Grid computing school shares teaching resources through digital l...[+][ 23/06/2008]
Anyone with Internet access can now share all the thrills and spills of the sixth International Summer School on Grid Computing, scheduled for 6-18 July in Hungary. The school will train approximately 40 researchers from 20 countries in the ways of grid computing—a technology that helps scientists tackle complex problems by combining the power of computers around the world to create a powerful, shared computing resource.
In the spirit of shared resources, the school has made all of its teaching materials available to the public via the ICEAGE digital library. Further, the school has invited a team of GridCast bloggers to blog live from behind the scenes, ensuring that the excitement of the school is also shared with those learning from home.
Those interested in following the blog or accessing teaching materials should go to www.gridcast.org.
Registrations have closed [ 20/05/2008]
Decisions on submissions are awaiting input from referees. Subject
to that input, we expect to make admissions decisions as soon as
possible, and no later than 30 May 2008
Deadline for applications extended [ 07/05/2008]
The deadline for applications has been extended until Wednesday, 14th of May 2008. Please complete your applications by this date.
Applications now available [ 04/03/2008]
We are pleased to announce that applications for ISSGC08 are now open!
"It has become a yearly reference point for Grid computing where the very best Grid developers and scientists come and review the state of the art and teach an impressive audience of very smart students. I am happy that Microsoft has agreed to be main sponsor of this conference again this year and I am sure that the company with my colleagues will be very well represented."
- Fabrizio Gagliardi, Microsoft Research
:: About the School
The School will be held in Hungary from 6th to 18th July 2008.
This is a rare opportunity to hear about the latest achievements from Europe, North America and Asia, as well as to gain experience of a variety of Grid systems.
The School will boost students' capabilities for research and innovation thanks to lectures, discussions, laboratory sessions, tutorials and group work. These activities will be delivered by leading authorities in the fields of advanced grid technology, applications of e-Science and distributed systems research.
:: Scope
Grid Computing is an important new approach to distributed computing. Thanks to the combination of regular structures and dynamic algorithms, Grid Computing can deliver computational as well as large, sustained data-rich and knowledge-intensive resources across heterogeneous contributing sites. Grid Computing therefore enables rapid advances in many disciplines. This will be set in the context of web2.0 and similar developments.
The School will provide an in-depth introduction to Grid technologies that underpin e-Infrastructure and Cyberinfrastructure. It will present a conceptual framework to enhance each student’s ability to work in this rapidly advancing field. Reports from world leaders in deploying and exploiting Grids will complement lectures from research leaders shaping future e-Infrastructure. Hands-on laboratory exercises will give participants experience with widely used Grid middleware. Graduates of the School will:
be familiar with the fundamental components of Grid environments, such as authentication, authorisation, resource discovery, and resource access
be able to use Grid environments for basic and advanced job submission and distributed data management
be conversant with Grid achievements worldwide
be alert to emerging Grid applications
appreciate the potential of e-Infrastructure and be aware of new research opportunities
The programme includes the use of at least six grid and web service technologies. This allows students to make comparisons and see different approaches to common challenges in distributed computing. The school will conclude with an integrating practical that will enable students, working in teams, to bring together all they have learnt via an extended exercise that simulates collaborative research using e-Infrastructures.
However, it means that the school doesn't set out to generate experts in a specific grid technology. Similarly, the school concentrates on the architectural approach of these systems and does not have opportunity to discuss underpinning technologies, such as digital networks, nor to examine other approaches to distributed systems.
The participants, students and staff, will meet like minded people from many parts of the world and form long-term working relationships. We therefore believe that it is important that all the participants enjoy the summer school and make good use of the breaks, leisure opportunities and social programme.
The School will consist of lectures in the morning and practical exercises in the afternoon. Lectures will tackle the principles, technologies, experiences and exploitations of Grids. They will also review the research perspectives and report recent significant successes.
Equipment will be available at the School site for the practical exercises.
A social programme will support the curriculum so as to help students to form lasting friendships and enhance collaborative research.
I highly recommend the Summer School to everybody who is working or
starts to work in the area of Grid Computing. The talks are outstanding
and the organisation and technical infrastructure supports the students
perfectly.
We invite applications from enthusiastic and ambitious researchers who have recently started or are about to start working on Grid projects. Students may come from any country.
They may be planning to pioneer or enable new forms of e-Infrastructure, to engage in fundamental distributed systems research or to develop new methods in any discipline that depends on the emerging capabilities of e-Infrastructure.
We expect participants from computer science, computational science and any application discipline. The School will assume that students have diverse backgrounds and build on that diversity.However, in order to participate fully in the practical exercises you should be a confident programmer who will have fulfilled certain prerequisites.
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