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| Location of GridKa School: | ||
| GridKa School takes place at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (FZK), at the premises of FTU (Fortbildungszentrum Technik und Umwelt). FTU is located directly in front of FZK's main gate (for more information see pages on How to get there (http://www.fzk.de/gks09/Route.html) and Maps (http://www.fzk.de/gks09/Maps.html) ). | ||
| The main site of FZK is not located in Karlsruhe downtown, but in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, ~12 km outside of Karlsruhe. | ||
| How to get to Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (and back to the hotel): | ||
| There are three ways to get to FZK and back: by shuttle bus, by public transportion and by car (there are parking lots available). The best recommendation is the shuttle bus. Further information (including the shuttle bus schedule) is given at How to get there (http://www.fzk.de/gks09/Route.html). | ||
| Bus shuttle from Karlsruhe to FZK and back | ||
| Monday, August 31: 12:30 departure from Hotel Residenz to FTU/FZK return on demand after social event with van in small groups to tram station with tram tickets | ||
| Tuesday, september 1: 8:15 departure from Hotel Residenz to FTU/FZK 19:15 return after poster session from FTU/FZK to to Hotel Residenz | ||
| Wednesday, september 2: 8:15 departure from Hotel Residenz to FTU/FZK 18:45 return from FTU/FZK to Hotel Residenz | ||
| Thursday, september 3: 8:15 departure from Hotel Residenz to FTU/FZK 18:45 return from FTU/FZK to Hotel Residenz | ||
| Friday, september 4: 8:15 departure from Hotel Residenz to FTU/FZK 12:15 Uhr return from FTU/FZK to Hotel Residenz/railway station another return after security workshop at: 17:15 return from FTU/FZK to Hotel Residenz/railway station | ||
| Day passes for FZK: | ||
| FZK maintains a rather high level of security (it was the location of the first German nuclear research system and still has a few nuclear installations on-site). Since for the visit of the GridKa Tier-1 center and for the social event on Monday evening (and possibly also on other occasions during the school) you need to enter FZK, we will prepare regular day passes to avoid inconvenient queuing in line at the entrance. That is why you were asked for date of birth and place of birth in the online registration form. If you did not provide this information, please do so as soon as possible (write an e-mail to GridKa-School@fzk.de). Please bring along your passport (for citizens of European Union a regular ID card is also accepted). | ||
| Lunch and coffee breaks: | ||
| For lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, you will receive FZK canteen vouchers (participants in the grid workshop will also be given a voucher for Friday). These vouchers can only be used in the upstairs section of FZK canteen, so called lines 1, and 2 line 3 is closed during summer holidays. | ||
| You will be offered coffee, tea, cookies and fruits during coffee breaks. | ||
| Notebooks/laptops: | ||
| Since most students will bring their own notebooks (which is highly appreciated), here are some comments on infrastructure and requirements: | ||
| Network: | ||
| It is advisable to have a WLAN enabled notebook, since WLAN access will be available for the school. In addition, we will offer a limited number of wired LAN access possibilities. | ||
| Electric power: | ||
| We will provide a sufficient number of power sockets for all participants' notebooks. | ||
| (For students from abroad: please be aware that the plugs in use are of CEE-7/7 system. Take a look at
wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mains_power_systems) if you are in doubt. German standard for current supply is 230V/50Hz. | ||
| Linux notebooks: | ||
| They definitively need to have ssh, a web browser (firefox advised) and a graphical X; root privileges are highly advised. | ||
| Windows systems: | ||
| They definitively need to have ssh: download ssh (http://www.ssh.com/support/downloads/secureshellwks/non-commercial.html) a web browser (firefox advised); a graphical X: e.g. cygwin/x offers a linux environment with ssh and X (href=http://x.cygwin.com/) and administrator privileges are strongly recommended. | ||
| For those who cannot bring their own notebooks, we will offer a small number of school notebooks and thin clients. | ||
| Grid certificates: | ||
| Several courses at GridKa School use grid certificates. All students will be provided with short-term certificates; these (and only these) can be used for our courses. | ||
| WLAN access: | ||
| Guest access for Wireless LAN at GridKa School 2009: | ||
| Start your favorite web browser and access any web page (but http://www.fzk.de). You will be
redirected to the guest account login page. For first time use, select "GridKa School 2009" as your event in the "If you do not have a guest account" section of the page; the password is "Grids09". | ||
| After this, you will be asked for your full name, your affiliation and your mail account. Finally, you will be given your user name and your password. Please remember these! Now you can start the WLAN access. | ||
| Your account is valid for the whole GridKa School. | ||
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| Evening program: | ||
| Monday night: | ||
| One of GridKa School's traditions is the 'Tarte Flambee' (an Alsatian specialty made from a very thin layer of pastry topped with sour cream, chopped onions and bacon) served at the informal social event on Monday night. Beer and alcohol-free beverages will be provided. | ||
| Tuesday: | ||
| After the parallel hands-on sessions, there will be a grid poster session. All participants are highly encouraged to present their work. We offer to print your poster (deadline August 27th), if it is inconvenient for you to handle the transport. | ||
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| Both social events are possible because of the support by Microsoft, phi-t and Sun Microsystems. | ||
| Contact e-mail address and phone number: | ||
| If you have any questions, please write an e-mail to GridKa-School "at" fzk.de . | ||
| Contact number during school: +49-160-96364973 | ||
