The EPIKH, GILDA and GISELA Projects

The EPIKH Project (Exchange Programme to advance e-infrastructure Know-How) The EPIKH, GILDA and GISELA Projects Antonio Calanducci INFN Catania (Consorzio COMETA) - UniCT Joint GISELA/EPIKH School for Grid Site Administrators Valparaiso, Chile, 22th-26th November 2010 www.epikh.eu

Outline Background and concepts on Grid The EPIKH project The GILDA t-infrastructure Educational formats and services EPIKH training activities with GILDA The GISELA project and e-infrastructure Conclusions Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 2

e-science Virtual Organisations e-infrastructure Applications Data Instruments Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 5

The Global Network Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 7

The Global Grid Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 8

The Global Grid SEE-Grid TeraGrid OSG DEISA BalticGrid EGEE EUChinaGrid NAREGI EUMedGrid EUIndiaGrid EUAsiaGrid EELA Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 8

The Triangle of Knowledge Research & Development e-infrastructure Innovation Education & Training Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 9

The Triangle of Knowledge Research & Development e-infrastructure Innovation Education & Training Building e-infrastructures is a waste if we don t build, at the same time, their users. Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 9

The Triangle of Knowledge Research & Development e-infrastructure t-infrastructure Innovation t-infrastructure Education & Training 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. Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 9

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 Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 10

The EPIKH Partners Partners in common with EUMEDGRID-Support Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 11

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. Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 12

EPIKH secondments programme Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 13

EPIKH secondments programme 1 st Phase: Non-EU EU (selected) Res. Programs Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 13

EPIKH secondments programme 1 st Phase: Non-EU EU (selected) Res. Programs 2 nd Phase: EU Non-EU Grid Schools (with 1 st phase tutors) Workshops Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 13

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 successful the seconded person will be provided with an official certificate Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 14

EPIKH on the web Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 15

EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 15

EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu wiki.epikh.eu Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 15

EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu wiki.epikh.eu documents.epikh.eu Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 15

EPIKH on the web www.epikh.eu wiki.epikh.eu documents.epikh.eu agenda.epikh.eu Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 15

Grants and applications (wiki.epikh.eu) Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 16

Grants and applications (wiki.epikh.eu) The call for applications is already open! Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 16

GEOMAP Views - Partners Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 17

GEOMAP Views - Events Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 18

GEOMAP Views - Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 19

EPIKH Applications Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 20

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 supports other middleware such as Condor, Globus, OurGrid, UNICORE, etc. Using GILDA is free of charge Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 21

The GILDA island on GridMap (gridmap.cern.ch/gm/#topo=gilda&layout=tc&vo=ops&serv=site&sitenames) Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 22

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, monitored by the same tools Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 22

The GILDA formats and services (https://gilda.ct.infn.it) Training on Grid Tutorial for Users Tutorial for Site Admin We re doing it NOW! 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 Testing and development on new available glite services Dedicated Software repository/virtual services (INFN Grid) Monitoring (GStat, SAM, GridMap, etc. ) Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 23

Users assistance provided by GILDA Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 24

Users assistance provided by GILDA Training material Wiki page Video tutorials Step by step instructions Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 24

Users assistance provided by GILDA Training material Wiki page Video tutorials Step by step instructions Support system Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 24

Users assistance provided by GILDA Training material Wiki page Video tutorials Step by step instructions Support system GILDA Forge Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 24

GILDA numbers so far Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 25

GILDA numbers so far >14,000 cer:ficates issued since 2004. More than 30% renewed at least once. >410 tutorials in 56 countries since 2004. Up to 6 at the same :me! >700 users registered in the GILDA VO 6 5 4 3 2 1 Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 25

EPIKH training activities with GILDA (1/2) 1-week tutorials for site administrators (with remote installations) Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 27

EPIKH training activities with GILDA (2/2) Grid Schools 2 entire weeks devoted to applications gridification call for applications widely open Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 28

Applications virtuous cycle Dissemination Training events Deployment on large Infrastructures and inclusion in the portfolio of demonstrative applications Gridification Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 29

Examples of GILDA demonstrative applications Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 30

Examples of GILDA demonstrative applications DEM-2-VRML RASTER-3D GATE ASTRA Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 30

Conclusions Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 32

Conclusions EPIKH can represent for young brilliant scientists and technologists a unique occasion to learn and adopt the Grid paradigm through stimulating research programmes; Thanks to EPIKH activities, 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. Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 32

GISELA Countries & Partners 15 Countries (11 in Latin America) 19 Partners (14 in Latin America) Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 5

GISELA Objectives and Goals Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 6

GISELA Objectives and Goals Ensure the long- term sustainability of the e- Infrastructure in the Latin American continent Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 6

GISELA Objectives and Goals Ensure the long- term sustainability of the e- Infrastructure in the Latin American continent Provide full support to the Virtual Research Communities spanning Latin America and Europe, using the e-infrastructure. Focus on two inter-related goals: Implement a sustainability model rooted on National Grid Initiatives (NGI), in association with CLARA, NRENs and collaborating with EGI. Provide the communities with the suited e-infrastructure and Application-related Services required to improve the effectiveness of their research. This will address both: ü The current EELA-2 User Communities whose research investigations are carried out at the Institution level or in small collaborations. ü The larger Virtual Research Communities as Life & Earth Sciences, HEP Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 6

Thank you very much! Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 33

Useful bookmarks EPIKH home page http://www.epikh.eu GILDA home page https://gilda.ct.infn.it GISELA home page http://www.gisela-grid.eu 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 Valparaiso, School for Grid Site SysAdmin, 22-11-2010 34