from 28 November 2011 to 09 December 2011 (Europe/Rome)
Amman (Jordan)
Europe/Rome timezone
CHAIN (Co-ordination and Harmonisation of Advanced e-INfrastructures: http://www.chain-project.eu/), EUMEDGRID-Support (Sustainability of e-Infrastructures across the Mediterranean: http://www.eumedgrid.eu/) and EPIKH (Exchange Programme to advance e-Infrastructure Know-How: http://www.epikh.eu/) announce the Grid School for Application Porting to Science Gateway to be held in Amman, Jordan.
The Grid School aims at increasing the number of scientific/industrial applications running on the EUMEDGRID-Support production infrastructure and integrated in the EUMEDGRID Science Gateway. The School also aims at stimulating new research groups to use the EUMEDGRID-Support resources as well as to diversify the application domains and the scientific communities supported by the organising projects.
Important deadlines:
Application submission: November, 6, 2011
Notification of acceptance: November, 13, 2011
Registration (only for accepted candidates): Between November, 13 and 27
The school is mostly intended, but not restricted, for CHAIN, EUMEDGRID-Support and EPIKH members.
To fulfill the goal of this Grid School, the program, based both on lectures and hands-on practices, will cover in-depth the main topics of Science Gateways' development.
Good previous knowledge of the Java programming language is mandatory. Candidates are strongly encouraged to take a look at the training material available here to gain some confidence.
To maximize the didactic impact and effectiveness, the number of applications to be ported will be limited to 8-10.
All application candidatures must be submitted to the Selection Board of the School by a team of at most two persons before the 6th of November 2011. Each application team should fill the questionnaire available on the web at the URL http://applications.epikh.eu/survey describing the application they want to port on the EUMEDGRID-Support e-Infrastructure. The Selection Board will rank both applications and persons. At most one application per team will be selected.
Accepted candidates will be notified by the 13th of November 2011 and invited to fill the registration form to participate in the school. The form will be made available in this web page.
EUMEDGRID-Support accepted candidates will be financed by the project and have to commit to their participation in the whole event, includind the final EPIKH Workshop.
Invitation Letter
If you need an invitation letter, please contact yousef@junet.edu.jo. Such a letter is generally requested to get a visa.
Visas
Please check with the appropriate consulate/embassy whether or not a visa is necessary to get in the country of the event.
The Grid School aims at increasing the number of scientific/industrial applications running on the EUMEDGRID-Support production infrastructure and integrated in the EUMEDGRID Science Gateway. The School also aims at stimulating new research groups to use the EUMEDGRID-Support resources as well as to diversify the application domains and the scientific communities supported by the organising projects.
Important deadlines:
The school is mostly intended, but not restricted, for CHAIN, EUMEDGRID-Support and EPIKH members.
To fulfill the goal of this Grid School, the program, based both on lectures and hands-on practices, will cover in-depth the main topics of Science Gateways' development.
Good previous knowledge of the Java programming language is mandatory. Candidates are strongly encouraged to take a look at the training material available here to gain some confidence.
To maximize the didactic impact and effectiveness, the number of applications to be ported will be limited to 8-10.
All application candidatures must be submitted to the Selection Board of the School by a team of at most two persons before the 6th of November 2011. Each application team should fill the questionnaire available on the web at the URL http://applications.epikh.eu/survey describing the application they want to port on the EUMEDGRID-Support e-Infrastructure. The Selection Board will rank both applications and persons. At most one application per team will be selected.
Accepted candidates will be notified by the 13th of November 2011 and invited to fill the registration form to participate in the school. The form will be made available in this web page.
EUMEDGRID-Support accepted candidates will be financed by the project and have to commit to their participation in the whole event, includind the final EPIKH Workshop.
Invitation Letter
If you need an invitation letter, please contact yousef@junet.edu.jo. Such a letter is generally requested to get a visa.
Visas
Please check with the appropriate consulate/embassy whether or not a visa is necessary to get in the country of the event.
| Dates: | from 28 November 2011 08:00 to 09 December 2011 17:30 |
| Timezone: | Europe/Rome |
| Location: | Amman (Jordan) |
| Material: | Application Form Slides feedback form |
| Additional info: | Location: University of Jordan – IT college – Video Conference Hall (map) |
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