Open Stack

Out of curiosity, are you aware of any OpenStack activities at Fermilab?  I’d be surprised if there wasn’t...

Best wishes,
Stig


> On 6 Jan 2016, at 16:35, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
> 
> I also would not have any objection to SCIENTIFIC if this is the consensus (but I'd drop a note to Fermilab to explain the context, i.e. it is not an OpenStack on Scientific Linux distro). 
> 
> The other benefit of SCIENTIFIC is that there are a number of companies doing clouds (such as in Life Sciences) who would be interested in the working group but would not consider themselves ACADEMIA.
> 
> Tim
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jonathan D. Proulx [mailto:jon at csail.mit.edu]
>> Sent: 06 January 2016 17:24
>> To: Stig Telfer <stig.openstack at telfer.org>
>> Cc: user-committee at lists.openstack.org
>> Subject: Re: [User-committee] [app] Training day (1st AppKit) actions from
>> Tokyo
>> 
>> On Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 02:37:47PM +0000, Stig Telfer wrote:
>> 
>> :I agree with Tim on the extra ‘OPENSTACK’ in the name, so my vote would
>> go for ‘SCIENTIFIC-WG’.  One reason I prefer this over option A is that I’d like
>> this project to embrace industrial R&D as well as academia.
>> 
>> Yes the 'OpenStack' is definitely redundant & I agree with Stig that 'Academia'
>> is limiting in ways we probably don't want.
>> 
>> I'd choose RESEARCH-WG as "research computing" is what that function is
>> called around my world but I don't have any opposition to SCIENTIFIC-WG if
>> that's the consensus choice.
>> 
>> -Jon
>> 
>> :
>> :So my vote’s for SCIENTIFIC-WG.
>> :
>> :Many thanks,
>> :Stig
>> :
>> :
>> :> On 6 Jan 2016, at 12:51, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
>> :>
>> :> David,
>> :>
>> :> How do we vote ? With an e-mail ?
>> :>
>> :> (While I would not want to put people off B., it could cause confusion with
>> Scientific Linux) :> :> I’d thus vote for A (as I think we could try to avoid
>> OPENSTACK in the title and it is similar to ‘Telco’ as an industry focused WG)
>> :> :> Tim :> :> From: David F Flanders [mailto:dff.openstack at gmail.com] :>
>> Sent: 06 January 2016 13:23 :> To: user-committee at lists.openstack.org
>> :> Cc: Stig Telfer <stig at telfer.org>
>> :> Subject: Re: [User-committee] [app] Training day (1st AppKit) actions from
>> Tokyo :> :> Happy New Year One and All, :> :> With renewed vigour, I'd like
>> to submit the following application-template on behalf of Stig, John & Paul
>> [1] for a newly formed working group:
>> :>
>> :> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/academia-wg
>> :>
>> :> Prior to officially minting the WG (on the
>> Governanace/Foundation/UserCommittee page), we do require a vote from
>> you our esteemed user-committee members.
>> :>
>> :> VOTE: What shall we call this new WG?!
>> :>
>> :> Options:
>> :>
>> :> A.) ACADEMIA-WG
>> :> B.) SCIENTIFIC-OPENSTACK-WG
>> :> C.) OPENSTACK4RESEARCH-WG
>> :> D.) Some other combination or wording therein?!
>> :>
>> :> It is worth noting that this WG will amalgamate help to promote the
>> HPC/HTC Working Group, ideally meeting together and/or proximally.
>> :>
>> :> Other key topics which this WG will look to address (esp re discussion in
>> Austin):
>> :>
>> :>   * HPC Infrastructure, i.e. enabling researchers to have "on tap" compute
>> resources for research experiments in parallel, simulation and high
>> throughput jobs.
>> :>   * Application infrastructure, i.e. ease of working collaborative with fellow
>> researchers, scientists and lab colleagues, such as conducting cloud native
>> data analysis experiments (via RStudio, iPython, Matlab, etc.)
>> :>   * Social infrastructure, i.e. communities emerging in academia which are
>> promoting use of cloud computing for collaborative research and science,
>> such as #swcarpentry #ResBaz #ClimbAcUk etc.
>> :>   * Data infrastructure, i.e. large data science experiments and their
>> usability via cloud applications such as data from DNA sequencers,
>> MRIs/CT/XRay, Defraction, -Omics,  etc.
>> :>   * Last but not least, promoting the amazing things which Academia is
>> doing with OpenStack... about time a University got a SuperUser award, no?!
>> :>
>> :> [1]= Many thanks to John, Paul and Stif for the guidance and advice, along
>> with all the other nominated members of this WG.
>> :>
>> :> Go on, one little letter is all it takes to vote 🔤
>> :>
>> :> Warm Regards from Australia,
>> :>
>> :> Flanders
>> :>
>> :> On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 1:24 AM, Stig Telfer <stig at telfer.org> wrote:
>> :> Hello Adam -
>> :>
>> :> Thanks for your interest, that is tremendous.  At this stage the working
>> group is taking shape, please by all means do add your name to the etherpad
>> - and your input.
>> :>
>> :> Best wishes,
>> :> Stig
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> On 25 Nov 2015, at 11:32, Adam Huffman <adam.huffman at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> :>
>> :> Hello
>> :>
>> :> Not wishing to hijack the thread, but I'm very interested in participating in
>> the academia working group.
>> :>
>> :> May I just add myself to the list on the Etherpad, or do I need to ask to be
>> nominated? I do know a couple of the people on there already...
>> :>
>> :> Cheers,
>> :> Adam
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 11:14 AM, David F Flanders
>> <dff.openstack at gmail.com> wrote:
>> :> Brilliant to hear Matjaz!
>> :>
>> :> I've added your name to the proposed OpenStack in Academia Working
>> Group at the below etherpad, if you could please have a look over it and add
>> your comments directly:
>> :>
