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EDGI Desktop Grids are now officially D-Grid Resources

2012-01-19T11:08:14Z

The Technical Advisory Board of the D-Grid GmbH - the major coordination instance of grid infrastructures in Germany, partner of the German National Grid Initiative - has officially approved to allow any German computing center to provide EDGI D-Grids as a D-Grid UNICORE computing resource. Therewith effectively any German scientist can use Desktop Grid resources as the other Service Grid resources, because of the transparency of the UNICORE extension. EDGI Desktop Grids have still to be provided inside the D-Grid security environment; but this will be coming soon.

EDGI signs Memorandum of Understanding with EGI-Inspire

2011-12-02T13:55:15Z

On 22 November 2011, Steven Newhouse signed a Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on behalf of EGI with EDGI, represented by Peter Kacsuk. EDGI is deploying desktop grid (DG) and cloud services for EGI heavy user communities. The project will provide a workflow-oriented science gateway to enable easier access to the e-infrastructure and establish the International Desktop Grid Federation (IDGF) to coordinate DG-related activities in Europe and to attract volunteer DG resource donors. With this agreement, the EDGI production infrastructure will be offered as a service for EGI and NGI user communities, “thus enabling and exploiting the possibilities lying within volunteer and institutional desktop grid computing for a wider scientific user community", according to Peter Kacsuk. At the same occasion, Peter Kacsuk also signed an MoU between EDGI and the e-ScienceTalk project, represented by Catherine Gater.

EDGI presented at RCUK Cybersecurity Research Showcase

2011-11-22T18:29:17Z

On 23 November 2011, the EDGI project will be presented in a poster at the RCUK Cybersecurity Research Showcase in London, UK. The Research Councils UK (RCUK) has identified research into cybersecurity as a priority for its Global Uncertainties programme. This showcase event is bringing together UK academic researchers and problem owners to share information on current activities, issues and research programmes in cybersecurity. The EDGI poster is showing how Desktop Grids and distributed networks can contribute to greater security in cyberspace.

IDGF marketing at SC11 in Seattle

2011-11-18T12:53:16Z

The International Desktop Grid Federation is getting quite some exposure at SC11 in Seattle, Washington, November 12-18, 2011 at booth #2639 of the Hungarian Grid Competence Centre.  You can find the IDGF poster there.  For more explanation, IDGF-representative Robert Lovas is present at SC11 for MTA SZTAKI. MTA SZTAKI provides high level grid gateways, application porting support and turn-key solutions for grid users. As the project coordinator of several EU projects, its research and support activities focus on Desktop Grids, Clouds, and work flow interoperability.

Post Doc position available at INAF in Catania, Sicily

2011-11-15T11:01:59Z

A 1 year - renewable - position for a Post Doc is available at the INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Catania, Sicily, Italy, to work in the HPC and Visualization Laboratory. The position is expected to start in January 2012. The applications should arrive at the Observatory no later than 9 December 2011. This post is for the SCI-BUS Project. SCI-BUS will create a generic-purpose gateway technology that will provide seamless access to major computing, data and networking infrastructures and services in Europe. DCIs represented in the project include clusters, supercomputers, Grids, Desktop Grids, academic and commercial Clouds. SCI-BUS will elaborate an application-specific gateway building technology and a customization methodology based on which user communities can easily develop their customized gateways. The framework will facilitate reuse and exchange of generic and application-specific gateway components not only among the project partners but also to other projects that use Liferay technology. The gross salary is 28,000 Euros per year that correspond to a net salary of about 1,850 Euros per month. More information is available at http://www.oact.inaf.it/weboac/concorsi_it.html under the item "Post Doc vacancy 70/11".

University of Westminster to hire reseach assistant in distributed, Grid and Cloud computing

2011-10-25T13:47:21Z

A 2 year position for a researcher in distributed, Grid and Cloud computing is available at the University of Wetminster London at the Centre for Parallel Computing (CPC) in the School of Electronics and Computer Science. The researcher will undertake research and development within the framework of EU and UK Research Council funded projects in distributed computing infrastructure (DCI). The post arises specifically to deliver several EU FP7-funded projects. The postholder will play a key supporting role in: porting and supporting the development of scientific applications and work flows to Cloud-based DCI's; supporting research scientist end-users; and supporting, developing and enhancing the Cloud-, Grid-, multicore- and GPU-based infrastructure of the CPC. This researcher assistant position has a duration of 2 years with a fixed term contract. Closing date for application is Friday 4 November 2011. The interview date is set on Friday 25 November 2011. More information is available at http://www.wmin.ac.uk/hrvacancies/default.aspx

