EGI Community Forum 2013

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The University of Manchester

The University of Manchester

Manchester, UK
Description
The EGI Community Forum 2013 together with the 3rd EMI Technical Conference provide a perfect opportunity to reflect upon the growing diversification in use of the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI) from across all research disciplines as well as the widening international collaboration that is taking place.
The 3rd EMI Technical Conference which takes place within the Forum will provide the opportunity to present the final outputs of the project in the form of the EMI 3 distribution as well as presenting how post-EMI scientific software development will continue. 
Additionally, the European Globus Community Forum has been scheduled for Monday 8th April and will be hosted by the Initiative for Globus in Europe project.
    • 3rd Annual European Globus Community Forum 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Helmut Heller (BADW)
    • Project Meeting: EMI PEB 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Florida Estrella (CERN)
    • Project Meetings: GGUS Advisory Board 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Conveners: Guenter Grein (KIT-G), Malgorzata Krakowian (EGI.EU)
      • 1
        GGUS Advisory Board Meeting
    • NGI International Liaison (NIL) Meeting (Closed) 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 2
        NGI International Liaison (NIL) Meeting
        Speakers: Ladislav Hluchy (UI SAV), Richard McLennan (EGI.EU), Sara Coelho (EGI.EU), Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
        Slides
        Slides Foti Psomopoulos
    • Plenary Keynotes Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: David Wallom (OXFORD)
      • 3
        Welcome to the University of Manchester - Nancy Rothwell
        Speaker: Nancy Rothwell (Manchester University)
      • 4
        Exploiting Recent Developments in e-Infrastructure to Unlock New Science
        Speaker: Peter Coveney (UCL)
        Slides
      • 5
        Kostas Glinos
      • 6
        Steven Newhouse
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Cloud Platforms: Applications Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      The EGI Cloud Platforms provide collections of programmable tools, middleware services and virtualisation technologies that enable communities to configure access to those services that are needed in their individual domains.

      Conveners: Dr Matteo Turilli (OXFORD), Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
      • 7
        Cloud Computing for Ecological Modeling in the D4Science Infrastructure
        Speaker: Pasquale Pagano (CNR - ISTI)
        Slides
      • 8
        CloudQTL: Evolving a Bioinformatics Application into the Clouds
        Speaker: Dr John Allen (UE)
        Slides
      • 9
        Providing Bioinformatics Services on Cloud
        Speaker: Christophe Blanchet (IDB IBCP FR3302)
        Slides
      • 10
        Phenomenology Tools on a OpenStack Cloud Infrastructure
        Speaker: Dr Enol Fernandez del Castillo (CSIC)
        Slides
    • Communities and Communication: Pay for Use Workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)
      • 11
        EGI Pay-for-Use Model and Pilot Group
        Speaker: Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)
        Paper
        Slides
        Wikipage
      • 12
        Accounting and Billing
        Speaker: Ms Alison Packer (STFC)
        Slides
      • 13
        Charging Users: NGI Use Case
        Speaker: Onur Temizsoylu (TUBITAK ULAKBIM)
        Slides
      • 14
        Discussion, Q&A, and Defining Next Steps and Implementation Plan
    • Community Platforms: Middle-Ware 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      • 15
        An unattended, fault-tolerant approach for the execution of distributed applications
        Speaker: Dr Manuel Aurelio Rodríguez-Pascual (CIEMAT)
      • 16
        Performance study of ARC middleware components
        Speaker: Dr Jozef Cernak (CERN)
        Slides
      • 17
        Scaling Campus Grids Using Ontologies in a Modified EMI-WMS System
        Speakers: John Brennan (University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom), Marcin Paprzycki (SRI PAS, Warsaw, Poland)
      • 18
        Research Advances through European Computing and Data Technologies
        Speaker: Mr MORRIS RIEDEL (JUELICH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE)
    • Operational Services: Evolving operational tools 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Diego Scardaci (INFN)
      • 19
        Evolving operational tools
        Speaker: Diego Scardaci (INFN)
        Slides
      • 20
        GGUS infrastructure
        Speaker: Mr Oleg Dulov (KIT)
        Slides
      • 21
        D-MON: a federated information system for distributed e-Infrastructures
        Speaker: Ilya Saverchenko (BADW)
        Slides
      • 22
        SAM roadmap
        Speaker: Paloma Fuente (CERN)
        Slides
      • 23
        SAM requirements from EUDAT
        Speakers: Ernst Pijper, Luuk Uljee (SARA), Ron Trompert (SARA)
      • 24
        GOCDB roadmap
        Speakers: John Casson (STFC), david meredith (STFC)
        Slides
    • Science Gateways Workshop 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      The Science Gateways Workshop aims to put in common the experience of the different working groups that are currently participating in the development and use of this technology.

      Conveners: Nuno Ferreira (EGI.EU), elisa cauhe (UNIZAR-I3A)
      • 25
        Science Gateway Primer: introduction and findings
        Speaker: Dr Robert Lovas (MTA SZTAKI)
        Slides
      • 26
        Easy Development and Integration of Science Gateways with Vine Toolkit in production
        Speaker: Mr Mariusz Mamoński (PSNC)
        Slides
      • 27
        Simplify Big Data Sharing with Globus Online
        Speaker: Mr Steve Tuecke (University of Chicago / Argonne National Laboratory)
        Slides
      • 28
        InSilicoLab: From generic solutions to an application-specific science gateway
        Speaker: Joanna Kocot (CYFRONET)
        Homepage
        Slides
        Video
      • 29
        Distributed Application Runtime Environment (DARE): A Standards-based Middleware Framework For Science-Gateways
        Speaker: Dr Shantenu Jha
        Slides
    • Training: OpenMOLE 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Romain Reuillon (CNRS)
      • 30
        Computing on a big scale with OpenMOLE
        Speakers: Mr Mathieu Leclaire (ISC-PIF), Romain Reuillon (CNRS)
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • Beyond EMI: A Roadmap to Open Collaboration 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      The EMI (European Middleware Initiative) is coming to an end in April 2013. During its three year duration, EMI has established a number of initiatives and performed collaboration activities in different software-related areas. This workshop will present the different initiatives and collaborations that will continue beyond the end of the project and carry out the vision of innovating distributed computing and data management services for research infrastructures, with particular focus on the Middleware Development and Innovation Alliance (MeDIA) initiative and the SciencePAD initiative.

