Workshop on e-Infrastructure and Grid Computing

Session

Session 2: High level introduction/seminar

3

31 Jan 2007, 13:45

Plymouth, UK

Description

This session gives a high-level introduction to the concepts of Grids and e-Infrastructure and to initiatives in the University of Plymouth. It is intended for a wide audience.

8. Opening Speech

Prof. Emmanuel Ifeachor (UoP)

31/01/2007, 14:00

9. e-Infrastructure and Grid Computing

Mike Mineter

31/01/2007, 14:05

This talk will seek to answer five questions:

• What is e-Infrastructure?
• What is e-Research?
• What are grids?
• Why the excitement, investment and hype?
• Where are we now in progress towards the initial vision of "The Grid"?!

The goal of the talk is to help you to answer the question:
"Does all this open new horizons for my research, my...

10. Grid initiatives in Plymouth -- Introduction

Prof. Emmanuel Ifeachor (UoP)

31/01/2007, 14:55

12. A Brief History of PlymGrid

Dr Phil Richards (UoP)

31/01/2007, 15:00

This talk will cover the following points:

• From modest beginnings to what we believe is the largest Condor pool in UK HE
• Strategies for drawing in new pool users as well as catering for experts
• Opportunities for and constraints on future PlymGrid expansion

13. Prospects and Limitations of Grid Computing in Particle Physics

Dr Kurt Langfeld (UoP)

31/01/2007, 15:20

• Modern particle physics is successfully described in terms of Quantum Field Theories. Because of the lack of direct analytical methods, some of these theories must be addressed by means of first principle numerical investigations.
• Using the Ferromagnet as a toy-model for such theories, this talk will illustrate how Grid Computing largely facilitates the calculation...

14. From BIOPATTERN to Bioprofiling over Grid for eHealthcare

Dr Lingfen Sun (UoP)

31/01/2007, 15:40

• EU FP6 BIOPATTERN Project
• Concept of Bioprofiling
• Why over Grid
• Case study: Bioprofiling over Grid for Dementia

11. Panel Discussion

31/01/2007, 16:30

by NeSC and UoP