EDGI and VENUS-C sign MoU at EGI Technical Forum in Lyon

2011-09-30T08:43:23Z

On Friday 23 September 2011, EDGI and VENUS-C have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the EGI Technical Forum in Lyon, France. "As part of this new cooperation agreement with EDGI, VENUS-C will provide support and access to Cloud resources, including two Pilots recruited through the Open Call, while benefiting from EDGI support to interested users of VENUS-C. We are very excited about creating closer links with EDGI as part of a 'win-win' strategy that will generate new know-how by sharing experiences gained on both sides", stated Andrea Manieri, VENUS-C Project Director. "The partner agreement with VENUS-C is quite essential for EDGI as it will bring the Desktop Grid infrastructure into the Cloud. VENUS-C will provide EDGI with the required Cloud resources, thus allowing EDGI to improve the Quality of Service of its production infrastructure. On the other hand, EDGI is most happy to assist VENUS-C in deploying in the Cloud images of OpenNebula with BOINC client applications. In this way, both partners will deliver best-of-class efforts to reinforce and integrate the European Cloud and Desktop Grid infrastructures", added Peter Kacsuk, EDGI Project Coordinator.

Andrea Manieri (VENUS-C) and Peter Kacsuk (EDGI) shake hands after signing the MoU.

EDGI and EMI sign MoU at EGI Technical Forum in Lyon

2011-09-29T11:34:23Z

On Wednesday 21 September 2011, EDGI and EMI - European Middleware Initiative - have signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the EGI Technical Forum in Lyon, France. This MoU with EMI will help EDGI to support the development of 'bridge middleware' federating service grids with desktop grids. EDGI will have facilitated early access to EMI releases. The collaboration will also allow to set up an OLA between EMI and EDGI.

Alberto di Meglio (EMI) and Peter Kacsuk (EDGI) shake hands after signing the MoU.

EDGI project meeting in Sicily

2011-09-14T11:23:29Z

The next EDGI project meeting will take place October 11-14, 2011 in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. The registration fee for the meeting is 110 euro.

Invitation to register for the 9th IDGF Workshop

2011-09-09T12:14:54Z

The programme for the ninth IDGF tutorial and workshop has been finalized. The ninth IDGF tutorial and workshop is co-located with the EGI Technical Forum 2011. It will be held September 23, 2011 at the Lyon Conference Centre in Lyon, France in room Rhone I between 9h00 and 12h00. The session consists of four parts: a training session; Desktop Grids intro and IDGF overview; Infrastructure overview; and Case studies. You are welcome to register at http://tf2011.egi.eu/registration/

Registration now open for 8th IDGF Workshop

2011-07-22T09:29:10Z

The 8th IDGF Workshop will be held August 17, 2011, 14h-18h in Hannover, Germany. This workshop is organized by the International Desktop Grid Federation and by SZTAKI for the European chapter. It is co-located with the 7th BOINC Workshop that will take place on August 18-19. This workshop is focused around the Desktop Grids for eScience Roadmap - a new version has just been published - and a panel session on issues and opportunities in Desktop Grids. The workshop will provide a platform for scientific users, Desktop Grid operators, system administrators and application developers to exchange experiences about Desktop Grids and related technology. More information and a registration form are available at http://desktopgridfederation.org/8th-idgf-workshop.

XtremWeb-HEP 7.5.0 released

2011-07-18T09:38:09Z

Oleg Lodygensky from the Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire in Orsay, Paris announced that Version XWHEP 7.5.0 of XtremWeb-HEP has been released. This version improves security and end user experience. It supports MS Windows XP and 7 and removes Attic protocol support due to some Attic problems. More information is available at http://www.xtremweb-hep.org/spip.php?article30.

New edition of Desktop Grids for eScience Road Map now available

2011-07-13T10:16:52Z

EDGI's sister project DEGISCO has released a new edition of the Desktop Grids for eScience Road Map on July 11, 2011. The document is comprised of two parts. The first part constitutes a bird view of all the relevant topics to be considered when setting up a Desktop Grid infrastructure. This management part is addressed to political stakeholders and the general public. The second part offers a detailed and step-by-step description in five chapters of all the challenges and issues to be solved including relevant links to background information and practical examples. This technical part is aimed at Desktop Grid operators, scientific users, the academic user community, legal experts, and volunteer computing organisations. The Road map documents are available in the IDGF download section.

