TOE: Training Outreach and Education Formerly known as the NeSC Training Team

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TOE Training Outreach and Education(Formerly
known as the NeSC Training Team)
Mike Mineter mjm_at_nesc.ac.uk
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OVERVIEW

• TOE
• The last 2 years
• Current activities
• Some questions

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Revised structure
Edinburgh e-Science
National e-Science Centre
e-Science Institute
Research and e-Infrastructure Development
Training Outreach Education
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TOE projects
International
ICEAGE
EGEEGridPP
OMII_Europe
Education
Training
e-Science MSc, UoE
NGS
National Local
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Small detour

• To see whats happening on EGEE grid go to
• http//gridportal.hep.ph.ic.ac.uk/rtm
• (Included here because this is a tool that helps
  to convince people that grids are here and real,
  as well as showing the scale of the achievement
  of EGEE)

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TOE activities

• European
• TOE funded to lead ICEAGE
• Lead training for EGEE, OMII-Europe
• In UK (1 FTE )
• Lead training for NGS gtgt 200 people trained over
  2 years induction courses
• Increasing emphasis on Facilitate and enable
• Bootstrapping training e.g.
• Build VOs ability to train selves
• Support higher tool providers e.g. training CA
  for NGS
• Regional grids, university middleware teams
• Training the Trainers
• As courses are proven, support others in their
  delivery, build next level courses

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TOE support services - strategy
EGEE
EGEE Support services
TOESupport services
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Some questions

• EGEE established classification of course types
• Induction
• Application Developer
• Installation
• System Administrator
• Training the Trainer
• For NGS courses, what should be in
• Application Developer courses ?
• Training the Trainer courses?
• Where are good case studies?!