ANNOUNCING THE OPEN SCIENCE GRID USER SCHOOL 2016!

If you could access hundreds, thousands, or even more computers for your
scholarly work, what could you do?  How could it transform your work?  What
discoveries might you make?

We are seeking applicants for the Open Science Grid (OSG) User School 2016,
which takes place 25-29 July at the beautiful University of Wisconsin in
Madison.  Participants will learn to use high throughput computing (HTC) to
harness vast amounts of computing power for research, applicable to nearly
any field of study (e.g., physics, chemistry, engineering, life sciences,
earth sciences, agricultural and animal sciences, economics, social
sciences, medicine, and more).

Using lectures, discussions, roleplays, and lots of hands-on work with OSG
experts in HTC, participants will learn how HTC systems work, how to run
and manage many jobs and huge datasets to implement a full scientific
computing workflow, and where to turn for help and more info.

Worried about costs?  Successful applicants will receive financial support
to attend the OSG School, covering all basic travel, hotel, and food costs.
This is a great deal!

Ideal candidates are graduate students whose research involves or could
involve large-scale computing - work that cannot be done on one laptop or a
handful of computers.  And every year, we accept some post-doctoral
students, faculty, staff, and advanced undergraduates, so make a good case
for yourself!

IMPORTANT DATES

     Application Period (OPEN NOW): 14 March - 15 April 2016
     OSG User School: 25-29 July 2016

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS

     Web: http://www.opensciencegrid.org/UserSchool
     Email: user-school@opensciencegrid.org
     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OSGUserSchool
     Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSGUserSchool

Please forward this announcement to help us reach potential participants.
And consider posting our flyer where appropriate:

https://twiki.opensciencegrid.org/twiki/pub/Education/OSGUserSchool2016/osg-user-school-2016-flyer.pdf

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, March 22 at 14:00 UTC

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, March 22 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event unexpected problems are encountered.

Oasis
move staging of files from /net/nas01 to disks attached to oasis hypervisor.
upgrade server software to cvmfs-server-2.2.1
add cvmfs configuration repository
replace all repositories data with a copy rebuilt from scratch to save disk space
other small changes, details at https://jira.opensciencegrid.org/browse/OO-125

OIM
Remove rerequest tab when VO has switched signers since the certificate expired https://jira.opensciencegrid.org/browse/OSGPKI-399
Allow alternate names for host certs in different domains https://jira.opensciencegrid.org/browse/OIM-135

FINAL REMINDER: Dont forget to register! - All Hands Meeting 2016

Don't miss your opportunity to register for the All Hands Meeting of the Open Science Grid hosted by the Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration group (CITI - http://citi.clemson.edu/) of Clemson University, March 14-18, 2016.

Register now at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/registration/

Topics to be discussed will include:

* How high-throughput computing accelerates research, and how OSG can help users scale up.

* Usability challenges and solutions for distributed high-throughput computing applications.

* Connecting virtual organizations, campus researchers and XSEDE users to the OSG: command line, science gateways, and workflow frameworks.

* Training and education: partnerships with ACI-REF and Software Carpentry.

* Serving more of the "long tail" of science with high-throughput parallel computing: incorporating multi-core, GPU and virtual cluster resources into science workflows using shared and allocated distributed infrastructure.

* Broadening participation and use of OSG from various disciplines, strategy for expanding use, potential areas of impact.

* Advanced network analytics services for national Science DMZ infrastructure.

* Cyberinfrastructure partnerships: university research computing HPC centers, XSEDE XD providers, DOE laboratories, NSF Large Facility computing organizations and commercial cloud providers. Technologies, strategies, ideas, and discussions on how OSG can foster partnerships across the widest possible range of CI.

The program this year has been expanded to include hands-on workshops for advanced cyberinfrastructure providers and scientific user communities accessing the shared resources connected by the OSG. As has been the custom, the 2016 OSG AHM will be co-located with the U.S. Large Hadron Collider (LHC at CERN) computing facility meetings.

Logistical information, registration and agenda are available at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/index.html

Announcing OSG Software versions 3.3.10 and 3.2.36

We are pleased to announce OSG Software versions 3.3.10 and 3.2.36.

The focus is now on the 3.3 release series. The 3.2 series will
receive only security updates and critical bug fixes.

