{"id":1406,"date":"2009-06-22T10:39:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T08:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oldblogs.uct.ac.za\/blog\/big-bytes\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily"},"modified":"2022-09-26T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T17:45:22","slug":"grid-training-in-sicily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid training in Sicily"},"content":{"rendered":"Tim and Andrew spent the last two weeks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.infn.it\/\">Institute for Nuclear Physics<\/a> (INFN) in Catania, Sicily on a Grid training course.\u00a0 The INFN host <a href=\"https:\/\/gilda.ct.infn.it\/\">GILDA<\/a>, the training facility for the European Grid Initiative and run frequent training courses for international participants.\u00a0 Also attending were technical specialists from the University of Johannesberg, North West University and the Meraka Institute.\r\n\r\nThe course covered the basic concepts and operational layout of <img class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg\" alt=\"Catania training\" border=\"0\" \/>the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enabling_Grids_for_E-sciencE\">EGEE Grid<\/a>.\u00a0 It was an extremely 'hands on' approach to training utilizing the virtualized grid laboratory with particpants building their own grid infrastructure from the ground up.\u00a0 Additionally it allowed the UCT administrators to make very useful contacts both with their South African counterparts as well as the support teams in Europe.\u00a0 Both Tim and Andrew were registered as regional administrators allowing them to grant UCT staff and students access to Grid resources.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn addition to the training the team made sure to take the<img class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled-3.jpg\" alt=\"Catania Duomo\" border=\"0\" \/> opportunity to tour Sicily, from sunny beaches, amazing architecture, a night tour of Etna (Sicily's live volcano) to a night at the opera - Oedipus, in the 2500 year old Greek amphitheatre in Syracuse.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nImmense thanks are due to Dr Bruce Becker for organising the event, as well as our Director Sakkie van Rensburg and HOD Andre le Roux for granting us this opportunity.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim and Andrew spent the last two weeks at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ct.infn.it\/\">Institute for Nuclear Physics<\/a> (INFN) in Catania, Sicily on a Grid training course.&nbsp; The INFN host <a href=\"https:\/\/gilda.ct.infn.it\/\">GILDA<\/a>, the training facility for the European Grid Initiative and run frequent training courses for international participants.&nbsp; Also attending were technical specialists from the University of Johannesberg, North West University and the Meraka Institute.<\/p>\n<p>The course covered the basic concepts and operational layout of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enabling_Grids_for_E-sciencE\">EGEE Grid<\/a>.&nbsp; It was an extremely &#8216;hands on&#8217; approach to training utilizing the virtualized grid laboratory with particpants building their own grid infrastructure from the ground up.&nbsp; Additionaly it allowed the UCT administrators to make very useful contacts both with their South African counterparts as well as the support teams in Europe.&nbsp; Both Tim and Andrew were registered as regional administrators allowing them to grant UCT staff and students access to Grid resources.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/gallery\/1253\/Untitled-2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Catania training\"><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the training the team made sure to take the opportunity to tour Sicily, from sunny beaches, amazing architecture, a night tour of Etna (Sicily&#8217;s live volcano) to a night at the opera &#8211; Oedipus, in the 2500 year old Greek amphitheatre in Syracuse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/gallery\/1253\/Untitled-3.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Catania Duomo\"><\/p>\n<p>Immense thanks are due to Dr Bruce Becker for organising the event, as well as our Director Sakkie van Rensburg and HOD Andre le Roux for granting us this opportunity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,15],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tim and Andrew spent the last two weeks at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Catania, Sicily on a Grid training course.&nbsp; The INFN host GILDA, the training facility for the European Grid Initiative and run frequent training courses for international participants.&nbsp; Also attending were technical specialists from the University of Johannesberg, North West University and the Meraka Institute.The course covered the basic concepts and operational layout of the EGEE Grid.&nbsp; It was an extremely &#039;hands on&#039; approach to training utilizing the virtualized grid laboratory with particpants building their own grid infrastructure from the ground up.&nbsp; Additionaly it allowed the UCT administrators to make very useful contacts both with their South African counterparts as well as the support teams in Europe.&nbsp; Both Tim and Andrew were registered as regional administrators allowing them to grant UCT staff and students access to Grid resources.