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=== Task NA2.1 Communication and Dissemination === | === Task NA2.1 Communication and Dissemination === | ||
* Publications: | * '''Publications:''' | ||
** Finished the [https://www.egi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/EGI_Service_Catalogue.pdf Service Catalogue]: final copy, layout, design and printing; distribution at the DI4R 2016 conference | ** Finished the [https://www.egi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/EGI_Service_Catalogue.pdf Service Catalogue]: final copy, layout, design and printing; distribution at the DI4R 2016 conference | ||
** Published the [https://www.egi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EGI-Engage-Interim-Impact-Assessment.pdf EGI-Engage interim impact assessment]: Editing original content by the TD; layout; publication of the website | ** Published the [https://www.egi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/EGI-Engage-Interim-Impact-Assessment.pdf EGI-Engage interim impact assessment]: Editing original content by the TD; layout; publication of the website | ||
** Started the work on a Access Modes leaflet, in consultation with the UCST | ** Started the work on a Access Modes leaflet, in consultation with the UCST | ||
* | * '''Website:''' | ||
** final sprint to add all content; published mid-September; fixing final issues; now in production and in maintenance | ** final sprint to add all content; new website published mid-September; fixing final issues; now in production and in maintenance | ||
** new pages & articles for the website | ** new pages & articles for the website | ||
* Case studies: | ** selected and downloaded a library of +100 images | ||
* '''Case studies:''' | |||
** [https://www.egi.eu/stalking-epilepsy/ Stalking epilepsy]: adapted from an original story published in Science Node | ** [https://www.egi.eu/stalking-epilepsy/ Stalking epilepsy]: adapted from an original story published in Science Node | ||
** Simulations of the Amatrice earthquake: first draft ready, in review by the techies and researchers involved | ** Simulations of the Amatrice earthquake: first draft ready, in review by the techies and researchers involved | ||
* | * '''EGI Communication channels:''' | ||
** Two news articles about the recent SLAs | ** Two news articles about the recent SLAs and three new blog posts | ||
** | ** Issue 25 of the newsletter commissioned (to be published end November) | ||
* '''Events:''' | |||
** '''DI4R 2016''': final preparations; posters, rolling presentation, slide decks; managing the event's communications; big social media push during the event; managing the feedback survey; event successfully held. Preparation for wrap-up meeting and start of discussions for the next event of the series | |||
** '''EGI Conference 2017''': Research for possible venues in the Netherlands; discussions of colocation / co-organisation with sister project | |||
=== Task NA2.2 Strategy, Business Development and Exploitation === | === Task NA2.2 Strategy, Business Development and Exploitation === |
Revision as of 19:37, 13 October 2016
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Activity Reports
WP1 (NA1) (Yannick Legré)
Milestones & Deliverables
Task NA1.1 Administrative and Financial Management
- collation of budget expenditure figures for PM13-PM18 and distribution to AMB for comments
- discussion of project extension with PO
- preparation of second project amendment and submission to EC for discussion
Task NA1.2 Technical Management
- Setting up of the TCB-Cloud board responsible for maintaining and evolving the EGI Cloud Federation technical roadmap
- Status assessment of onedata, overview of testing and deployment plans
- Review of AAI CheckIn service, and discussion of its provisioning as SaaS
- Review of ARGO service, and discussion of its provisioning as SaaS
- Steering of Marketplace, LTOS and e-grant architecture review; review of e-grant work plan and LTOS work plan, reassignment
Task NA1.3 Quality and Risk Management
WP2 (NA2) (Sergio Andreozzi)
Milestones & Deliverables
Task NA2.1 Communication and Dissemination
- Publications:
- Finished the Service Catalogue: final copy, layout, design and printing; distribution at the DI4R 2016 conference
- Published the EGI-Engage interim impact assessment: Editing original content by the TD; layout; publication of the website
- Started the work on a Access Modes leaflet, in consultation with the UCST
- Website:
- final sprint to add all content; new website published mid-September; fixing final issues; now in production and in maintenance
- new pages & articles for the website
- selected and downloaded a library of +100 images
- Case studies:
- Stalking epilepsy: adapted from an original story published in Science Node
- Simulations of the Amatrice earthquake: first draft ready, in review by the techies and researchers involved
- EGI Communication channels:
- Two news articles about the recent SLAs and three new blog posts
- Issue 25 of the newsletter commissioned (to be published end November)
- Events:
- DI4R 2016: final preparations; posters, rolling presentation, slide decks; managing the event's communications; big social media push during the event; managing the feedback survey; event successfully held. Preparation for wrap-up meeting and start of discussions for the next event of the series
- EGI Conference 2017: Research for possible venues in the Netherlands; discussions of colocation / co-organisation with sister project
Task NA2.2 Strategy, Business Development and Exploitation
Task NA2.3 SME/Industry Engagement and Big Data Value Chain
WP3 (JRA1) (Diego Scardaci)
Milestones & Deliverables
- D3.7 First release of the EGI Service Registry and Marketplace prototype: external review
- M3.5 The first version of the EGI Marketplace is demonstrated: prototypes available online but not showcased
- D3.8 First data accounting prototype: it should be ready for external review at the end of October
Task JRA1.1 Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure
- Checkin service now supports OIDC service provider.
