[pgs-rg] Re: [communities] Campus Grids Workshop proposal

[Laura F McGinnis]

I have updated the workshop proposal to include Geoffrey's comments. I have 
also posted it to the PGS-RG website 
(http://www.psc.edu/~lfm/PSC/Grid/PGS-RG/). Please continue to comment via 
the mailing list.

Also, we could use some people on the workshop committee. And we still 
don't have any co-sponsors.

thx
LM

At 08:16 AM 7/9/2005 -0500, Geoffrey Fox wrote:
>Looks Good!
>A few minor comments
>I think GGF part of event (Monday) could have one or more
>summary talks capturing essence of Sunday
>
>Publication should include a summary web page including
>    a) Metadata about meeting (abstract etc.)
>     b) Presentations
>     c) Links to useful resources
>     d) Comments on discussions
>
>The first Sunday, 1-October should be 2-October
>
>Laura F McGinnis wrote:
>
>>Here is the text for the workshop proposal for GGF15. Please comment, 
>>correct, etc. I believe there are also other names to be added to the 
>>committee, but need to hear from people before I add them.
>>
>>thx
>>LM
>>
>>GGF15 Workshop Proposal - Campus Grids
>>
>>Workshop Description: PGS-RG (Production Grid Services) is looking to 
>>sponsor a full day of case studies from campus grid sites, describing 
>>their grids. Harvard (Jay Sircar) has offered to host this workshop on 
>>their campus, probably on Sunday, 1-October.  The cases that will be 
>>presented should discuss how the grid came about, how they got funding 
>>and executive buy-in/support, what it's used for, etc. We want to give 
>>each speaker a good block of time to present their grid, but we're pretty 
>>open about how the presenters define "campus". This leaves us open to 
>>include enterprise and commercial grids, if they can demonstrate a 
>>campus-type perspective (rather than special-purpose only grids). The 
>>full-day timeframe should give each grid 30-45 minutes to present their 
>>case study.
>>
>>To follow up, then, we'd like to host a series of panels at GGF15, to 
>>talk about commonalities across the grids - formation methodologies, 
>>recruiting applications, best/common practices, lessons learned & 
>>pitfalls, etc. The pre-GGF workshop talks should be pretty parallel; the 
>>panels at GGF would then cut across all of the grids, but addressing 
>>different issues in more detail.
>>
>>We want to get a good cross-section not only of presentations, but also 
>>of participants, so part of the workshop planning will have to include 
>>outreach to campuses that might not traditionally attend GGF meetings.
>>
>>a) When you want meeting and how long: We are proposing a full-day 
>>workshop on Sunday, 2 October 2005, the day before GGF15 opens. To 
>>facilitate logistics, Jay Sircar of Harvard University has offered to 
>>host the workshop on Harvard's campus. This is close enough to the GGF 
>>venue that hotels and transportation should not be adversely complicated. 
>>We would request that GGF arrange for the conference rate at the hotels 
>>to include Saturday 1-October and Sunday, 2-October, to accommodate 
>>workshop participants.
>>
>>b) How we or you advertise/estimate of interest: The calls for 
>>submissions and participation should be extended to all GGF members as 
>>well as sites involved in providing campus grids to their populations. We 
>>anticipate 50-100 attendees, based on past workshop experiences and the 
>>initial interest expressed for this topic.
>>
>>c) Related meetings: In addition to the workshop prior to the opening of 
>>GGF, we would like to host a series of open discussions at GGF, for 
>>workshop participants to discuss in more detail specific aspects of 
>>providing production-quality campus grids.
>>
>>d) Publication: The presentations and followup discussions will be 
>>summarized into a GGF informational document. All presentations will be 
>>made available on the PGS-RG website.
>>
>>e) Workshop Committee:
>>Laura McGinnis, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Co-chair PGS-RG - 
>>lfm at psc.edu
>>Judith Utley, Old Dominion University, Co-chair PGS-RG - 
>>jputley at earthlink.net
>>David Wallom, Bristol University, Co-chair PGS-RG - 
>>david.wallom at bristol.ac.uk
>>Jay Sircar, Harvard University - jsircar at harvard.edu
>>
>>
>>
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>>Laura F. McGinnis, Project Coordinator
>>Data & Information Resource Services
>>Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center                      email: lfm at psc.edu
>>4400 Fifth Avenue, # 409D                                  voice: 
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Laura F. McGinnis, Project Coordinator
Data & Information Resource Services
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center                      email: lfm at psc.edu
4400 Fifth Avenue, # 409D                                  voice: 412-268-5642
Pittsburgh, PA  15213                                           fax: 
412-268-8200
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