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Condor is a technology to permit high-throughput computing utilising space cpu capacity on laboratory/office computers. It was developed by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the project is described in the official condor web site. The Condor technology is able to work on windows and unix computers, and is ideal for escience projects what have computing needs that can be met through distributed solutions. Examples of uses including running on pools of workstations, pools of teaching computers, and on mixed platform environments where machines are not heavily used all the time.
The aim of this one-day workshop is to introduce the Condor technology and show its use in a demonstration session. The workshop will cover issues such as the underlying ideas, the key concepts in running a Condor environment, what is involved in implementing and running Condor, what are some of the important details you need to get Condor running efficiently, and examples of its use. We will provide opportunities to try out the use of Condor in an interactive session.
The target audience is of people who do not yet have a high-throughput computing environment in their home office/laboratory. It is anticipated that people will have some idea of running computing jobs, but will not have the training associated with computer managers. We expect that the part of the audience will be drawn from existing environmental escience projects.
The main speakers at the workshop will be Mark Calleja (Cambridge) and Paul Wilson (UCL), both of whom are working on one of the NERC environmental escience projects. Mark has an academic background in physics, and has worked within the computing industry. He is currently using a number of grid technologies for escience applications, and runs a local Condor pool. Paul trained first as a geologist and then as a computer scientist, and he has also spent some time in industry. He is presently setting up a large-scale Condor pond involving 750 teaching PCs in UCL.
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Mark Calleja
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Paul Wilson
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| 10.30-11.00 | Registration and coffee |
| 11.00-11.10 | General introduction [ppt] |
| 11.10-12.30 | Introduction to Condor:[ppt] 1. Background and motivation 2. Introduction to Condor and some history 3. What Condor can do [ppt] |
| 12.30-1.30 | Lunch (restaurant) |
| 1.30-2.30 | Installing Condor with live demo for both Linux and Windows |
| 2.30-3.30 | Using condor with live demo, including compiling programs and linking to Condor libraries [ppt] |
| 3.30-3.45 | Coffee/tea |
| 3.45-5.00 | Hands-on experience and demonstrations |
It is anticipated that the workshop will generate some follow-on interest. We will discuss the sort of follow-one activities that could be arranged, such as practical training in installation and usage. We could, for example, have a small session whereby we help people to remotely install Condor on home computers. We could also have a follow-on user meeting where people share experience and problems, with the aim of providing some practical solutions.
The workshop will take place in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge. Details of the location, including travel plans, can be obtained here.
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There is no registration charge, but we need to ask people to pre-register. This can be done using our on-line form. Please book early, because we need to have early estimates of numbers for catering planning. |
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