GlobusWORLD 2013, April 16-18, Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Labs will be hosting the GlobusWORLD Conference in the Chicago area on April 16-18 focusing on “moving, syncing, and sharing” research data at scale. Conference information, deadlines, and registration may be found at: http://globusworld.org/. Research computing center and campus cluster administrators, as well as HPC resource owners and managers are invited to see how Globus services can simplify data management for end users. A few of the conference highlights from the schedule include: · David Lifka from Cornell on campus research computing needs and the role of cloud technology · Brock Palen of the University of Michigan on the dreams and desires of a centralized HPC provider · David Skinner from NERSC on web APIs for big science · Sneak Previews of Globus Online dataset and metadata management, and Globus Genomics · Tutorial topics include Advanced Scripting, Endpoint Setup with Globus Connect Multiuser, the Globus API, and Advanced Endpoint Configuration