EGEE News - October
2004
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Hot Topics
Second EGEE Conference
(EGEE-02):
REGISTER NOW and attend the second EGEE
conference in Den Haag, the Netherlands, from November 22nd to 26th. All details
of this conference, registration and information on related events can be found
on http://public.eu-egee.org/conferences/2nd/. EGEE-02 will include an open day and the 1st Concertation
Meeting on eInfrastructures on the first and second days
of the conference. This concertation meeting is coordinated by the EGEE project in collaboration with
the other INFSO RI projects, namely DEISA, SEEGRID, DILIGENT and
GN2. On the following days, the conference will feature several
cross-activity meetings for the EGEE project and several technical events where
all EGEE project members can meet, share and discuss their experiences. The four
EGEE conferences are official project deliverables and all EGEE active members
are expected to attend.
Contract
Amendment:
Further details and supporting documents
for the EGEE contract amendment were
submitted to the EU this month. This amendment is mainly intended to resolve
outstanding errors in Annex 1 of the contract (Description of Work), including
effort tables for the activities (manpower levels) and cost model corrections
for some partners. It also includes cosmetic changes to the document, and
completion of outstanding sections, for example section 9 has been added to
describe the Consortium, the Joint Research Units and Third Parties involved.
Three new non-contracting partners (Telefonica I&D, CSCS- Manno in
Switzerland and Academia Sinica in Taiwan) have submitted proposals to
contribute to EGEE's programme of work. All details of this amendment, which
should conclude before the second EGEE conference, will be reported in the
second quarterly report due to be completed by the beginning of
November.
Dates of the
First Review:
The dates of the First EGEE Review are confirmed as 9th to 11th of
February 2004. The review will be held at CERN, and 5 reviewers have been
appointed to attend and assess this review. A full rehearsal will be held the
previous week, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of February, where all contributors will
rehearse their demonstrations, presentations and contributions. Further details
will be communicated in the next newsletter in November. Don't forget to add
this important event to your calendar!
CERN Open Day, 16th October:
To mark
the occasion of CERN's 50th
anniversary, an Open Day was held on Saturday, October 16th.
Fifty interactive workshops and exhibitions were held to give the public a taste
of what is done at CERN. The EGEE project was represented at the "Grid Cafe"
with an information stand that included a looping slide-show and distribution
material. The stand was animated by the EGEE PO staff and several other EGEE/LCG
members. The Open Day was attended by approximately 30,000
people.
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Middleware
The new gLite middleware being developed in the project has its own
dedicated web-site providing all the latest information on this rapidly evolving
software: www.glite.org
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Gender Action Plan
The GAP activity will
collect further statistics during the second EGEE conference in Den
Haag.
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EGEE in Numbers
The
production grid service now extends to beyond 80 sites across 25 countries
contributing over 9000 computers: http://goc.grid-support.ac.uk/gridsite/gocmain/monitoring
