NA3: Training and Induction

EGEE-III INFSO-RI-222667

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Robin McConnellActivity ManagerUEDIN (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

planned at M24 695

NA12%

NA25%

NA38%

NA419%

NA51%

SA148%

SA22%

SA39%

JRA16%



NA3 Objectives in EGEE-II

• 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 & outside EGEE consortium

• 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

– 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



Training Events

56 Locations

99 Training Events (Target 60)

1383 Participants (Target 600)

4439 “participant days” (Target – 1500)

29 Countries


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Geographical spread of events

http://bit.ly/EGEEtrainingmap



Training Event LocationsEurope AsiaBelgium 4 South Korea 1Bulgaria 2 Taiwan 2Croatia 7Cyprus 1Czech Republic 1 AfricaFrance 9 South Africa 1Germany 5Greece 1 Latin AmericaHungary 5 Brazil 1Israel 2 Chile 1Italy 7 Colombia 1Poland 1 Ecuador 1Russia 10 Mexico 1Serbia 4Slovakia 4Switzerland 3Turkey 2UK 6Ukraine 1


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Duration of Training Events

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Training Event Data in EGEE-II

< Event DurationAverage course length 2.5 days

Average evaluation score 5.1 (out of 6) (n=60)

44.14.24.34.44.54.64.74.84.9

55.15.25.35.45.5

EGEE-II Yr1 EGEE-II Yr2 EGEE-III Yr1

Comparison Vs previous years



Breakdown by Event Type

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Workshop (retreat)Train the TrainerSystem AdministratorInductionApplicationsApplication developerAdvanced



EGEE Collaboration events



IWSGC’09

Resources

• NA3 Management ran Programme Committee• EGEE Training Material• Tutors• GILDA – provided testbed for ALL technologies• gLITE

• 5 “technology weeks”• ~15 hours per week (student average)• 37 Participants

Timeframe of the School?

Correct Length of Time83%

Too Long4%

Too Short13%

Recommend the Winter School to other colleagues?

Yes29%

Maybe10%

No5%

Definitely yes56%

More likely to use grid technologies?

Yes90%

No10%



Digital Library - updates 1

Rebranding

Introduction of “Feeds”



Digital Library - updates 2

“Cloud tags”



Digital Library - updates 3Improved Search & Filter

New eLearning modules



GILDA t-Infrastructure

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

~2Tb storage180 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 porting applications tutorials

– Testbed availability for new applications• Improved documentation and facilities offered to grid

beginners – Online tutorials available (wiki & linked from eLearning modules)

example:



GILDA improvements

• Stability of GILDA vastly 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 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


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Trainer Registry

– Currently lists 102 trainers– Records trainer history/details– Event organisers can browse trainer experience



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)

– Linalis now working with EGEE Business group



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 Schools in Grid Computing no longer funded– Winter School resource intensive to ensure it happened.– Summer school2008 took place in Balatonfured, 2009 will be in July in

Sophia Antipolis

• Digital Library “hit” rate lower than expected– Survey - 33% awareness, 92% found useful– Response – Promoted at EGEE08, promotional material to launch new

website



Year 2 Plans

• Sustainability– Ensure autonomous training groups

Assist Training groups where possible in becoming self-sufficient Continue to develop Trainers Train the trainer events

– Integration of t-Infrastructure into Production Running as Training VO

• Scalability– Continue e-learning facilities

Further development of library Further development of modules

• ParticipantsCommitted Users– Ensure potential users aware of assistance available (e.g App Porting)



Summary• 99 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

• Improvements to GILDA have provided larger infrastructure with better performance

• Expanding trainer base to ensure sustainable training geographically

NA3: Training and Induction

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