      Expert contributions will be invited to provide descriptions of current and planned work and stimulate discussions and further collaboration

      Convener: Mr MORRIS RIEDEL (JUELICH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE)
      • 31
        Introduction to the EMI collaborations workshop
        Speakers: Alberto Di Meglio (EMI), Mr MORRIS RIEDEL (JUELICH SUPERCOMPUTING CENTRE)
        Slides
      • 32
        EMI and DCore
        Speaker: Mr Robert Harakaly (DCore)
        Slides
      • 33
        The SciencePAD Initiative
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)
        Slides
      • 34
        Software Information and Scientific Publications
        Speaker: Neil Chue Hong (Software Sustainability Institute)
      • 35
        Software Information Management in Biomedical Research
        Speaker: Dr Julie McMurry (EMBL-EBI)
        Slides
    • Cloud Platforms: Technologies Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      The EGI Cloud Platforms provide collections of programmable tools, middleware services and virtualisation technologies that enable communities to configure access to those services that are needed in their individual domains.

      Conveners: Dr Matteo Turilli (OXFORD), Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
      • 36
        VOMS-aware identity service for Openstack
        Speaker: Mr Alvaro Garcia (CSIC)
        Slides
      • 37
        Bringing cloud technology to distributed data infrastructures
        Speaker: Mr Martin Hellmich (CERN)
        Slides
      • 38
        Monitoring Virtual Machines with L&B -- the FedCloud Experience
        Speaker: Zdenek Sustr (CESNET)
      • 39
        Using the EGI Federated Cloud for the provisioning of Grid Worker Nodes
        Speaker: Mr Anastasis Andronidis (AUTH)
    • Communities and Communication: XSEDE & EGI workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Conveners: John Towns (XSEDE), Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 40
        XSEDE and EGI Common Use cases Workshop- Introduction
        Speakers: John Towns, Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 41
        WeNMR-SBGrid-Collaboration
        Speaker: Alexandre Bonvin (eNMR/WeNMR (via Dutch NGI))
        Paper
      • 42
        CMMST in XSEDE-EGI Collaboration
        Speakers: Antonio Lagana (UNIPG), Daniele Cesini (INFN)
        Paper
        Slides
      • 43
        Expeditions in Science on Federation DCI
        Speaker: Dr Jha Shantenu
        Full Abstract
    • Operational Services: Implementing service management for EGI services 1/2 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Owen Appleton (Emergence Tech Limited)
      • 44
        Introduction and Motivation to FedSM
        Speaker: Owen Appleton (Emergence Tech Limited)
        Join remotely via Adobe Connect
        Slides
      • 45
        Process approach for ITSM
        Speaker: Michael Brenner (RRZN, Leibniz Universitaet Hannover)
      • 46
        The FitSM-1 Standard for Service Management
        Speaker: Thomas Schaaf (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
      • 47
        Assessing Service Management Maturity
        Speaker: Thomas Schaaf (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
      • 48
        Wider Perspective & Outlook
        Speaker: Owen Appleton (Emergence Tech Limited)
    • Science Gateways Workshop 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      The Science Gateways Workshop aims to put in common the experience of the different working groups that are currently participating in the development and use of this technology.

      Conveners: Nuno Ferreira (EGI.EU), elisa cauhe (UNIZAR-I3A)
      • 49
        GridSpace2: Virtual Laboratory in World-Wide Web
        Speaker: Mr Eryk Ciepiela (Academic Computer Centre CYFRONET AGH)
        Slides
      • 50
        Accessing cloud resources through the WS-PGRADE/gUSE and CloudBroker integrated platform
        Speaker: Zoltan Farkas (MTA SZTAKI)
        Slides
      • 51
        Fourth generation of AMC Gateway: is this the last one?
        Speaker: Silvia Olabarriaga (Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam)
        Slides
      • 52
        The agINFRA Science Gateway for the Agricultural Sciences’ Virtual Research Community
        Speaker: Riccardo Bruno (INFN)
        Slides
      • 53
        Standard-based Interoperability amongst Local, Grid and Cloud Resources Distributed Worldwide
        Speaker: Roberto Barbera (University of Catania and INFN)
        Slides
        Video
    • Training: Globus Online Training 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • Beyond EMI: A Roadmap to Open Collaboration 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      The EMI (European Middleware Initiative) is coming to an end in April 2013. During its three year duration, EMI has established a number of initiatives and performed collaboration activities in different software-related areas. This workshop will present the different initiatives and collaborations that will continue beyond the end of the project and carry out the vision of innovating distributed computing and data management services for research infrastructures, with particular focus on the Middleware Development and Innovation Alliance (MeDIA) initiative and the SciencePAD initiative.

      Expert contributions will be invited to provide descriptions of current and planned work and stimulate discussions and further collaboration

      Convener: Alberto Di Meglio (EMI)
      • 55
        Introduction to the EMI Collaborations Workshop (Part 2)
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)
      • 56
        EMI 3 Monte Bianco: release highlights and support commitments
        Speaker: Andrea Ceccanti (INFN)
        Slides
      • 57
        The Middleware Development and Innovation Alliance (MeDIA)
        Speaker: Balazs Konya (EMI project)
        Slides
      • 58
        Post-EMI software provisioning to UMD: the EGI perspective
        Speakers: Peter Solagna (EGI.EU), Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 59
        Discussion: technical roadmaps and software management
        Speaker: Balazs Konya (EMI project)
    • Cloud Platforms: Federated Clouds open meeting Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      The EGI Cloud Platforms provide collections of programmable tools, middleware services and virtualisation technologies that enable communities to configure access to those services that are needed in their individual domains.

