Introduction to developing Grid applications on Grid-Ireland
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Europe/Zurich
John Walsh
Description
The purpose of this event is to introduce researchers to Grid Computing, the national infrastructure Grid-Ireland, and the international EGEE grid.
The course gives experience of the current middleware during practicals using both Grid-Ireland and the GILDA training testbed, as provided by
INFN/University of Catania and partners.
This agenda may be subject to minor alteration.
Introduction to Grids and to EGEELloyd Institute Lecture Room LB01
Lloyd Institute Lecture Room LB01
09:00
Registration30m
09:30
Basic Grid Concepts45m
transparencies
10:00
An overview of the EGEE project30m
EGEE has established an international grid infrastructure. This talk describes its major activities and objectives.
Speaker:
Dr. Mike Mineter(National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
transparencies
10:45
COFFEE
30m
11:15
EGEE middleware1h
The talk describes the major services provided by the EGEE grid:
Authorisation and Authentication
Information Services
Data Managament
Job submission
"Job Description Language" is described. This is used to specify the requirements of jobs to be submitted to the EGEE Grid.
Speaker:
Dr. Mike Mineter(National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh)
more information
transparencies
13:00
LUNCH
1h
14:00
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17:30
Practical - introduction to the EGEE middlewareO'Reilly Institute LG36
O'Reilly Institute LG36
Using the GILDA testbed, participants will gain familiarity with the main services provided by the EGEE middleware.
Following an overview of datamanagement,information systems and job submission, emphasis is upon how applications can be run on GILDA.
