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The EPIKH Project

The EPIKH Project. Roberto Barbera ( roberto.barbera@ct.infn.it ) University of Catania and INFN EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting Cairo, 26.01.2010. Outline. Background and concepts The EPIKH project The GILDA t-Infrastructure Educational formats and services

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The EPIKH Project

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  1. The EPIKH Project Roberto Barbera (roberto.barbera@ct.infn.it) University of Catania and INFN EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting Cairo, 26.01.2010

  2. Outline • Background and concepts • The EPIKH project • The GILDA t-Infrastructure • Educational formats and services • EPIKH training activities with GILDA • Conclusions Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  3. Computationally intensive research Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  4. Computationally intensive research Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  5. e-Science • Virtual Organisations • e-Infrastructure • Applications • Data • Instruments Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  6. World digital inclusion (www.maplecroft.com) Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  7. The Global Network Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  8. The Global Grid SEE-Grid BalticGrid DEISA TeraGrid EGEE EUChinaGrid OSG NAREGI EUMedGrid EUIndiaGrid EUAsiaGrid EELA Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  9. The Triangle of Knowledge t-Infrastructure t-Infrastructure Research & Development e-Infrastructure Education & Training Innovation Building e-Infrastructures is a waste if we don’t “build”, at the same time, their users. Along with e-Infrastructures, t-Infrastructures and training programmes are also needed. Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  10. The EPIKH Project (www.epikh.eu) • “Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How” (EPIKH) • EU FP7- Marie Curie Actions – People-International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES) • Consortium “numbers”: • 23 partners; • 18 countries; • 4 continents (Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe); • 115 persons involved; • >650 researcher-months; • >500 secondments; • Duration: March, 1, 2009 – February, 28, 2013 (48 months) • EC contribution: 1,188,000 € Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  11. The EPIKH Partners Partners in common with EUMEDGRID-Support Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  12. The EPIKH goals • Strategic aims: • Reinforce the impact of e-Infrastructures in scientific research defining and delivering stimulating programme of educational events, including Grid Schools and High Performance Computing courses; • Broaden the engagement in e-Science activities and collaborations both geographically and across disciplines. • Specific actions: • Spreading the knowledge about the “Grid Paradigm” to all potential users: both system administrators and application developers through an extensive training programme; • Easing the access of the trained people to the e-Infrastructures existing in the areas of action of the project; • Fostering the establishment of scientific collaborations among the countries/continents involved in the project. Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  13. EPIKH secondments’ programme 1st Phase: Non-EU → EU (selected) Res. Programs 2nd Phase: EU → Non-EU Grid Schools (with 1st phase tutors) Workshops Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  14. EPIKH Quality & Certification Programme • All seconded people must be officially selected against their CVs; • All Non-EU→EU secondments must have a Research Program agreed between “sending” and “accepting” organisations; • All secondments must have final reports both from the seconded person and the “accepting” organisation • If both reports will be successfull the seconded person will be provided with an official certificate Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  15. EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu wiki.epikh.eu documents.epikh.eu agenda.epikh.eu Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  16. Grants and applications(wiki.epikh.eu) The call for applications is already open ! Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  17. GILDA: the “de facto” standard EPIKH t-Infrastructure • GILDA: Grid INFN Laboratory for Dissemination Activities • https://gilda.ct.infn.it • GILDA is a complete Grid production quality infrastructure fully devoted to demonstrate/disseminate Grid computing • GILDA is an international effort funded by multiple sources • GILDA is adopted by several Grid projects worldwide • It runs the latest version of the gLite middleware and support other middleware such as Condor, Globus, OurGrid, UNICORE, etc. • Using GILDA is free of charge Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  18. The GILDA “island” on GridMap(gridmap.cern.ch/gm/#topo=gilda&layout=tc&vo=OPS&serv=Site&sitenames) GILDA sites are part of the EGEE production infrastructure and are monitored by the same tools Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  19. The GILDA formats and services (https://gilda.ct.infn.it) • Training on Grid • Tutorial for Users • Tutorial for Site Admin • Grid Schools • Tutorial for Trainers/Customized events • University courses (Degree, Ms.C, Ph.D, etc.) • Training materials: Wiki pages, Printable Documentation, Demos, Videos, etc. • Grid Application development • Support to Grid application development • Deployment of the applications into the GENIUS and P-GRADE grid portals • GILDA Ticketing support system • Infrastructure • GILDA CA • GILDA VOMS • Creation of pilot test-beds: EELA, EUMED, EUCHINA, EUINDIA, SAGRID, etc. • Testing and development on new available gLite services • Dedicated Software repository/Virtual services (INFN Grid) • Monitoring (GStat, SAM, GridMap, etc. ) Remote site installation Successfully tested in Mexico and Malaysia We’ll do it in Cairo in May 2010 Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  20. Users’ assistance provided by GILDA Training material Wiki page Video tutorials Step by step instructions • Support system • GILDA Forge Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  21. GILDA “numbers” so far >14,000 certificates issued since 2004. More than 30% renewed at least once. >410 tutorials in 56 countries since 2004. Up to 6 at the same time! 6 5 4 3 2 >1000 users registered in the GILDA VO 1 Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  22. Grid Training done in Africa with GILDA (in the last 2 years) HP/UNESCO/EGEE Grid tutorial Johannesburg – 28-29.03.08 1st SAGrid Workshop & Tutorial Cape Town – 25.07.08 01.08.08 EELA-2 Grid tutorial Lilongwe (Malawi) – 13.11.08 2ndSAGrid Workshop & Tutorial Durban – 11-13.12.08 About 120 people trained on e-Infrastructure from Algeria, Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Zambia, and Zimbabwe Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  23. EPIKH training activities with GILDA(1/2) 1-week tutorials for site administrators (with remote installations) Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  24. EPIKH training activities with GILDA(2/2) Grid Schools 2 entire weeks devoted to applications’ “gridification” call for applications widely open Eight 1-month Grid & HPC schools and related thematic workshops foreseen in Africa in the period 2009-2012! Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  25. Applications’ “virtuous cycle” Dissemination Training events “Gridification” Deployment on large Infrastructures and inclusion in the portfolio of demonstrative applications Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  26. Examples of GILDA “demonstrative” applications DEM-2-VRML RASTER-3D GATE ASTRA Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  27. EPIKH and EUMEDGRID-Support EUMEDGRID-Support Applications Lifecycle EPIKH and EUMEDGRID-Support have 6 Partners in common Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  28. Conclusions • EUMEDGRID-Support scientific communities can greatly benefit from EPIKH and use GILDA to “gridify” and run applications of local interest; • EPIKH can represents for young brilliant scientists and technologists a unique occasion to learn and adopt the Grid paradigm through stimulating research programmes; • Thanks to EPIKH activities, EUMED Organisations can setup “clones” of GILDA locally to implement campus grids or even nation-wide e-infrastructures (good examples are already existing both in South Africa and Cuba); • EPIKH/GILDA can offer free technical support for anyone willing to organize local training events on Grid computing: • It can be undergraduate courses, M.Sc. courses, Ph.D. curricula, tutorials, Grid Schools, etc. Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  29. Thank you very much ! Any questions ? Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

  30. Useful bookmarks • EPIKH home page • http://www.epikh.eu • GILDA home page • https://gilda.ct.infn.it • GILDA Support System • http://gilda-support.ct.infn.it • GILDA Form for tutorial bookings • http://gilda-support.ct.infn.it • GILDA Repository of Training Material • https://grid.ct.infn.it/twiki/bin/view/GILDA/WebHome • ICEAGE Library • http://www.iceage-eu.org/library • GILDA Virtual Services • https://gilda.ct.infn.it/VirtualServices.html Cairo, EUMEDGRID-Support Kick-off Meeting, 26.01.2010

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