Session 1 Session 1 Welcome & Introduction to Welcome & Introduction to

the Schoolthe School

Malcolm Atkinson & David FergussonMalcolm Atkinson & David Fergusson

7 July 2008

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Today: Getting Started

Forming a community Establishing a culture Introduction to Distributed Computing Introduction to Security Introduction to the Facilities Web 2.0 Application: Modelling Society

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Getting Started: Why we are here Welcome!

Gergely Sipos

Malcolm Atkinson Philosophy

We’re all here to learn from each other Build relationships Build understanding and skills Share the excitement of e-Science

Quick Introductions! Bibliographies, badges, posters, social events,

teams, game, … You do it your way!

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Thank you Students

Without you there wouldn’t be a summer school Local Organisers

Gergely Sipos, Zoltan Balaton & their team Setting up the facilities Handling student administration & finances Finding the site & negotiating arrangements

Programme Committee Assembling a curriculum and presenters

Chair (Malcolm Atkinson), Vice Chair (David Fergusson) PC Administration (Jo Newman)

Practical Committee David Fergusson, Ted Wen & their team

The Presenters They give their time and resource their own travel

The Sponsors & Contributors They make it affordable

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Historic Note

ISSGC Series Started by EDG, EGEE & GGF

Fabrizio Gagliardi, Charley Catlett & Tony Hey

Built on CERN School of Computing Previously held

Vico Equense and Ischia, Bay of Naples, Italy

Supported by SPACI as Local Organisers Supported by ICEAGE, GGF & OGF Mariefred, Sweden Supported by KTH as Local Organisers

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Normal Daily Pattern08:45 Introduction to day, linking & operational

issues09:00 High-level principles of theme

(10:30 break with refreshments)

11:00 Development of theme in real systems(12:30 lunch & relaxation)

14:00 Practical session 1 - basic skills for theme(15:30 break with refreshments)

16:00 Practical session 2 - advanced skills for theme

(17:30 break)

18:00 Illuminating applications of scientific computing

(19:30 dinner)

20:30 After dinner (optional) activities some nights

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Overview of Summer SchoolMon Setting up, Establishing Foundations &

Teams, Security, Web 2.0, Example: Population simulation

Tues Distributed Computation (web) Services illustrated with UNICORE, Treasure hunt

Wed High-Throughput Computing illustrated with Condor, Grids & Software Engineering Panel, Posters

Thu Integrated Grid Middleware illustrated with GT4, CaBIG example application

Fri Distributed Data Management, gLite, Biomedical Applications, Distributed Data mining

Sat Production grids: EGEE, Campus Grids, OSG, DEISA & NorduGrid, self-organised excursions

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Overview of Summer School 2

Sun Group excursionsMon SAGA API for Grid Applications, MS HPC

services, Introduction to Integrating Practical & Desk-top grids

Tues

OGSA-DAI, P-GRADE & Workflows

Wed Ontologies & Semantic Grids, Start of Integrating practical

Thu Integrating practical, Team presentations, Gala Dinner, Talk, Certificates

Fri Panel on the Future of Distributed Systems, Wrap up & Farewells

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The Practicals

Why do the practicals? To reinforce the concepts & acquire understanding To develop skills & build confidence

Form of Practicals Each technology or topic has a basic practical Then it offers an advanced practical These are intended to build further skill for …

The Integrating Practical A simulation of collaborative grid-enabled research Each team makes its own choices Friendly competition, perhaps Assess the utility of the available methods Advance your understanding & confidence

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Today’s Sessions Overview of Distributed Systems

Malcolm Atkinson Introduction to Practical Facilities

Zoltan Balaton Introduction to Security

Gergely Sipos Forming Teams

David Fergusson Web 2.0 Introduction & Practical

David De Roure & Mark Borkum Application example: Modelling cities

Mark Birkin

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Thanking our sponsors …

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… and technologies …

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… and contributors