      Convener: Dr Matteo Turilli (OXFORD)
      • 60
        Demonstration of the Federated Clouds Task Force test bed and services
        Speaker: Dr Matteo Turilli (OXFORD)
        Slides
      • 61
        Cloud meets Grid
        Speaker: Wolfgang Hennerbichler (RISC Software GmbH)
      • 62
        Federated Clouds open meeting
        Speaker: Dr Matteo Turilli (OXFORD)
    • Communities and Communication: XSEDE & EGI workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 63
        Introduction
      • 64
        Overview of XSEDE Architecture and Engineering Processes
      • 65
        Overview of EGI Architecture and Engineering Processes
        Slides
      • 66
        Discussion on Architecture and Engineering Processes
      • 67
        Overview of EGI Operations
      • 68
        Overview of XSEDE Operations
      • 69
        XSEDE Campus Champions and discussion on Champions
      • 70
        Discussion on Operations Issues
      • 71
        Wrap-up; future plans
    • EGI-InSPIRE Mini-Projects 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Richard McLennan (EGI.EU)
      • 72
        A new approach to Computing Availability and Reliability Reports
        Speaker: Christos Kanellopoulos (GRNET)
        Slides
      • 73
        GOCDB Scoping Extensions and Management Interface
        Speaker: david meredith (STFC)
        Slides
      • 74
        Massive Open Online Course Development
        Speaker: Mrs Anatoli Danezi
        Slides
      • 75
        Tools for automating applying for and allocating federated resources
        Speaker: Mr T. Szepieniec (CYFRONET)
        Slides
      • 76
        VO Administration and operations PORtal (VAPOR)
        Speaker: Franck MICHEL (CNRS)
        Slides
    • Operational Services: Implementing service management for EGI services 2/2 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Owen Appleton (Emergence Tech Limited)
      • 77
        Session 1 Recap and Session 2 Introduction
        Speaker: Owen Appleton (Emergence Tech Limited)
      • 78
        EGI service management maturity assessment: Overview of the approach
        Speaker: Thomas Schaaf (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
      • 79
        EGI Service Management Maturity Assessment: General Results
        Speaker: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
      • 80
        EGI Service Management Process Assessment & Improvement Plan
        Speaker: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
        Slides
    • Training: Globus Tools Training 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
      • 81
        Globus Tools for Grid Users and Administrators - session intro
        Speaker: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
        • a) Interoperability Demo
          Speaker: Stephen Crouch (University of Southampton)
        • b) GridWay Metascheduler Demo
          Speaker: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
        • c) Security Integration Demo
          Speakers: David Groep (FOM), Dennis van Dok (FOM)
        • d) IGE Globus Appliances
          Speaker: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
      • 82
        Globus Interoperability Demo
        Speaker: Stephen Crouch (University of Southampton)
      • 83
        GridWay Metascheduler Demo
        Speaker: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
        Slides
      • 84
        Security Integration Demo
        Speakers: David Groep (FOM), Dennis van Dok (FOM)
      • 85
        IGE Globus Appliances
        Speaker: Dr Ioan Muntean (UTC)
        Slides
    • 17:30
      Welcome Reception and Cocktail
    • Plenary Keynotes Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Vincent Breton (CNRS)
      • 86
        e-infrastructures at the core of the most ambitious challenges of modern science
        Speaker: Dr Giovanni Frisoni
        Slides
      • 87
        Square Kilometre Array Computing Challenges
        Speaker: Cornwell Tim (Head of Computing, Square Kilometer Array)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Communities and Communication: Sustainability 1 Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
      • 88
        The Middleware Development and Innovation Alliance (MeDIA)
        Speaker: Balazs Konya (EMI project)
        Slides
      • 89
        The SciencePAD Incubation Laboratory
        Speaker: Dr Alberto Di Meglio (CERN)
        Slides
      • 90
        EGCF - The future of Globus in Europe
        Speaker: Matthias Hofmann (TU Dortmund)
    • Community Platforms: Middle-ware Quality Assurance 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      • 91
        Managing middleware maintenance, support and release activities in the EMI project
        Speakers: Aiftimiei Cristina (INFN), Andrea Ceccanti (INFN)
        Slides
      • 92
        Automatic testing and certification procedures for IGI products in the EMI era and beyond
        Speakers: Sara BERTOCCO (INFN), Sergio TRALDI (INFN)
        Slides
      • 93
        Build and Test Services of the EMI project: Lessons Learned and Perspectives
        Speaker: Mr Andres Abad Rodriguez (CERN)
        Slides
      • 94
        The Quality Assurance Metric Infrastructure in the EMI Project
        Speaker: Eamonn Kenny (Trinity College Dublin)
        Slides
      • 95
        Quality Control in EMI
        Speaker: Mr Claudio Cacciari (CINECA)
        Slides
      • 96
        EMI Testbed Improvements and Lessons Learned from the EMI 3 Release
        Speaker: Fabio Capannini (INFN)
        Slides
    • DCH-RP Workshop 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Scope: The workshop will bring together projects and initiatives working world-wide in the domain of the digital cultural heritage, digital arts, digital performances and digital humanities in order to discuss opportunities for cooperation.

      Topics of discussion:
      -> Describe the architecture that will be implemented by the project to access the data infrastructure you are building (are you considering federated identity services ?); how could we send you our requirements and feebacks ?
      -> List the standards you're uptaking to build the data infrastructure; how will your data infrastructure be interoperable with those of related projects and other initiatives worldwide ?
      -> How DCH community could profit of the data infrastructure you are building; how could we send you our requirements and feebacks ?
      -> Would you be interested in being considered in the DCH-RP Roadmap ? Are you willing to collaborate with us through dedicated MoUs ?
      -> Were you in contact with existing e-infrastructures do you plan to collaborate with them and use their services?

