Keywords Virtual Research Environments · Cloud Computing Infrastructure ·
Aquaculture · BlueBRIDGE
6.1 Introduction
BlueBRIDGE, a HORIZON 2020 project responded to the Juncker Investment Plan
opening funding opportunities for e-infrastructures, innovating current practices in
producing and delivering scientific knowledge advice to competent authorities.
1 The
project aimed at the enlargement of the spectrum of growth opportunities in distinctive Blue Growth areas. BlueBRIDGE has built on existing EU and international
e-infrastructures providing capacity-building in interdisciplinary research communities of scientists, data managers, and educators in academic institutions and
industries focusing on four major challenges: (1) stock assessment, (2) socioeconomic performance analysis in aquaculture, (3) fisheries and habitat degradation
monitoring, and (4) education and knowledge bridging on protection and management of marine resources. BlueBRIDGE capitalized on past investments and used a
proven e-infrastructure connecting 1500+ scientists, integrating +50 repositories,
executing +13,000 models and algorithms/month, and providing access to over a
billion quality records in repositories worldwide, with 99.7% service availability.
BlueBRIDGE also focused on user needs, opening services and data to actors and
liaising with competent agencies and SME Innovation Clusters.
BlueBRIDGE brought together an authoritative and complementary consortium
with expertise in multiple scientific domains. It bundled forces from International
Government Organizations (FAO, Italy; ICES, Denmark; ASSOCIATION POLE
MER BRETAGNE (PMBret), France), research institutes (CNR, Italy; ERCIM,
France, IRD, France; FORTH, Greece), STIFTELSEN GRID ARENDAL (GRID
Arendal, Norway), industry ENGINEERING – Italy, CLS-France), and SMEs
(TRUST-IT, United Kingdom, OLOKLIROMENA PLIROFORIAKA SISTIMATA
(I2S), Greece, COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION T ECHNOLOGIES
EXPERTS ANONYMOS ETAIREIA SYMVOULEFTIKON KAI ANAPTYXIA
KON YPIRESION (CITE), Greece), education and computer science domains
(ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO P ANEPISTIMIO ATHINON (UOA),
Greece), establishing a network with a proven track in VREs and e-infrastructures,
marine, environmental and fisheries, and science and economy.
A very important part of work within the scope of BlueBRIDGE concerned Cloud
Computing Infrastructure, Virtual Research Environments (VRES), and the development of integrated production models with focus on aquaculture. The VRES
aimed to deliver economic growth and environmental planning capacity-building
instruments to confront modern science and economic analysis challenges, as identified by both scientists and aqua-farming industry and investors. VRES have been
1 See: https://www.bluebridge-vres.eu/.
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Aquaculture · BlueBRIDGE
6.1 Introduction
BlueBRIDGE, a HORIZON 2020 project responded to the Juncker Investment Plan
opening funding opportunities for e-infrastructures, innovating current practices in
producing and delivering scientific knowledge advice to competent authorities.
1 The
project aimed at the enlargement of the spectrum of growth opportunities in distinctive Blue Growth areas. BlueBRIDGE has built on existing EU and international
e-infrastructures providing capacity-building in interdisciplinary research communities of scientists, data managers, and educators in academic institutions and
industries focusing on four major challenges: (1) stock assessment, (2) socioeconomic performance analysis in aquaculture, (3) fisheries and habitat degradation
monitoring, and (4) education and knowledge bridging on protection and management of marine resources. BlueBRIDGE capitalized on past investments and used a
proven e-infrastructure connecting 1500+ scientists, integrating +50 repositories,
executing +13,000 models and algorithms/month, and providing access to over a
billion quality records in repositories worldwide, with 99.7% service availability.
BlueBRIDGE also focused on user needs, opening services and data to actors and
liaising with competent agencies and SME Innovation Clusters.
BlueBRIDGE brought together an authoritative and complementary consortium
with expertise in multiple scientific domains. It bundled forces from International
Government Organizations (FAO, Italy; ICES, Denmark; ASSOCIATION POLE
MER BRETAGNE (PMBret), France), research institutes (CNR, Italy; ERCIM,
France, IRD, France; FORTH, Greece), STIFTELSEN GRID ARENDAL (GRID
Arendal, Norway), industry ENGINEERING – Italy, CLS-France), and SMEs
(TRUST-IT, United Kingdom, OLOKLIROMENA PLIROFORIAKA SISTIMATA
(I2S), Greece, COMMUNICATION & INFORMATION T ECHNOLOGIES
EXPERTS ANONYMOS ETAIREIA SYMVOULEFTIKON KAI ANAPTYXIA
KON YPIRESION (CITE), Greece), education and computer science domains
(ETHNIKO KAI KAPODISTRIAKO P ANEPISTIMIO ATHINON (UOA),
Greece), establishing a network with a proven track in VREs and e-infrastructures,
marine, environmental and fisheries, and science and economy.
A very important part of work within the scope of BlueBRIDGE concerned Cloud
Computing Infrastructure, Virtual Research Environments (VRES), and the development of integrated production models with focus on aquaculture. The VRES
aimed to deliver economic growth and environmental planning capacity-building
instruments to confront modern science and economic analysis challenges, as identified by both scientists and aqua-farming industry and investors. VRES have been
1 See: https://www.bluebridge-vres.eu/.
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