PPARC UK e-Science Postgraduate School

from Monday, 9 May 2005 (09:00) to Friday, 13 May 2005 (17:00)
e-Science Institute, NeSC, Edinburgh

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
9 May 2005
10 May 2005
11 May 2005
12 May 2005
13 May 2005
AM
09:00
Day 1: Concepts and production grids (until 17:00)
09:00 Introductions  
09:30 Introducing Grid Computing - Mike Mineter  
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10:00 EGEE: enabling grids for e-science  
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10:15 The National Grid Service  
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 Practical: gaining access to the NGS - Guy Warner  
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12:00 Practical: job submission to the NGS  
document
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Practical continues  
document
15:00 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Grid middleware: from toolkits to production grids  
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16:00 Practical: Using a portal onto GILDA, an EGEE demo grid  
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16:50 End of day review  
09:00
Day 2: Workshop (until 17:00)
09:00 Ahmed Abdelrahim  
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09:30 O'Neil Delpratt  
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10:00 John Hawkins  
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 Shiv Kaushal  
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11:30 Peter Moore  
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12:00 Stuart Paterson  
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Craig Robinson  
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14:00 Nicholas Ross  
14:30 Eric Saunders  
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15:00 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Andrew Smith  
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16:00 Formation of small groups for follow-on  
09:00
Day 3: Workshop continuation (until 13:30)
09:00 Small groups  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 Small groups  
12:30 --- Lunch ---
09:00
Day 4: Web Services (until 17:00)
09:00 Introduction to Web Services - Richard Hopkins  
more information
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09:45 XML and Schemas  
more information
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10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:00 WSDL & SOAP  
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11:45 WS Tools  
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 WS Tutorial  
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15:00 --- Coffee ---
15:30 Tutorial continued  
16:10 Web Services Resource Framework (WSRF)  
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16:40 Review of day  
09:00
Day 5: (until 16:00)
09:00 Emerging middleware  
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10:00 GRID and Commercialisation - Dr Mark Parsons (EPCC, National e-Science Centre)  
10:30 --- Coffee ---
11:10 An introduction to UKLight and ESLEA - Dr Clive Davenhall (NeSC)  
11:40 How to get performance on networks - Dr Clive Davenhall (NeSC)  
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Small group final meetings  
14:45 Review of the summer school  
15:15 --- CLOSE ---
PM
13:30
Day 3: Visiting Speakers (until 17:30)
13:30 A Portal to Reality Grid - Dr George Beckett (EPCC)  
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video
14:15 QCDGrid - Dr Chris Maynard (Institute for Physics, Edinburgh)  
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15:00 --- Coffee ---
15:30 OGSA-DAI - Mr Neil Chue Hong (EPCC)  
16:00 AstroGrid - Dr John Taylor (Institute for Astronomy, Edinburgh)  
16:45 GridPP - Dr Steve Thorn (NeSC, Edinburgh)  
17:30
Evening reception and lecture by Professor Higgs (until 20:15)