1. EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 Enabling Grids for E-sciencE www.eu-egee.org EGEE and gLite are registered trademarks Astrophysical Cluster Session Claudio Vuerli, AA cluster coordinator EGEE’08, 23 September 2008, Istanbul, TURKEY

2. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 2 Contents Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

3. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 3 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

4. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 4 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

5. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 5 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

6. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 6 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) –Results coming from the survey launched before EGEE 08 have been collected Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

7. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 7 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI –This topic is addressed by subtask AA2 (Migration to EGI) of the AA work plan. Three main objectives for AA cluster are established in addition to those common to all clusters: 1.Short summary of how the EGI_DS proposals will affect the user community 2.Plan for migration of the user community to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008)

8. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 8 AA Cluster session Outcome of the AA session at the EGEE All Hands meeting, Paris, June 2008 July 2008: Preparation and approval of AA Work Plan Some tools set up to foster the flow of information within the cluster First quarterly report (end July 2008) Migration to EGI 2 nd Quarterly report in one month (end October 2008) –Input is extremely important by all AA cluster members who got funds within EGEE-III –Input is encouraged and highly desirable by all cluster members that contribute to the cluster with applications, tools/services and any other activity

9. Enabling Grids for E-sciencE EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667 EGEE'08 – AA Cluster Session – Claudio Vuerli – 23 September 2008 9 Final remarks Policies and procedures regulating access to data and software should be established within the AA cluster in the next weeks