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ESAC GRID Workshop '07
ESAC, Villafranca del Castillo (near Madrid), Spain
29-30 November 2007
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Workshop Abstract.
The European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) is the ESA centre that specialises in astronomy and space science. It is located in Villanueva de la Cañada, close to Madrid in Spain, and hosts the science operation centres for most of ESA astronomy and planetary missions together with their scientific archives. The ESAC Grid Workshop is an event organized by the ESAC Computer Support Group, which belongs to the Science Operations Department of the European Space Agency , to introduce and spread state-of-the-art Grid technologies among Scientists, and Astronomy Researchers specially. Experts from the industry, the academia and international scientific institutions will expose, share, and discuss the latest developments on the Grid computing paradigm, with an special emphasis on its astronomical applications.
Registration.Registration: Please send an e-mail to egw_2007_loc@sciops.esa.int specifying Name, National Identification Card or Passport, Country and Affiliation of the attendees. Number of attendees is limited. Confirmation is required and they will be considered in pure arrival order. Tutorial and Hands-on session: People wanting to attend this session should explicitely mention it in the Registration e-mail. The deadline for registration is Monday, 26th November
Agenda.| November 29th | ESAC: B5 ROOM
| | | | | | | | | | | 9 – 9:25 | Reception | | 9:25 – 9:30 | Welcome speech | | 9:30 – 10:15 | Astronomy and Astrophysics in EGEE: past, present and future Giuliano Taffoni, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste | | 10:15 – 11:00 | Earth Science GRID and the e-collaboration technologies experiences in ESA - ESRIN Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency, ESRIN | | 11:00 – 11:45 | ProC - a scientific workflow suite for the Grid Wolfgan Hovest,Max-Planck-Institute fur Astrophysics, Munich | | 11:45 – 12:00 | ---------------- coffee break ------------------- | | 12:00 – 12:45 | Going places with distributed computing
Kate Keahey, Computation Institute, University of Chicago | | 12:45 – 13:30 | Virtual Observatory meets the Grid: early priorities Guy Rixon,Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge | | | | | | | Lunch | | | | | | | | | 15:00 – 15:30 | Cosmological applications in the Grid environment
Marcos Lopez, IFCA, Universidad de Cantabria | | 15:30 – 15:50 | The distributed aspects of the science data processing for Gaia Mark ter Linden, Gaia project, European Space Agency | | 15:50 – 16:10 | The use of the Grid infrastructure by Herschel Jose Osinde, Herschel Science Operations Team, European Space Agency | | 16:10 – 16:25 | ---------------- coffee break ------------------- | | 16:25 – 16:55 | Scientific Analysis through web services in the Grid Carlos Gabriel, XMM SAS Team, European Space Agency | | 16:55 – 17:20 | Integral bulk processing and XMM mosaic construction on the Grid Guillaume Belanger, Integral Science Operation Center, European Space Agency | | 17:20 – 17:30 | Closure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | November 30th | ESAC: B19 ROOM
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 10:00 –11:30 | Tutorial and hands-on 1
1.ESAC Grid layout and general description
2.User tools for the Grid: GridWay tutorial
| | 11:30 – 11:45 | ---------------- coffee break ------------------- | | 11:45 –13:00 | Tutorial and hands-on 2
3. GridWay internals/architecture
4. DRMAA client API (Java bindings). |
Getting to ESAC. Getting to ESAC from Barajas Airport of Madrid Approximate Time: 40 minutes in non-peak hours
Distance: 45 km Madrid Barajas Airport is located 15 km North-East of the city and is linked to Madrid by the M-11 highway. The best option to reach ESAC from Madrid Airport is by car, a trip of 45 km, taking about 40 minutes in non-peak hours (avoid such trip between 18:00 and 20:00). Information about transport to and from Madrid can be found here. In addition, there is further information about the Transport Information System of Madrid. There are no hotels near the site, but visitors can either stay in Madrid, in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, or in Majadahonda/Las Rozas. The following information indicates the way to ESAC, illustrated by a set of detailed clickable maps below. 1. Exit Madrid Barajas Airport and follow signs Madrid and M-40 in the direction of Zaragoza and Feria de Madrid. You are on the M-11 going toward the M-40.
2. Exit the M-11 highway to the right onto the M-40 Norte at the junction indicating M-40 A-1 E-5 Burgos and A-6 A Coruna.
3. Continue on the M-40 for about 23 km.
4. Take exit 41 to the right toward M-503 Majadahonda and Villanueva de la Canada.
5. Keep right onto M-503 towards Villanueva de la Canada. Exit (exit number 9) onto ramp indicating Villanueva de la Canada.
6. Take the next two roundabouts indicating M-503 Villanueva de la Canada. A sign indicates ESA at the second round about (either take the short-cut to the right just before the roundabout or go to this roundabout and turn right at its first exit).
7. Drive about 5 minutes until the next round about (with current roadworks and bridge construction are ongoing until autumn 2007) where you take the third exit towards ESA. Once these roadworks are finished, you will exit left on M-503 to Villafranca del Castillo, enter the roundabout and follow signs to ESA. Getting to ESAC from Madrid City Centre
Follow the signs to the A-6 (N-VI) highway in the direction of Villalba. Exit the A-6 (N-VI) highway at Junction 11 onto the M-40 highway towards Toledo, Talavera, N-IV, N-V. Continue along the M-40 for approximately 4 km. Exit the M-40 highway at Junction 41 onto the M-503 towards M-503, Majadahonda. Continue on the M-503 for approximately 5 km. Exit the M-503 highway at Junction 8 towards Boadilla. Although you have left the highway you are still on the M-503. Turn left at the first roundabout. Continue on the M-503 in the direction of Boadilla for approximately 400 m. Turn Right at the second roundabout following an ESA Sign towards El Escorial, Valdemorillo, Villanueva del Pardillo. You are still on the M-503. Continue on the M-503 until the next roundabout after approximately 6 km. Turn Left at the roundabout following another ESA Sign. After about 2 km you will reach ESAC.
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