1. EGEE NA3 2nd External Review
NA3 Training and induction

2. 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
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3. Overview Training Summary Courses given Shared training material
Summer Schools
gLite development
T-Infrastructure & e-Learning facilities
Requirements analysis
Outreach
Summary
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4. 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? 
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5. 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
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6. 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.
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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
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12. 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
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. Thank you to EGEE
The 2nd NA3 External Review
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16. 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?
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17. Questions & Comments please 17th November 2005
Photographer: Kathy Humphry