# SLICES-RI: a blueprints-based research infrastructure

Damien Saucez

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# SLICES-RI: a
blueprints-based
research infrastructure

Damien Saucez

on behalf of the SLICES community

09/29/2025

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# Scientific Large Scale Infrastructure for Computing/ Communication Experimental Studies (SLICES)

* 1st project of the ESFRI Computing and Digital Research Infrastructures roadmap in 2021 (preparation started in 2017)

* Distributed RI providing several specialized instruments on challenging research areas of Digital Infrastructures.

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* Scientific domains

* network protocols, radio technologies, services, data collection

* parallel and distributed computing w/ focus on cloud and edge-based computing architectures and services

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# Scientific Large Scale Infrastructure for Computing/ Communication Experimental Studies (SLICES)

* 1 SLICES timeline

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# Blueprint based services

* Researchers from the field define their needs, engineers implement the infrastructure for that need

* Focus efforts on solving one research need, not all

* Lessons learned

* Hard for researchers to express their needs

* People don't read the documentation (they watch videos now) + need of very strong user support

* People first try in their local environment

* Dependencies nightmare slices

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