The EGEE project officially ended on the 31 March 2006
EGEE II started on 1 April 2006 and the new EGEE website can be found at:
http://www.eu-egee.org
NA3 - USER TRAINING AND INDUCTION
The European DataGrid project, the forerunner to the Enabling Grids for E-science in Europe (EGEE) project, highlighted the importance of up-to-date accessible training by an experienced team who were willing to travel and to modify training material to suit local needs.
Led by the UK National e-Science Centre based in Edinburgh, no fewer than 22 of the 70 partners taking part in the EGEE project are directly involved in EGEE User Training and Induction.
The User Training and Induction team aims to provide a full programme of accurate tutorials with real world examples which is vital to spreading the word about the importance of Grid technology to Research and Industry throughout Europe.
One of the biggest challenges for the User Training and Induction team will be to keep the training programme up-to-date as the project infrastructure develops. Another challenge is to present the material in such a way that it meets the needs of a diverse community - from new staff on the project, to academics well versed in Grid technology, to subject specialists wishing to understand how EGEE can help them pursue their research, to people in industry keen to exploit the new Grid computing for commercial reasons.
Some of the training modules will be revised EDG training material and some will be written from scratch. These modules will be circulated to all the EGEE training partners, who are free to modify, develop and use them in their own local context - all the while sharing the results of their specific expertise.
Some training modules will be translated into different European languages, where a need is identified. Whenever and wherever material is developed and extended, it will remain freely available to all the EGEE partners, users and potential users - the only requirement will be that the EGEE project be acknowledged as the source.
In carrying out this vital work, the User Training and Induction team will need to keep in close contact with the software development and integration teams, with the team responsible for dissemination to industry partners and of course, with the end users.
The NA3 Training Material Repository is an area provided by the NA3 activity which contains all the training material for Grid training to date.