"Baltic Grid" Conference: Induction to Grid Computing and the EGEE project

5 Oct 2004, 10:00 → 7 Oct 2004, 16:00 Europe/Zurich

Vilnius, Lithuania

Mineter, M.J.

The project EGEE (Enabling Grids for e-Science in Europe) is developing a service grid infrastructure to support international collaboration in science. Day 1 of this event will introduce researchers to Grid Computing and to the EGEE middleware. No prior Grid experience is required for day 1. Participants in Day 1 will gain: 1. Understanding of general Grid and e-Science concepts 2. Orientation to the EGEE infrastructure and middleware 3. Experience from use of an EGEE testbed, GILDA, via the GENIUS portal. The morning of Day 2 is designed to give participants an understanding of the goals, context and structure of the EGEE project, which is bulding with regional and national grid projects to operate a production Grid infrastructure to support international e-Science. The talks will continue the programme of Day 1, but they are also suitable for additional participants with an understanding of Grid concepts. The afternoon of Day 2 includes presentations from several regional and national grid projects. The agenda is chosen to be resonant with the planned Baltic Grid initiatives. To REGISTER and for accommodation, go to http://www.mif.vu.lt/grid

Tuesday, 5 October

10:00 → 17:00 Day 1 - Introduction to Grids and EGEE middleware

10:00 Introduction to course

General introduction to the content and aims of the two days.

Speaker: Mike Mineter (NeSC)

10:15 What are Grids and e-Science?

Speaker: Richard Hopkins (NeSC)

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11:00 What is the EGEE project?

Speaker: Mike Mineter (NeSC)

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11:15 Coffee

11:45 Authorisation, Authentication and Security

Speaker: Guy Warner (NeSC)

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12:15 Middleware components in EGEE

Speaker: Mike Mineter (NeSC)

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13:00 Lunch

14:30 Introduction to the GILDA testbed and GENIUS portal

The GILDA testbed and the GENIUS portal are initiatives led by Dr Roberto Barbera of INFN and the University of Catania. The practical will use GILDA and GENIUS to build on the earlier talks to reinforce understanding of the EGEE middleware.

Speaker: Guy Warner (NeSC)

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15:00 Practical - part 1

Speaker: Guy Warner (NeSC)

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15:45 Coffee

16:00 Practical - part 2

Speaker: Guy Warner

16:45 Discussion

Wednesday, 6 October

09:00 → 17:00 Day 2: morning - The EGEE project

09:00 Introduction to day 2

09:10 The EGEE project: enabling e-Science

Speaker: Mike Mineter (NeSC)

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09:40 EGEE: re-engineering of middleware

Speaker: Richard Hopkins (NeSC)

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10:10 Coffee

10:40 EGEE Operations

The largest of the three main activity areas in EGEE is creating the operations infrastructure and organisation to deliver a reliable, secure, production service.

Speaker: Fotis Karayannis (GRNET)

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11:00 EGEE "networking" activities

The (human) networking activities includes dissemination about EGEE; the identification and support of virtual organisations in a wide range of application areas; and the training of users.

Speaker: Mike Mineter

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11:20 Discussion

This ends the EGEE and Grids induction sessions; after this attention turns to related Grid projects and to Baltic grid initiatives.

11:35 Lunch

13:00 → 19:00 Day 2: afternoon - Regional and National Grid initiatives

13:00 Introduction

13:10 The CrossGrid project - development of Grid environment for interactive applications

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13:40 Pionier - Polish Optical Internet; Advanced Applications, Services and Technologies for Information Society

Speaker: [Poznan]

14:10 The GridLab project - development of application tools and middleware for Grid environments

Speaker: [Poznan] (Poznan)

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14:40 Coffee

15:00 Hellasgrid, the Greek Grid initiative

Speaker: Fotis Karayannis

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15:30 SEE-GRID, Expanding the eInfrastructure into South-East Europe

Speaker: Fotis Karayannis

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16:00 Nordic Grid Projects

Speaker: Anders Ynnerman

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16:30 Coffee

16:40 Estonian Grid and LHC computing

* Brief history of EG * Current Organizational structure of EG * Technical solution for EG * Collaborations * Lectures about Grid in Estonia * Cluster plans * Current scientific projects on EG * Future plans

Speaker: Mario Kadastik (NICPB, Estonia)

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17:10 Lithuanian Grid projects

Prof. Laimutis Telksnys will talk about resourses for grids in Lithuania Prof. Feliksas Ivanauskas will talk about the problems/applications needing grids.

Speaker: Laimutis Telksnys; Feliksas Ivanauskas

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17:40 Latvian Grid projects

Speaker: J. Rimshans, B. Martuzans

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Thursday, 7 October

09:00 → 16:00 Day 3, Expanding Grid infrastructure in Baltic States

Restricted meeting to discuss the Baltic Grid Proposal to EU.

Minutes: Ake Edlund - to be distributed to the members of the meeting.

09:00 Introduction

Introduction of the members of the meeting, and defining the agenda.

Speaker: All

09:15 Info about upcoming EU-call

09:30 Statement of interest and expected/planned contribution to a Baltic Grid, primarily

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Discussion and working groups

- Applications - Dissemination and outreach - Education and Training - Networks - roadmap - Computing platforms, storage. Viz - roadmap - Deployment - Operations

14:30 Working group reports and Discussion

15:30 Next steps and time lines