      Convener: Catherine Gater (EGI.EU)
      • 97
        Introduction to the scope of the workshop and presentation of DCH-RP
        Speaker: Antonella Fresa (Promoter Srl, DCH-RP Technical Coordinator)
        Slides
      • 98
        Short presentation of SCIDIPES and APARSEN initiatives
        Speakers: David Giaretta (STFC), Shirley Crompton (STFC)
        Slides
      • 99
        Short presentation of DARIAH
        Speaker: Nicolas Larousse (TGE-ADONIS)
        Slides
      • 100
        Short presentation of CHAIN-REDS
        Speaker: Roberto Barbera (University of Catania and INFN)
      • 101
        Data management for digital archivists
        Speaker: Mr Jan Just Keijser (Nikhef)
        Slides
      • 102
        Virtual Storytelling and Digital Archiving in the Cloud: Mah Meri Oral Tradition
        Speaker: Dr Faridah Mohd. Noor (University of Malaya)
      • 103
        Short presentation of EUDAT
        Speaker: Mr Martin Hellmich (CERN)
        Slides
      • 104
        Discussion
    • EGI-InSPIRE Mini-Projects 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 105
        Automatic Deployment and Execution of Applications using Cloud Services.
        Speaker: Enol Fernandez (CSIC)
        Slides
      • 106
        CDMI Support i Cloud Management Frameworks
        Speaker: Ilja Livenson (KTH)
        Slides
      • 107
        Dynamic Deployments for OCCI Compliant Clouds
        Speaker: Marc-Elian Begin (SixSq)
        Slides
      • 108
        Providing OCCI support for arbitrary Cloud Management Frameworks
        Speaker: Zdenek Sustr (CESNET)
        Slides
      • 109
        Transforming Scientific Research Platforms to Exploit Cloud Capacity
        Speaker: Bjoern Hagemeier (JUELICH)
        Slides
      • 110
        Evaluation of Liferay modules
        Speaker: Dr Gergely Sipos (EGI.EU)
        Slides
    • Operational Services: Coordinated offering of a federated resource pool 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
      • 111
        Coordinated offering of a federated resource pool
        Speaker: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
      • 112
        Proposed framework for resource allocation and related process
        Speaker: Malgorzata Krakowian (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 113
        Resource Allocation QoS
        Speaker: Alessandro Costantini (INFN)
        Slides
      • 114
        Operations Portal support of resource allocation processes: overview of Mini Project
        Speaker: Mr T. Szepieniec (CYFRONET)
        Slides
      • 115
        Discussion
    • Project Meetings: EGI PAC - closed EGI Boardroom

      EGI Boardroom

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Conveners: Catherine Gater (EGI.EU), Celine Bitoune (EGI.EU), Claire Devereux (STFC)
      • 116
        PAC (Closed Project meeting)
        Speaker: Celine Bitoune (EGI.EU)
    • Regional Operator on Duty - workshop 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Ron Trompert (SARA)
      • 117
        ROD workshop
        Speakers: Cyril Lorphelin (CNRS), Ron Trompert (SARA)
        Slides
        • a) Grid Oversight status and plans
          In this presentation we will give an overview of where we are with the grid oversight activity and discuss our plans for the future
          Speaker: Ron Trompert (SARA)
          Slides
        • b) Dashboard developments
          In this talk, the latest developments and the radmap for the dashboard will be discussed.
          Speaker: Cyril Lorphelin (CNRS)
      • 118
        ROC CookBook: a guide to kick-start a ROC/NGI
        Speaker: Kostas Koumantaros (GRNET)
        Paper
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • Communities and Communication: Sustainability 2 Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
      • 119
        EGI Compendium - Improving the EGI Knowledge Base
        Speaker: Damir Marinovic (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 120
        EGI Scientific Publications Repository and OpenAIRE Collaboration
        Speaker: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 121
        EGI.eu Service Portfolio
        Speaker: Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)
        Slides
    • Community Applications: User cases 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Zoltan Farkas (MTA SZTAKI)
      • 122
        Modeling and simulation of complex human physiology systems
        Speaker: Mr Tomáš Kulhánek (Charles University in Prague)
        Slides
      • 123
        Middleware support for Decision Support Tools in Water Engineering
        Speaker: Dr John Brooke (University of Manchester)
        Slides
      • 124
        iCOMCOT: Real-time Tsunami Simulation Based on Parallelized COMCOT
        Speakers: Mr John HSU (ASGC), Dr Simon C. Lin (ASGC)
    • Community Platforms: Middle-ware (Data) 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Wahid Bhimji (UE)
      • 125
        Future-proof storage with DPM
        Speaker: Fabrizio Furano (CERN)
        Slides
      • 126
        dCache: dependable storage for new distributed communities
        Speaker: Paul Millar (DESY)
        Slides
      • 127
        StoRM: simplify Grid storage by using WebDAV
        Speaker: Michele Dibenedetto (INFN)
    • Operational Services: Resource Centre Forum - GPGPU 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Conveners: John Walsh (TCD), Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
    • Project Meeting: EGI-InSPIRE SA2 F2F: (closed meeting) 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      A face to face meeting for the SA2 team

      Convener: Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      slides
    • Project Meetings: EGI InSPIRE PMB Room 3.210

      Room 3.210

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 135
        PMB - EGI InSPIRE
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Workshop: EGI Virtual Teams 1/2 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      This workshop:
      - provides meeting point for VT members;
      - a platform for VT leaders to present their achievements and explain how they progress from a ‘manageable’ goal to a final result.;
      - cover techniques & best practices that can help simplify the task of managing projects as well as the monitoring and reporting procedures that are currently in place.
      The session is targeted at those who wish to learn of new developments and communities in EGI, and especially for those who want to be part of new development paths for EGI.

