Overview

(General information about the project. Purpose of the team. Countries supported by the team.)

Regional
 application
 support
 teams
 have
 played
 an
 important
 role
 in
 the
 past
 concerning
 the
 smooth
 operation
 of
 NA
 activities
 in
 participating
 regions.
 In EGEE‐III
 this
 effort
 should
 be
 intensified
 with
 an
 additional
 goal
 to
 prepare
 for
 the 
transition
 to 
the 
NGI 
model.



The
 primary 
task 
of 
regional 
NA4
 teams 
is 
to 
act
 as
 liaisons 
between
 EGEE 
and
 the 
local 
Grid
 activities.
 Each
 team 
has 
an
 appointed
 Regional
 Coordinator
 who
 is
 responsible
 for 
the 
organization
 and
 management
 of 
the
 regional
 team
 activities,
 the
 reporting
 to
 NA4
 management
 and
 participate
 in
 the
 “extended”
 NA4 Steering
 Committee
 meetings.
 The
 teams
 also
 comprised
 of
 technical
 staff
 consisting
 of
 one
 or
 more
 grid
 application
 experts,
 who
 complement
 the
 Regional
 Coordinator 
in 
his/her 
activities
 and 
interact
 with
 the 
local
 applications
 providing 
support
 in 
various
 levels.

Many
 of
 the
 existing
 centralized
 user
 and
 application
 support
 services
 are
 expected
 to
 migrate 
to 
local 
support
 teams 
on 
the 
NGI 
level. 
The 
existing 
teams
 participating 
in 
EGEE‐III
 
will 
most 
probably 
get 
involved 
in 
the 
NGI 
activities
 or act 
as 
consultants, 
passing 
the 
required
 know‐how,
 during
 the 
establishment
 of the 
NGI 
user
 and
 application
 support
 services.



Countries supported by the South Western Europe Regional Support Team are Spain and Portugal.

Team Members

(List of institutes and personnel, members of the regional support team)

Team members, all pertaining to Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, are:

• Eduardo Huedo Cuesta (Regional Coordinator)
• José Luis Vázquez Poletti (Regional Technical Contact)
• Rubén Santiago Montero
• Ignacio Martín Llorente

News and Announcements

Project news. Announcements about major events (User Forums, Conferences). Links to latest iSGTW issues

(Link to separate page)

Here can be found some information sources for interesting news and upcoming events:

• International Science Grid This Week
  
• Distributed Systems Architecture Group Blog
• Grid Gurus
• EGEE III Conferences
• EGEE III Training Events
• EGEE III Grid Related Events

Regional Grid Activities

General information about the EGEE activities in the region (if available/applicable). Link to the regional application registry. Information about grid-related projects with regional participants.

Here can be found Regional Grid related projects in the region:

• Spain: Spanish Network for e-Science
• Portugal: Portuguese National Grid Initiative (INGRID)
  
• Spain and Portugal: IBERGRID

Localised Support Material

How to request a certificate. List to regional Certification Authorities. Other localized material (potentially translated documents)

When requesting a certificate, choose the appropriate Certification Authority:

• Spain: pkIRISGrid
• Portugal: LIP CA

How to Contact us

For more information contact us at project-eu-egee-na4-swe AT cern.ch