EDGI at ISC11 in Hamburg

2011-07-16T16:38:59Z

EDGI participated in ISC11 in Hamburg. Together with Contrail, mOSAIC, and SLA@SOI, it demonstrated in the European Cloud Research booth. Missed it? Our partner the Contrail cloud federation project made some impressions.

Register for the DCI Summerschool

2011-06-03T11:34:52Z

Do not forget to register for the Distributed Computer Infrastructure Summerschool in July in Budapest. It featurs a complete EDGI technology day. But you learn also about DEGISCO Desktop Grids, EMI middleware and StratusLab Clouds.

Desktop Grids at interview during Dutch Future Media Week

2011-05-19T18:56:10Z

An Interview at the AlmereLive channel about Desktop Grids, AlmereGrid and Contrail Cloud federation during the Future Media week in the Netherlands.

IDGF demonstrations at the award-winner booth of MTA SZTAKI at FET

2011-05-10T08:33:56Z

This year 'The European Future Technologies Conference and Exhibition' (FET11, http://fet11.eu) attracted more than 1000 participants between 4-6 May 2011 in Budapest, Hungary. MTA SZTAKI (http://sztaki.hu) presented its latest joint achievements with its collaborating partners including (among others) the e-Infrastructure related efforts for science; such as the International Desktop Grid Federation (IDGF, http://desktopgridfederation.org), the interoperation of volunteer projects with the European Grid Infrastructure (EGI, http://egi.eu), and the digital watermarking Facebook application of WEB2GRID project (http://web2grid.econet.hu).

Robert's robot looking at what to do with his idle processor time from Desktop Grid Federation on Vimeo.

The three teams together from MTA SZTAKI (Booth #16) were awarded by the European Commission based on the votes of visitors (sponsored by ERCIM). The exhibitor team has received the Exhibit Third Price for the booth 'Future technologies to support collaborative solutions for grand challenges (Biological water safety, Augmented collaboration, e-Infrastructures for science)' by Szabolcs Tokes, Peter Galambos, Robert Lovas et al. (www.fet11.eu/awards). The exhibition had a great outcome: Three new organisations decided to join IDGF, several new volunteers joined the SZTAKI Desktop Grid project, and several new applications have been identified to be ported on the EDGI (edgi-project.eu) and DEGISCO (http://degisco.eu) infrastructures in the near future.

Simon Delamare from INRIA wins "Best Presentation Award" at Grid'5000 Spring School 2011

2011-04-22T07:48:28Z

Simon Delamare has won the "Best Presentation Award" at the Grid'5000 Spring School 2011 in Reims, France for his presentation on SpeQuloS. The title of the presentation is Hybrid Distributed Computing Infrastructure Experiments in Grid5000: Suppor ting QoS in Desktop Grids with Cloud Resources. Congratulations to Simon Delamare and the whole EDGI JRA2 team!

EDGI demonstrates how to submit 10,000 jobs to a Volunteer Desktop Grid from within the European Grid Infrastructure

2011-04-15T07:43:08Z

Vilnius, 14 April 2011 - At the EGI User Forum, held in Vilnius, Lithuania, the EDGI project forthe first time demonstrated a brand new feature. The feature is called the MetaJob mechanism by which users are enabled to submit jobs to the EDGI Desktop Grid through gLite using one single submit command in the range of thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs or even more. This was being demonstrated in the EDGI booth with great success. The full press release is available at http://edgi-project.eu/downloads/-/document_library_display/7FkI/view/70916

Register now for the Joint European DCI Summer School

2011-04-15T11:46:00Z

EDGI will organize a joint DCI Summer School with EMI, IGE, EGI-Inspire, StratusLab and DEGISCO in Budapest between 11-16 July 2011. The subject of the summer school is to give insights to the technologies provided by the EMI, IGE, EDGI and StratusLab projects. Based on the EGI-InSPIRE and DEGISCO project experiences the school will also address the issues of how to organize production infrastructures based on these technologies, how to port applications for such infrastructures and how to support users of these infrastructures. More information is available at http://www.lpds.sztaki.hu/eudciss2011/