>> :> https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/academia-wg
>> :>
>> :> Stig (Cc'd) and myself have been trying to announce far and wide to all
>> interested academic institutions, please do help us spread the word :D :> :>
>> I'm also very interested to hear about what training you have started in on, it
>> would be great to compare as we have created a training for researchers
>> (aka PhDs and Postgraduates) on how to use our OpenStack as their research
>> operating system of choice:
>> :>
>> :> https://github.com/resbaz/nectar-cloud-lessons
>> :>
>> :> Naturally, the first app guide is also something we are keen to promote...
>> :>
>> :> So much to do!
>> :>
>> :> Kind Regards,
>> :>
>> :> David F. Flanders <david.flanders at unimelb.edu.au> :> Research
>> Community Manager, Digital Infrastructure Services :> University of
>> Melbourne.  @DFFlanders :> :> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 8:55 PM, Pančur,
>> Matjaž <Matjaz.Pancur at fri.uni-lj.si> wrote:
>> :> Hi all,
>> :>
>> :> I’m the lead of the Docs Training guides Speciality team [1]. We already
>> update the material for Upstream Training (slides that are used there and
>> intro pages that explain them a bit more) [2] and we’re also working on the
>> Training slides material (currently a WIP published under draft docs pages).
>> Everything is written in RST (slides too - we use Hieroglyph+Sphinx) and
>> we’re continuously publishing all training material under Training guides
>> section on the Docs pages [3], with standard Docs contribution process with
>> patches&bugs for slides too.
>> :>
>> :> This effort you guys started here for the 1stAppKit Training is really great, I
>> too have a lot of feedback about the need for this from my contacts in the
>> Academia and from our partners in the industry.
>> :>
>> :> I would like to help with developing training materials for it. Can we reuse
>> the tools/processes already established for the Upstream training? I think
>> that it would be good to gather together all community made training related
>> stuff under the same Docs Section [3] - this would increase the visibility of it
>> for all.
>> :>
>> :> Matjaz Pancur
>> :> University Of Ljubljana
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/SpecialityTeams
>> :> [2] http://docs.openstack.org/upstream-training/
>> :> [3] http://docs.openstack.org/#training-guides
>> :>
>> :>
>> :> > From: David F Flanders
>> :> > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:13 AM :> > To:
>> :> > user-committee at lists.openstack.org :> > :> > Cc: Anni Lai ; John ;
>> Stefano Maffulli ; Rainya Mosher (ramosher) ; 张淳 ; :> > kenny.johnston at
>> rackspace.com :> > :> > Subject: [User-committee] [app] Training day (1st
>> AppKit) actions from Tokyo :> > :> > :> > My Dear Fellow Application
>> Ecosystem Working Group, :> > :> > I hope your return travels home have
>> treated you well.
>> :> >
>> :> > As per ​my action from ​our WG meeting in Tokyo[1], I'm emailing you'll ​to
>> ​request some info to help roll out the 'My First App Guide + Training"? ​!​ :> >
>> :> > If the following people would be so kind as to provide me with the
>> following information:
>> :> >     a.) contact details for the developer wranglers who help provide
>> internal training events/activities at your companies, random leads welcome,
>> :> >     b.) name of an app developer who has or is interested in developing
>> cloud native applications,
>> :> >     c.) [optional] where we might help advertise the "my first app guide" 
>> and training day(s)?,
>> :> >     d.) [optional] opinions on what we need to do with
>> developer.openstack.orgto make it valuable for visiting app developers?
>> :> >
>> :> >   a.. @Michael/Carol could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d)
>> for Intel?
>> :> >   b.. @John could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for HP?
>> :> >   c.. @Kenny could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for
>> Rackspace?
>> :> >   d.. @Shamail could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for
>> IBM?
>> :> >   e.. @Rainya/Nicky could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d)
>> for Cisco?
>> :> >   f.. @Annie could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for
>> Huawei?
>> :> >   g.. @Chun could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for 99
>> Cloud?
>> :> >   h.. @Stefano could you provide the above (a)(b), optionally (c)(d) for
>> Dreamhost?
>> :> > ​...​
>> :> >
>> :> > ​​@All I would really also appreciate your ideas for what your organisation
>> might expect in terms of an "app kit" for training days, ​e.g. training curricula
>> outline, training support, partnership with local meetup & user groups,
>> engagement opportunities with up and coming talent from Universities, swag
>> (stickers, shirts), prizes for "best app pitches", etc. ​ ???​ :> > :> > Once
>> compiled, I'll l ​liaise with you all to help take forward  ​training opportunities
>> of the my first app guide ​ training #AppKit.​ If interested in being a guinea pig
>> please do reply on list :) :> > :> > Getting very excited to see cloud native apps
>> grow in our community!
>> :> >
>> :> >
>> :> > ​​ ​[1]=
>> :> > https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/TYO-app-eco-wg​​
>> :> >
>> :> >
>> :> > Kind Regards,
>> :> >
>> :> > Flanders
>> :> > ======
>> :> > ​​David F. Flanders, Research Community Manager :> > University of
>> Melbourne > University Services > Research Platforms :> > @ResPlat - :> >
>> http://blogs.unimelb.edu.au/researchplatforms/
>> :> >
>> :> > We ❤ the 'Research Bazaar' community, join today! #ResBaz :> > :> > :> >
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