SWITCH Study Visit
Dr Anna KenwayCentre Manager
www.nesc.ac.uk
5 October 2004
NeSC Core Funding (£ 9M)
£2.5M for eSI for 5 years£1.3M for Core activity for 5 years£3M for Grid Core Projects (needed matching industrial funding to ‘pull down’)£1.6M for support of the UK community (GridNet, eSTORM)£400k for Training (matching EGEE)£200k for JISC Interface(Additional funding for specific projects.)GBP/EUR 1.45
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-ScienceHelp establish the UK’s international roleRun the e-Science InstituteUndertake R&D projectsTraining Team
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-Science
Outreach – community building & websiteEarly adopters
Help establish the UK’s international roleRun the e-Science InstituteUndertake R&D projectsTraining Team
Community Building
The Opening was an opportunity to bring Grids to the notice of the politicians (decision makers), the media and the research communityWe have run the biggest GGF5 to date (2001, 900 delegates)The Core programme holds an annual ‘All Hands’ meeting, which is heavily supported by NeSC
Community Building
Staff are involved in UK working groups:Directors’ Forum
Helped build a communityEngineering Task Force
Built the UK GridArchitecture Task Force
UK Adoption of OGSAOGSA Grid MarketFuture approaches
Security Task ForceDatabase Task Force (now disbanded)
OGSA-DAI (www.ogsadai.org.uk)GGF DAIS-WG
Usability Task Force
Websites
We run three:http://www.nesc.ac.ukhttp://www.allhands.org.ukhttp://www.egee.nesc.ac.uk/
The Website(s) – a Resource
National e-Science Centre www.nesc.ac.uk/
Mission, Background, Foundation, Locations, Staff, Resources, ProjectsRegister interest, Mailing lists, NeSCForgeRegional associations and CollaborationsNews, NoticesPresentations and Lectures
National e-Science Institute www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/Mission, Events (Future and Past)Register for Events, Visitor Programme, GridNet
UK e-ScienceMap and Index of Centres www.nesc.ac.uk/centres/Technical Papers www.nesc.ac.uk/technical_papers/Index of >100 Projects www.nesc.ac.uk/projects/Task Forces www.nesc.ac.uk/teams/
General InformationGlossary, Bibliography, Who’s who
NeSC Web site Statistics
Since going ‘live’ in 2001 to 8 Sep 2004> 4.5 million successful requests (‘hits’) transferring 273 gigabytes of data (4.8 GB in last week)
In last week:Average hits per day 8593Distinct files served 4642… to 3572 distinct hostsAverage data transferred per day (702 MB) (typical file size about 100 kB)
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Early Adopters
Access GridACF – Advanced Computing Facility
A number of high performance machinesScotGrid, QCDOC, Lomond, Blue Dwarf & a SAN supported by EPCC and EUCS‘Gridified’Middleware supported by NeSCTo be made available to the National Grid Service
Community Building - Access Grid – helping to develop VO’sRequires IP
multicast throughout the network
Crucial for multi-site project meetings
MicrophonesCameras
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-ScienceHelp establish the UK’s international role
The focus for presenting UK e-Science
Run the e-Science InstituteUndertake R&D projectsTraining Team
Presenting UK e-Science
Involvement in GGFLeading the OGSA-WG data design team, co-chairs of the JSDL-WG, secretary of the DAIS-WG, membership of the GFSG
Involved in SupercomputingInvolved in Globus AllianceInternational Meetings (like this)Partners in EGEE
NA4 (Outreach)NA3 (Training & Induction – Lead by Malcolm Atkinson)JRA4 (Development of Network Services) – Lead by Peter Clarke
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-ScienceHelp establish the UK’s international roleRun the e-Science Institute
A meeting placeWorkshops, conferences and eventsSupport for research collaborationsResearch visitors
Undertake R&D projectsTraining Team
A Meeting Place
Pleasantly placed in the centre of a beautiful city
People want to come here…
A user friendly environment Public networks, WirelessLAN, Access Grid (but also VRVS, Net Meeting …), Internet Café, hands-on Training Room
Space for real workCrossing communitiesCreativity: new strategies and solutionsWritten reports
Workshops & Conferences
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/
Events held in the first 3 Years(from 1 Aug 2001 to 31 Jul 2004)
We have run just under 7 per month: 22 project meetings 26 research meetings 76 workshops 4 schools41 training sessions41 outreach events12 international meetings5 conferences 21 e-Science management meetings
19,456 delegate days248 events8,329 delegates 421 event days
‘A picture is worth a 1000 words …’
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Support for Research Projects