      Convener: Richard McLennan (EGI.EU)
      • 136
        EGI Virtual Team (VT) projects – “The beauty of small goals”
      • 137
        The CTA VT in EGI
        Speaker: Claudio Vuerli (INAF)
        Slides
      • 138
        ELIXIR and e-infrastructures in Europe – EGI ELIXIR VT report
        Speaker: Pavel Fibich (CESNET)
        Slides
      • 139
        EGI Virtual Teams - Session 1 Discussion
        Speaker: Richard McLennan (EGI.EU)
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • Communities and Communication: Sustainability 3 Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
      • 140
        Engaging the software in research community
        Speaker: Shoaib Sufi (MANCHESTER)
        Slides
      • 141
        Building sustainable software for science: why good code is only the beginning
        Speaker: Dr Simon Hettrick (Software Sustainability Institute)
        Slides
      • 142
        IT as a Utility Network+ and the Digital Economy: a UK model for supporting cross-disciplinary research
        Speaker: Stephen Brewer (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 143
        Extending the CHAIN-REDS Knowledge Base to Open Access Document Repositories using KLIOS services
        Speakers: Carla Carrubba (INFN Catania), Giuseppina Inserra (INFN Catania)
        Slides
    • Community Applications: User cases 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Karolis Eigelis (EGI.EU)
      • 144
        Achievements of the ATLAS Distributed Analysis during the first run period
        Speaker: Dr Farida Fassi (IFIC-CSIC-UV)
      • 145
        Ugr : a dynamic storage federation based on open protocols
        Speaker: Adrien Devresse (CERN)
        Slides
    • Community Platforms: Middle-ware (Data) 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Wahid Bhimji (UE)
      • 147
        FTS3 and gfal2
        Speaker: Mr Michal Kamil Simon (CERN)
        Slides
      • 148
        Dealing with a decommissioned SE
        Speaker: Mr Jan Just Keijser (Nikhef)
        Slides
      • 149
        Small Fish in a Big Data Pond: Data Storage and Distribution Strategies for new VOs.
        Speaker: Sam Skipsey (UG)
        Slides
      • 150
        EUDAT --an overview and the use of IRODS
        Speaker: Mr Martin Hellmich (CERN)
        Slides
      • 151
        General user discussion on post-EMI common roadmap
        Speaker: Wahid Bhimji (UE)
    • Operational Services: Resource Centre Forum - Part II 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
      • 152
        BIOMED operations report
        Slides
      • 153
        WeNMR operations report
        Speaker: Dr Marco Verlato (INFN)
        Slides
      • 154
        AUGER operations report
        Speaker: Jiri Chudoba (CESNET)
        Slides
      • 155
        Earth Science operations report
        Speakers: Andre Gemuend (FRAUNHOFER), David Weissenbach (CNRS)
        Transparents
      • 156
        New communities: the Virtual Physiological Human use case
        Speaker: stefan zasada (UCL)
        Slides
      • 157
        New communities: the MAPPER use case
        Speaker: Ilya Saverchenko (BADW)
        Slides
    • Project Meeting: EGI-InSPIRE SA2 F2F: (closed meeting) 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      A face to face meeting for the SA2 team

      Convener: Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      slides
    • Project Meetings: EGI InSPIRE PMB Room 3.210

      Room 3.210

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Workshop: EGI Virtual Teams 2/2 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      This workshop:
      - provides meeting point for VT members;
      - a platform for VT leaders to present their achievements and explain how they progress from a ‘manageable’ goal to a final result.;
      - cover techniques & best practices that can help simplify the task of managing projects as well as the monitoring and reporting procedures that are currently in place.
      The session is targeted at those who wish to learn of new developments and communities in EGI, and especially for those who want to be part of new development paths for EGI.

      Convener: Richard McLennan (EGI.EU)
      • 158
        GPGPU VT Project Report
        Speaker: John Walsh (TCD)
      • 159
        Towrards a Chemistry and Molecular & Materials Science Virtual Research Community
        Speaker: Prof. Antonio Laganà (Dept. Chemistry, University of pergi)
        Slides
      • 160
        EGI Scientific Discipline Classification Virtual Team
        Speaker: Sy Holsinger (EGI.EU)
        Slides
      • 161
        EGI Virtual Teams - Session 2 Closing discussion
        Speaker: Richard McLennan (EGI.EU)
    • Gala Dinner at Gorton Monastery

      http://www.themonastery.co.uk/
      The Monastery Manchester Ltd, Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF

    • Plenary Keynotes Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Ludek Matyska (CESNET)
      • 162
        The importance of grid computing in the investigation of climate and its change
        Speaker: Dr Eleni Katragkou
        Slides
      • 163
        Computational challenges for ELIXIR and other Life Sciences Research Infrastructures
        Speaker: Alvis Brazma
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Communities and Communication: Interoperability and Integration of EGI with Helix Nebula Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
      • 164
        Interoperability and Integration of EGI with Helix Nebula Workshop
        Speakers: Carmela Asero (EGI.EU), Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
        Slides
        • a) Introduction and Context
          Speaker: Sergio Andreozzi (EGI.EU)
        • b) An Overview on Interoperability Recommendations
          Speaker: Carmela Asero (EGI.EU)
    • Community Platforms: Desktop grid 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Malgorzata Krakowian (EGI.EU)
      • 165
        Getting citizen scientists on your team
        Speaker: Ad Emmen (AlmereGrid & IDGF-SP project)
      • 166
        Support for researchers and infrastructure operators available through IDGF
        Speaker: Dr Robert Lovas (MTA SZTAKI)
        Slides
      • 167
        EGI compliant access of volunteer Desktop Grid resources offered by IDGF-SP
        Speakers: Jozsef Kovacs (MTA SZTAKI), Peter Kacsuk (MTA SZTAKI), Dr Robert Lovas (MTA SZTAKI)
    • EGI Accounting Workshop 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Ms Alison Packer (STFC)
    • Project Meetings: EGI-InSPIRE Collaboration Board - closed 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 170
        Collaboration Board - EGI InSPIRE
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Software Carpentry workshop 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Software Carpentry boot camp "highlights"

      * http://go.egi.eu/swcarpentry *

      EGI.eu, together with the UK Software Sustainability Institute, will run three Software Carpentry sessions for researchers at the EGI Forum on Thursday 11th April. These sessions are drawn from Software Carpentry's highly successful and popular boot camps which teach software development skills to researchers, enabling them to do more, in less time and with less pain. The three sessions are:

      -11:00 Using version control to record provenance and collaborate more easily. This session includes an introduction to Git and GitHub.
      -14:00 Using testing to help ensure your software, and results, are correct.
      -16:00. Data management using files and NoSQL databases to manage your data more easily. This session includes an introduction to the NoSQL database MongoDB.

      Attendees at the EGI Forum are free to attend any or all of the sessions, up to a maximum of 40 - first-come first-served.

