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= The 3rd Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshop =
A workshop on BOINC will be held 5-6 September 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland. It is being hosted by the [http://www.ruig-gian.org/ Geneva International Academic Network], with additional support from IBM. The organizers are David Anderson (UCB), Francois Grey (CERN), Randall Harbour (GIAN), Viola Krebs (ICVolunteers) and Christian Pellegrini (Univ. of Geneva).
The workshop follows the [/cern_workshop.php First] and [/ws_06.php Second] Pan-Galactic BOINC Workshops.
The objective of this workshop is to share information about BOINC and projects running on BOINC through short presentations and informal discussions, in a relaxed, open and friendly atmosphere. The workshop aims to stimulate new developments and activities related to BOINC, by allowing users to share their experience and requirements, giving developers the opportunity to outline their plans, and stimulating new collaborations between participants.
== Who should attend ==
Anyone who is actively involved with BOINC is encouraged to attend. This includes anyone operating a BOINC project, developing BOINC, deploying BOINC, or interested in volunteer computing.
== Agenda (tentative) == #agenda
* 5 Sept
* 9:00-12:30: Presentations by current and planned BOINC projects and deployment activities. Attendees are encouraged to give talks summarizing their project status, goals, and technical issues and requirements (20 minutes; a video projector will be available).
* 14:00-17:30: Continuation of project presentations
* 19:00 Workshop dinner (see [#logistics Logistics] below)
* 6 Sept
* 9:00-10:45: Progress report from the BOINC project.
* 11:00-12:30: Parallel meetings of special-interest groups ([#topics topics] to be determined).
* 14:00-15:30: Parallel meetings of special-interest groups ([#topics topics] to be determined).
* 15:45-17:30: Summaries of special-interest group discussions, and general discussion.
* 7 Sept (optional): Organised excursion to UN and international organisations (Palais des Nations, WHO, ITU, WIPO, UNHCR...)
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Plan for excursion to WHO/UN/CERN on Friday, 7th September
IMPORTANT: Participants must bring their passport with them for this
tour
9:45 Meet at main entrance to World Health Organization, 20 avenue
Appia, Geneva
10:00-12:00 Presentations on WHO-related projects
Epidemiology by Brian Williams (STOP TB)
Health mapping by Kathryn O'Neill (WHO)
Bernadette Williams on drug design (Tropical Diseases Research)
12:00-12:30 Go to Palais
12:30-14:00 Lunch at Palais [afterwards one group goes to CERN by bus,
tour ATLAS at 15:00]
14:00-15:00 Tour of Palais
15:00-17:30 Presentations by UN representatives (all speakers to be
confirmed)
Sumeet Kapur, Relief Web
Francesco Pisano, UNOSAT Head of Institutional Relations
Christian Flamm, OCHA
Cosmas Zavazava, ITU
17:30 End of tours
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* 8 Sept (optional): Alpine hiking
== Registration == #registration
The workshop is free but attendance is limited. If you are interested in attending, or have any questions, please email David Anderson (davea at ssl period berkeley period edu) or any of the other organizers.
== Logistics == #logistics
The workshop will take place at the
[http://www.chateau-de-penthes.ch/f/restaurant/homerestaurant.htm Chateau de Penthes].
It is located in the northwest part of Geneva.
The address is
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18, chemin de l'Imperatrice
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A map is [http://www.chateau-de-penthes.ch/f/diverses/cartegeo.htm here].
A Google map is [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Chemin+de+l'Imp%C3%A9ratrice+18,+1292+Pregny,+Switzerland&sll=46.231881,6.141283&sspn=0.006412,0.014462&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=46.221415,6.154404&spn=0.051308,0.1157&z=13&iwloc=addr here].
The workshop dinner will be held at
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Restaurant Vieux-Bois
Avenue de la Paix 12
1202 Geneve
Tel. : 022 919 24 26
www.vieux-bois.ch
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Geneva International Airport has a number of low-cost carrier links to major European cities (London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona), as well as some direct transatlantic flights.
Warning: Thursday 6th is a public holiday in Geneva, and public transport will be rather limited that
day.
A list of nearby hotels, and links to info on public transportation and restaurants, is [/geneva_hotels.html here].
== Discussion topics == #topics
(Feel free to add to this list)
1:45
* Recruitment; publicity; teams; help 8
* Scheduler: handling diverse workloads; HR 6
* Virtual machines 7
2:30
* Retention; publicity; teams; help 8
* Simplify app dev, backend API; The BOINC wrapper 5
* Interpreted apps: Java, Python, Lisp 6
* BOINC/Grid 8
3:15
* [wiki:WorkShop07/WebCode Web features; Preferences system (including project specific settings) 4]
* How to keep server software up to date; other project management issues 5
* Skill aggregation / education 5
* Security 7
* Credit: normalization, generalization 6
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