UIG Face to Face

Name: UIG Face to Face
Start: 2006-11-30T01:30:00+01:00
End: 2006-12-01T12:00:00+01:00
Location: UK e-Science Centre

30 Nov 2006, 01:30 → 1 Dec 2006, 12:00 Europe/Zurich

UK e-Science Centre

Edinburgh,UK

Brendan Hamill (NeSc)

Description

This meeting of the UIG has two main objectives a) To review the first prototype material prior to release before Christmas b) To define workplan after Xmas for more advanced user scenarios

Thursday 30 November
- Thu 30 Nov
- Fri 1 Dec
- 10:30 → 12:30
  Overview of mandate and operational process for UIG
  
  It is important we agree the total process for the work
  of the UIG starting from the initial definition of the
  material and including validation, presentation, storage
  and review
  - 10:30
    Review of UIG mandate and discussion of the future operational processes (and manpower) for UIG 2h
    
    The objective of this introductory session will be: (i) To review the original mandate for the group and identify any areas in which we have diverged from this. (ii) To discuss the proposals put forward by members of the group for re-organisation of the UIG operations and development of sustainable processes for creating and maintaining UIG resources. (iii) To evaluate manpower requirements for these processes, identify any shortfalls, and discuss possible solutions to these.
    
    Speaker: Dr Brendan Hamill (UK e-Science,Edinburgh)
    
    Review of UIG Mandate 30m
    
    Speaker: Brendan James Hamill
    
    Discussion of proposed future structure of UIG 45m
    
    Speaker: Brendan James Hamill
    
    document
    
    Manpower implications 45m
    
    Speaker: Dr Brendan Hamill (UK e-Science,Edinburgh)
- 12:30 → 14:00
  
  LUNCH 1h 30m
  
  Lunch in the Chapterhouse
- 14:00 → 15:30
  Detailed walkthrough of work done so far for beginner user scenarios
  
  Material exists for an agreed set of beginner user
  scenarios ranging from getting a certificate to first work
  with job submission, data management and job
  monitoring. Detailed work has also been accomplished
  on formatting this material for presentation to users.
  
  This work will be presented and discussed, and we will
  evaluate its suitability for release.
  - 14:00
    Progress on beginner user scenarios 30m
    
    Review and discussion of the "beginner" user scenarios produced to date.
    
    Speaker: Cal Loomis (Laboratoire de l''Accelerateur Lineaire (LAL) (IN2P3) (LAL))
    
    Demo of EGEE Digital Library operation 20m
    
    A look at the latest features to be implemented in the EGEE Digital Library
    
    Speaker: Boon Low
    
    Approach to UIG Web page construction and maintenance 20m
    
    A look at the alternatives for producing and maintaining an expanding set of web-pages for the UIG site.
    
    Speaker: John Scotland
    
    document
    
    Lessons from TERENA 20m
    
    A look at how TERENA presents information for grid users
    
    Speaker: Dr David Fergusson
- 15:30 → 16:00
  
  Coffee 30m
- 16:00 → 17:30
  
  Discussion on UIG webpages
  
  An open discussion of alternative modes of creating and
  maintaining the UIG web-pages
Friday 1 December
- Thu 30 Nov
- Fri 1 Dec
- 09:00 → 10:15
  
  Detailed planning wind-up session
  
  We will summarise
  a) the planning for the release of the first prototype
  
  b) the detailed planning for succeeding work involving
  the whole UIG process as summarised by Brendan on
  the 1st day(this planning including personpower)
- 10:15 → 10:45
  
  Coffee 30m
- 10:45 → 12:00
  
  Wind-up session
  
  Concluding remarks and observations on the way
  forward for UIG.