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   ()
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12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30 Practical continues   ()
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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   ()
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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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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) ()