NA3: Training and Induction

EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667

Enabling Grids for E-sciencE

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Robin McConnell

Activity Manager

UEDIN (NeSC)

EGEE-III First Review, 24-25 June, 2009

NA3: Training and Induction


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Activity overview

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Country Total PM

planned at M24 Total FTE

Austria 16 0.7

Belgium 12 0.5

Bulgaria 22 0.9

CERN

Croatia 12 0.5

Cyprus 12 0.5

Czech Republic 8 0.3

Finland

France 24 1.0

Germany

Greece 30 1.3

Hungary 80 3.3

Ireland

Israel 12 0.5

Italy 144 6.0

Netherlands

Norway

Poland 28 1.2

Portugal 9 0.4

Romania 20 0.8

Russia 42 1.8

Serbia 22 0.9

Slovakia 24 1.0

Slovenia

Spain 38 1.6

Sweden

Switzerland 12 0.5

Turkey 20 0.8

UK 108 4.5

Total PM 695

Total FTE 29.0

NA12%

NA24%

NA38%

NA419%

NA51%

SA149%

SA22%

SA39%

JRA16%



NA3 objectives in EGEE-III

• Expand and refine the training material and courses, to provide training resources for an ever-widening range of Grid applications.

• Train a wide variety of users, within EGEE consortium & outside users of other middlewares.

• Develop mechanisms for passing on knowledge to end-users of EGEE related projects.

• Expand online learning services, meeting the needs of an expanded project and larger user-base.

• Support the provision of t-Infrastructure on the GILDA testbed by developing/maintaining training resources to cover diverse range of application scenarios.


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NA3 tasks

TNA3.1• Course Content, Scheduling, Organisation & Delivery

– Lead Partner – University of Edinburgh– Partners – All

TNA3.2a • Trainer Support Systems

– 1 Partner - University of Edinburgh

TNA3.2b • Training Infrastructure Provision

– Lead partner – INFN, Catania– Partners – 9

TNA3.3• Activity Management & Partner Coordination

– Lead partner – University of Edinburgh, Deputy – MTA SZTAKI– Partners - 6

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Training events

56 Locations

101 Training Events (Target 60)

1424 Participants (Target 600)

4431 “Participant days” (Target 1500)

29 Countries


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Geographical spread of events

http://bit.ly/EGEEtrainingmap



Training event locationsEurope AsiaAustria 6 South Korea 1Belgium 4 Taiwan 2Bulgaria 2Croatia 8Cyprus 1 AfricaCzech Republic 1 South Africa 1France 9Germany 5 Latin AmericaGreece 1 Brazil 1Hungary 7 Chile 1Israel 2 Colombia 1Italy 7 Ecuador 1Poland 1 Mexico 1Russia 13Serbia 5Slovakia 4 Total 101Spain 2Switzerland 3Turkey 4UK 6Ukraine 1



Training event data in EGEE-III

<- Event duration

Average course length 2.5 days

EGEE-II Yr1 EGEE-II Yr2 EGEE-III Yr14.0

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

5.0

5.2

5.4

Average annual evaluation score

Ev

alu

ati

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Sc

ore

(o

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of

6.0

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01/05/2

00829/0

5/2008

26/06/2

00824/0

7/2008

21/08/2

00818/0

9/2008

16/10/2

00813/1

1/2008

11/12/2

00808/0

1/2009

05/02/2

00905/0

3/2009

02/04/2

00930/0

4/2009

0.0

1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

EGEE-III Year 1 - average evaluation score 5.1 (out of 6, n=65)

Date of Event

Eval

uatio

n Sc

ore

(out

of 6

.0)

1 2 3 4 5 6 or more0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Duration of training events (n=101)

Event Duration (Days)

No.

of E

vent

s



Breakdown by event type

Advanced; 3

Application de-veloper; 13Applications; 7

Induction; 67

System Adminis-trator; 7

Train the Trainer; 2

Workshop (retreat); 2

No. of training courses per event type

Total =101



EGEE collaboration events



IWSGC’09 eLearning school

Resources

• NA3 Management ran Programme Committee

• EGEE Training Material

• gLite tutor

• GILDA – provided testbed for ALL technologies • ~15 hours per week (student

average)

