XtreemOS summer school

XtreemOS summer school

Reisensburg Castle
 Science Center of Ulm University
in Günzburg near Ulm, Germany
July 5-9, 2010
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*Background*
XtreemOS is a Linux-based operating systems that includes Grid 
functionalities. It is characterised by properties such as transparency, 
hiding the complexity of in the underlying distributed infrastructure; 
scalability, supporting hundreds of thousands of nodes and millions of 
users; and dependability, providing reliability, highly availability and 
security.
The XtreemOS Summer School will include lectures on modern distributed 
paradigms such as /*Grid computing, Cloud computing, and network-centric 
operating systems*/. The Summer School will combine lectures from 
research leaders shaping the future of distributed systems and world 
leaders in deploying and exploiting distributed infrastructures. 
Hands-on laboratory exercises and practical sessions using XtreemOS will 
give participants experience on using modern distributed systems.
 
*Aims*
The aims of the XtreemOS Summer School are:
    * To introduce participants to emergent computing paradigms such as 
Grid computing and Cloud computing
    * To provide lectures and practical courses on novel techniques to 
achieve scalability, highly availability and security in distributed systems
    * To present Grid applications in the domains of E-science and business.
    * To provide a forum for participants to discuss your research work 
and share experience with experience researchers.

*Target audience
*The school is open to postgraduate level students (MSc, PhD) and young 
researchers (from technical industries, research laboratories, and 
academic environments) who have recently started (or are about to start) 
working on grid research projects.
Prospective students from computer science, computational science and 
application backgrounds will be encouraged to apply; Basic knowledge in 
distributed systems is the only prerequisite.
Grid newcomers and beginners are welcome, but people already involved in 
grid projects should also benefit from this school.

*Technical programme *(a programme will be soon available online)*
*The topics covered in the Summer School include:
    * Introduction to Grids, Clouds, SOA and network-centric operating 
systems
    * Grid programming interfaces
    * VO Management and security
    * Distributed data management
    * Application execution management
    * Availability  and  Scalability
    * Byzantine fault tolerance
    * Grid Checkpointing
    * XtreemOS cluster flavour
    * How to port an application to XtreemOS
    * XtreemOS deployment (permanent testbed)

*Lectures *
Invited Lectures
    * Ruben Santiago Montero, Universidad Complutense de 
Madrid/OpenNebula, Spain
    * Second invited speaker will be announced soon

XtreemOS Lectures
    * Christine Morin, INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France
    * Alvaro Arenas, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK
    * Thilo Kielmann, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    * Jan Stender, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin 
(ZIB), Germany
    * Ramon Nou, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain
    * Joerg Domaschka, University of Ulm, Germany
    * Yvon Jégou, INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique, France
    * Michael Schoettner. Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany
    * John Mehnert-Spahn, Heinrich-Heine Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany
    * Christian Spann, University of Ulm, Germany
    * Thorsten Schuett, Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik 
Berlin (ZIB), Germany
    * Jean Parpaillon, Kerlabs, France   

*Doctoral Symposium*
There will be one afternoon dedicated to discuss research topics with 
the School participants. PhD and MSc students are encouraged to give 
short presentations about their work. There will be an award to the best 
presentation! (cfp in progress)
 
*Poster session*
The welcome reception will be combined with a poster session of research 
work of the school participants. Every school participant is encouraged 
to present a poster.

*Venue*
The XtreemOS Summer School will take place at Science Center Reisensburg 
Castle of Ulm University near the town of Günzburg, which is located 
about 40 km east of Ulm. The picturesque castle "Schloss Reisensburg", 
dating back to the 14th Century and now owned by Ulm University, is 
situated on a hill close to the Danube River providing high-quality 
accommodation and conference facilities for seminar guests of Ulm 
University.
 
*Practical Information*
Students and post-docs, as well as scientist, interested to attend the 
XtreemOS Summer School 2010 are kindly invited to fill out the 
registration form that will soon be available on the XtreemOS project 
website (registration through PDF form only).
The deadline for registration is June 28, 2010 and the early 
registration fee is available till May 31, 2010.

The fee for the school is 350EUR (early registration) and includes 
accommodation in standard single room between Monday July 5 and Friday 
July 9, breakfast, lunch, dinner, coffee breaks and participation in 
social activities:
- Welcome reception on Monday 5th,
- Social Dinner on Thursday 8th,
- Optional: FIFA world cup semi-finals on TV (Tuesday 6th and Wednesday 
7th),
- Optional: guided tour in Ulm on Friday 9th afternoon.
The rooms have their own bathroom with shower. There is free Internet 
via WLAN within the castle and in the rooms.

Payment can be made either by credit card or bank transfer.

The participants are expected to plan their arrival on the Monday 
morning, July 5th, 2010, and their departure on Friday afternoon, July 
9th, 2010. Lunch on Monday will be provided at 12:30 GMT. If you wish to 
arrive on Sunday, July 4th, or leave on Saturday, July 10th, you can do 
so by paying an extra fee for accommodation on those days (see 
registration form).

Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop, which is 
especially useful since several sessions include practical training and 
hands-on exercises.


More information on the XtreemOS summer school can be found at the 
following URL:
http://www.xtreemos.eu/xtreemos-events/summer-school-2010
Contact: school2010@xtreemos.eu
Project website: http://www.xtreemos.eu/

-- 
Sandrine L'Hermitte
Assistant to the XtreemOS scientific coordinator

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INRIA Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique
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Campus Universitaire de Beaulieu - 35042 Rennes - France
Phone: +33 (0)2-99847126 / Fax: +33 (0)2-99847171
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