EGI Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Working Group

EGI AI/ML WG

Marco Rorro (EGI Foundation)

AI Solutions Architect

September 1, 2022

AI/ML WG Meeting #2

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Agenda

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• Introduction
• Use case presentations
• Deep learning models for powerline removal when quantifying ecosystem structure from massive (multi-terabyte) LiDAR point clouds (Yifang Shi & Daniel Kissling)
• Using machine learning to AI based schedule massive docker containers, to detect performance anomalies, and do federated learning across sites (Zhiming Zhao)
• Open discussion and AOB

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Share knowledge, best practices and solutions

EGI Working Group on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

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AI/ML WG

Main Activities

• Gather requirements and recurrent use cases from user communities
• Identify technical solutions
• Help the setup and execution of new EGI projects in the AI/ML area

WG composition

• User communities
• Technical providers
• EGI Federation
• EGI Foundation

Main objectives

• Drive the technical evolution of the EGI Federation in AI and ML
• Evolve the service offering to meet the needs of researchers

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Initial Members

Communities

• Philipp Heuser (DESY HIP)
• Rohaifa Khalid (LifeWatch)
• Daniel Kissling (UvA)
• Valentin Kozlov (KIT)
• Jan Willem Noteboom (KNMI DataLab)
• Andrea Pagani (KNMI DataLab)
• Ivan Rodero (EMSO)
• Zhiming Zhao (UvA)

Infrastructure providers

• Viet Tran (IISAS)
• Marica Antonacci (INFN)
• Carlos Fernández (CESGA)

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Technical Providers

• Álvaro López García (IFCA) - Deep PaaS - WG co-chair
• Gabriel González Castañé (UCC) - AI4EUROPE - External advisor
• Martin Welß (Fraunhofer IAIS) - AI4EUROPE - External advisor
• Danilo Ardagna (Polimi) - AI-SPRINT - External advisor

EGI Foundation

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• Marco Rorro (WG Chair)
• Diego Scardaci (TCB Chair)
• Ville Tenhunen (Service owner)
• Elisa Cauhé (Service owner)
• Andrea Manzi (Service owner)
• Giuseppe La Rocca (Community support chair)
• All the Technical Solution Team

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Communications and WG management

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• Confluence page: https://confluence.egi.eu/display/EGIBG/Working+Group%3A+AI+and+ML
• Operational Meetings: https://indico.egi.eu/category/383/
• Mailing list: tcb-aiml-wg@mailman.egi.eu
• Please subscribe if you haven’t already done it. Thank you.

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Thank you

Marco Rorro

This work is partially funded by the EU research and innovation programme

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