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Holding slide prior to starting show. Education,Training & Awareness Raising at Welsh e-Science Centre. John Oliver – Commercial Coordinator. Introduction. Welsh e-Science Centre Mission/Role Role of Commercial Coordinator WeSC Marketing Strategy Training Course Portfolio

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  1. Holding slide prior to starting show

  2. Education,Training & Awareness Raising at Welsh e-Science Centre John Oliver – Commercial Coordinator

  3. Introduction • Welsh e-Science Centre Mission/Role • Role of Commercial Coordinator • WeSC Marketing Strategy • Training Course Portfolio • Awareness Raising Activities • Future Plans • Summary

  4. Welsh e-Science Centre Mission • To promote e-Science research and development in a broad area encompassing Wales • To encourage the exploitation of e-Science ICT technologies • To pursue research focusing in the following areas: • data and knowledge management and interoperation of heterogeneous distributed information resources. • problem-solving environments for scientific and engineering applications. • distributed visualization for immersive and collaborative applications.

  5. Role in practice • Infrastructure Provision • UK e-Science Grid, Welsh BioGrid,Computational Electromagnetics Grid • Research & Technology Development • Middleware • Application exemplars • Outreach • Awareness • Collaborative research • Technology transfer

  6. Liaise extensively with companies in Wales Promote activities of WeSC & Grid technologies to academia & commerce to encourage:- take up & use of Grid- collaborative research- technology transfer John Oliverjohn.oliver@wesc.ac.uk Outreach – Commercial Coordinator

  7. WeSC Marketing Strategy Markets identified: • Academia – HEI’s FEI’s Research Institutes, Techniums • Commercial/Industrial – Large, UK,Multinational, SME’s • Innovation & Entrepreneurship – VC’s, Techniums,RDA’s, Business Angels, VC advisors

  8. WeSC Marketing Plan -Mechanisms - specialist topics- run by WeSC technology specialists- to transfer necessary technical skills to partners TRAINING COURSES

  9. WeSC Marketing Plan - Mechanisms - bi-monthy- by invitation- aimed at commerce and academia- overviews of e-Science/WeSC- live demonstrations- major vendor input- networking AWARENESS EVENTS

  10. WeSC Marketing Plan - Mechanisms EXHIBITIONS/TRADE SHOWS - provide speakers for Grid topics- furnish an exhibtion stand- live demonstrations of technology- promotional literature/materials

  11. WeSC Training Portfolio 8 Courses currently, grouped: • Service Oriented Computing – OR & CH • Visualization – IN • HPC – RP • Grid - JG

  12. Training Portfolio • Autonomic Computing • Mobile Access to Grid Infrastructure • Service Oriented Computing Dr Omer RanaO.F.Rana@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

  13. Training Portfolio

  14. Training Portfolio • Jini Technology in building a service oriented Grid System • - 2 ½ hours - introduces Jini network technology and Web services. Describes a service oriented Grid system based on bothtechnologies Dr Yan HuangYan.Huang@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

  15. Training Portfolio • Introduction to Immersive Visualisation • - ½ day- A practical guide to rules governing effective visualization and use of tools at WeSC includingdemonstrations Dr Ieuan NicholasI.A.Nicholas@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

  16. Training Portfolio • Fortran 90 Workshop • High Performance Computing with MPI Workshop Dr Roger PhilpR.N.Philp@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

  17. Training Portfolio

  18. Training Portfolio • Grid Programming using Globus & Java- 2 days- Intro to Grid Computing & Globus - Globus Architecture - Getting Started with Globus - Globus components - Exposed functionality - Underlying Technology - Practical use Jonathan GiddyJ.P.Giddy@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

  19. e-Science & Grid Awareness AWARENESS EVENTS • e-Science Overview • Commercial Benefits • Role of WeSC • Live demonstrations • e-Science product vendor offerings THEMES 6 – “Knowledge = Power” – Cardiff 1 – UWCM – “Medicine & Healthcare” 1 – Swansea – “Visualization” 1 – Bangor – “Knowledge Sharing”

  20. Exhibtions/Trade Shows • 4th Teleregions Conference – Cardiff March 2003 • Tomorrow’s Wales – LlandudnoNov 2003 • The Future Show – Newport Dec 2003 • Wrexham Science FestivalMarch 2004 • Technology Wales 2004 – NewportMay 2004

  21. Other Events • Cardiff University – “Innovation Marketplace” • WDA International Workshop – Apr 04 • Viznet Wales Event – Sept 04 • WIS Trailer Events

  22. Brochures WeSC Computing on Demand Globus Research Review Project Case Studies Project Poster handouts WeSC Newsletter Display & promotional WeSC Pens WeSC Coffee Mugs Popup display Straplines “Grid -the next generation Internet” “The Internet Bytes Back” Marketing Collateral

  23. Future Plans • Condor Pool Training Course – JG • Training courses as a source of revenue • Awareness raising - new themes“How to get started on the Grid”,“Collaborative Working” • Increased use of Access Grid as a promotional tool

  24. Summary • Welsh e-Science Centre Mission/Role • Role of Commercial Coordinator • WeSC Marketing Strategy • Training Course Portfolio • Awareness Raising Activities • Future Plans • Summary

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