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G.205 - Alan Turing Building (University of Manchester)

G.205 - Alan Turing Building

University of Manchester

G.205 (on the ground floor in the) Alan Turing Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
Description
For directions to the Alan Turing Building please use this link http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/findus/. Area map: http://tinyurl.com/zfgbfgw. Campus map: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/maps/interactive-map/ Pre-dinner drink suggestion: Sandbar... for the location see https://goo.gl/maps/kJo7cfYioWD2. Suggested dinner at 19:30 Venue: Bouzuki by night, a Greek restaurant 88 Princess Street, Manchester. M1 6NG . Menu: http://www.bouzoukibynight.co.uk/menu/4571096796 GoogleMap: https://goo.gl/maps/pX39LF5Tuf82
Wise_AENEAS2016.pdf
Registration
Participants
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Participants
  • Alessandra Forti
  • Alex Clarke
  • Andrew McNab
  • Andrew Sansum
  • Anna Scaife
  • Brian Davies
  • David Britton
  • David Mulcahy
  • David Salmon
  • Ian Collier
  • Jeremy Coles
  • John Brooke
  • Jose Sabater Montes
  • Mark Wilkinson
  • Michael Kelly
  • Michael Wise
  • Paul Alexander
  • Peter Love
  • Roger Jones
  • Rosie Bolton
  • Samuel Cadellin Skipsey
  • Stig Telfer
  • Tom Whyntie
  • Wednesday 2 November
    • 1
      Welcome & Coffee
    • 2
      Introductions
      Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))
    • 3
      SKA background

      Overview of AENEAS and where this workshop aims to fit.

      Speakers: Rosie Bolton (University of Cambridge), Scaife Anna (University of Manchester)
      AENEAS_WP3.pdf
      AENEAS_WP3.pptx
    • 4
      GridPP infrastructure & approaches

      Examples of support approaches with other communities. Potential overlaps.

      Speakers: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB)), Tom Whyntie (QMUL)
      twhyntie_GridPP-infr-appr_SKA_DRN000061-v1-0.pdf
    • 5
      ASTERICS & typical analysis
      • Aims and status
      • Workflows (e.g. those which parallelise source extraction etc.)
        -- How are these being run; can they be run more widely?
      Speaker: Paul Alexander
      SRC_WorkFlows.pdf
      SRC_WorkFlows.pptx
    • 6
      Discussion
    • 7
      LUNCH
    • 8
      GridPP DIRAC, VMs, OpenStack, HTC, HPC - HEP
      • What is being done in the (UK) HEP community
      • HTC usage and pilot frameworks
      • Extending to VMs and Clouds
      • Bridging HTC and HPC
      • The need to remain adaptable and how we cope with this need.
      Speaker: Andrew McNab (University of Manchester)
      mcnab-gridpp-cloud-2nov16.pdf
    • 9
      Openstack - HPC - Astro
      • The overhead of virtualisation and strategies for remediation
      • OpenStack’s emerging capabilities for HPC
      • What gaps remain and what can be done to address them
      Speaker: Stig Telfer
      OpenStack_CloudandHPC6x9BookletandCover_v4_print.pdf
      Stig-Manchester SKA workshopv1.1.pdf
    • 10
      Discussion - useful collaborative work 1
      Speaker: Ian Collier (STFC - Rutherford Appleton Lab. (GB))
    • 11
      COFFEE
    • 12
      Data transfer approaches
      • Current HPC DIRAC investigations
      • GridPP transfers to RAL
      • HEP lessons learned
      • Data management considerations
      Speakers: Brian Davies (Lancaster University (GB)), Samuel Cadellin Skipsey
      GridPPSKA2016SCS.pdf
      Gridpp-SKA talk Nov 2016.pdf
      Gridpp-SKA talk Nov 2016.pptx
    • 13
      Discussion - useful collaborative work 2
      Speaker: Andrew Sansum
    • 14
      Data analytics approaches - HEP
      • Note papers here https://indico.cern.ch/event/505613/abstract-book.pdf
      Speaker: Peter Love (Lancaster University (GB))
      atlas-analytics-ska.pdf
    • 15
      Data analytics approaches - General/Astro
      • Aspirations to use an analytics engine such as Spark
      Speaker: Alex Gittens (Berkeley (remote talk))
      spark_lin_alg_talk_ska_gridpp_workshop_nov_2_gittens.pdf
    • 16
      Discussion
      Speaker: Paul Alexander (University of Cambridge)
    • 17
      Agenda for Thursday
      • Items to return to:
        -- Common challenges
        -- Resource sharing
        -- Main questions to investigate
  • Thursday 3 November
    • 18
      Review of Wednesday's highlights
      • Main points
      • Questions to tackle
      Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))
      Coles-SKA-GridPP-Day1-summary.pdf
      Coles-SKA-GridPP-Day1-summary.pptx
    • 19
      skatelescope.eu virtual organisation

      Preparation done at Manchester for test cases

      Speaker: Andrew McNab (University of Manchester)
      mcnab-ska-vo-3nov16.pdf
    • 20
      Manchester test case & experiences
      • Overview of what was attempted
      • Feedback from David Mulcahy and Alex Clark
      • Lessons learned
      Speaker: David Mulcahy
      griddpptalkddmulcahy.pdf
    • 21
      Discussion - AENEAS objectives and what is needed
      • Review of work package descriptions
      • Clarifications that will be needed
      • Pre-tests
      Speakers: Anna Scaife, Michael Wise, Rosie Bolton
    • 22
      COFFEE
    • 23
      Network considerations
      • A chance for JANET/JISC to highlight their roadmap
      • Concerns and opportunities
      Speaker: David Salmon
      GridPP & SKA meeting - Nov 2016.pdf
      GridPP & SKA meeting - Nov 2016.pptx
    • 24
      SRCCG
      Speaker: Nick Rees (SKAO)
      SRCCG_20161103b.pdf
      SRCCG_20161103b.pptx
    • 25
      Work planning
      • Identified areas for co-working
      • Details of what is required
      • Next steps for each objective
      Speaker: David Britton (University of Glasgow (GB))
    • 26
      LUNCH
    • 27
      Work planning/discussions continued
      • Next steps
      • Further meetings....
      Speaker: Jeremy Coles (University of Cambridge (GB))
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