• 37 Participants

eLearning event with collaboration between gLite, Globus, UNICORE, Condor and OGSA-DAI



Course design – technology week

Training InfrastructureDigital Library

ContentContent

COURSE

Winter School IWSGC site

Virtual Learning Environment

Live TalksLive Talks

KeynotesKeynotes

Tutor chatTutor chat

Exercises

Tutor

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Recorded presentationsRecorded presentations

Training documentsTraining documents

Research papersResearch papers

Student mailing List

Discussion Forum



ISSGC’08• International Summer School in Grid

Computing 2008– Lake Balaton, Hungary 6-18 July– Major collaboration event: 58 sessions– 45 participants

– EGEE Involvement: gLite: major technologies GILDA: testbed for most of the practical

sessions NA3 members on program committee SZTAKI - local organiser

• ISSGC’09: Sofia Antipolis, France 5-17 July 2009

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Digital library - updates

Improved Search & Filter

New eLearning modules


Rebranding



GILDA t-Infrastructure

Training Infrastructure for EGEE and other European projects, providing resources for training events

~2Tb storage

180 cpu



GILDA t-Infrastructure

• Available for grid novices training – 24/7• Bookable for training events (also commercial events)

– Year 1: 85 events

• GILDA available for tutorials on porting applications– Trainees can choose to be trained on an environment thay are familiar with– Applications can then be moved to relevant VO

• Improved documentation and facilities offered to grid beginners – Online tutorials available (wiki & linked from eLearning modules)– Example:



GILDA improvements

• Stability of GILDA improved– Close match to production infrastructure

Updated with the latest middleware releases 2nd WMS installed GILDA performance exceptional during ISSGC’08 (45 students, 4

middlewares)

– Efforts to install monitoring tools GILDA is monitored by GStat Plans to register sites with GOCDB, enabling production standard

monitoring

• Improved interfaces– Classic interface updated in response to increased demand– Provides UI for GridWay, P-GRADE and GANGA



Development of EGEE trainers

• Training the trainers– Provide partner autonomy – Experts ensure quality of message– Balance: technical vs. pedagogy

• Trainer Accreditation– Certification of quality – EGEE Trainer– Accreditation process:

Peer approval Details of training experience

– Allows credit due to trainers– Currently 104 trainers


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Trainer registry

– Records trainer history/details– Event organisers can browse trainer experience




Location of accredited trainers

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4

2

71

1

3

67

16

5

3

1

2

152

5

2

1

4

7

1



Industrial training

• Potential solution for commercial training (Business associate)– EGEE provided Linalis with:

Training (train-the-trainer event) Access to training material Use of t-Infrastructure (GILDA)

• Offer 2 day “Grid Discovery Workshop”– Inform organisations about Grids – Introduction to gLite, RESPECT tools



Issues

• GILDA sitesLow number active in early Year 1– Previous sites dropping out, requiring maintenance– Delay in new sites coming online– Infrastructure now enlarged

• International Summer / Winter School in Grid Computing no longer funded– Winter School: resource intensive (IWSGC’08: 2 staff recruited especially for the

Winter School with ICEAGE vs. IWSGC’09: no specific allocation of effort) – No increased effort reported, but reduced opportunities for other eLearning

courses– ISSGC’08 (Balatonfüred, Hungary); ISSGC’09 (Sophia Antipolis, France)

• Digital library “hit” rate lower than expected– Survey - 33% awareness, 92% found useful– Response – promoted at EGEE’08, promotional material to launch new website



Year 2 Plans

• Sustainability– Ensure autonomous national training groups

Assist training groups where possible in becoming self-sufficient Partner review highlighted good progress Continue to develop trainers Train-the-trainer events

– Integration of t-Infrastructure into production infrastructure Running as training VO

• Scalability– Continue eLearning facilities

Further development of digital library Further development of modules

• Participants committed users– Ensure potential users aware of assistance available (e.g. application

porting)



Summary

• 101 training events delivered, and with wider geographical coverage than anticipated, well above target metrics

• Support services continuously enhanced during EGEE-III, in response to need for greater scalability

• Updates to GILDA have led to larger infrastructure with improved performance

• Expanding trainer base to ensure sustainable training geographically

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