      For all 3 sessions, you should have some familiarity with using a command-line (e.g. a Linux shell or terminal window, or the DOS prompt). For the testing and data management sessions, you should also have knowledge of a programming language (e.g. C, FORTRAN or Java) or scripting language (e.g. Perl, Bash or MATLAB). We'll be using Python but we'll provide a quick introduction to the key syntax in each case.

      You'll also need to bring your laptop. You'll need an internet browser and you'll also need access to software tools we'll be using in the workshop. You can either use an SSH client to access a VM we'll provide for you (we'll give you the login on the day), or install VMWare and run a VM image we've prepared, or, you can install all the tools yourself.

      For more information on the tools you need, and a link to our VMWare VM, please see,

      http://github.com/swcarpentry/boot-camps/blob/2013-04-egi-forum/README.md

      Our training materials will also be made available via this page at the outset of the Forum.

      Convener: Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
      • 171
        Software Carpentry workshop
        Speaker: Dr Mike Jackson (EPCC)
        Zip file of material
    • Training: EMI 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Emidio Giorgio (INFN)
    • VREs: Big Data Access for Earth Sciences - CANCELLED ********

      How are communities getting access to resources, what gateway technologies are available and how are they evolving?

      • 173
        CANCELLED - Big Data access, management and analysis in Earth Sciences
        Speaker: Roberto Barbera (University of Catania and INFN)
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • Communities and Communication: Champions workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Claire Devereux (STFC)
      • 174
        Champions
        Speaker: Claire Devereux (STFC)
        Workshop Agenda
    • Federated Identity Management Workshop

      This workshop aims to bring together the various communities working on federated identity management solutions that simplify or hide from their users their certificate-based authentication and authorisation infrastructure.

      The objective will be to share our experiences and technologies so we can identify areas for reuse (whether architecture, APIs or pluggable components) across the NGIs. The first session of the workshop includes contributions from the EGI community, the second session looks beyond EGI and includes presentation about various projects/initiatives.

      Conveners: David Kelsey (STFC), Dr Gergely Sipos (EGI.EU), John Kewley (STFC), Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      • 175
        Federated Identity Management Workshop - Session description
        Speaker: John Kewley (STFC)
        Slides
      • 176
        Federated Grid Access Using EMI Security Token Service
        Speaker: Henri Mikkonen (Helsinki Institute of Physics)
        Slides
      • 177
        SARoNGS
        Speaker: Mike Jones (MANCHESTER)
        Abstract
        Slides
      • 178
        Moonshot
        Speaker: Jens Jensen (STFC)
        Slides
      • 179
        Towards differentiated identity assurance levels as a collaborative effort
        Speaker: David Groep (FOM)
        Slides
      • 180
        Discussion
    • Operational Services: Security Operations 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Linda Cornwall (STFC)
      • 181
        EGI Software Vulnerability Handling after EMI and IGE
        Speaker: Linda Cornwall (STFC)
        Slides
      • 182
        Harvesting Logs and Events Using MetaCentrum Virtualization Services
        Speaker: Radoslav Bodo (CESNET)
        Slides
    • Project Meetings: EGI Council Workshop 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 183
        EGI Council Workshop
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Software Carpentry workshop 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Software Carpentry boot camp "highlights"

      * http://go.egi.eu/swcarpentry *

      EGI.eu, together with the UK Software Sustainability Institute, will run three Software Carpentry sessions for researchers at the EGI Forum on Thursday 11th April. These sessions are drawn from Software Carpentry's highly successful and popular boot camps which teach software development skills to researchers, enabling them to do more, in less time and with less pain. The three sessions are:

      -11:00 Using version control to record provenance and collaborate more easily. This session includes an introduction to Git and GitHub.
      -14:00 Using testing to help ensure your software, and results, are correct.
      -16:00. Data management using files and NoSQL databases to manage your data more easily. This session includes an introduction to the NoSQL database MongoDB.

      Attendees at the EGI Forum are free to attend any or all of the sessions, up to a maximum of 40 - first-come first-served.

      For all 3 sessions, you should have some familiarity with using a command-line (e.g. a Linux shell or terminal window, or the DOS prompt). For the testing and data management sessions, you should also have knowledge of a programming language (e.g. C, FORTRAN or Java) or scripting language (e.g. Perl, Bash or MATLAB). We'll be using Python but we'll provide a quick introduction to the key syntax in each case.

      You'll also need to bring your laptop. You'll need an internet browser and you'll also need access to software tools we'll be using in the workshop. You can either use an SSH client to access a VM we'll provide for you (we'll give you the login on the day), or install VMWare and run a VM image we've prepared, or, you can install all the tools yourself.

      For more information on the tools you need, and a link to our VMWare VM, please see,

      http://github.com/swcarpentry/boot-camps/blob/2013-04-egi-forum/README.md

      Our training materials will also be made available via this page at the outset of the Forum.

      Convener: Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
    • Workflow Collaboration Workshop 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Manchester, UK

      Scientific workflow (or e-science workflow) emerged as a paradigm to formalize and structure complex scientific experiments supported by Distributed Computing Infrastructures. An e-science workflow is a formal specification of a scientific process to capture and to automate the analytical and computational steps of a simulation. The 2x90 minutes long workshop brings together the representatives of some of the most important workflow systems, workflows and support projects from the EGI community and beyond, and will give the opportunity to discuss and exchange experiences, best practices and issues of building ‘communities of interest’ through workflow technologies. Special emphasis is given to workflow solutions that work with the production infrastructures offered by EGI, namely the grid platforms and the recently established Federated Cloud platform. The workshop is organised by the ER-flow and EGI-InSPIRE projects as a 2x90 minutes long session under the EGI Community Forum.

      Convener: Dr Gergely Sipos (EGI.EU)
      • 184
        Workflow sharing and integration services by the ER-flow project
        Speaker: Kitti Varga (MTA SZTAKI)
        Slides
      • 185
        Experiences from workflow sharing using the SHIWA Workflow Repository for application porting to DCI
        Speaker: Mark Santcroos (Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam)
        Slides
      • 186
        BioVeL: Taverna Workflows on distributed grid computing for Biodiversity
        Speaker: Dr Giacinto Donvito (INFN)
        Slides
      • 187
        The Taverna Workflow Suite: Designing, Running and Sharing Workflows for Science on the Web, Grid or Cloud
        Speakers: Prof. Carole Goble (The University of Manchester), Dr Robert Haines (The University of Manchester), Mr Stian Soiland-Reyes (The University of Manchester)
        Slides
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break
    • Communities and Communication: Champions workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Claire Devereux (STFC)
    • Federated Identity Management Workshop

      This workshop aims to bring together the various communities working on federated identity management solutions that simplify or hide from their users their certificate-based authentication and authorisation infrastructure.

