H2020-EINFRA-2015-1 VI-SEEM VRE for regional Interdisciplinary communities in Southeast Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean Deliverable D6.2 1st Report of open calls and integration support Author(s): A. Athenodorou (editor) Status –Version: Final – j Date: July 31st, 2018 Distribution - Type: Public Abstract: Deliverable D6.2 – “1st Report of open calls and integration support” – this is report on the implementation of the 1st call, the outcome of the review process and the required efforts for the integration of the selected applications in the VRE. After the informal check, an update was requested to include results of the second call. Final data will be provided in D6.4 as per DoA. 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VI-SEEM-WP6-CY-020-D6.2-k-2018-07-31.docx` VI-SEEM consortium D6.2 – “1st Report of open calls and integration support” Page 4 of 116 Document Revision History Date Issue Author/Editor/Contributor Summary of main changes Ioannis Liabotis, Andreas June 13th, 2017 a TOC and initial contents provided Athenodorou June 23rd, 2017 b Andreas Athenodorou Expanded various sections June 26th, 2017 c Ioannis Liabotis Various corrections and editing June 29th, 2017 d Andreas Athenodorou, Lidija Applied the quality control changes Milosavljevic and various corrections and editing. July 6th , 2018 e Andreas Athenodorou Include information for the 2nd Open Call July 20th, 2018 f Evangelia Athanasaki Include information on the results for the 1st Open Call July 24th, 2018 h Andreas Athenodorou, Editing Evangelia Athanasaki, Dusan Vudragovic July 30th, 2018 i Andreas Athenodorou, Lidija Applied the quality control changes Milosavljevic and various corrections and editing. July 31st, 2018 j Ognjen Prnjat Final corrections and additions July 31st, 2018 k Andreas Athenodorou Final corrections and additions VI-SEEM-WP6-CY-020-D6.2-k-2018-07-31.docx` VI-SEEM consortium D6.2 – “1st Report of open calls and integration support” Page 5 of 116 Table of contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 14 2 Summary of the process and objectives of the calls ....................................... 16 2.1 APPLICABLE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS ........................................................................... 16 2.2 ELIGIBILITY .................................................................................................. 18 2.3 APPLICATION PROCESS ..................................................................................... 18 2.4 IMPORTANT DATES .......................................................................................... 18 2.4.1 Important dates for the 1st Open Call ......................................................... 18 2.4.2 Important dates for the 2ndt Open Call ........................................................ 19 3 Available resources and services .................................................................... 20 3.1 COMPUTATIONAL AND STORAGE SERVICES AVAILABLE ................................................. 20 3.2 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC SERVICES ........................................................................ 21 3.2.1 Application-specific services for Climate ..................................................... 21 3.2.2 Application-specific services for Digital Cultural Heritage .............................. 22 3.2.3 Application-specific services for Life Science ............................................... 23 3.2.4 Assignment of Resources .......................................................................... 25 4 Applications and review .................................................................................. 26 4.1 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL ................................................................ 26 4.2 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 2ND OPEN CALL ............................................................... 27 5 Selected applications and integration efforts required ................................... 29 5.1 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL ................................................................ 29 5.2 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 2ND OPEN CALL ............................................................... 30 5.3 REVIEW PROCESS .......................................................................................... 30 6 Summary of the applications .......................................................................... 32 6.1 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL ............................................................... 32 6.1.1 Applications in Climate research ................................................................ 32 6.1.2 Applications in Life Sciences ...................................................................... 38 6.1.3 Applications in Digital Cultural Heritage ...................................................... 41 6.2 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2ND OPEN CALL ................................................................. 44 6.2.1 Applications in Climate ............................................................................. 44 6.2.2 Applications in Life Sciences ...................................................................... 46 6.2.3 Applications in Digital Cultural Heritage ...................................................... 52 6.3 APPLICATION SUPPORT ..................................................................................... 56 6.3.1 Service enablers ...................................................................................... 56 6.3.2 Software ................................................................................................ 58 7 Results of the Αpplications ............................................................................. 60 7.1 APPLICATIONS FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL ................................................................ 60 7.1.1 Applications in Climate research ................................................................ 60 7.1.2 Applications in Life Sciences ...................................................................... 80 7.1.3 Applications in Digital Cultural Heritage ...................................................... 97 7.2 LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL APPLICATIONS ................................. 104 7.3 MEASURABLE DATA FROM THE 1ST OPEN CALL APPLICATIONS ....................................... 108 7.3.1 Usage of Resources in the 1st Open Call .................................................... 108 7.3.2 PhD/MSc Thesis and Talks/Posters resulted from the 1st Open Call ............... 110 8 Conclusion .................................................................................................... 116 VI-SEEM-WP6-CY-020-D6.2-k-2018-07-31.docx` VI-SEEM consortium D6.2 – “1st Report of open calls and integration support” Page 6 of 116 References [1] Project VI-SEEM-675121 - Annex I - Description of the Action VI-SEEM-WP6-CY-020-D6.2-k-2018-07-31.docx` VI-SEEM consortium D6.2 – “1st Report of open calls and integration support” Page 7 of 116 List of Figures FIGURE 1 - THE FLOWCHART FOR THE INTEGRATION OF A SERVICE IN THE VI-SEEM VRE ............... 58 FIGURE 2 – PRECIPITATION BIAS IN REGCM MODEL SIMULATIONS FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS DOMAIN .... 62 FIGURE 3 – BIASES IN MEAN SEASONAL NUMBER OF WET DAYS (UPPER) AND MEAN SEASONAL PRECIPITATION SUMS (BOTTOM) (UNITS: MM) FOR THE MEAN OF DIFFERENT MODEL CONFIGURATIONS. ............................................................................................. 63 FIGURE 4 - GPU TASKS OFFLOAD EXECUTION OF ATMOSPHERIC CHEMICAL KINETICS CALCULATIONS. .. 64 FIGURE 5 – MEAN SUMMER TEMPERATURE (UPPER LEFTMOST SUBPLOT, UNITS: °C) AND BIASES (UNITS: °C) OF THE CONSIDERED MODEL CONFIGURATIONS ....................................................... 65 FIGURE 6 – MEAN SUMMER PRECIPITATION SUM (UPPER LEFTMOST SUBPLOT, UNITS: MM/MONTH) AND RELATIVE (IN %) BIASES OF THE CONSIDERED MODEL CONFIGURATIONS .............................. 65 FIGURE 7 – ANNUAL PLOTS OF THE RECURRENCE [%] OF THE AQI - LOW, MODERATE AND HIGH BANDS IN BULGARIA. ..................................................................................................