EGEE-III INFSO-RI Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Robin McConnell Activity Manager UEDIN (NeSC) EGEE-III First Review, June, 2009 NA3: Training and Induction

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Activity overview 2

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 NA3 objectives in EGEE-III Expand and refine the training material and courses, to provide training resources for an ever-widening range of Grid applications. Train a wide variety of users, within EGEE consortium & outside users of other middlewares. Develop mechanisms for passing on knowledge to end-users of EGEE related projects. Expand online learning services, meeting the needs of an expanded project and larger user-base. Support the provision of t-Infrastructure on the GILDA testbed by developing/maintaining training resources to cover diverse range of application scenarios.

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 tasks TNA3.1 Course Content, Scheduling, Organisation & Delivery –Lead Partner – University of Edinburgh –Partners – All TNA3.2a Trainer Support Systems –1 Partner - University of Edinburgh TNA3.2b Training Infrastructure Provision –Lead partner – INFN, Catania –Partners – 9 TNA3.3 Activity Management & Partner Coordination –Lead partner – University of Edinburgh, Deputy – MTA SZTAKI –Partners - 6 NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Training events 56 Locations 101 Training Events (Target 60) 1424 Participants (Target 600) 4431 “Participant days” (Target 1500) 29 Countries

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Geographical spread of events

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Training event locations

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Training event data in EGEE-III <- Event duration Average course length 2.5 days

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Breakdown by event type Total =101

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 EGEE collaboration events

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 IWSGC’09 eLearning school Resources NA3 Management ran Programme Committee EGEE Training Material gLite tutor GILDA – provided testbed for ALL technologies ~15 hours per week (student average) 37 Participants eLearning event with collaboration between gLite, Globus, UNICORE, Condor and OGSA-DAI

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Course design – technology week Training Infrastructure Digital Library Content COURSE Winter School IWSGC site Virtual Learning Environment Live Talks Keynotes Tutor chat Exercises Tutor 12 NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Recorded presentations Training documents Research papers Student mailing List Discussion Forum

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI ISSGC’08 International Summer School in Grid Computing 2008 –Lake Balaton, Hungary 6-18 July –Major collaboration event: 58 sessions –45 participants –EGEE Involvement:  gLite: major technologies  GILDA: testbed for most of the practical sessions  NA3 members on program committee  SZTAKI - local organiser ISSGC’09: Sofia Antipolis, France 5-17 July 2009 NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Digital library - updates Improved Search & Filter New eLearning modules NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Rebranding

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 GILDA t-Infrastructure Training Infrastructure for EGEE and other European projects, providing resources for training events ~2Tb storage 180 cpu

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 GILDA t-Infrastructure Available for grid novices training – 24/7 Bookable for training events (also commercial events) –Year 1: 85 events GILDA available for tutorials on porting applications –Trainees can choose to be trained on an environment thay are familiar with –Applications can then be moved to relevant VO Improved documentation and facilities offered to grid beginners –Online tutorials available (wiki & linked from eLearning modules) –Example:

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 GILDA improvements Stability of GILDA improved –Close match to production infrastructure  Updated with the latest middleware releases  2nd WMS installed  GILDA performance exceptional during ISSGC’08 (45 students, 4 middlewares) –Efforts to install monitoring tools  GILDA is monitored by GStat  Plans to register sites with GOCDB, enabling production standard monitoring Improved interfaces –Classic interface updated in response to increased demand –Provides UI for GridWay, P-GRADE and GANGA

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Development of EGEE trainers Training the trainers –Provide partner autonomy –Experts ensure quality of message –Balance: technical vs. pedagogy Trainer Accreditation –Certification of quality – EGEE Trainer –Accreditation process:  Peer approval  Details of training experience –Allows credit due to trainers –Currently 104 trainers

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Trainer registry –Records trainer history/details –Event organisers can browse trainer experience NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI Location of accredited trainers NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Industrial training Potential solution for commercial training (Business associate) –EGEE provided Linalis with:  Training (train-the-trainer event)  Access to training material  Use of t-Infrastructure (GILDA) Offer 2 day “Grid Discovery Workshop” –Inform organisations about Grids –Introduction to gLite, RESPECT tools

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Issues GILDA sites Low number active in early Year 1 –Previous sites dropping out, requiring maintenance –Delay in new sites coming online –Infrastructure now enlarged International Summer / Winter School in Grid Computing no longer funded –Winter School: resource intensive (IWSGC’08: 2 staff recruited especially for the Winter School with ICEAGE vs. IWSGC’09: no specific allocation of effort) –No increased effort reported, but reduced opportunities for other eLearning courses –ISSGC’08 (Balatonfüred, Hungary); ISSGC’09 (Sophia Antipolis, France) Digital library “hit” rate lower than expected –Survey - 33% awareness, 92% found useful –Response – promoted at EGEE’08, promotional material to launch new website

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Year 2 Plans Sustainability –Ensure autonomous national training groups  Assist training groups where possible in becoming self-sufficient  Partner review highlighted good progress  Continue to develop trainers  Train-the-trainer events –Integration of t-Infrastructure into production infrastructure  Running as training VO Scalability –Continue eLearning facilities  Further development of digital library  Further development of modules Participants  committed users –Ensure potential users aware of assistance available (e.g. application porting)

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI NA3 – Robin McConnell - EGEE-III First Review June 2009 Summary 101 training events delivered, and with wider geographical coverage than anticipated, well above target metrics Support services continuously enhanced during EGEE-III, in response to need for greater scalability Updates to GILDA have led to larger infrastructure with improved performance Expanding trainer base to ensure sustainable training geographically