Grid Computing and the EGEE project

2 Feb 2006, 09:00 → 3 Feb 2006, 15:30 Europe/Zurich

Griffith University, Nathan Campus, Brisbane

Dr. Ruediger Berlich

In order to register for this event please email A.Lewis@griffith.edu.au , with a CC to k.taylor@griffith.edu.au . The purpose of this event is to introduce Grid computing in the context of the EGEE project, including its goals, infrastructure, middleware and operations. There is an emphasis on practicals, and so participants are asked to bring a laptop and to refer to http://egee-na4.ct.infn.it/ct_may_24/requirements.php. Please check that you have this software on your laptop. The course makes use of the Gilda training testbed, as provided by INFN/Catania and partners. Dr. Andrew Lewis and Kim Taylor (both Griffith University), Dr. Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe / Germany) and Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre / Edinburgh / UK) have agreed to contribute to this course.

Thursday, 2 February

09:00 → 17:00 Day 1: EGEE, the gLite and LCG-2 middlewares

09:00 Introduction to the tutorial

09:10 What is grid computing?

Speaker: Dr Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

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09:50 Introduction to Grid computing in Australia

Speaker: Dr. Andrew Lewis (Griffith University)

10:10 Introduction to EGEE

Speaker: Dr. Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

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10:45 COFFEE

11:15 gLite and LCG-2: an overview

Speaker: Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

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11:45 Authorisation and Authentication

Speaker: Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

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12:30 The GENIUS portal

Speaker: Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

12:45 LUNCH

13:45 Workload Management Systems: Introduction + Practical

Speaker: Dr. Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

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15:15 COFFEE

15:45 Practical continued

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16:45 end of day 1 discussion

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Friday, 3 February

09:00 → 15:30 Day 2: gLite and LCG-2 continued

09:00 Data management and practical

Speaker: Dr. Ruediger Berlich (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe)

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11:00 COFFEE

11:30 The Information System: talks and practicals

Speaker: Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

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13:00 LUNCH

14:00 Building international e-Infrastructure

Speaker: Dr. Mike Mineter (National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)

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14:30 Final discussion

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