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A003 (University of Bern, UniS building)

A003

University of Bern, UniS building

Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Farid Ould-Saada (UiO), Sigve Haug (University of Bern)
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Data Intensive Science on HPC

The annual NorduGrid conference will be held on June 4-5 2015 in Bern, Switzerland. The conference will be preceded by the technical workshop on June 2-3.
This year's theme is "Data Intensive Science on High Performance Computer systems". The conference brings together people from data intensive science, resource providers, developers of resource connectors and industry. It offers contributions on the following topics.
  • Future of data intensive computing
  • Academic computing in Switzerland
  • Application trends
  • Provider trends


Participants are kindly asked to register and indicate whether they will attend both the conference and the workshop, or either of the events. The conference is free of charge, however, the common dinner on June 4th on own expense (please indicate participation in the registration form).

Both conference (room A003 at the entrance), technical meetings and NorduGrid collaboration board (room A301 on the third floor) are held in the UniS building of the University of Bern (Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern), 5 minutes walk from the railway station (see Venue link left).
Vidyo stream:
https://vidyo-portal.unibe.ch/flex.html?roomdirect.html&key=6zn88o8h8onlcBLIHJdIPS2j9ig
UNIBE-LHEP-B52@vidyo-portal.unibe.ch
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  • Tuesday 2 June
    • Technical meeting: Session 1 A301

      A301

      University of Bern, UniS building
      Convener: Dr Balázs Kónya (Lund University)
      • 1
        Feedback collection
        • a) Priorities from the WLCG/NeIC Tier 1 perspective
          Speaker: Mattias Wadenstein (NeIC)
          Slides
        • b) The non-arc-guru sysadmin perspective
          Speaker: Ulf Tigerstedt (CSC)
        • c) Interfacing with ARC, experience using the ARC API in Dirac
          Speaker: Raja Nandakumar (RAL)
          Slides
        • d) Experience of running ARC on a big-sites as part of Atlas production
          Speaker: Gianfranco Sciacca (UniBe)
          Slides
        • e) Running an ARC-based national grid system in Ukraine
          Speaker: Andrii Salnikov (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
          Slides
      • 10:30
        Coffee/tea
      • 2
        Accounting
        • a) What's wrong with Jura
          Speaker: Andrii Salnikov (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv)
          Slides
    • 12:00
      Lunch University mensa

      University mensa

      University mensa 2 minutes away. Restaurants and all the take aways (~10 CHF) down town 5 minutes away. Maps will be provided in the meeting room. Water and coffee also provided in the meeting room.

    • Technical meeting: Session 2 A301

      A301
      Convener: Dr Balázs Kónya (Lund University)
    • 18:30
      Running Stairways to Heaven Bern downtown

      Bern downtown

      Bern has tens of beautiful stairs around the old town. In this workout
      we will run most of them in about one hour. A better Bern tour doesn't exist. We meet at 18:30 in front of the conference hall ready to run. By nice weather be prepared for a river swim at the end. Please sign up here if you plan to join.

  • Wednesday 3 June
    • Technical meeting: Session 3 A301

      A301
      Convener: Dr Balázs Kónya (Lund University)
      • 6
        Backends
        Slides
      • 10:45
        Coffee/tea
      • 7
        Mixed topics
        • a) The interfaces Zoo
          Speaker: Balazs Konya (Lunds universitet)
          Slides
    • 12:00
      Lunch University mensa

      University mensa

      University mensa 2 minutes away. Restaurants and all the take aways (~10 CHF) down town 5 minutes away. Maps will be provided in the meeting room. Water and coffee also provided in the meeting room.

    • Technical meeting: Session 4 A301

      A301

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
      Convener: Dr Balázs Kónya (Lund University)
      • 8
        Mixed topics (cont)
      • 9
        Summary & Actions from day 2
      • 14:30
        Coffee/tea
      • 10
        Longer term dreams
    • 18:30
      Football and river swim Bern downtown

      Bern downtown

      We gather in front of the conference building at 6 pm in order to join the football teams. We will then walk to the field and play. After that we go for a river swim and to eat and drink something at 20:200 at the barbecue restaurant next to the river.

      Map with directions:
      https://www.google.ch/maps/dir/Sidlerstrasse+5,+3012+Bern/46.9568919,7.4486338/Breitenrainstrasse+49,+3013+Bern/46.9514064,7.4462357/@46.9541601,7.4390045,16z/data=!4m16!4m15!1m5!1m1!1s0x478e39be5d566f49:0xd555a47e648c1d72!2m2!1d7.4386061!2d46.9513886!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x478e39ebed54b31f:0xa2019a362c27e0b4!2m2!1d7.4488402!2d46.9568303!1m0!3e2

  • Thursday 4 June
    • 09:00
      Registration: coffee/tea A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • Welcome and general trends on data-intensive computing towards the exascale A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
      Convener: Dr Sigve Haug (University of Bern)
      • 11
        Welcome
      • 12
        NorduGrid Status and Highlights
        Speaker: Prof. Farid Ould-Saada (UiO)
      • 13
        Keynote on Future of data-intensive HPC computing
        Speaker: Prof. Thomas C. Schultess
      • 14
        Academic Computing in Switzerland
        Speaker: Dr Peter Kunszt
    • 12:00
      Lunch A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • 15:05
      Coffee/tea A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • Panel discussion A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

      With Ian Bird (WLCG), Miles Deegan (SKA), Felix Schuermann (Human Brain)

    • 19:00
      Conference dinner in Restaurant Marzilibruecke Restaurant Marzilibruecke

      Restaurant Marzilibruecke

      Conference dinner on Thursday 4th at 19:00: http://www.taberna.ch/marzilibruecke/das-restaurant/.

      Direct at the river and outdoor pool park (for free), if you want a swim, bring your towel and shorts (recommended). A 20 minutes walk from the venue and the train station :
      https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Restaurant+Marzilibr%C3%BCcke/@46.944888,7.44459,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x356d5ab077044bbd

      Recommended is the small tram for the hilly part (then you also have the nicest walk close to the parliament):

      https://www.google.ch/maps/place/Bern+DMB

  • Friday 5 June
    • 10:30
      Coffee/tea A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • 30
      Closing the Conference A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
      Speaker: Prof. Farid Ould-Saada (UiO)
    • 12:30
      Lunch A003

      A003

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    • 31
      NorduGrid Steering Board A301

      A301

      University of Bern, UniS building

      Schanzeneckstrasse 1, 3012 Bern, Switzerland