EGEE NA3 2nd External Review NA3 Training and induction

Schedule 09:00 Welcome Malcolm Atkinson Introductions 09:15 Training Motivation, Malcolm Atkinson Achievements & Context 09:45 Training Overview David Fergusson 10:30 Coffee 11:00 Training Federation Presentations 12:00 e-Learning Boon Low 12:30 Lunch 14:00 Open Discussion 14:30 Panel Closed Discussion 15:30 Panel Feedback 16:00 Finish 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005

Overview Training Summary Courses given Shared training material Summer Schools gLite development T-Infrastructure & e-Learning facilities Requirements analysis Outreach Summary 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005

Introduction The EGEE training programme is built on a federation of 22 partners and close collaboration with other activities EGEE training has delivered well above planned targets raising grid awareness gaining users building teams empowering developers 2.7% of budget & 33% of the Project front page! Punching 10 times above our weight?  2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005 Footer

Trainers power Virtuous Cycles Application Developers Outreach Dissemination User Registration Successful Users User Induction Training Researchers Diagnosticians Designers Advanced EGEE Applications Dissemination Success Stories & Experts Developer Initial Training Positive Referrals New EGEE Applications Developer Advanced Training Positive Referrals There is a deliverable (from NA4) with a recent diagram in it – consider taking that and modifying it to emphasise training – I’ll draw a new one if I need – next week Application Developers At home on EGEE Pushing Limits That is just the start of building an active & happy user community  rest of EGEE 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005 Footer

EGEE 22 Training Partners NeSC Edinburgh UK & Ireland IHEP Moscow Russia IMPB RAS Moscow Russia ITEP Moscow Russia JINR Dubna Russia KU-NATFAK Copenhagen Denmark PNPI Petersburgh Russia RRCKI Moscow Russia GUP Linz Austria 30 in EGEE II FZK Karlsruhe Germany Innsbruck Austria II-SAS Bratislava Slovakia GRNET Athens Greece ICM Warsaw Poland PSNC Poznan Poland ICI Bucharest Romania BUTE Budapest Hungary ELUB Budapest Hungary MTA SZTAKI Budapest Hungary TAU Tel Aviv Isreal INFN Rome Italy CESNET Prague Czech Rep. 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005 Footer

Training: Quantity & Quality initial focus in training was on induction and, while this effort is continuing, more advanced course have been added over time Dave, I’d like to have the excel spreadsheet Trainers review grades and revise course material and training plans Participants grade course from 1 to 6 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005 Footer

Stimulating Collaboration For scale, skills, geography, disciplines & cultures Central tenet of EGEE training Within project With EU projects Internationally Driven by Leadership Established alliances Summer Schools Enabled by shared Planning & Thinking Repository & Programme E-Learning Portal 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005

International Collaboration to Extend and Advance Grid Education – ICEAGE Mission Partners Activities Plans Summary €1.2 million 2 years Start 1st March 2006 Photographer: Kathy Humphry 17th November 2005

Mission & Goals 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 17th November 2005

Vive la Difference Training Education Targeted Immediate goals linked to demand Specific skills Building a workforce Education Pervasive Long term and sustained Generic conceptual models Developing a culture Society Graduates Education Innovation Invests Prepares Create Enriches 17th November 2005

Partners Edinburgh – National e-Science Centre Malcolm Atkinson & David Fergusson Universita’ degli Studi di Catania Roberto Barbera & Antonella Di Stefano SPACI Southern Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructures Almerico Murli CERN Erwin Laure Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm Lennart Johnsson & Per Öster SZTAKI – Budapest Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutató Intézet Peter Kacsuk & Norbert Podhorszki 17th November 2005

Commitment Letters of Support Agreed to be Members of the Forum GGF ISSGC’04 Vico Equense Italy Letters of Support 49 From 22 Countries Agreed to be Members of the Forum 51 Founder Members 21 Countries Summer Schools ISSGC’06 Italy ISSGC’07 Scandinavia ISSGC’08 Hungary 17th November 2005

Plans Raise Education & Training in National & EU agenda E-IRG meeting: 13 & 14th December 2005, London Education workshop at GGF16 16th February 2006 Athens Please come First ICEAGE Forum meeting co-located with GGF16 ICEAGE project starts 1st March 2006 Duration 2 years Plan to generate National & EU follow up projects Education workshop at GGF17 7th to 12th May 2006, Tokyo International Summer School in Grid Computing ‘06 July 2006, Italy Contribute: Lectures, Students & Sponsorship please 17th November 2005

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Summary & Future EGEE training EGEE II Popular Probably under-reported Evolving & responding to new technologies & users Developing an approach to Scaling Repository, Training trainers, e-Learning Collaboration with NA4 Via Rosa Badia & NextGRID with full breadth of EU Grids Complementary effort in ICEAGE for Education EGEE II 22  30 partners Challenge to reach new communities in large numbers Will need to structure into specialist teams Regional, discipline or technology? 2nd EGEE NA3 External Review - 28th November 2005

Questions & Comments please 17th November 2005 Photographer: Kathy Humphry