Antonio PULIAFITO
Description
This presentation focuses on aspects such as exploitation
and sustainability of huge public investments in computing
and communication infrastructures.
In order to fully justify research activities and to promote
their adoption at the production level, industries and
public administration should be involved and fully motivated
in approaching new and more effective technological
solutions. The PI2S2 project, currently under development in
Sicily, represents one concrete attempt to develop a new
GRID computing infrastructure at the regional level,
involving research institutions, public administration,
industries and SMEs as potential users. Since the very
beginning particular attention has been devoted in
coordinating all the development activities with the
requirements coming from SMEs that, strictly cooperating
with the research institutions involved, are proposing and
“bringing into the GRID” their specific needs. Synergy
between academy and SMEs is a fruitful approach with mutual
benefits for both participants and big impact on the future
sustainability of the investments.