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College Court, Leicester

College Court, Leicester

Knighton Road Leicester, LE2 3UF
Andrew Sansum (STFC, Scientific Computing Department), Jonathan Hays (Queen Mary)
Description
The IRIS Collaboration Meeting will be taking take place at College Court Conference Centre, Leicester.  Registration will start approximately 11.45am  on 4th December , with a Networking Lunch at 12 pm and talks starting at 1pm.  Participation in person is recommended to get the most from the event. 
Arrival by Train
College Court is only 1.4 miles from Leicester Train Station.  There is a a taxi rank based at Leicester Train Station.  A taxi to College Court shall cost approximately £6.00
Arrival by Car
College Court is convenienty located within easy reach of the M1 and M69 motorways.  Please use the postcode LE2 3QT or Knighton Road, Leicester when using a SatNat device.
College Court offers ample complimentary car parking spaces, including designated disabled bays.  Access is available from Knighton Road and barriers control access to and from the car park.
ACCOMMODATION - Is On Site
Check in is from 2pm on day of arrival
Check out is before 10am on day of departure
Breakfast is served in the Dannatt Building from 7.30am to 9.00am
Please be advised, a late check out fee is charged at £10 per hour + vat where applicable
PLEASE REGISTER HERE
 


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  • Monday 4 December
    • 11:30 → 12:00
      Registration & Coffee 30m
    • 12:00 → 12:55
      Networking Lunch 55m
    • 13:00 → 15:00
      Session One: Overview
      • 13:00
        Logistics and Welcome 5m
        Speaker: Mark Wilkinson (Leicester)
        Slides
      • 13:05
        DiRAC, Leicester and UKRI/STFC Strategy 25m
        Speaker: Alastair Basden
        Slides
      • 13:30
        IRIS Overview 30m
        Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Hays (Queen Mary)
        Slides
      • 14:00
        Operational Security Update 20m
        Speaker: Matt Doige
        Slides
      • 14:20
        RSAP Update 10m
        Speaker: Dr Daniela Bauer (Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Imperial College London)
        Slides
      • 14:30
        Project Management 15m
        Speaker: Ms Anjali Bhatt (STFC (UKRI) IRIS)
        Slides
      • 14:45
        Capacity Management 15m
        Speaker: Dr Deniza Chekrygina (Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC))
        Slides
    • 15:00 → 15:30
      Refreshments 30m
    • 15:30 → 17:30
      Session Two: Developing the Strategy
      • 15:30
        From Vision to Strategy 20m
        Speakers: Anjali Bhatt, Ms Anjali Bhatt (STFC (UKRI) IRIS)
        Slides
      • 15:50
        Strategy Discussion 1h 40m
        Speakers: Ms Anjali Bhatt (STFC (UKRI) IRIS), Prof. Jonathan Hays (Queen Mary)
        • Connected Community 1m
          Link
          Priorities
        • Trained and Skilled Community 1m
          Link
          Priorities
        • Excellent Services and Operations 1m
          Link
          Priorities
        • Effective Governance 1m
          Link
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        • Outstanding Infrastructure 1m
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    • 19:30 → 21:30
      Workshop Dinner 2h

      College Court, Leicester

  • Tuesday 5 December
    • 09:00 → 10:30
      Session Three: Activity Reports
      • 09:00
        An Introduction to the SKA Regional Centre 15m
        Speaker: Louise Chisholm
        Slides
      • 09:15
        Plato on IRIS 15m
        Speaker: Domonic Ford
        Slides
      • 09:30
        Gaia Core Processing 15m
        Speaker: Patrick Burgess
        Gaia Core Processing Slides
      • 09:45
        Electron Microscopy workflow at Diamond for Data Analysis. 15m
        Speaker: Daniel Hatton
        Slides
      • 10:00
        Euclid Update 10m
        Speaker: Mark Holiman
        Slides
      • 10:10
        DAaaS - Using Cloud resources Efficientlyvice 20m
        Speaker: Frazer Barnsley
        Using Cloud resources Efficiently Slides
    • 10:30 → 11:00
      Refreshments 30m
    • 11:00 → 13:00
      Session Four: Infrastructure
      • 11:00
        A Strategy for Trust and Security 30m
        Slides
      • 11:30
        HPC on AWS 15m
        Speaker: Andrew Lahiff
        HPC on AWS Slides
      • 11:45
        High Availability IAM 15m
        Speaker: Donald Chung
        High Availabiity IRIS-IAM Slides
      • 12:00
        APEL Accounting - Development Plans 15m
        Speaker: Adrian Coveney
        Apel Accounting Dev. Plans Slides
      • 12:15
        Simvue - Digital Asset Grant 20m
        Speaker: Andrew Lahiff
        Slides
      • 12:35
        Introduction to Somerville Cloud Platform 20m
        Speaker: Mark Holiman
        Slides
    • 13:00 → 14:00
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:00 → 16:00
      Session 5: Cloud Computing
      Convener: Dr Jeremy Yates (Department of Physics & Astronomy)
      • 14:00
        Federating workloads across multiple clouds 20m
        Speaker: John Garbutt
        Workload Federation on Open Stack Slides
      • 14:20
        LSST requirements for Cloud 20m
        Speaker: Dr George Beckett (University of Edinburgh)
        LSST UK Requirements for Cloud Slides
      • 14:40
        SWIFT-HEP Analysis Facility 20m
        Speaker: Davide Costanzo
        Slides
      • 15:00
        A Data Cloud for UKSRC 20m
        Speaker: James Walder
        A Data Cloud for UKSRC Slides
      • 15:20
        STFC Cloud at RAL 20m
        Speaker: Alexander Dibbo
        STFC Cloud - Donning the CAPE Slides
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