e.g. AstroGrid, GridPP, ILDG, Reality Grid, Mouse AtlasBy running workshops involving local and virtual attendeesFunding working meetings through the visitor programme‘Hands on’ training sessionsRunning Summer Schools (training/community) for e-Science postgraduate studentsRunning web Forums, NeSCForge, mailing listsDeveloping an MSc in e-Science
eSI Research Visitors
Collaborate with UK research and developmentEngage in and develop eSI event programmeBuild bridges with their communityVisit for anywhere between one week and six monthsLink up with regional e-Science centreshttp://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/visitors/past.html
Becoming a Research Visitor
Establish a collaboration with NeSCPre-established mutual interests
We encourage diversity of disciplinesComplementary experience, knowledge and skillsWe can help match interests and develop a plan
Visitors already engaged in relevant R&DThis is not a training opportunity
Our support depends on the length and value of visit
Typically covers travel and/or local living costsApplication via our web site
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-ScienceHelp establish the UK’s international roleRun the e-Science InstituteUndertake R&D projects
Reliable middleware (OGSA-DAI, SunDCG, …)Engage industry (IBM, Sun, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, …)Stimulate the uptake of e-Science technology
Training Team
R&D Projects
(Non-exhaustive list…)OGSA-DAIHPFABMANSunGRIDPGPGridMS.NetGridBRIDGESFIRSTDIG
But we also generate a large number of reports …
Technical Reports
The Virtual Observatory as a Data Grid, Bob Mann, Sep 03UK Experience with OGSA, Dave Berry, Sep 03e-Science Gap Analysis, Geoffrey Fox, David Walker, Jun 03Scientific Data Mining, Integration and Visualisation, Bob Mann, Roy Williams, Malcolm Atkinson, Ken Brodlie, Amos Storkey, Chris Williams, Nov 02A Rough Guide to Grid Security, Mike Surridge, Sep 02Multi-Site Videoconferencing for the UK e-Science Programme, Stephen Booth, John Brooke, Kate Caldwell, Liz Carver, Michael Daw, David De Roure, Alan Flavell, Philippe Galvez, Brian Gilmore, Henry Hughes, Ben Juby, Ivan Judson, Jim Miller, Harvey Newman, Chris Osland, Sue Rogers, Oct 02Database Access and Integration Services on the Grid, Norman W Paton, Malcolm P Atkinson, Vijay Dialani, Dave Pearson, Tony Storey, Paul Watson, Feb 02Research Agenda for the Semantic Grid: A Future e-Science Infrastructure, David De Roure, Nicholas Jennings, Nigel Shadbolt, Dec 01Databases and the Grid, Paul Watson, Dec 01
Technical ReportsA Grid Application Framework based on Web Services Specifications and Practices, Savas Parastatidis, Jim Webber, Paul Watson, Thomas Rischbeck, Aug 03Grid Information Systems 2003 (Draft), Rob Allan, Dharmesh Chohan, Xiao Dong Wang, Andy Richards, Mark McKeown, John Colgrave, Matthew Dovey, Mark Baker, Steve Fisher, Dec 03Towards tractable toolkits for the Grid: a plea for lightweight, usable middleware, Jonathan Chin, Peter Coveney, Feb 04Portals and Portlets 2003, Rob Allan, Chris Awre, Mark Baker, Adrian Fish, Mar 04IMAGE 03: Images, Medical Analysis and Grid Environments, Dave Berry, Derek Hill, Steve Pieper, Joel Saltz, Cécile Germain-Renaud, Mar 04Open Issues in Grid Scheduling, Alain Andrieux, Dave Berry, Jon Garibaldi, Stephen Jarvis, Djamila Ouelhadj, Mar 04Data Provenance and Annotation, Peter Buneman, Michael Wilde.e-Science Workflow Services, Matthew Addis, Dave Berry, Earl Ecklund, Carole Goble
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/technical_papers/uk.html
NeSC Roles
Help coordinate and lead UK e-ScienceHelp establish the UK’s international roleRun the e-Science InstituteUndertake R&D projectsTraining Team
Funded both by EGEE and the UK programme
NeSC Training Team
Training is done both at Edinburgh and elsewhere
dedicated training team5 trainers (2 funded by EGEE and 3 by JISC)support stafffacilitiesmore posts in the pipeline
NeSC lead training forEGEENextGridUK e-Science
NeSC & EGEE offer to extend their scope and activitiesCollaborating with all EU e-Science & e-Infrastructure projectsFor all Training & Education Delivering for EU Citizens, Industry & Academia
EGEE 22 Training PartnersNeSC
EdinburghUK & Ireland
GUPLinz
Austria
InnsbruckAustria
CESNETPrague
Czech Rep.
BUTEBudapestHungary
ELUBBudapestHungary
MTA SZTAKIBudapestHungary
ICMWarsawPoland
PSNCPoznanPoland
II-SASBratislavaSlovakia
FZKKarlsruheGermany
INFNRomeItaly
KU-NATFAK Copenhagen
Denmark
IHEPMoscowRussia
IMPB RASMoscowRussia
ITEPMoscowRussia
JINRDubnaRussia
PNPIPetersburgh
Russia
RRCKIMoscowRussia
GRNETAthensGreece
TAUTel Aviv
Isreal
ICIBucharestRomania
EGEE training delivery
Since April 2004 EGEE NA3 has trained 350 people in 14 coursesranging from introductions to EGEE (induction) through applicationDeveloper to advanced level.
NA3 is committed to maintainingand developing the quality of training.To do this feedback is collected fromthe users of courses.
Training Events throughout Europeand beyond!
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