      The objective will be to share our experiences and technologies so we can identify areas for reuse (whether architecture, APIs or pluggable components) across the NGIs. The first session of the workshop includes contributions from the EGI community, the second session looks beyond EGI and includes presentation about various projects/initiatives.

      Conveners: David Kelsey (STFC), Dr Gergely Sipos (EGI.EU), John Kewley (STFC), Peter Solagna (EGI.EU)
      • 188
        Contrail
        Speaker: Yvon Jegou
        Slides
      • 189
        Web SSO with Cloud Resources using AD Federation Services
        Speaker: Dean Flanders
        Slides
      • 190
        EUDAT
        Speaker: Jens Jensen (STFC)
        Slides
      • 191
        Update on FIM4R
        Speaker: David Kelsey (STFC)
        Slides
      • 192
        Refeds report
        Speaker: Licia Florio
        Slides
      • 193
        OGF FIM activities
    • Operational Services: Resource Centre Services 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Goncalo Borges (LIP)
      • 194
        Building a grid cluster from the ground up
        Speaker: Dr David Crooks (UG)
        Slides
      • 195
        CVMFS Scalable Software Distribution - Extending beyond WLCG
        Speaker: Ian Collier (STFC)
      • 196
        Using CVMFS for software distribution for the Finnish Grid Infrastructure
        Speaker: Mr Ulf Tigerstedt (CSC)
        Slides
    • Project Meetings: EGI Council Workshop 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Software Carpentry workshop 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Software Carpentry boot camp "highlights"

      * http://go.egi.eu/swcarpentry *

      EGI.eu, together with the UK Software Sustainability Institute, will run three Software Carpentry sessions for researchers at the EGI Forum on Thursday 11th April. These sessions are drawn from Software Carpentry's highly successful and popular boot camps which teach software development skills to researchers, enabling them to do more, in less time and with less pain. The three sessions are:

      -11:00 Using version control to record provenance and collaborate more easily. This session includes an introduction to Git and GitHub.
      -14:00 Using testing to help ensure your software, and results, are correct.
      -16:00. Data management using files and NoSQL databases to manage your data more easily. This session includes an introduction to the NoSQL database MongoDB.

      Attendees at the EGI Forum are free to attend any or all of the sessions, up to a maximum of 40 - first-come first-served.

      For all 3 sessions, you should have some familiarity with using a command-line (e.g. a Linux shell or terminal window, or the DOS prompt). For the testing and data management sessions, you should also have knowledge of a programming language (e.g. C, FORTRAN or Java) or scripting language (e.g. Perl, Bash or MATLAB). We'll be using Python but we'll provide a quick introduction to the key syntax in each case.

      You'll also need to bring your laptop. You'll need an internet browser and you'll also need access to software tools we'll be using in the workshop. You can either use an SSH client to access a VM we'll provide for you (we'll give you the login on the day), or install VMWare and run a VM image we've prepared, or, you can install all the tools yourself.

      For more information on the tools you need, and a link to our VMWare VM, please see,

      http://github.com/swcarpentry/boot-camps/blob/2013-04-egi-forum/README.md

      Our training materials will also be made available via this page at the outset of the Forum.

      Convener: Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
    • Workflow Collaboration Workshop 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Scientific workflow (or e-science workflow) emerged as a paradigm to formalize and structure complex scientific experiments supported by Distributed Computing Infrastructures. An e-science workflow is a formal specification of a scientific process to capture and to automate the analytical and computational steps of a simulation. The 2x90 minutes long workshop brings together the representatives of some of the most important workflow systems, workflows and support projects from the EGI community and beyond, and will give the opportunity to discuss and exchange experiences, best practices and issues of building ‘communities of interest’ through workflow technologies. Special emphasis is given to workflow solutions that work with the production infrastructures offered by EGI, namely the grid platforms and the recently established Federated Cloud platform. The workshop is organised by the ER-flow and EGI-InSPIRE projects as a 2x90 minutes long session under the EGI Community Forum.

      Convener: Dr Gergely Sipos (EGI.EU)
      • 197
        Leveraging the standardized JSDL Paramater Sweep Extension to enhance Scientific Workflow Execution on High Performance Computing resources
        Speaker: Shahbaz memon (JUELICH)
      • 198
        Heliophysics workflows
        Speaker: Gabriele Pierantoni
        Slides
      • 199
        Workflows by the VERCE project for Earthquake and Seismology Research
        Speaker: Mario David (CNRS)
        Slides
    • Plenary Keynotes Theatre

      Theatre

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Sigve Haug (ETH ZURICH)
      • 200
        The changing roles and responsibilities of a computer centre
        Speaker: Terry Hewitt
        Slides
      • 201
        Awards & Closing
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
        Slides
    • 10:30
      Coffee Break
    • Community Platforms: Data Storage Experiences 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Karolis Eigelis (EGI.EU)
      • 202
        Support to Data infrastructures in CHAIN-REDS
        Speaker: Dr Manuel Rodriguez-Pascual (CIEMAT)
        Slides
      • 203
        Data Life Cycle Labs, a new concept to support data-intensive science
        Speaker: Achim Streit (KIT-G)
        Slides
      • 204
        A gridified version of rsync
        Speaker: Mr Jan Just Keijser (Nikhef)
        Slides
    • Contrail cloud middleware 4.205

      4.205

      The University of Manchester

      Convener: Michel Drescher (EGI.EU)
      • 205
        Contrail cloud middleware support for EGI community platforms
        Speakers: Ad Emmen (Contrail project), Jens Jensen (STFC)
    • Operational Services: Operations Management Board - Part I 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
      • 206
        Operations Management Board
        Speaker: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
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    • Project Meetings: EGI Council - closed 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
      • 207
        EGI Council (Closed)
        Speaker: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Training: CRM Training 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Goncalo Borges (LIP)
      • 208
        EGI CRM Training
        Speakers: Enrique Bayonne Sopo (UPVLC), Goncalo Borges (LIP), Joao Antonio Tomasio Pina (LIP)
        Slides
    • VREs: Applications 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      How are communities getting access to resources, what gateway technologies are available and how are they evolving?

