The GlobusWorld Tour

Welcome to the GlobusWorld Tour!

Globus is a research data management service developed by the University of Chicago, and used by thousands of researchers at institutions in the US and abroad. We are presenting a series of workshops, targeted at system administrators who have deployed (or are planning to deploy) Globus at their institution, developers building applications for research, and anyone who is interested in learning more about using Globus for research data management. These workshops are made possible by the various hosting institutions that generously provide meeting space and other financial support.

Upcoming Tour Events

UCSD/San Diego Supercomputing Center — La Jolla, CA
September 17-18, 2024

If you would like to host a workshop at your institution please contact us.

Past Tour Events

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February 27-28, 2024 – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
October 23-24, 2023 – Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
October 9-10, 2023 – Stanford University, Stanford, CA
August 22-23, 2023 – National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
February 7-8, 2023 – NCAR/UCAR, Boulder, CO
September 20-21, 2022 – Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
September 7-9, 2022 – American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
July 8, 2022 – KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
June 22-23, 2022 – Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
April 5-7, 2022 – Mini Gateways 2022 - Virtual Event
October 12-15, 2021 – APS Workshop - Virtual Event
September 15, 2021 – GlobusWorld Tour West - Virtual Event
December 5, 2019 – CHPC 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa
November 7, 2019 – LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, LA
October 29, 2019 – Northeastern University – Boston, MA
July 22-23, 2019 – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
May 8, 2019 – University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
April 24, 2019 – Columbia University, New York City
April 11, 2019 – Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
January 15, 2019 – University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
January 10, 2019 – SFTC Rutherford Appleton Lab, Harwell, UK
November 9, 2018 – University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
October 23, 2018 – University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
September 5, 2018 – NCAR, Boulder, CO
June 11-12, 2018 – NCSA, Urbana, IL
May 1-2, 2018 – NYSERNet, Syracuse, NY
March 27, 2018 – NC State, Raleigh, NC
February 12-14, 2018 – eResearch 2018, New Zealand
February 8-9, 2018 – Stanford University, Stanford, CA
September 12-13, 2017 – Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
June 29, 2017 – Penn State, State College, PA
May 31 - June 1, 2017 – NYU, New York, NY
March 14-15, 2017 – ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN
January 24-25, 2017 – NIH, Washington D.C.
October 25-26, 2016 – NCAR, Boulder, CO
October 12-13, 2016 – Yale University, New Haven, CT
September 13-14, 2016 – LBNL, Berkeley, CA

Motivation

New high-speed networks make it possible, in principle, to transfer and share research data at tremendous speeds and scales–but have also proved challenging to use in practice. Two new technologies now allow us to translate this potential into reality: Science DMZ architectures provide frictionless end-to-end network paths; and Globus services provide investigators with powerful tools for managing data throughout the research lifecycle, while also enabling programmers to create science gateways and portals for data distribution, staging, and other useful purposes.

We will use real-world examples to show how these new technologies can be applied to realize immediately useful capabilities. Examples include the National Center for Atmospheric Research’s Research Data Archive, which provides for high-speed delivery of research data to thousands of geoscientists; the Globus data portal, which provides for interactive data staging to/from experimental facilities and computing centres, and the publication of data generated at such facilities and centres; and the Advanced Photon Source data sharing system, used to distribute data from light source experiments.

Benefits

Those new to Globus will learn about features that support data management throughout the research lifecycle. System administrators will learn about advanced Globus endpoint configurations and have the opportunity to discuss their specific use cases with Globus staff. Developers will learn how the Globus APIs provide intuitive access to authentication, authorization, sharing, transfer, and synchronization capabilities. Companion iPython/Jupyter notebooks will provide application skeletons that you can adapt to realize your own research data portals, science gateways, and other web applications that support research data workflows.

Why Attend?

Learn how Globus can simplify your data management
Expand your knowledge of Globus administration
Experiment with new Globus services
Learn how you can use Globus services in your research applications
Exchange ideas with peers on ways to apply Globus capabilities

Who Should Attend?

Researchers, Research Software Engineers (RSEs), research computing facilitators and system admins who are interested in learning more about managing research data
Developers building web applications for research
Anyone interested in learning more about Globus for research data management

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