Welcome
to FNS-Cloud
Who are we?
The consortium brings together the necessary competences and expertise to development, test and launch FNS-Cloud Services.
- Scientists from the agri-food, nutrition, and health domains, ensuring a food systems approach
- Communication experts with considerable reach globally as well as specialists in education and training for professionals
- Existing FNS datasets, tools, and software
- Knowledge from previous EU- and nationally-funded projects, and links with established ESFRI Research Infrastructures
- ICT and data specialists with experience of cloud methodologies and food systems, big data analysis and modelling
Benefits
FNS-Cloud aims to develop an infrastructure and services to exploit food, nutrition and security data (data, knowledge, tools – resources) for a range of purposes, and integrate with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC).
Also, because these domains lack resources for data management and predictive modelling, FNS-Cloud will foster development of these advanced methods for better understanding and exploitation, benefiting European citizens and adding-value to previous publicly funded research.
FAIR
Improving access
Existing FNS resources (data, knowledge and tools) and Services are fragmented, lack critical mass, and access by user communities is unevenly distributed. FNS-Cloud will address these issues by launching a first-generation ‘Food Cloud’, as an integral part of the EOSC.
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LINKS
Tools and Services
Some of tools and services be developed bespoke by FNS-Cloud, whilst others will come from past projects and existing providers.
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HELP
Support for users
Education, face-to-face and online, work-based training, and help-desk support will improve researchers’ data skills and confidence, understanding of open science, and participation.
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ACCESS
Core concepts
The main objective is to prepare the FNS Cloud by defining and implementing the technical components to enable integration of the Services. These include APIs, catalogues, documentation and data repositories, and authentication and authorisation protocols.
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TEST
Integrating data
Existing and emerging FNS data will be made accessible to test the infrastructure, services and tools through a range of use cases. These will brought together, as demonstrators, covering the Agri-food, Nutrition & Lifestyle, and NCD & Microbiome domains.
Management
Each of these bodies and individuals has clearly defined roles and responsibilities. The General Assembly is the ultimate decision-making body of FNS-Cloud whilst the Executive Board is the operational management body, responsible for efficient implementation, and is chaired by the representative of the coordinator, Stephen Webb. Paul Finglas is responsible for the scientific ambitions of the project.
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General Assembly — composed of representatives from each beneficiary
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Executive Board — comprised of those leading FNS-Cloud activities
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Stephen Webb — representing the coordinating beneficiary
RTDS Group (AT)
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Paul Finglas — scientific coordinator
Quadram Institute Bioscience (QIB, UK)