      Convener: Nuno Ferreira (EGI.EU)
      • 209
        New developments in the Italian Grid Infrastructure services offered via web for the ANSYS engineering suite
        Speaker: Alessandro Costantini (INFN)
        Slides
      • 210
        A GEANT4-based Application to Support Intra-Operative Electron Radio-Therapy using the European Grid Infrastructure
        Speaker: Carlo Casarino (LAboratorio di Tecnologie Oncologiche (LATO) - Cefalù (Italy))
        Slides
      • 211
        Grid Computing and Data Sonification tools as SaaS for supporting neuroscientists in analysing EEGs of patients affected by drug-resistant epilepsy
        Speaker: Dr Domenico Vicinanza (DANTE)
        Slides
      • 212
        VO auger experience with large scale simulations on the grid
        Speaker: Jiri Chudoba (CESNET)
        Slides
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break
    • CA Client Software Workshop 2.219

      2.219

      The University of Manchester

      Manchester, UK

      There are a variety of user interfaces for national Certification Authorities (CAs) across the NGIs. The aim is to bring relevant communities together and "compare notes" so we can see what could be done to make our current software more reusable and seek compatible interfaces.

      Convener: John Kewley (STFC)
      • 213
        Workshop on CA client software
        Speakers: Dennis van Dok (FOM), John Kewley (STFC), Mischa Salle (FOM), david meredith (STFC)
        Slides
      • 214
        CertWizard
        Speaker: John Kewley (STFC)
        Slides
      • 215
        JGridstart: softening the pain of personal certificate management for the DutchGrid community
        Speakers: Dennis van Dok (FOM), Mischa Salle (FOM)
      • 216
        CAPortal
        Speaker: David Meredith (STFC DL)
        Slides
      • 217
        Discussion
    • Communities and Communication: Capturing the grid on video 2.218

      2.218

      The University of Manchester

      Input from the users and communities as well as from across EGI on coordination and communication activity

      Convener: Neasan ONeill (EGI.EU)
      • 218
        EGI and Videos: A short introduction
        Speaker: Neasan ONeill (EGI.EU)
      • 219
        Stories from the Grid: Episode 1
        The 1st of a series of videos produced for EGI by Een van de jongens. It is short film about how a component of the venom used by the marine cone snail to hunt for food can help to create new painkillers. Researchers are using grid computing to digitally modify molecules found in the venom. The grid allows them to run a lot of trial and error tests extremely quickly to look for the right molecular shape that will be the perfect fit for the pain receptors in humans. Online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWduGtNRYg
      • 220
        Stories from Een van de jongens
        Ramses Singeling from Een van de jongens will talk about creating the Stories from the Grid series and their work with EGI
        Speaker: Mr Ramses Singeling
      • 221
        Stories from the Grid: Episode 2
        The second epsiode of Stories from the Grid. The epigonion was the guitar of Ancient Greece but since none survived the passing of time, it hadn't been heard for centuries. Until now. Using a technique called physical modelling, Domenico Vincinanza recreated the sound of the instrument's 48 strings as digital files. With the help of grid computing resources from the European Grid Infrastructure, it took him just a few hours. In a single core computer he would need a month. The epigonion's sounds can now be downloaded and played by any musician using a simple keyboard.
      • 222
        Stories from in front of the camera
        Domenico Vicinanza will talk about what it was like making the 2nd Stories from the Grid from the "star's" perspective.
        Speaker: Domenico Vicinanza (DANTE)
      • 223
        e-ScienceTalk Video
        Throughout the week the e-ScienceTalk team will be filming, editing and uploading videos of interviews with participants at the Community Forum. One of these will be shown at the session.
      • 224
        Doing it quick and dirty
        Stefan Janusz from e-ScienceTalk will discuss doing all of this on the fly and how you can give it a go too.
        Speaker: Dr Stefan Janusz (e-ScienceTalk)
      • 225
        Q&A
    • Operational Services: Operations Management Board - Part II 3.204

      3.204

      The University of Manchester

      This track covers the operational services and tools used by EGI to deliver a federated infrastructure composed of a multitude of national resource providers. The track will comprise a series of community events and workshops to address specific technical areas and shape the future of operations. The main themes of the Operations Services track are:

      • the EGI accounting infrastructure and its evolution towards an integrated system for the accounting of multiple resource types;
      • the EGI operational tools and their adoption by other resource infrastructures for the support of new user communities;
      • the processes, roles and support tools needed for the implementation of a coordinated federated resource pool;
      • the discussion of the operational needs of the major user communities;
      • the adoption of service management best practices in a federated infrastructure for better management of EGI services, which will improve customer experiences.
      Convener: Dr Tiziana Ferrari (EGI.EU)
    • Project Meetings: EGI Council - closed 4.204

      4.204

      The University of Manchester

      URLs for dedicated INDICO meeting containers can be found in the session Contributions.

      Convener: Steven Newhouse (EGI.EU)
    • Training: Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Grid 1.218

      1.218

      The University of Manchester

      Three training sessions covering:
      1. The design of OpenMOLE workflows, including how to embed external applications.
      2. Scientific end-users and administrators will gain hands-on experience with the Globus Online service (GO) for reliable, high-performance, and secure file transfers.
      3. First-hand practical information about Globus Toolkit v.5 and a suite of relevant community tools.

      Convener: Rossen Apostolov (KTH)
      • 226
        Molecular Dynamics Simulations on Grid and HPC systems
        Speakers: Andrea Giachetti (CIRMMP), Marc Dijk, van (EGI.EU), Rossen Apostolov (KTH)
        Slides
    • 15:00
      Coffee Break