:: Hot Topics October ::
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| > CERN Open Day, 16th October |
| To mark the occasion of CERN's 50th anniversary, an Open Day was held on Saturday, October 16th. Fifty interactive workshops and exhibitions were held to give the public a taste of what is done at CERN. The EGEE project was represented at the "Grid Cafe" with an information stand that included a looping slide-show and distribution material. The stand was animated by the EGEE PO staff and several other EGEE/LCG members. The Open Day was attended by approximately 30,000 people. |
| > EGEE in numbers |
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Current
# of
CPUs
-7977-
Current
# of
sites
-87-
Current
amount of storage space PB -3-
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| > The Project's Contract Amendment |
| Further details and supporting documents for the EGEE contract amendment were submitted to the EU this month. This amendment is mainly intended to resolve outstanding errors in Annex 1 of the contract (Description of Work), including effort tables for the activities (manpower levels) and cost model corrections for some partners. It also includes cosmetic changes to the document, and completion of outstanding sections, for example section 9 has been added to describe the Consortium, the Joint Research Units and Third Parties involved. Three new non-contracting partners (Telefonica I&D, CSCS- Manno in Switzerland and Academia Sinica in Taiwan) have submitted proposals to contribute to EGEE's programme of work. All details of this amendment, which should conclude before the second EGEE conference, will be reported in the second quarterly report due to be completed by the beginning of November. |
| > The Gender Action Plan |
| EGEE Statement of Intent: the GAP activity has delivered its first deliverable and will collect further statistics during the second EGEE conference in Den Haag. |
| > The First EU- Review |
| The dates of the First EGEE Review are confirmed as 9th to 11th of February 2004. The review will be held at CERN, and 5 reviewers have been appointed to attend and assess this review. A full rehearsal will be held the previous week, 2nd, 3rd and 4th of February, where all contributors will rehearse their demonstrations, presentations and contributions. Further details will be communicated in the next newsletter in November. Don't forget to add this important event to your calendar! |
| > gLite |
| The new gLite middleware being developed in the project has its own dedicated web-site providing all the latest information on this rapidly evolving software: www.glite.org |
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