&nbsp; In addition to the training the team made sure to take the opportunity to tour Sicily, from sunny beaches, amazing architecture, a night tour of Etna (Sicily&#039;s live volcano) to a night at the opera - Oedipus, in the 2500 year old Greek amphitheatre in Syracuse.Immense thanks are due to Dr Bruce Becker for organising the event, as well as our Director Sakkie van Rensburg and HOD Andre le Roux for granting us this opportunity.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UCT HPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andrew Lewis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andrew Lewis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Andrew Lewis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c183ad1c0a1063124a72d63963ae9c7e\"},\"headline\":\"Grid training in Sicily\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\"},\"wordCount\":225,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"gLite\",\"sagrid\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\",\"name\":\"Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grid training in Sicily\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/\",\"name\":\"UCT HPC\",\"description\":\"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/logocircless.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/logocircless.png\",\"width\":450,\"height\":423,\"caption\":\"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c183ad1c0a1063124a72d63963ae9c7e\",\"name\":\"Andrew Lewis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-ZA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9652c9c73beeab594b8dc2383a880048?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9652c9c73beeab594b8dc2383a880048?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Andrew Lewis\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/blog\/big-bytes\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC","og_description":"Tim and Andrew spent the last two weeks at the Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN) in Catania, Sicily on a Grid training course.&nbsp; The INFN host GILDA, the training facility for the European Grid Initiative and run frequent training courses for international participants.&nbsp; Also attending were technical specialists from the University of Johannesberg, North West University and the Meraka Institute.The course covered the basic concepts and operational layout of the EGEE Grid.&nbsp; It was an extremely 'hands on' approach to training utilizing the virtualized grid laboratory with particpants building their own grid infrastructure from the ground up.&nbsp; Additionaly it allowed the UCT administrators to make very useful contacts both with their South African counterparts as well as the support teams in Europe.&nbsp; Both Tim and Andrew were registered as regional administrators allowing them to grant UCT staff and students access to Grid resources.&nbsp; In addition to the training the team made sure to take the opportunity to tour Sicily, from sunny beaches, amazing architecture, a night tour of Etna (Sicily's live volcano) to a night at the opera - Oedipus, in the 2500 year old Greek amphitheatre in Syracuse.Immense thanks are due to Dr Bruce Becker for organising the event, as well as our Director Sakkie van Rensburg and HOD Andre le Roux for granting us this opportunity.","og_url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/","og_site_name":"UCT HPC","article_published_time":"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg"}],"author":"Andrew Lewis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andrew Lewis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/"},"author":{"name":"Andrew Lewis","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c183ad1c0a1063124a72d63963ae9c7e"},"headline":"Grid training in Sicily","datePublished":"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/"},"wordCount":225,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization"},"articleSection":["gLite","sagrid"],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/","url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/","name":"Grid training in Sicily - UCT HPC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-06-22T08:39:47+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-26T17:45:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-ZA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/2009\/06\/22\/grid-training-in-sicily\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grid training in Sicily"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/","name":"UCT HPC","description":"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-ZA"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#organization","name":"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing","url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/logocircless.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/logocircless.png","width":450,"height":423,"caption":"University of Cape Town High Performance Computing"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/c183ad1c0a1063124a72d63963ae9c7e","name":"Andrew Lewis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-ZA","@id":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9652c9c73beeab594b8dc2383a880048?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9652c9c73beeab594b8dc2383a880048?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Andrew Lewis"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/blogs.uct.ac.za\/blog\/big-bytes"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1406"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1406\/revisions\/4260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucthpc.uct.ac.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}