The National Documentation Center in conjunction with the "Greek Research and Technology Network" (GRNET) are organizing the “Advanced Issues in Grid Technologies" two day seminar in Athens, Greece. The seminar, held in the context of the 2nd phase of "Enabling Grids for E-sciencE" (EGEE-II) project which is funded by the European Union, will take place at the National Documentation Center Training Room, National Hellenic Research Foundation on Thursday 9th and Friday 10th of November 2006.
The seminar will include:
• Introduction to Grid systems
• Grid systems and e-Science
• Presentation of the EGEE project and the Grid initiative in Greece
• Presentation on the EGEE architecture, infrastructure and middleware
• Hands-on exercises for submitting jobs to the Grid
• Introduction to Grid applications development (application programming, MPI)
• Introduction to Grid administration
The seminar is intended for researchers and members of academia of our region who would like to get hands-on experience with the services provided by the EGEE project.
Venue:
Thursday and Friday, 9-10/11/2006
Training Room, National Documentation Center
National Hellenic Research Foundation/N.H.R.F.
48, Vas. Constantinou Av.
116 35 Athens, Greece
In order to participate in the hands-on exercises, a WiFi enabled (801.11b/g) laptop is required. Participation to the seminar is free of charge.
Seminar material language: Greek Seminar language: Greek
