1. INFSO-RI-508833 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org NA3 Training and induction Malcolm Atkinson & David Fergusson NA3 Leader & Activity Manager, NeSC EGEE Final EU review 23-24 May 2006

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 2 Distribution of NA3 effort 6 1 1 ~ 1 FTE per partner in NA3 (22 active partners) ~ 0.3 FTE per partner within EGEE (given 70 partners in all). training required and delivered everywhere 1 Management, Support eLearning, Web Services WSRF, Biomed Earth Sciences Data t-Infrastructure Portals Application integration Multimedia (SMIL) Industry, SME Operations User Support (GGUS) Portals Earth Sciences Middleware Operations Induction Web Services 1 5 4 3 Single partner Federation CE SEE RUSSIA NORTHERN

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 3 Countries which hosted EGEE courses

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 4 Headline figures 2927 attendees at courses 250 training events 9322 participant days

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 5 Training Delivery 2 (2)4 (5)2 (4)2 (2) Course Length (days) 11 (30)12 (25)11 (25)12 (50) Average Attendance 42 (12)40 (4)47 (16)121 (20) Number Technical Activity Retreats Advanced Courses Application Developer Training Induction Courses Figures in brackets are the expected values at the start of the project

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 6 Course types per quarter

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 7 Training: Quantity & Quality Trainers review grades and revise course material and training plans Participants grade course from 1 to 6. Each point = average of overall score for a course n=68 of 174 possible courses

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 8 Rates of feedback return

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 9 T-Infrastructure uses GILDA/GENIUS has been central in installing new middleware versions, making these available and sharing experience GILDA/GENIUS extensively used in induction and advanced training courses and summer schools UEDIN cluster also used for early gLite installation in conjunction with GILDA to gather experience and developing new application developer courses. Cluster and virtual machines at FZK used to support application developer and installation courses for gLite

10. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 10 External projects and VOs Diligent Magic EMBRACE BioinfoGrid TERENA/NRENS Industry attendees at: –ISSGC ’05 –Grids@Work tutorial –SME course FZK –PRISM Forum UK (Pharma) ISSEG, ETICS, ICEAGE, EUMEDGRID, EELA, SEEGRID Biomed courses Physics courses Earth Sciences Social Sciences Geographical outreach: BalticGrid (joined EGEE) Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, China Australia, New Zealand Venezuela (joined EELA)

11. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 11 EGEE Created ICEAGE Mission Stimulate and support advances in grid education throughout Europe Goals –Achieve rapid growth in effective advanced grid education  Enabling society to make best use of e-Infrastructure –Make best use of worldwide capacity for advanced grid education –Deliver a stimulating programme of educational events  Including international summer schools –Broaden engagement in an advanced grid education  both geographically and across disciplines

12. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 12 Training – EGEE –Targeted –Immediate goals –Specific skills –Building a workforce Education – ICEAGE –Pervasive –Long term and sustained –Generic conceptual models –Developing a culture Both are needed Society Graduates EducationInnovation Invests PreparesCreate Enriches Organisation Skilled Workers TrainingServices & Applications Invests PreparesDevelop Strengthens Vive la Difference – Sharing our Future

13. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 13 Summer Schools Supported approx 5 Summer Schools per year –ISSGC 04, 05 –GridKa 04, 05 –CERN School of Computing 04, 05 –Budapest Regional Summer School 04, 05 –PPARC Summer School 04, 05 –Prepared ISSGC 06 then handed baton to ICEAGE Highest profile international training/education events in grid computing.

14. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 14 Outreach & Influence Ran training events that helped launch –Baltic Grid –E-Infrastructure shared between Europe and Latin America (EELA) –EU China Grid Initiative –EU Med Grid Launching a Community Group in Grid Education, Outreach & Training at GGF16 & GGF17 –Large international engagement & charter under development –EU (EGEE created) leadership Initiated work on Training & Education in e-IRG –Presentations at London & Linz –Chapter in e-IRG white paper –EGEE created leadership

15. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 15 Issues Scale –Support geographically diverse groups –Many different knowledge domains –Breadth of knowledge required Quality –Maintain and encourage a ‘quality culture’ Rate of change –New middleware features –New VOs –Changing needs of domains –New projects –Changes in national grid provision

16. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 16 EU Reviewers’ Recommendations & EGEE Responses 5Reinforce and Incentivise “train the trainers” events –New courses launched –Follow-up surveys planned –Formal accreditation for trainers planned in EGEE-II 6Improve evaluation of training requirements and delivery –Improved follow-up questionnaires to identify specific needs –More active quality checks planned for EGEE-II 7Expand training activities for applications developers and administrators –More activities in EGEE-II Training Plan 8&9Promote better links with Industry users –Mandate Industry Forum –Expand links with DATAMAT –Talking with training companies 10Ensure high quality of training experience, t-infrastructure and trainers is maintained –Follow on survey and external review carried out –User satisfaction survey (in NA4 user survey) –Metrics & editorial board in EGEE-II

17. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 17 Achievements Delivered beyond targets Delivered across Europe, even in areas with no representatives Delivered outreach beyond existing EGEE area Maintained quality process across partners Collated a body of training materials to act as catalyst to training –EGEE provided the acorn – now an oak will grow Established a self-paced eLearning portal –Based on Digital Library (DILIGENT) –and international education collaboration standards Engaged a broad range of disciplines and related projects

18. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 18 Training in EGEE-II Enlarged community of Training Partners –E.g. with partners in France & Iberia Developing a Federated Model –For support & management Introducing stronger QA procedures –Partner performance metrics –Editorial review of recommended materials –Accreditation of EGEE trainers –Leadership of UIG More of the effort at UEDIN in management –Increase responsibility of others to deliver courses –Engage larger training community  Industry, training trainers & recommended material  MoUs with new projects and communities Major challenge: Scale up and still remain responsive

19. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE INFSO-RI-508833 EGEE Final EU Review 23-24 May 2006 - NA3 - Malcolm Atkinson 19 Summary The NA3 Activity in EGEE –Has delivered well: high number of tailored courses –This has depended on  Close interaction with all other activities  Teamwork & Enthusiasm  Assistance from many experts We have developed a major repository of material –With self-paced learning support –This needs further content & quality processes QA and management is a challenge with a thinly spread community –But we have met this challenge –And improved the model in EGEE-II