- EGI DataHub integrated with Checkin.
- Organised task-force for on-boarding of tools and user communities (in collaboration with SA2.1)
- Discussion to define the LoA ongoing
- Integration with RC-Auth (Online CA) ongoing
Task JRA1.2 Service Registry and Marketplace
- Definition of the technical roadmap
- Organising the merging of the activities related to Marketplace, LToS platform and e-Grant: first meeting scheduled for Oct 20
- Involvement of CYFRONET in the marketplace activity
- Organising a meeting with the UberCloud marketplace developer
- Definition of the feature set of the first marketplace release ongoing
Task JRA1.3 Accounting
Accounting repository
- Deployment in production of the cloud usage record V0.4 ongoing
- Deployment in production of the solution to properly account "long-running" VMs ongoing
- Definition of the data accounting usage record ongoing
- Testing of the storage accounting ongoing
Accounting Portal
- Definition of the descriptive text for the portal ongoing
- Accounting portal top menu aligned with Service Portfolio terminology ongoing
- Bug fixing
Task JRA1.4 Operations Tools
Ops Portal
- Integration with the Checkin service
- OTAG being organised to re-define the roadmap
GOCDB
- Working on writeable API
ARGO & Messaging
Security Monitoring
- Analysis on how to integrate the security monitoring in ARGO ongoing
Task JRA1.5 Resource Allocation – e-GRANT
- Analysis on how to integrate e-GRANT in the marketplace ongoing
WP4 (JRA2) (Matthew Viljoen)
Milestones & Deliverables
Task JRA2.1 Federated Open Data
Task JRA2.2 Federated Cloud
Task JRA2.3 e-Infrastructures Integration
Task JRA2.4 Accelerated Computing
WP5 (SA1) (Peter Solagna)
Milestones & Deliverables
Task SA1.1 Operations Coordination
- Progressing in enabling compchem in DIRAC4EGI
- Under negotiation SLAs: BioISI, D4Science, EMSODEV, Nanotechnology, peachnote, Phobius
- Finalized LSGC SLA
- Preview Repository Release
- RC and RP OLA monthly enforcing
- Follow-up of remaining issues after the ARGO central migration
- presentation @WLCG Information System Task Force meeting the ARGO proposal ofr using GOC-DB as the only topology information
- final checks for SL5 Decommission campaign
- follow-up on some failures detected by secmon against several sites
- Agreed new process for security certification of sites under certification
- Releases for UMD3.14.4 and UMD 4.2.1 (emergency release, handling major incident at CNAF)
- Coordinating UMD 4.3.0 (regular October release)
- Set up new wiki for CMD
- Set up wiki new contents for UMD4 (schedule, products)
- SLA validations: EXTraS,D4Science,Terradue/ESA,MoBrain(CLOSED),DRIHM,BILS(CLOSED)
- Testing FedCloud sites and provide operational support
- Chairing Operations meeting (1)
- Chairing URT meeting (2)
- Chairing UMD team (internal) meeting (2)
- Joining WLCG operations monday meeting (3/4), ARGUS meeting (1), FedCloud meeting (2), OMB (1)
+ (circa SA1.1) - Setting up KEDB for PM process in EGI/IMS (interactions needed with helpdesk support)
Task SA1.2 Development of Security Operations
- Review of the security policies updated in terminology
Task SA1.3 Integration, Deployment of Grid and Cloud Platforms
iMarine integraiton:
- Review of the status and start testing on the sites supporting the VO SLA (production starting during October)
Long Tail of Science:
- Chipster integration
- Progressing in the integration of Galaxy as a platform available in the ltos
- Testing for the currently integrated platforms including ws-pgrade
- Discussion with LCMAPs developers for the extensions to support ARGUS
- Integration with CheckIn for user Authentication