Both 3.3.10 and 3.2.36 include:
* VO Package v64 - more OSG CA transitions
* CA certificates based on IGTF 1.72
* osg-ca-certs-updater no longer requires certificate compatibility packages
* GFAL environment variables are now set in the client tarballs
* Gratia probes: Improve robustness of handling batch system records

Changes to OSG 3.3.10 include:
* BLAHP 1.18.17: Additional support for LSF, SGE, and BOSCO
* osg-configure: Propagate SGE parameters into the BLAHP
* HTCondor 8.4.4: Various bug fixes
* GUMS 1.5.2: Bug fix for LDAP-based user groups
* StashCache: Updated configuration templates
* AutoPyFactory 2.4.6: a provisioning factory layered on top of HTCondor
* Support for XRootD and GridFTP HDFS plugins on EL7 platforms
* HTCondor CE 2.0.2: HTCondor CE view installable with HTCondor CE collector
* HTCondor 8.5.2 in the Upcoming repository

Also, OSG 3.2.36 includes:
* Updated emi-trustmanager to bring it in line with the OSG 3.3 series

Release notes and pointers to more documentation can be found at:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3236
https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/Release3310


Need help? Let us know:

https://www.opensciencegrid.org/bin/view/Documentation/Release3/HelpProcedure

We welcome feedback on this release!

3rd Advancing Research Computing on Campuses (ARCC): Best Practices

3rd Advancing Research Computing on Campuses (ARCC): Best Practices Workshop 

University of Illinois, Champaign IL 

Tutorials: March 22, 2016

Workshop: March 23-24 2016

Contact: arcc-info@ncsa.illinois.edu

Program: http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/Conferences/ARCC/agenda.html 

http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/Conferences/ARCC/

The 3^rd Advancing Research Computing on Campuses (ARCC): Best Practices Workshop, will take place March 22-24, 2016 in Champaign, Illinois. March 22 will be a tutorial day and the plenary sessions will take place March 23-24. This workshop is presented in partnership with Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Research and Education Facilitators (ACI-REF) and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Professionals involved in operating and supporting campus shared research computing infrastructure are invited to join in this workshop event and share experiences and expertise. New this year will be tutorial sessions that will take place on March 22, 2016.

The tutorial sessions will include the following:

• Morning Track 1: Facilitation: Best Practices on the Front-lines with Researchers
• Morning Track 2: Cyberinfrastructure from Scratch 
• Afternoon Track 1: High Throughput Computing: Value Added for Campus Research
• Afternoon Track 2: A New Career Path: The Cyberinfrastructure Professional 

The workshop agenda topics will include:

• Efforts/organizations that can be leveraged by campus providers 
• Collaboration with researcher 
• Challenges of managing condo-style resources 
• Business models/Policies 

The keynote speaker for the workshop will be Rajiv Ramnath, from the National Science Foundation who will present on “NSF Software Programs and the Relationship with Campus Cyberinfrastructure”

Questions: arcc-info@ncsa.illinois.edu

To register or further details, please visit the ARCC website at http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/Conferences/ARCC/index.html

Dont forget to register! - All Hands Meeting 2016

Dont miss your opportunity to register for the All Hands Meeting of the Open Science Grid hosted by the Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration group (CITI - http://citi.clemson.edu/) of Clemson University, March 14-18, 2016.

Register now at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/registration/

Topics to be discussed will include:

* How high-throughput computing accelerates research, and how OSG can help users scale up.

* Usability challenges and solutions for distributed high-throughput computing applications.

* Connecting virtual organizations, campus researchers and XSEDE users to the OSG: command line, science gateways, and workflow frameworks.

* Training and education: partnerships with ACI-REF and Software Carpentry.

* Serving more of the "long tail" of science with high-throughput parallel computing: incorporating multi-core, GPU and virtual cluster resources into science workflows using shared and allocated distributed infrastructure.

* Broadening participation and use of OSG from various disciplines, strategy for expanding use, potential areas of impact.

* Advanced network analytics services for national Science DMZ infrastructure.

* Cyberinfrastructure partnerships: university research computing HPC centers, XSEDE XD providers, DOE laboratories, NSF Large Facility computing organizations and commercial cloud providers. Technologies, strategies, ideas, and discussions on how OSG can foster partnerships across the widest possible range of CI.

The program this year has been expanded to include hands-on workshops for advanced cyberinfrastructure providers and scientific user communities accessing the shared resources connected by the OSG. As has been the custom, the 2016 OSG AHM will be co-located with the U.S. Large Hadron Collider (LHC at CERN) computing facility meetings.

Logistical information, registration and agenda are available at http://citi.clemson.edu/osg-ahm-2016/index.html

OSG Grid Operations Center (GOC)

Email/Phone: goc@opensciencegrid.org, 317-278-9699

GOC Homepage: http://www.opensciencegrid.org/ops

RSS Feed: http://osggoc.blogspot.com

RESOLVED: RSV Collector Service Unavailable

Yesterday, the RSV collector at the GOC encountered unstable operation and was non-functional. The problems are resolved and the RSV Collector is now functioning as expected. We apologize for any inconvenience this caused.

GOC Service Update - Tuesday, March 8, 2016

The GOC will upgrade the following services beginning Tuesday, March 8 at 14:00 UTC. The GOC reserves 8 hours in the unlikely event unexpected problems are encountered.

OIM
Repair certificate revocation problem for VOs who have switched signers, https://jira.opensciencegrid.org/browse/OIM-133